The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-19
THE ROANOKE TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER rs 1895

being the fastest man in tho world at any
distance from 100 yards to 800 yards. G.
Jordan Of Oxford university and tho Lon
don Athletic club, said to be particularly
fast man Mt 220 yards, will DO Downcr's
undcrstudy for the 100 yards event.
Opposed to Bradley and Downcr in the
100 yards dash will be John V. Crum, tho
Iowa wonder who has done the distance in
DO seconds, and Wcfers, c. w. Stage or
Tommy Lee, all 10 second men. Crum
has never yet met his equal, except in the
person of Wofers, who defeated him in a
trial race Sept. {, but Bradley and Downer
should DO able tn give him good argI-
ment, to say tho least.
w. Fitzhcrbcrt of Trinity Hall and Lon
don Athletic club has record of 40 3-5
seconds in tho quarter milo run and has
lowered tho colors of e. G.. Bredin this
year. Ho won tho quarter milo at tho
Cambridge sports this year, and also at
the Oxford-Cambridgo games, and again
ut tho amateur championships. Jordan,
who may run in tho quarter milo race,
won i'll the Oxford Cambridge and Oxford
Yale gnnos last year, but was beaten out
by fitzherbsrt this year.
In this event tho New York A. c. ia
particularly weak. George Sands seems to
BIO tho clubs best man, but he is not con-
sidcrcd in Fitzhcrbcrt's class.
In the half milo Charles Fitzpatrick OF
the New Works will have +. s. Koran AMI
u. j. wilkins to beat. Koran ran second
to Brcdin in the English amateur cham
pionships, being beaten u few yards III
LOO. Ho is the captain of the Cambridge
team that will meet Yale, but is also a
member of tho London A c. The Eng
llshmcn have rs much chance of winning
tho half mile raco MS we have of landing
the quarter mile fitzpatrick has won the
intercollegiate and a. a. L. champion
ships. capturing the latter in | 30 40.
In the one mile the visitors have q strong
man III W. II. LutycnS. He has Como the
distance in better than minutes 20 see
cnds but he will hardly be in it with
Tommy Connect of tho New Yorks. Con-
nell is running i'll rare form and recently
broke the worlds record for milo by ne
gotinting the distance in minutes 5 3-5
seconds. over four seconds better than Lut.
yen's best public performance. Besides
Connect, the New York A. G. has George
Jarvis and George Orion for the milo
event. Both are remarkably fast men.
Lutycns won the mile Mt the London Ath-
letic club-C Cambridge sports this year, hut
he finished second to Bacon in the anna
tour championships.
f. s. Homn of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
ana the London Athletic club, has rec
ord of IA minutes 4434 seconds for the
thrcc milo run. He has won that race in
the Oxford-Cambridgo games since 1892.
III. "A. Munro defeated him in tho London
Athletic club Cambridge sports this year.
Sidney Thomas the other Englishman en-
tered for this event, holds the worlds rec
ord of ii minutes "a seconds Opposed to
them will be Conneff and Orion, or Conneff
and Il. G. Carter, all famous distance mon.
Carter has been noted for ten years as n
cross country runner, and in 1894 won the
ten mile American championship AL
though pittcd against Englishmcn, he is
niinsclf a 5riton and was born in Bristol,
England.
q. ID. Shaw and w. j. Oakley will be
the English representatives in the 120 yards
hurdle race. Shaw is tho holder of the