The herald., 1895-10-13
Events Witnessed by a Small
and Lifeless Crowd
1T WAS THE STATE MEETING
Dole of San Francisco Broke the Inter.
national Record
Records In the lille Races Lowered-Stimson on
Wins the Bicycle Race-Work of the
Different Participants

There was a very small attendance yes
terday afternoon at the state Pentathlon
contest of the Y. M. 9. A. held at Ath-
letic park. The crowd was not as ell
thuslastic and as an entirety the events
were hardly calculated to have aroused
any excitement, although several associa-
tion records were broken, one of them be-
ing the international pole vault. Dole of
San Francisco had the honor of achiev-
ing the feat. He cleared 10 feet inches,
and the best mark for this was 10 feet,
held by Durand OF Buffalo, N. y.
San Francisco came out ahead on the
contests, securing goo points; Los An
geles being next. with 92S; Oakland third,
with 7sS, Twentieth street branch, San
Francisco, fourth, with 677, and River
side last, with 3ll. But one man was en-
tered for the last place. G. s. Dole OF
San Francisco made the highest record,
getting 422 points. The next highest men
were f. l.. Morrill, OF Los Angeles, 3445;
Gem Wilson. Los Angeles. 1888; Oscar Ed
liner. Riverside, 3l1, and H. l.. Dietrich,
San Francisco, 904.
The contests, as implied by the name,
we're five in number. and the various par
ticipants were scored by points. which
were determined by their positions. AS
an illustration, if any ran the 100.yard
dash in 10 2-5 they we're given lou points
and ten points off for each one-fifth OF
scond lower, and so on in the other
events.
This was the first time the present rules
have governed the state contests. and as
the various officers of the course were not
familiar with the system the records are
probably not so accurate as might be de-
| sired.
| There were twenty-four participants
and considering that fifteen competed IN
| all five events the averages are probably
| very fair. The most exciting and inter
| esting event was special two mile blcy-
| Gle race. In this Stimson, the local rider
| won. with Gooch of Oakland second. The
latter young man acted in thoroughly
unspurtsmanlike manner and endeayored
| to run by Sinking his share OF the pace
making. Whatever may have been his
anxiety to have won the race be should
RENE 10 ber that a sneaking method is
very POOR way in which to attain first.
The fret event was 100-yard dash,
which was run in four heats with no
final. The best time was made by
shsckles Of Los Angeles and. and west ,Sd OF
Others were Frank Book of Oakland,
Oscar Edinger of Riverside, and G: $.
Cole Of San Francisco, 10 40; Glenn Will
son and f. l.. Morrill, of Los Angeles, IL.
L. Dietrich of San Francisco, IL fiat;
San francisco, George I. Shaw. lr.,
Walter Smith and David Grant OF
Twentieth. street branch of San Francisco
and Ed Lynch of OAKLAND, all IL 80;
and e. l.. Spacher of San Francisco,
1225. -.
tarow with the 12-pound hammer, send
ing it 80 feet and Il inch. The others
| were Sracher. 81 feet inches; Lawton.
65 feet I inches; Saunders, ~ feet; Diet
rtcn rs feet inches; Smith, "a feet =
inches; Shaw. SO feet 4 inches; Grant SO
| feer s inches; Sheckles. 66 feet inches;
Morrill,. "a feet 5A inches; Wilson, s6 feet
21% inches: Edinger. 81 feet; West, 70
feet; Lynch. 80 feet 214 inches.
Morrill, and Cole each cleared feet 5
inches in the running high r}H. LUMP bpsias1s ,hs
attained by the rest were: spacher, feet
10 lnche,; Lawton, feet 10 inches;
Saunders. 4 feot inches; Dietrich, s feet
l inch; Smith, feet inches; Shaw, A
feet 6 inches; Grant, feet inch
sheckles, 5 feet 2 inches; Wilson, 3 feet 2
West. feet sX inches; Book, feet 81
inches; Lynch. feet ~ inch.
A new International Y.M.C.A. reooid
was established for the pole vault by
Dole, who cleared 10 feet 2 inches. The
Lawton, feet 6 inches: Saunders. feet
2 inches; Dietrich, feet @ inches; /;
Smith, 6 feet 10 inches; Shaw, feet 9
inches: Grant. feet inches; Sheckels.
7 feet inches: Morrill,, I feet inches; /;
Wilson, feet inches; Edlnger, feet lO
feet inches; Lynch, feet 6X inches.
Morrill, and Shaw made the mile run
in the best time. 5:18. This race
was run in heats, and following is the
record made by each man who finished !:
Shaw,5:25; Boek. 5:29; Smith, 5:24; Edin-
ton, :35; Cole, 5.:45; Wilson, 5:4S; saun;,
ders. 5:51; Dietrich, 5:57. Sheokles and
Lynch failed TO finish.
The averages OF the various partici
pants were Dole, 422: Spacher, 222; Law
ton. 264; Saunders, 255; Dietrich, 3o4;
les, 245; Morrill,, 345; Wilson, 338; Edin-
ger, 81; West. 262; Boek, PSI Lynch, 245.
Three heats and final were run in the
two.mjle bicycle race, final and race be-
ing made in 5.03 by Stimson Of Los An
geles. The heats were won as follows:
First-C. W. Stimson of Los Angeles
in 4:57 1-5; G. D. Gooch OF Oakland sec.
| ond.
t:second-w Rode of Oakland in
5:OeN.
| Thlrd-Morr1s COOK IN 5:ZOA ana the
race by Stimson after two heats as the
first final failed to come within the time
limit of $40, which was also won py
| Stimson.
The officers of the event were: Ref
cree. H. l.. Deitz OF San Francisco; clerk
| of course, A. I. Brock of Oakland; judges
of course, A. P. Shlpman, G. T. Lyndall,
E. W. Fields. Bryon Leuvan Of Pomona;
starters, A. G. Way; timers, r. Bessig,
]. Schenck, H. l.. Deitz; field judges,
A. Homer, Reis. Dampf, W. o. Black.
James and BiddIe: scorer, W. G. Martyn;
track judges, O. P. Lyndall, A. p. Chip
| ron, Fields, Otay Sheldon.