Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-22
AMERICANS WON THEM ALL
English Athletes Shown How it is Done by
Brother Jonathan.
SEVERAL WORLDS RECORDS BROKEN
Sweeny. After winning the High
Jump. Tries IL Again and smnshcs
he Record-CIcnn sweep Was n
Surprise Even to the Americans.

CCSSIul series Oh COnleSh Htiu III u Sih6iS my
the world over, as the international games
between the London Athletic club and the
New York Athletic club representatives at
Manhattan field this afternoon Between the
smashing Of records, hair raising finishes,
and above all the entire shutting out of the
visitors from even winning first honors in
any Of the eleven contests on the program,
the 10, 900 spectators who gathered within the
Enclosure. thronging the stands and filling
the bleachers, as well as every point of van
tage, were kept in a continual ferment Of ex-
element, which was only relieved at times
by wild bursts of enthusiasm,
For days past the committee who had the
mstter in charge had sent out notices that all
seats In the grand stand had been disposed
OF and that only a few were left on the
bleachers and side stands, The committee
of arrangements had every seat and support
in the stands inspected by experts, and when
one section was found to be unsafe IN a small
degree they refrained from selling a ticket
for that section, and when other parts OF the
grounds were D, cked 10 suffice ton oday they
had police officers stationed at this particu az
point and no person was allowed to so near
CROWD WAITING AT H GATES.
The entrance gates at the diff srent parts
of the field were opened shortly after noon
L U I'LL tue lilpiNltit IAONN NV "S'S 30
spring outside, where they had been stand
ing for over an hour under the blisle'ing
rays of the hot sun. After the first MAD fusn
had subsile1 the visitors arrived In STEADY
streams, filling all the available space by the
time the first event on the prosr1m WIS cal ed
at $50 O'Clock. The grand stands were hle1
with the veal h and fashion Of New York, and
the gay toilets of the ladies' were a pleasing
relief to the background of storm beaten
boards and planks Of which the stanis are
constructed. There was very little decoration
to b. seen, with the exception OF the fiags
on the poles which marked the different I'M
ishes, while the balcony of the clLb house was
festooned with the American and BRUSH
flags on each side.
To some of the Britishers the American
heat was just a bit enervlting. The men
who would have had the temerity TO preiict
that the Americans would sweep everything
before them would have been laughed az Dy
the majority of those who have maze a
study of athletics. In the $50 yards run, WIN
which the games began, Fitzpatrick ana Lyons
were selected to meet Koran and Lewis the
English representatives.. After a bsau1lul
race Fitzpatrick won by ten yards. When the
numbers went UP and the time was an
nounced, beating the worlds record by d
second, the crowd cheered wild y, ana arsuei
that this was a good omen lor the succSss u
the American team.
The 100 yards dash was the second event
Bradley, the English champion, ana steven.
son represented England. John v. CruW vi
Iowa and b. ]. Wefers of Lowell, Mass, rep
resented the American team. When the pis-
toll shot rang out Wefers was seen to De IN
front from the start, with Bradley secohu'
Crum third and Stevenson fourth. Ihere
was no change throughout the race, Weiers
maintaining his lead to the tape by two feet,
Bradley second, about twelve inches ahead
of Crum. When the time, 0:09 40, was put up
the audience again got 10 cheering, for the
worlds record had been equalled and the
tIat IN Hot RnIld no
broken.
GAVE THEM A SURPRISE.
The running high jump then interested the
onlookers, and while the Engllshmen con-
fessed that they could not come anywhere
near Sweeney, the latter had a bit OF sur
prise up his sleeve. Baltazzi, the youthful
Jumper, was selected as a second string TO
the champion. while williams of the Edin-
burgh university and Johnston of Cambridge
were pitted against them. All but Sweeney
soon fell out as the bar was raised. 1t was
placed at six feet five and one-half inches
In order to give Sweeney a chance to break
his own worlds record Of six feet five and
one-eighth inches. With a superhuman Ell
fort he made the jump and cleared the par
amid great applause. Thus he established a
new record Of six feet nve and one-half
inches, which was increased to six feet five
and 6ve-eighths inches when the height was
remeasured at the request of some of the
bystanders. Baltazzi was awarded second
place.
In inc nniIe run, VI oI,h xH,iiau, z y
inc new iorh h'nle.u ~ an - ,hn -
Lutyehs, the oniy VI 80 "a,
uon atnietie elup, u mnn 10 ~.
anu lay on tns srass alV az . 'aI ~ 'Ae
'"pe' Sonhen . s
me ~ yarus " niousn. Woters ana
uan anu DUmmer - 49, 49, IN, f,iu
Crum u Wv "M 80 ~" 80
tnree yalus ~ WV mar,a,s rooond
yaIu pflo,e 1otuan. $50 90, . :
hau peeh oIomen' os u
In the huruies CaPean uou,i -" any
oakley were asaihs. ~ u S'us. Shase
managed 10 peat out II nnSnsh vap.'in us
about two leet, WIN oahiey 'nree yarus PACK.
once more u woriu reeoIu was Iowereu, as
the time, o'io 20, ped, Ohase "oriu . recoru
by nfth OF a secohu'
me prettlest race Oh the gay was the
quarter mile run; r.t1herpert, 'hs oainpriuse
university man. VINO mas a record Oh V'foo o'was
partnered ny Glipert Joruan on Dehai1 OF the
Englishmen, while Burke and Sands ala bat
tie for America. About 100 yards from home
Jordan took the lead. The Boston boy, Burke,
1nouv caugbt his man q ward from tho tane.
n's auS nounIa 81 ;sobas In oraat
anu WON oy u coupie VI 'neheS Stuat
effort. F1tzherbert was y good third. Ihe
time was 0:49. which was only half a second
behind the worlds record.
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