Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-22
 BEATEN OUT OF BOOTS The English Athletes Were Never
 in It. THEY DREW A BIG BLANK Not Single Event Went to Their Credit-The Americans 0utclassed Them in
 All Points.


 beating administered in an event of so
 much importance and to such an aggre-
 gation of champions as that given by the | New York Athletic club to the team of
 the London Athletic club in the dual in-
 ternational games at Manhattan field l today. Not even the most enthusiastic l rooter for the success of the scarlet and
 white in his widest stretch of imagina-
 ton ever attempted to bring himself to hope for a straight series of wins down
 the line. Fully 12,OOO persons were pres
 ent today at the field, and when they | saw event after event going to the credit l of the Americans their enthusiasm knew
 no bounds The gates were opened at | 1:30 D. m., the crowds kept surging in the 1 procession, growing thicker IS the time | for starting drew nigh.
 At 2:30 o'clock when the starters came l out for the half mile, there was not vacant seat to be had on the scores of | stands, while the beachers, except in l the top rows, were filled with good
 natured, perspiring crowds who swelter ! ed in the fierce heat of the sun and cheer | ed and shouted as their faVoriteS came | home. Never did an athletic meeting. | even in the palmiest days of the ''old | Cherry diamond" !" evoke so much public i interest and enthusiasm or bring such a l large and representative attendance to | Manhattan field. From the time that l Charley Fitzpatrick won the half mile | down to the moment that Tommy Con | neH broke the tape, winner in the i three mile run, the eleventh and the last l event of the day, the interest never flag | ged and the applause never waned. | Of the eleven events on the programme | only three were looked upon in the light | of certanties for the Americans, viz: The | high jump. shot and hammer throwing. | The half mile and mile were regarded l pretty good things for the home club. 1 but by no means certaintieS, while the | other events were considered open. That 1 the mercury foot would capture eleven | of the eleven was certainly not even | hinted at.
 | The half mile run was the first act in | what was to be a tragedy for the wear | CTS of the gold and green. Karl Kilpat- l rick, the American champion over the l distance, and Harvey Lyons were the | pair to capture the New York Athletic l club honors while Horan and c. H. Lew | in sported the green and gold. Lyons | business of the race was done after the | fourth, as he started to make the pace l of the race a hot one for Fitzpatrick, who l Is tr1e 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 l American champion, but notwithstand- | ing all efforts he could not get within
 six yards of the Union college flyer at
 the finish and the first point in the con- | test was with the New York Athletic | club
 The enthusiasm was wild for few mo- | ments. The cheering was renewed when | the time-1:53 2-5-was put on the board l and the spectators were informed that | the best previous record of 1 minute 54 2-5
 seconds, made by the crews of the Oxford
 university in 1888, had been beaten by | full second.
 Then came the 100 yard dash. and if | there was any one event that was indeed
 a sure win for the visiting team it was | that The great Bradley, the greatest | sprinter in Great Britain, was there, but | from the flash of the pistol to the break | ing of the tape Bernard J. Werferd, who l wore the scarlet and white, was yard | in front of the champion of Great Brit | ain One watch made the time 3-5 sec | onds, but the official time was returned | as 9 4-5 seconds, which beats the worlds | record.
 When the excitement consequent upon | the defeat of the English certainty had
 subsided the high Jumpers came out | Reginald Williams and Allan B. John | stone for the visitors and M. F. Sweeney | and s. A. w. Baltazzi for the home team. | Johrstone was the first man to go out, | with the bar at , feet 10 inches. Williams | and Baltazzi failed at feet and Sweeney | went over like bird with inches to spare. l The bar was then raised to what was
 measured as feet 51@ inches, but after
 wards found to have been 6 feet. 59s | inches, and Sweeney cleared this on the | third trial, breaking his own previous | worlds record of feet, 79s inches. l The mile run was next on the pro | gramme Orton made the pace for lap | with Conneff second, and Lutyens third, | but the going was not fast enough to
 suit Conneff and the Irishman went to 1 the head of affairs, and Lutyens who | was running a bit lame, followed him,
 while Orton fell back. Conneff had | lead of about twelve yards at the half, | which was made in minutes l012 sec | onds. but the Engllshman held on dog | gedly. At the three quarters, however, | Iutyens was laboring hard and Connen | drew away at every stride. Orton closed | up and passed Lutyens at the back | stretch and at the end of the stretch | Lutyens broke down and quit. Conneff | sprinted up the straight and breasted l the tape in minutes IS 1-5 seconds
 ahead of Orton.
 l A. R. Downer. the Scottish champion | and probably the fastest man in England l from 100 to 300 yards. broke down after l going fifty yards in the 220 yards run. | This made the race a. duel bewteen Wei 1 CTS and Crum. as Jordan. the English 1 second string, was not nearly close l enough for the yankees Wefers won | handily by two yards and Crum beat the 1 .,ondoner by about three yards. The l time. 21 3-5 seconds. makes new figures l for the world record, which up to today, | stood at 2l 4-5 seconds
 l The Londoners best effort in the shot l putting was not within several feet of l the New Workers second strings, and in this. as in the hammer throw. the green l and gold were fairly outclassed. | The hurdle race promised a most eXcit- | ing contest, and next to the 100-yard | run was looked upon as the closet event | of the lot with shade of odds in favor l of Godfrey Shaw, the English captain. | It was also thought that the race would l settle the point as to whether the En- | glish system of fixed hurdles on grass, l or the American of moveable hurdles on l cinders was the faster, as both Shaw | and Chase are champions at the respec- l tive methods Chase knocked over his | first hurdle, but led Shaw up to the | eighth obstacle. Cady fell at the third