The herald., 1895-06-09
Great Work by Amateur
Athletes in the Northwest
THE MEETING AT PORTLAND
Several of the Events Proved Very
Exciting
Portland, Astoria and Tacoma Divide Honors
OF the --FleetsFocted w. E.
Tallant--The Summaries

Associated Press Special Wire.
PORTLAND, Or, June s.-The fifth
annual spring handicap games OF the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club took
place at Nlultnonah Field this afternoon.
The weather was fine and she track In ex-
cellent condition. Five Pacific North
west records were broken. Bert kerrigan
OF the NJ. A. A. c. took four inches Off
the running high jump record, making
the new record 3 feet S12 inches.
W. c. Brown and A. J. Brazee of the
NJ. a. A. G. each took half an inch off
the pole-vault record, which was 10 feet
fiat, held by Brown.
w. l.. Tallant of the Astoria Football
club. lowered the $50 yard running record
from 2 :05 4-5 to 2:04 fiat. The former
record was also made by Tallant.
Flanagan of Tacoma broke the record
for throwing the 16-pound weight by
nine inches. The new record is Il feet
"a inches.
Byrne of San Francisco took 5 3-5
seconds OF the two mile bicycle record.
Out of ten races that Tacoma men en-
tered they won eight.
The most exciting contest of the day
was the one mile run. Curtiss of Tacoma
took the lead at the outset and set the
pace until the last hundred yards. when
Tallant overlook him and the two men
ran together to the tinish Curtiss winn-
ing by three inches.
Summary: One hundred yards novice,
mem bers OF the Nj. A. A. G. only-W. 7.
Sinnott won, Bert kerrigan second: time
III 2-5.
One hundred wards dash-H. NJ. Mac
Gregor, Tacoma A. c., scratch, won j.
h. Barrager Tacoma A. c., second; time
10 3-5 seconds.
I,o& a
Flanagan, Z. A. c., two feet handicap,
won distance SO feet IA inches; A. l..
Stephens, M. A. A. e., second; "a feet
1lA inches.
44o-yards run-T. W. Martin, T. A. c.,
two yards handicap, won; NJ. c. Hol-
brook, NJ. A. A. c., yards, second;
time So 3-5 seconds.
Running nigh jump-Bert X errigan
won feet s 1-2 inches; Il. Z. Morgan,
Nj. A. A. c. second; 5 feet 6 IL inches.
kerrigan broke the P. n. A. record of
feet 4 IL inches, held by Morgan, by
four inches.
One mile rune. P. Curtiss, T.. A. c.
so yards handicap. won; W. E. Tallant,
Astoria Football Club, scratch. second
time As l-5.
One hunured and twenty yards over
hurdles-E. 4. Morgan, NJ. A. A. c.,
won; Walter Honeyman, NJ. A. A. c.,
second; time. IS seconds.
Throwing the sixteen pound hammer
c. Mackenzie. I. A. c.. five feet hand-
cap. won SO feet 50 inches; A. J..
Stephens, NJ. A. A. C., scratch, second;
93 feet 3 inches.
One mile walk-R. A. p. Young. T. A.
c., % yards handicap. won ". c. Her
ron. NJ. A. A. c., scratch, second: time,
S:12 3-5. ,.,
Two hundred and twenty yards dash
III. NJ. Macgregor. 7. A. c.. 81 yards
handicap, won; III. j. Rosenberg. NJ. A.
A.C., yards, second; time, % 20 sec
onds.
Pole vault--W. c. Brown and A. J.
Brazee. both M.A.A.C.. scratch men,
made 10 feet y inch, breaking the p. N.
A. record by half an inch.
: Eight hundred and eighty yard run
WE. Tallant. A. F. c., scratch, won Louis
which takes As seconds off the p. N.
A. record of 2:O5 As, held by TalIant.
Running broad jump. E. Barrager,
T. !. c.. two inches handicap, won; 20
feet'2 inches; Bert Kerrigan, NJ. A. A.
c., six inches handicap, second, 10 feet.
Two hundred and twenty yards over
hurdles-Walter Honeyman, NJ, A. A.A.C., 8
yards handicap, won; E. f. Morgan,
scratch, second; 81 As seconds.
Two-mile bicycle race--J. c. Morgan,
NJ. A. A.C., 145 yards handicap, won; NJ.
T. HILL Portland A.A.C., 80 yards. sec
ond time. 4:50 As. Frank NJ. Byrne,
who rode from scratch made the time in
10 1-5. taking 3-5 seconds off the Pm.
A. record.
One mile relay race-The M.A.A.C.
team won; P.A.A.C. second; time,
2:35 40