The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-21
WILKES-bARRE.
THE FIELD DAY.
Some Excellent Contests In Many OF the
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| A good sized crowd attended the an
nual field sports of the Young Mems
| Christian association at 49, Held last
| Saturday. The day was spleniid ana
| the track very fast. but a stim breeze
greatly hindered the runners ana blcy-
| Gle riders from making any very iast
| time.
1'he sports began with the l0O-yard
| dash, for which there were six entries.
After some difficulty they got away
| and after fine race Mahon crossed the
| line first in 10 l-5 seconds. ana was de-
clared the winner, with John Thomas.
of Pitts:on. Il good second. The first
| prize was a gold mccall and the second q
| fine umbrella.
The half-mle bicycle race was Il pref
| ty one the riders keeping close to each
other until the finish. when White
spurted. followed by Keller. The latter
made gallant efforts for the lead. but
| White won lin LA 20.
| The high jump was a close contest be-
| tween Stewart and Quinnan, the former
winning at 3 feet inches.
In the 4iO-yard run only two runners
appeared. hllhon easily winning in
| So 40 secods Quinnan being second.
W. G. Kelar, BroDg. White appeared
for the mile bicycle race. The riders
| took things easily until the last lap,
when Ee1lar spurted and won in BIS.
| The 22O-yard hurdle race was closely
contested by Mahon and Morgan, Ma
hon winning in y 20 seconds.
While the running hop. step and
| jump contest was in progress, the two
| mile handicap bicycle race was started.
Dean kept the lead for the first mile,
| when Frantz surged ahead and retained
the lead finishing first and Dean sec
| ond in 6l0.
Howell won the hop, step and jump
with Chandler a close second, The dis
tance jumped was 81 feet. inches.
The bread jump was easily won by
Barnes. who jumped Il feet & Inches.
Kelly was second and Quinnan third.
The pole vault occupied considerable
time, the participants heing in fine
form seemingly and each cleared the
bar as II was gradually raised until ii
reachei . feet & inches, when Qulnnln
and jenkins failed. Gibbs and Suther-
| land after several attempts succeeded
in clearing it at 10 feet. As the bar
| could not be raised higher, they tossed
OF, Gibbs winning. He received first
prize and Sutherland second. The
NaultinG of these two was very good
and was pretty to see
In the mile run Smith set the pace for
the half mile when Qunnan took the
| lead and finished about fifty yards
| ahead with ease. Time, 5.42 4-5.
The entries for the various events,
| and the prizes for the same, were as
| follows:
lOo-yard dash-Frst prize. gold
medal; second prize, umbrella 6. VIII
liam Stewart. Wilkes-Barre: l5. Ed
Kelley. Wilkes-Barre; 16, y. NJ, Chand-
Ter, Wyoming seminary: 10. Ed. Morgan,
Wilkes-Barr 30, John Thomas, Pitts
ton; John II. Reese, Scranton.
Half-mile bicycle-'First prize. dia-
mond medal; second prize macintosh:
,. Harry +. Brong, Mountain Top: 4,
3. +. Keller, Scranton; I. Robert V.
White. Scranton; Il. Harold G. FrantZ,
Wilkes-Barre; %, |. M. Renshaw, Ply
mouth.
High jump-First prize. gold medal;
second prize, rocking chair; 6, William
Stewart. Wilkes-Barre; s, William Jen-
kins. Wilkes Barre; T. ]. Quinnan,
scranton.
iOO-yard dash-,First prize, gold
medal; second prize one dozen photo
graphs; 0. George f. Sutherland.
Wlkes-Barre; II. T. ]. Quinan, Scran
ton: ~, John Fl. Mahon. Wilkes-Barre:
-. John Thomas, Pittston; "a. +. +.
Reese, Scranton.
One mile bicycle-First prize, dla-
mond medal: second prize. bicycle suit;
., Harry f. Brong, Mountain Top; I,
B. +. Keller, Scranton; ), Charles II.
Miner, Binghamton: I, Robert V. White,
Scranton: Il. Harold G. Frantz, Wilkes
Barre: %. W c. Kellar. Wilkes-Barre.
22O-yard hurdle-Frst prize. gold
medal: second prize, sweaters s, William
4. Jenkln. Wilkes-Barre; II. T. ].
Quinan. Scranton; 49, Ed Morgan,
Wukes-Barre; %, John Thomas, Pitts
ton.
Hop. step and jump--First prize, gold
medal; second prize, lamp; third prize,
umbrella: g. William Stewart, Wilkes
Barre: s, William Jenkins, Wilkes
Barre: 10 Harry q. Sutherland, Wilkes
Barre; IL, Ed. Kelley, Wilkes-Barre;
william Howell. Wilkes-Barre; 16, A.
NJ Chandler, Wilkes-Barre.
Two-mlle bicycle (handlcap)-
prize diamond medal; second prize,
bicycle suit; third prize, bicycle watch
and holder: 5, Charles r Miner; Bing-
hamton, scratch; 4, +. +. Keller Scran-
ton: 1j yards; I, Robert V. White,
Scranton. 70 yards: %. w G. Keller.
Wukcs-Barrc. 20 yards; II, Harold G,
Fraatz. Wilkcs-Barrr, 100 yards; |, Her
man Dean. Wllkes-Barre, 40 yards; 2.
Harry y. BrOng. Mountain Top, 10
yards; %, !. II Renshaw, Plymouth, 40
yards
Pole vault-F'irst prize, gold medal;
second prize. sweater g. William Jen-
kns, Wllkes-Barre: II. r. J. Quinan,
Scranton; u, George II. Gibbs. Scran-
ton: 10, Harry l.. Sutherland, Wilkes
Barre.
Broad jump-First prize, gold medal;
second prize. umbrella; II. T. j. Quln-
an, Scranton: II, /. Barnes. Wyoming
seminary; IL. Ed. a. Kelley, Wilkes
Barre.
One mile run-F'lrst prize, gold medal;
second prize. arm chair: 3, Hugh l..
McDermott. Kingston; II, r, J. Quinan,
Scran ton: l3. Walter r. Tilson, Scran-
ton: 1s, Fred Smith, Wilkes Barre; 10.
Ed. Morgan. Wilkes-Barre; 22, J. Thom-
as, Pittston.
THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA"
CAPTURING MURDERERS.