The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-26
NOT AN ENGLISHMAN GOT FIRST
aoNoRs on MANHATTAN
FIELD YESTERDAY
SEVERAL WORLDS RECohDS
WE'RE SMASHED.
Yumner Sweeney Scars Over the Tape
at 6 FEET s IL Inches-Wefers
Breaks the 22O and Equals
the 100 Yard Running

dav the world over, as Ihe -,
oo,nes between the London Athletic eiuO
ond tho New York Athletic club repre-
Initiatives at Manhattan field this AFTER
noon. Between the smashing OIL fecoiu''
hoir-raising finishes and, above ALL the
entire shutting out of the VlsitorS I'm =
even winning first honors III any on' "
.ho a,aven contests on the program, the
I, ooO spectators who gathered witnih
~ onclosure. thronging the STANDS anu
GiI;no the bleachers, as well as every
1,a;nt of vantage, were kept III cohtinua a.
@forment of excitement, when was oliS
relieved at times by wlid outDurs.' 90
thusiastic applause. Inc gralu shion
were filled with the wealth anu ia ae 4In
IA" iad;es we're n pleasing relief to the PACK,
round of storm-beaten BOARDS anu
66ionLs Of which the stands were con
pptrncted. There was very little decora-
9;nn to he seen, with the exception Oh the
fiops on the poles, which marked the
,jifferent finishes, while the balcony Oh
tha club house was festooned with the
american and British flags on each slue.
TO some of the Britishers the American lS,a
heat was just q bit cnervating. Inc
man who would have had the teherlty ~
predict the Americans w0ulu smIoR
everything before them would be laugheu
at by q majority OF thoSe WIN h'"ue ="
study of athletics. -, IT,, uo
In the $50 yards run, with whlch tne
games began, Fitzpatrick and Lyons were
selected to meet Koran ana LEWIS tne
Enolish representatives. After beau
tiful race Fitzpatrick won by ~ yards.
When the numbers went up ana the tiihe
announced. beating the worlds record Dy
a second, the crowd cheered wildly ana
argued that this was good omen for the
success Of the American team. 800,
The 1OO-yard dash was the second
event. Bradley, the English champion,
and Stevenson represented England,
while John V. Crum of Iowa and b. D.
Wefers of Lowell, Mas, represented the
American team. When the pistol shot
rang out, Wefers was seen to be in front
from the start, with Bradley second,
Crum third and Stevenson fourth. There
was no change throughout the race,
Wefers maintaining his lead to the tape
by two feet, with Bradley second, about
~ inches ahead of Crum. When the
time, 0 As, was put up, the audience
again got to cheering, for the worlds
record had been equalled and the Eng
iishmen convinced that 10 fiat could be
broken. =,
The running high jump then interested
the onlookers, and while the Englishmen
confessed they could not come anywhere
near Sweeney, the latter had bit of
surprise up his sleeve.
Baltazzi, the youthful jumper, was
selected as second string to the champion,
while Williams of the Edinburg univer-
sity and Johnston of Cambridge were
pitted against them. All but Sweeney
soon fell out as the bar was raised.
1t was placed at G feet 5 IL inches in
order to give Sweeney chance to break
his own worlds record of 6 feet 5 Is
inches. With an almost superhuman eff
fort he made the jump and cleared the
bar and great applause and established
a new record of 6 feet IL inches which
was increased to G feet 5-S inches when
remeasured at the request of the by
ISLANDERS. Baltazzi was awarded second
place.
In the mile run. with Connect and Or
ton of the New York Athletic club and
VIM. Il. Leutins, representative of the
London Athletic club, the Englishman
fell out and lay on the grass about 100
yards from the tape. Coneff finished
first in 4 minutes and is seconds.
The 220-yards run brought out the
great Jordan and Downer of England
and Wefers and Crum of the New York
Athletic club. Wefers won by fully
three yards from Crum, who was about
one yard before Jordan. Again
worlds record was broken, as the time
WAS 81 3-5 seconds.
In the 120-yard hurdles, Captain God
frey Shaw and Oakley were against
Chase and Cady. Chase managed to
beat out the English captain by about
two feet, with Oakley three yards back.
Once more a worlds record was lowered,
as the time, 10 2-5 seconds, beat Chase's
worlds record by one-fifth of a second.
The prettiest race of the day was the
bridge university man. with record of
4S 3-5, was partnered by Gilbert Jordan
on the English side, while Burke and
Sands did battle for America. About
100, yards from home Jordan took the
lead. The Boston boy finally caught his
man yard from the tape and won by a
couple of inches in great effort Sands
was good third, four yards back. The
time, 40 seconds. was only half a second
behind the worlds record
In the field events the Americans had n
walk-over. Gray won the putting of
the 16-pound shot. Mitchell won the
hammer contest with throw of 1877 feet
. IL inches, and Robertson, the only
English competitor. was away off, having
six fouls in his six attempts In the
broad jump Bloss and Sheldon made
- Ieet lncneS ana Il feet IL inches
respectively, beating Oakley and Men
delshon, the English representatives.
The three-mile run had as contestants
Coneif and Fitzpatrick against Koran and
Wilkins. At the beginning of the third
mile Koran led Coneff by yard, but he
was showing signs of distress. Coneff
went past him at the club house and
Koran stopped. Coneff increased his
lead to 100 yards and squirting in the
home stretch beat the Englishman by
$50 yards in 10 minutes SO seconds.
This ended the days sport, which
proved so disastrous to the English Wis
itors. The Englishmen had no reason
to complain, however, as the crowd was
most impartial. Every effort of the
Britishers was well applauded.
Summaries:
$50 yards run-Charles Fitzpatrick, New
York Athletic club. first; Fred s. Koran.
London Athletic club, second; II. S. Ly-
ons, New York Athletic club, third.
Time, lob %. a new worlds record.
100 yards run-Bernard j. Wefers.
New York Athletic club, won: Chas. A.
Bradley, London Athletic club, second:
John v. Crum. New York Athletic club.
third. Time, 8 As.
Running high jump-Michael +.
Sweeney, New York Athletic club, won.
6,feet; s. A. Baltazzi, New York Athletic
club, and Reginald Williams, London