The evening world., 1895-09-21
The Running High Jump.

wsn sS' Mks XII .A' s%asnss s%@"s "S" Of the %P "
Athletic club. strolled across the field
to the bar great cheering followed The
A. Walter Baltazzi. while the English
| competitors for the medal were Regi-
| Maid Williams, the biggest man on the
| London team. and Alan Brooke John
| ston. The contest started in with the
| bar at feet. and illiam was the first
man over.
time at first The great stature of both
They lowered above their American
rivals, h1. they lacked Sd the grace rac OF
at 8 feet inches It made all the Jump
| ers but Sweeney grit their teeth and
make f"rocious leap at the stick. but
the champion SCARED over. 1t like bird.
| Williams. the Londoners' first spring,
foulcd the bars at b feet inches, and
Johnson cleared I, by an effort ,i, II was
got q round Of applause as he cleared
| I gracefully.
At i've feet ten inches both English
men were In trouble. and Williams put
| come rubber bands around his legs to
make them more springy. He got over
on the second trial, but Johnston had to
| Theb ar at feet was pie for Sweeney
and his neat hight through the air de
lighted the crowd, There was half.
on II again. Tommy Lee. who Is tanned
almost AS black AZ Hottcntot, brought
out the white goat again, ana TINS set
the crowd OFF once more.
Williams spit on his hands and made
"A desperate EFFORT for third time to
clear tn" bar, but he could not make II
and retired in evident disgust. Baltazz
also quit tying Williams for second
place.
The bar was then raised to feet 5'a
II he cleared it, he would break the
worlds record. which he held feet SIS
inches, The crowd yelled and The
Band Played on was truck up ny the
Sweeney took OF his sweater and kicked
several sexeral big mounds OF dirt out
got away badly and then made dash.
was wriggling about in the air his left
shoulder struck the bar and !. W. went s
" and he tried 1t again. Again he
failed.
sweeney Clears q Feet ) I-2 Inches.
Then he nerved himself for a final
, every one ii" cleared the bar by fully
, two Inches, and not even the handk"r-
, such a howl as went up. even before
he struck the ground on the other siic,
was never before heard at Manhattan
I match. All the officers gathered at the
, bar and the distance was measured and
{ the announcement mHur tnat sweeney
- had again broken the worlds record,
( The spectators had another hilarious
time.
/, Vile Hun Easy for C"nnrH.
+ After the enthusiasm had subsidized the
mile run was starred with three entries.
Tommy" tanncn and George orton,
, for New York. and ony one rcpresen-
! tal.vc. William Il. Luytcns. for the
| tondonPrs. brton set the pace at thH
start and held it Tor the first lap, setting
4 S"nnrff Was close behind him. ani
second s's lap Connect and Luytens wen,
ahc 81, ana on The third lap Tommy was
, / i'St sprInting away from the Bri'sher
e While OrtGn began to catch up aga.n.
. The crowd became wild with cN-
4 the Iiri,.sher, and enthusiasm was
: overw hclming when orton hnnlly rot
second place The last lap was com
= plete walkovcr for the Americans. as
Luytcrs dropped out and did not finish
Cornon crossed the line q winner htV
- yards ahead Of orton. ,T!m"-iN = -
n The experts said that Conner. who
. received a h!s ovation after the rtn,sh
' could have beaten his own worlds rec
ord OF il5 80 Il he had been pushed a
y all. As a matter Of fast, he had thins.
that he should have come nearly
oquallIug his best time under such cir.
Cumstanccs,
The 3:o-Nurd Dash.
The 220-yarl dash came next, and the
. starters were bernard j Wetcrs an'
. John V. trum, for New York, ana Al
yr,l Il. Downer and Gilbert Jordan, Tor
London.
pCwnCr's start was somewhat OF q
surpris" as II was believed that his
injured leg would not permit him tG
7 compete. lie was at the line however
and when the pistol was fired he Was
with the four AT the 'rd OF nifty yards
., however. lie broke down and fell n, ad
" long and had to be carried from th'
l. field. Weftrs won easily, with CruU
~ second, in q S-5 seconds. beating an
!, other worlds record by 10 of a second
" The former record was held by e. q
y Wood, Of the Blackheaih Harriers, l.
n II Carey, Of Princeton; 7. J. Lee an(
J. V. trum, p As seconds.
Drunk and BADLY bruised.