The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-22

beating administered in an event of so
mtfeR importance and to such an aggrega-
ton of champions IS that given by the
New York Athletic Clubto the team of the
London Athletic Club in the dual interna-
tional games at Manhattan field to-day.
Not even the most enthusiastic s'rooter"
for the success of the scarlet and white in
his widest stretches of imagination ever
attempted TO bring himself to hope for a
straight series of wins down the line
Fully 10000 persons 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 were opened, at
1890 P. NJ, the crowds kept surging in, the
procession growing thicker as time for
starting drew nigh. AT 2:30 o'clock, when
the starters came out for the half mile,
there was not vacant seat to be had on
covered stands, while the bleachers, ex-
cept in the top rows, were filled with good
natured, perspiring crowds, who sweltered
in the fierce heat of the sun and shouted
as their favorites came home. Never did
an athletic meeting, even in the palmiest
days OF the old Cherry diamond, evoke so
bring out so large representative attend
ance to Manhattan field.
From the time that Charley Fitzpatrick
won the half mile down to the moment
that Connect broke the tape, winner of
the three-mile run, the eleventh and last
event of the day, the interest never tagged
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, the shot-put and hammer throw. The
half mile and mile were regarded as pretty
good things for the home club, but by no
means certainties, while the other events
were considered to be very open. That the
mercury foot would capture all of the
eleven off the reel was certainly not
limited at.
The half-mile run was the first act in
what was to be tragedy for the wearers of
the green and gold. Charley Fitzpatrick,
the American champion over the distance,
and Harvey Lyons were the pair selected
to carry the N. Y. A. G. colors, while F. S.
Horan and G. HI. Levin sported the green
and gold. Lyons business in the racewas not
done after the first quarter and he started
to make the pace a hot one for Fitzpatrick,
who is trlf1e slow in getting into his
stride.
When Lyons dropped back Fitzpatrick
went to the front, followed by Levin and
Horan. levin quit entering the back
stretch. Horan went in chase of the
American champion, but could not get
within less than six yards of the Union
College flyer at the finish, and the first
point in the contest went to the N. Y. A. G.
The enthusiasm was wild for few min
utes and the band played yankee Doo-
dle." The cheering was renewed when the
time-1 minute So 2-5 seconds-was put on
the board and the spectators were in
minute 81 2-5 seconds. made by Cross of
Oxford University, in 1888, had been beaten
by a full second.
Then came the 100-yard dash, and if
there was any one event that was deemed
sure win for the visiting team it was
that. The great Bradley, the greatest
sprinter in Great Britain, was there, but,
from the fash of the pistol to the breaking
of the tape, Bernard J. Wefers, the wearer
of the scarlet and white, was yard in
front of the cham pion of Great Britain.
bat the official time was returned as As
seconds, which ties the worlds record.
Wcfers won the 22O-yard run handily
by two yards, and Crum beat the Londoner
by about three yards. The time, q 3-5
second, makes new figures for the worlds