The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22
DEFEATED IN EVERY EVENT.
CONTEST BETWEEN NEW YORK
AND LONDON ATHLETES.

Americans Win the Entire Series OF
Eleven Contests, Including Run
ming, Jumping, Hurdle Racing
Putting the shot and Throwing the
Hammer-The Result "A Surprise to
the Most Ardent We'll Wishers Of
the Home Team. who Had As Good
As Conceded Several of the Con-
tests to the Londoners-DetaI of
tho Days sport.
New York, Sept 21.-Never in the annals
of athletics was such a decisive beating
administered I'm an event of so much inn
portance and to such an aggregation Of
champions as that given by the New York
Athletic Club to the team of the London
Athletic Club in the dual international
games at Manhattan field to-day. Not
even the most enthusiastic rooter for the
success for tSe scarlet and white in his
widest stretch Of imagination. ever at
tempted to bring himself to hope for a
straight series Of wins down the line.
Fully 1900 people were present to-day at
the field. and when they saw event after
event going to the credit of the Americans,
their enthusiasm knew no bounds. From
the time the gates We're opened at 1890
o'clock p. m. the crowds kept surgipg in,
the procession growing thicker as TIRE time
for starting drew nigh.
AT 2.S0 O'clock when the starters came
out for the half mile. there was not
vacant seat to be had on the covered
stand, while the bleacheries, except In
the top rows, We're filled with good ma
| tured, perspiring crowds, who sweltered
in the fierce heat of the sun and chcered
and shouted as their favorites came home.
Never did an athletic meeting even in
the palmiest days of the old Cherry Dia-
moH1, evoke so much public interest
and enthusiasm, or bring such a large
and representative attendance to Man
haitian field From the time that Kilpat-
rick won the half mile down to the mo-
ment that Conneff broke the tape, a.
winner in the three mile run, the elev-
/ enth and the last event Of the day. the
interest never Jagged, and the applause
never Waned.
OF the eleven events on the programme,
only three were looked upon in the light
| of certainties for the Americans VIZ;
/ The high jump, shot and hammer The
half mile and mile were regarded as
1 pretty good things for the home club,
but by no means certainties, While the
other events We're considered 10 be very
/ open. Tnat they Would capture an the
| eleven Of the reel was certainly not even
The half mile run was the first act IN
what was to be a tragedy for wearers
/ of the green and gold. Fitzpatrick, the
/ American champion over the distance, and
| Lyons were the pair selected TO carry the
/ new York Athletic Club colors, while r.
/ S. Horan and Q. Il. levin sported the
| green and gold. Lyons started to make
the pace hot one for Fitzpatrick, who ~
a trine slow in getting into his stride.
/ When LYONS dropped back Fitzpatrick
went to the 'front.' followed by Levin ana
Horan; levin quit entering the PACK
| stretch. Horan went in the chase of the
American champion, but Notwithstanding
| his plucky effort, could not get within
less than six yards Of the Union College
flyer at the finish. and the lrst point IN
Club
The enthusiasm was wild for a few mo-
ments and the band played Yankee Doodle.
| The cheering was renewed when tn time
| II minute SO 2-5 seconds was put on the
board and the spectators were Informed
that the best previous record of minute
! University, 1885, had been beaten by
| full second.
was any interest In the event that was
deemed a sure win for the visiting teams,
II was that. The great Bradley the great
est sprinter in Great Britain, was there,
! but from the flash of the pistol to the
/ breaking of the tape, Bernard j. Wefers,
] the Wearer of the scarlet and white, was
a yard in front of the champion of Great
Britain. one watch made the time 9.35
! seconds, but the official time was return
ed as 8 AS seconds, which breaks the
worlds record Wefers stride was meas
1 ured as seven feet and Bradley's as seven
feet two inches, average.
When the excitement consequent on the
defeat of the English had subsided, the
1 nigh jumpers came out-Reginald Will
liams and Alan Il. Johnstone for the visi-
! tors and NJ. +. SWeeny and $. A. W.
Baltazzi for the home team. Johnstone
! was the first man to go out with the bar
at feet 10 inches. Williams and Baltazzi
/ failed at 8 feet and Sweeney went over
with inches to spare. The bar was then
/ raised TO what was measured as six feet
/ 5ia inches, but afterwards found to have
! been feet 59s inches and Sweeney clear
| ed this on the third trial, breaking his
own previous record of feet SIS inches.
The mile run was next on the pro-
] gramme. Orton made the pace for a lap
with Conneff second and Lutiens third,
/ but the going was not fast enough to suit
/ COnnem and the little Irishman went to
! the head first and Lutiens, who was run
ming bit lame, followed him
| lead of about twelve yards from Lutions
\ at the half. which was made in two min
\ utes, 10 1-5 seconds, but the Englishman
/ held on dORgedly At the three-quarters,
/ however, I.utiens was laboring painfully
/ and Conner drew away at every stride.
/ Ofton closed up and passed Lutiens on the
! back stretch and al the end Of the stretch
/ Lutiens broke down and quit. Conneff
/ sprinted up the straight and breasted the
/ tape in 4 minutes Is 10 seconds, head of
/ Orton A. r. Downer, the Scottish cham
pion and probably the fastest man in
4 England from 100 to 800 yards, broke down
after going fifty yards In the 2:20 yards
run
This made the race duel between Wef-
/ ers and Crum, as Jordan, the English Sec
\ ond string, was not nearly class enough
for the yankees. Wefers won handily by
/ two yards and Crum beat the Londoner
/ by about three yards. The time 21 80 sec
/ onds, makes new figure for the world s
record which up TO to-day stood at q AS
| seconds.
The Londoner's best effort in the shot
/ was within several feet Of the New York
! Athletic Club second. and in this. as in
/ tho hammer the green and gold were
I fairly outclassed.
! The hurdle race promised an exciting
4 contest and, next to the hundred yards
4 run, was looked upon as the closest event
/ of the lot with a shade of odds in favor
l of shaw English champion. 1t was also
/ Thought that the race would settle the
/ point as to whether the English system of
/ liked hurdles on grass or the American Of
/ movable hurdles on cinder was the fast
/ er as both Shaw and Chase are champions
7 at the respective methods. Chase knocked
! over his first hurdle, but led Shaw up to
| the eighth obstacle. Cady fell at the third
I stick and quit. At the eighth hurdle
/ Shaw was almost level with the American
/ champion, but could not hold him and
| Chase cleared the last obstacle a hurdle
better than Shaw. In the run in, how
ever the IgOndOner very nearly overhauled
Il l.