The herald., 1895-09-22
AMERICANS WON EVERYTHING
English Athletes Were Not in
the Game
RECORDS GO ALL TO SMASH
Hair.Raising Finishes and Wild En-
thusiasm
RECORDS GO ALL TO SMASH
Perspiring Thousands Stand Under the Suns
Blistering Rays to Watch the
Exciting Events

history OF athletic sports has there been
such a successful series of contests held
in single day the world over as the in
ternational games between the London
Athletic club and the New York athletic
representatives at Manhattan field today.
Between the smashing of records, hair
raising finishes aud above all the entire
shutting out of the visitors from even
winning first honois in any OF the eleven
contests on the programme, the $4,000
SPECTATORS who gathered whining the en-
clsure thronging the stands and filing
the bleachers as well as every point of
vantage, were kept In continual fer
ment OF excitement, which was only re
lieved at times by wild outbursts OF en-
th husiasm.
For days past. the committee who had
the matter in charge had sent out Offices
that ali seats i'll thc grand stand rad been
disposed of and that only few were left
on the bleachers and side stands. Tho
committee of arrangements had every
seat and support in the stands inspected
by experts and when one section was
found 10 be unsafe in very small de-
gree. they refrained from selling ticket
for that section and when other parts of
the grounds were packed to suffocation
today they had policemen stationed at
this particular point ana no one was
allowed to go near it.
The netraDce gates in different parts Of
the field were opened shortly after noon
to let in the impatient crowd who were
perspiring outside where they had been
staining for over an nour under ths blis-
tering rays of the hot sun. After the
first mad ru sh had subsidized, the visitors
arrived in steady streams, filling all the
available space by the time the first event
on the programme was called at 2:30
o'clock. The grand stands were filled
with the wealth and fashion of New York
and the gay toilets If the ladies were q
plcasing relief to the background Of
storm -bcsten boards and planks of which
the stands are constructed.
There was very little decoration to. be
seen with the exception, of, a few flags on
the poles which marked the different
finishes, while the balcony Of the club
house was festooned with the American
ana Bitish flags on each side.
To some Of the Britishers the Amer
can, heat vas just bit enervating.
The men who would have had the
would sweep everything before them
would have been laughed at by the
majority OF those who have made study
of athletics.
THE EXCITING EVENTS
In the SS0-yard run, with which the
games began, Fitzpatrick and Lyons were
selected to meet Horan and Lewis, the
English representatives.. After beauti-
full race Fitzpatrick won by ten yards
When the numbers went up and the time
was announced beating the worlds rec
ord by a second, the crowd cheered wildly
and argued that this was a good omen
for the success of the American team.
The 11OO.yard dash was the second event,
Bradley, the English champion, and
stevenson represented England, while
John V. Crum of Iowa and B. j. Wefers
of Lowell, Mass, represented the Amri-
can team. When the pistol shot rang out,
Wefers was seen to be in front, Bradley
second Crnm 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 foot ahead of Crum. When the
time, 8 4-5 seconds, was announced, the
audience got to cheering again, for the
worlds record had been equalled and the
Englishmen convinced themselves that
ten fiat could be broken.
The running high jump then interested
the on ookers, and whils the English
men confessed that they could not come
anyways near Sweeney. the latter had a
bit Of asurprise up his sleeve. Baltazzi.
the youthful jumper. was selected as
strong string to the champion, while
Williams, of the Edinburg university,
and Johnston, OF Cambridge, were pitted
against them. All but Sweeney soon Iell
out as the bar was raised. 1t was placed
at fest AZ inches in order to give
Sweeney chance to break his own
worlds record Of feet 51s inches. With
superhuman effort he made the jump
and cleared the bar amid great applause.
Thus he established new record of 8
feet 5% inches. which was increased to
4 feet 55s inches when the height was
remeasured at the request of the by
ISLANDERS. Balrazzi was awarded the
second place.
In the mile run with Connect and Or
ton of the New York Athletic club and
William Luytenis. the only representative
of the l.. A. c., the Enslishmen fell out
and lay on the grass about l5o yards
from the tape. Connsff finished first in
minutes Is 1-5 seconds.
The 220-vard run brought together
Jordan and Downer Of England and We
fers and Crum of the N. Y. A. G. We.
fers won by fully thee yards from C.um,
who was about ons yard ahead of jordan.
Again worlds record had been
broken, as the time was 81 3-5 seconds.
In the hurdles Captain Godfrey. Shaw
ana Oakley were against Chase and Cady.
Chase managed to beat ont the English
captain by about feet, with Oakley three
yards back. Once more a worlds record
was lowered by "a fifth of a second, in
Is 2.5.
The prettlest race cf the day was tho
quarter mile run. Fitzherhert, the Cam
bridge university man whose record of
48 3-5 vas partnered by Gilbert Jordan,
both Enelshmen. while Burke and Sands
did battle for America. About 10 yards
from home Jordan took the lead. The
Bos Oh boy, Burke, finally caught his
man a yard from the tape and won by a
couple OF inches in great effort Sands
was good third. Time was 40 seconds
which was only one.half second behind
the worlds II olyd.
In the field events the Americans had
walkover. Gray winning the putting of
the l6-pound shot. Mitchell won the
hammer contest With o throw of 1877 1-5,
A. 81; ~