The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
ATHLETICS.
Great Interest Was Manifested in
New York Yesterday.

Great Interest Was Manifested in
New York Yesterday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21-Never in the
history of athletics has there been
ouch a successful series of contests
held in a single day, the world over,
as the international games between the
London Athletic club and the New
York Athletic representatives at Man
haitian Field this afternoon. Between
the smashing Of records, hair-raising
finishes and above all the entire shut
ding out Of the visitors from even win
ming first honors in any OF the eleven
contests on the programme, the 5000
SPECTATORS who gathered within the en-
closure, tfrongdng the stands and nj
ling The bleachers as well as every
point Of vantage, were kept in con-
tinual ferment Of excitement, which
was only relieved at times by wild
outbursts of enthusiasm.
For days past, the committee who
had the matter in charge. had sent out
notices that all seats in the grand
stand had been disposed Of (nd that
only a few were left on the bleachers
and side stands The committee of ar
engagements had every seat and sup
ported stands inspected by experts, and
W1En one SECLlOu was lOQtlu 10 pe I'LL
safe in very small degree, fhey re-
strained Fl ON selling a ticket for that
section and when other parts Of the
grounds were packed to suffocation to-
day, they had policemen stationed at
this particular point and no one was
allowed to go near it.
The entrance gates at the different
parts of the field were opened shortly
after noon to let in the impatient
crowd who were perspiring outside,
where they had been standing for over
an hour under the clustering rays of
the hot sun. After the first mad rush
had subsidized, the visitors arrived in
steady streams, filing all the avail
able 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 Of the ladies
were a pleasing background Of storm
beaten boards and pIaJnks 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 clubhouse was festooned with the
American and British flags on each
side.
TO some Of the Britishers the Amer
lean heat was just a bit enervating.
The men who would have had the
telnority TO predict that the Am ricans
would sweep everything before them
would have been laughed at by the
majority Of those who have made a
sturdy Of athletics.
In the SS0-yard run, with which the
games began, Fitzpatrick and Lyons
were selected to meet Koran and
Lewis, the English representative
After q, beautiful race, Fitzpatrick won
by 10 yards.
When the numbers went up and the
time ~ras announced, beating the
worlds record by a second, the crowd
cneerad wildly and argued that this
was a good omen for the success of
the American team.
The 100-yard dash was the second
event. Bradley, the English champion,
and Stevenson represented England,
while John V. Crum, of Iowa, and E.
7. Wefers, of Lowell, Mass. repre-
scented the American team.
When the pistol shot rang out, We
fers was seen to be in front from start,
with Bradley second, Crum third and
stevenson fourth. There was no change
throughout the race, Wefers n1afntain-
ing his lead to the tape by two feet
with BRADLEY second, about twelve
inches ahead of Crum. When the time.
q rs seconds was announced, the audi