The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
NEW RUNNING RECORD
II. J. wEFERS SPRINTS 300 YARDS IN
THIRTY-ONE SECONDS.
Fast Time by CycIer Tom Butler with
"a Quintet Pacing-MiIe by Mi
chaeI Welsh i'm :52 As.

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-B. ]. Wefers, the
worlds champion runner, established a
new worlds record at three hundred yards
at the New Jersey Athletic Club carnival,
at Bergen Point, N. j., this, afternoon 1t
was a wonderful performance, as he had
to round two turns to go the distance.
There were three timers and two of them
made the time 81 seconds fiat, while c.
H. Mende, of Philadelphia, stopped his
watch at 30 As. In the final of the one
hundred-yards dash there were five men
running and Wefers, having the pole. was
crowded by Jarvis, of Pittsburg, and he
halted a little about twenty yards from
the tape in order to avoid foul The win
ner, Sulzer, beat Jarvis by about a foot
and the Pittsburg man was at least half
that distance before Wefers at the finish.
However, the judges placed Wefers second
after he had made claim of being
crowded, but he did not blame Jarvis W.
A. Demerulle and Edward Dupre, of New
Orleans. also took part in the one hundred
yards trials. but neither of them was
placed. Sid Jones, of Birmingham. who had
a handicap allowance of two and one-half
inches in the running high jump, failed
to get into the first three. Following are
the winners:
44o-yard Run, handicap-James Mcintyre,
st. 3. A. c. 6wenty three yards) Time,
80 Is.
ioo-yard Dash, handicap-C. A. sulzer. N.
J: A. c. Give YARDS, first; 3. j. Wefers,
N. Y. A. c. (scratch), second: Frank w.
Jarvis. Pittsburg A. c. 1.-TWO YARDS, third.
One-mile Run, handicap-Walter E.
Grady, Knickerboeker A. c. (ninety-five
SS0-yard Run, handicap-Gabe Holander.
Knickerbocker A. c. five yards) Time 1851
= One-1nile Walk handcap-Sam Liebgold,
ssO-yard Run. noviee1T shiman, Y. M.
T.. of Y M. c. A. Time, 2:1S
220-yards Hurdle, handioap-R. F. Hutch
i q srs. Elmira' n y eight yardso Time
22o-yard Run, handicap-J. F. Holland,
K &. A. c. fourteen yards.)
eT se0-yards sPeeial ssSetch rup-R. F; Wet
fourth. Time. 81. Only four ran.
Two-mile Bicycle Race. handicap-E. An
yards) Time, sos As.
one-mile Bicycle Race Sanford, jr.,
n J. A. c. GAO yards) Time. 2:25.
Jertberg, N. J. A. c. Time, 1910 As.
Running. High Jump. handicap Edward
tual jump five feet seven inches
Running Broad Jump, handicap-D J..
O'Suilivan Xavier A c. eighteen inches }
Actual jump, twenty feet ten inches.
Half-mile, State L. A w championship:
1:O6 3-5
Half-mile tandem, handicap: L. P. Cal
lahan and II. j. Walsh (ifty yards) won;
t. j. Berlo and Watson Coleman (sixty
YARDS, second; Harvey Hutchinson and A.
w. Crooks Seventy yards), third. Time,
1:55 Is.
One-mile handicap. amateur: George H.
Hammond. Dorchester Q1O, Won Time,
2:05 As.
One third mile open. professional: w. S
Reynolds, Hyde Park, won; Earl Kiser
Ohio, second; F. c. Shrein, Toledo. third
Time, 0:411e.
One-mile tandem amateur: L. d. Mar
ston and A. F. Wisner (seventy yards),
wen. Time, 200 2-5.
One-mile handicap professional: F. c.
Shroen fifty yards). won; Harvey Hutch
ms twenty-five YARDS, second; W. c. San
ger (scratch. third. Time, 2:12 3-5.
w. A. Puter made a mile from fyng
start, paced by quintet, in las Is. Tom
Butler made a mile. standing start, paced
by quintet, in 1:52 2-5.