The herald., 1895-09-29
ANT TRAVERS ISLAND
interesting Contests of the New York Athletic
Club Men

Club Men
TRAVERS ISLAND. Sept. 2S.-The
fall games of the New York Athletic club
at Travers Island have always attracted
an immense crowd, but today's assem-
blage was larger than ever before. The
fact that the English athletes who were
beaten in last Saturdays games were to
be ompetitors, attracted an unusually
large crowd. Summaries;
Fisrt event. so yards dash-First heat
Bliss. N. Y. A. c., second; time, 40
seconds. Second heat: G. A. Bradley. l..
A. c., first; T. I. Lac, N. Y. A. c., Sec
ond; time. 4 5 seconds. The first and
second men run in tho trial heats and in
the finals Crum did not start in the short
dash.
600-yard handicap-T. e. Burke, N. Y.
A. c., scratch. first; A. S. Lyons, N. Y.
A. c., 10 yards, second II. d. Barnister,
N. J. A.C., % yards, third time. 1:13 %.
Final 80 yards dash-C. W. Stage, n.
Y. A. G. first; G. A. Bradley. l.. A. G.,
second; q. 3. Bliss, N. Y. A. c., third;
time, 5 as seconds.
Two-mle bicycle. class A. handicap
J. W. Enrich, Harvard school, $50 yards.
first; p. II. Dickey N. Y. A. c., 800
yards. second; W. G. Roome. N. j. A.
G, 60 yards, third; time, 500 2-5. 100
yard run, handicap, trial heats. and first
hsat; W. J. Oakley, L. A. C.; So yards,
second; time, ~ 3-5 seconds. Second
trial heat: G. W. Stage, N. Y. A. g.,
~ yards first; James H. Reilley, |. A.
c., AZ yards, second; time, II 1-5 sec
onds.
Third trial heat-I.. Brobaw. N.Y.A.C.
Is yards). first; l.. L. Lee. N.Y.A.C. q
yards) second; tine, II To-
Fourth trial heat. V. Crum, Chicago
A. q. (scratch }, first; t. r. Fisher, jr.,N
VAC. Is yeards) second; time, 100 s..
Semi finals, first heat-C. W. Stage, N.
Va YA0 (24 yar ra,Gsi ,stin r. r Gs1in
Second heat--J V. Crum. Chicago A.
G. tscratch) first; T. I. Lee. Y.N.A.C.
(scratch) second; time, ~ seconds.
One aud one half mile handicap e.
J. Wilkes, LAG. first; George W. Nor
ton, N. VAC. second; AL. Fitzpatrick,
Institute A. c., third; time, 6:5 As.
Wilkes ran beautiful race, leading
Orion by two wards on the second and
last lap Ortcn challenged him on the
final lap. but the plucky Englishman had
bit up mis- sleeve. He came away in the
home stretch and won by a yard, With
nearly tainted when he crossed the line.
Pole vaulting for height, handicap--S.
X. Thomas. Y.M.C.A Il foot 8 inches)
and Robert G.. Spaulding. N.Y.A.C. q
foot inches) tied for first at 10 feet 8
inches; G. Palse, n. VAC, Is inches)
third. Paulding got first and Thomas
failed to jump off the tie.
The weather was cool and bracing,
making an almost perfect day from an
athletic standpoint. The English ath-
letes who were SO badly beaten Saturday.
as we'll as several of those who will take
part in the games between the Cambridge
and Yale universities next Saturday.
we're present and the fact that some of
them were entered in the competitions
today attracted an unusually large crowd.
Early In the afternoon it was announced
that Wefers. the crack sprinter, would not
run in the fifty and 120-yard dasbes, as
he was saving himself to make world S
record in the 30O-yard run, which Was
the seventh event on the programme.
This he accomplished with a magnificent
burst OF speed. although he was conced-
ing liberal handicaps to the other con-
testants, IN the time OF 81 1-5 seconds.