The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-21
ATHLETES OF THE ATHENIANS.
FIELD DAY SPORTS or THE UNIvER-
SITY TO OCCUR THURSDAY.


Curiosity in the shape of n Hens
Esg-A Genius With the Penkntfe.
Athens. Ga. April a0-The college boyg
are all interested now in the approaching
Held day contests which occur next Thurs
day afternoon at O'Clock.
The development of the track athletic
spirit here dates back to 1887 when Mr..
Nash r. Broyles Of Atlanta, then a Jun
Tor at the university, proposed to have
a neld day here. The idea became popu-
lar at once and the first field day was at
! hand with only a few days preparation. 1t
took so well that the board OF trustees
at their next meeting granted one day each
spring as a holiday for field day purposes
The exercises this year will be quite in
/ teresting. They are under the direction
OF the athletic association. G. II. b. FLOYD
and j. T. Dunlap will direct the affairs.
The exercises viii consist in contests as
follows: Fifty yards dash, one hundred
yards dash; one-half mile foot race. one
mile foot race. hurdle race, half-mile BIZ
cycle race, standing high jump. running
high jump, standing broad jump with bells
TIanlIg broad broad Jump without bells.
broad jumps, throwing base balls. throw
ing hammer, putting shot, three-legged
race, sack race, pole vault, and tug OF
war
The college records on these various
contests are as follows:
F1fty-yards dash II. c. Brown. "a, and
J. X. Lane, 92. Time 5ia seconds.
One-hundred-yard dash-W. w. Cor
don, Jr.. 80 Time 10 S-5 seconds.
Two hundred-yard dash-B. +. Harde-
man, 50 Time % 3-5 seconds.
Two hundred and twenty-yard dash
b. f. Pickett 81. Time "a 3-5 seconds.
One-half mile race-J. ID. SIZZLING. o.
Time minutes, Is 1-5 seconds.
One-mile race. d. Stelling. "a. Time
minutes 46ia seconds
One-halt mile bicycle race-V. L. Smith,
/ IS. Time l minute 39L seconds
one mile bicycle race-N. l.. Smith, IS
Time minutes q as seconds.
Standing high jump-E. r. Dougherty,
Running high jump-A. wrigley. "a. 5
feet inches.
Standing broad jump without beIls)-
II. c. Brown. "a, feet inches.
Standing broad jump with hells)-E
e; Dougherty, s.. 10 feet ia inches.
running broad tump-B. r. Pickett. '9i
Is feet 8 inches.
Three standing broad jumps-J. f.
Nhelchell, 92. % feet inches
feet inches.
Throwing base ball.. c. Nell. 49,
1874 feet.
Throwing 12-pound hammer-B. T. Frey.
'9S, rs feet 2 inches.
Throwing l6-pound hammer-H. c.
I Brown, '94, 20 feet inches
Putting l2-pound shot-A Broylss. 81.
! AZ feet.
o, Putting is-peund shot-H. c. Brown. "a.
Three-legged race-c. Barrow and F. c.
/ Terrell, Ga seconds.
Sack race. H. B. Floyd. Time IL
:. The record of E. E. Dougherty OF At
| lanta, Of 5 feet for the standing high
jump Is within two inches Of the world s
1 record. Mr.. Dougherty will try to break
/ the record next Thursday This will he
/ the most interesting feature Of the pro-
/ gramme.
! The Varsity base ball team is getting
! In splendid practice. 1t met the Atlanta
! professionals yesterday afternoon and by
the game obtained good practice. Next
/ month the varsity team will play Sc
vance, Mercer and other college teams.
/ They hope to carry the red and black to
as splendid victories on the diamond as
! they did last fall on the gridiron
Relic hunters viii doubtless besieRe
! President s. d. Bradwell of the State Nor
/ mai school with requests when they learn
/ that he has in his possession a pipe that
was once the favorite of John Brown. the
! Kansas raider. II was presented to Can't.
Bradwell by friend who secured It from
| farmer in Kansas, where John Brown
stayed during his raids. The pipe is an
/ elegant meerschaum, carved I'm the shape
! or a DOG. Capt BradWell doesn't intend
smoking the pipe. He will simply keep IL
DR.. L II. Goss OF this city is in posses
| sion OF hen egg that is a rare curiosity.
II measured elEnl ana a nHIf inches in
! circumference one way and six and three
quarters the other way. IT was larger than
1 a goose egg, but its chief curiosity does
| not lie In the size. When the she'll was
| cracked, II was found that the egg had
| no yolk, but in the place OF the yolk was a
| perfect hen egg, with complete she'll
An egg within an egg is sight rarely seen
In any land.
County School Commissioner G. J. N
| Wilson, in addition to being one Of the
| cleVerest men IN the state, is a perfect
| n nIaI Ia
| the case wsth regard to the use of his
! knife. Mr.. Wilson lives at Jefferson and
| his house is a curiosity to behold Out.
side as well as inside can be seen the
| touches of his artistic carving The ex-
| terror Of the house resembles a Chinese
| pagoda Large lilies seem to bloom upon
| the house, but in fact they are but imita-
ton having been carved with a pocket
knife. Inside the house nearly all the dec
| orations are carvings from Mr.. Wilson's
knife. His father was In the Indian war
and in the war of 1872. He brought home
with him the camp chest of Gen. Andre "
Jackson, and the tomahawk handle OF
Osceola, the Seminole chief Mr. Wilson
has carved from the camp chest a rnagnifi.
cent punch bowl, and out Of the tomahawL
handle OF TIE t Indian an warrior he has made
a number or pen SLAMS.
Memorial exercises were held yester.
day afternoon by the Athens bar in mem.
Resolutions were passed and euiogies were
pronounc ed by Messrs. W. S. Basinger
A. s; Erwin, Il. H. Carlton, A
! d. q =
e. K. Lumplin, r. B. Russell, and also
Judges w. s. Hutchins and Howell Cobb
The resolutions we're ordered spread or
the minutes of Clarke superior court anc
the city court of Athens. Hon. Pope Bar.
row of Savannah. was present and arose
to pay tribute TO the memory of Mr.
Thomas who was his former law part
ner. His emotion was so great, however
as to force him to resume his seat
The Athenaeum gave a delightful card
party and german last evening at theii
club rooms.
The Chi Phi fraternity compiimented
its lady friends with a delightful picnic al
/ AIitchelrs bridge to-day.
The grand jury Of Clarke county has
adjourned but just previous to adjourn.
ing returned thirty-seven more indict
ments for gambling. This makes nearly
eighty indictments IN all that have beer
returned in this special charge this term
This last batch of indictments came
about through the arrest of a white mar
named Haynes for gambling with a ne
gro. Haynes turned states evidence anc
the gamblers Jared badly. Those against
whom the indictments have been found
live in Clarke, Jackson, Walton, Gwin.
nett Morgan and Oglethorpe counties
Several pleas of guilty have been en-.
tered while others will fight the case,
in the courts. The indictments ar,
against men Of all classes, from society
to the slums.
The Demosthenian and Phi Kappa Lit
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