The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-04
CHAMPION ATHLETES
World Beaters Will Appear
Id the Catholic Club
Games.
PHENOMENAL ENTRY LIST
Baseball Games Among the ANA
teurs-Sport for Trap Shooters
"A Run for Wheelmen.

Inc most important athletic event tnat
has been held In this city since the intro
duetfon Of athletics as a pastime will be
decided tomorrow at Baldwin Park I'M
der the auspices Of the Catholic Club.
This organization has labored hard for
this meeting and the efforts were
crowned with the greatest success. Never
has a club been favored with a finer en-
try, and at no time has such an array of
athletic talent been gathered together at
an event in this State. All of the men
who have been billed as stars at the New
Jersey Club will appear, but in greater
number. Champions of the Metropolitan
Association, champions Of the Amateur
Athletic Union, champions of the South
ern Association and those Of the Inter
collegiate Association will ali be gath
cred together in this city tomorrow, and
will make most strenuous efforts to Sc
cure one of the many handsome medals
that are offered by the Catholic Club as
prizes Brightest of all the stars that will
be In the bunch tomorrow are Bernard
Wefers, holder of the worlds amateur
record for 100 and 220 yards, and a mem
Der of the New York Athletic Club, and
representative of the Georgetown Uni
y NAO VA 4OAh tAiC ~ ohS&A
in both the rs and go yard dashes. He is
the greatest Splinter of the age, and is in
remarkable condition as he expects to
break the 300 yard record on Monday.
With him in his class r. Charles H. Kill
patrick, the holder of the worlds half
mile record, who will appear at his IA
vorite distance. fitzpatrick viii be scratch
and must concede starts to a number of
men who have run close to the champion
In former races. Never rave such men
appeared on the track in this city, and
there will be a large crowd to welcome
them. Other athletes whose records nave
placed them In the front of Americas
greatest Representatives. on track and
field have entered and. the exhibitions of
skill will eclipse anything presented here,
and the records for the Baldwin Park
track, which was the scene Of many a
Park will undoubtedly be knocked to
smithereens. Among some of those whom
1t Will be worth q long Journey to see
perform win pc Love OF Princeton, Nc
ham, Cregan of Schenectady, Cooper of
Rutgers. {. n. Powell OF Cornell, Shell
don Of Yale, Harander, K. A. C.; Keane
whose names will be found in the inter
esting list of contestants and handicaps
which has been copied from the pro-
at half-past two and VIII be run off With
a system made possible by the assist
ance of an excellent corps of officials.
Proprietor Kelly has had a gang of men
the best shape possible. The games win
conclude with a reception in the evening
at the park. There win be music and
o oSa e IN the ts afternoon The officials in
100 yards dash, n-ovice-James Nc
Laughlin, Jersey City; Henry Browne,
Plainfeld; NJ. ] Mathews. Astoria, L. l.:
n. ". Long, Flushing, L. l.; James A.
Catholic club. Eugene BeIdeen, Harlem,
]. A. Hetherington, Catholic Club: q. <.
Harlem 7. N. e A.. 1' ". S. Df RasseiI.
A. irvl h.; s Fia II. 5 zepn. N sTowR, = Hey BY 6 crsss
George Openshaw.. Fourth Regiment A.
D; Kelly. Jersey city: g.. Y. c6ampe.
Turn verein; {. s~choenhaus, Xavier A.A.;
Owen Taylor, DR.. Groot A.. G.: John Cal
l aseso;r n lnst Gte &. v 4, g Harr Charles Earl The.
Clipper A G.. T. ]. Sullivan, Xavier 4.
A.; r. J HogerA Fourth Regiment A. A.;
ss So Yards asn sun, ha Nd az 4. NJ. Kinnev.
Knickerbocker A G., 50 yards: j. j.
Storms, Knlckerbocker A. G., SIS yards;
4. R T%omlinson.. ~Knicksrboeker A. 9,
Club. 60 yards; 2. Herman, G. F. A. A.,
S. yards; J: s. cleary,. O.. G. A.. s5 yards;
T. J; Koehlsr. Fourth Regiment A. A.,
4, $ yds. James cayanagh,. Holy Cross
Newark X. N. g. A. s yards; ). F.
6siggi N Msw Y YPsk A 4 G. s. 3 g yards yards; 4. 2 r.
Remington. New York A. c., 20 yards;
yards; G. W Reese, Twenty-third Street
vile c. Y. M. l.. A.. As Yards. F.. Sweek
clipper A, G., 50 yards: E. a. Yungei,
St George A G.. so yards; G. J. Gregory, |
n Z. A. e., scratch. A'''
IS yards dash, handicap-First heat,
John J. Ksane, Jr., Catholic Club, 10 feet;
Mathew Gassy, G I a A % u feet; James
heat. s K. Thomas, Knickerbocker A.
c.. II feet; NJ. J. Mathews. Astoria, L. l..
q feet; J. Brodbeck, Harlem Y. M. C. A.,
glewood F. q. IS feet. Edward Cook Cook. Jr..
Jersey City, 70 feet; E. W. Firth, Brook
lyn. 20 feet Fourth heat, James Fl.
B Bisgy. + Ins n. q A 4. IS Fl Yes + f Ms1li. md Hssi
ley. Catholic Club. 20 feet. Fifth heat,
NJ. P. Halpin. New York A. C., II feet;
A. J. Roberts, G. g. N. 4, "A feet; 1.
sixth heat, Harry Weismann, Kndcker-
booker A. G, II feet; William Mullane,
West New York, % feet; Charles Kiess-
ing. Twentysthlrd street Z. M G. A; ID
West Side A. c., Is feet; John w Cross. |
Y. ID. c. A., % feet; II, w. C~hampenois,
Newark, n. J.. 20 feet. Eighth heat. E'
P Caravan, Yale University. 10 feet: 6.
-Schoenhans, Xavier A.. A., 20 feet; David
Barnett, Bowery Y. N. c. A., 20 feet. |
Ninth heat, NJ. ]. Waters. WASHINGTON
Heights 7. M. G. A., is feet A. NJ. Slater,
Betleville Z. M. C. A., II feet; Robert
Kollmar. Newark Y. M. C.. A.. is feet. |
Tenth heat, Fred C.. Flores, ST. Borthoio-
NEW A. c., u feet; H. r. Gregory. New
York, % feet; E. Brady, Catholic Club,
20 feet. Eleventh heat, James Z. Under
wood. New West Side A. c., is feet; John
J. Hart, Catholic Club, Is feet: John
Kenny. Catholic Club. 20 feet. Twelfth
heat, F. Stranahan, New York city, 20
feet: z. A. Lane, n. Y. A. c., 8 feet: B.
J. Wefers, N. Z. A. c., scratch.
Running high jump. handicap. Bessin-
ger. New York T. ", S inches. g. p.
Sheldon, New York A. c., az inches,
Sid. 3. Jones, Birmingham A. C.. 2 inches:
w.D McMonisle. 23d Street y. M. C. A., |
inches; D. J. 0'sulIivan. Xavier A. A.,
4. G. scratch; Gordon Alexander, Nor
Anchor A. c., 8 inches; Daniel Reuss'
Knickerbocker A. c., IL inches, James
Reilly, Institute A. G., 3inches; u. Korn-
nett, Sutton A. G., 4 inches: ]. J. Mccaorr-
mick. Y. NJ. C. A., s inches; VIM. Rod
gers, St. George A. c.
440 yards run. handicap heatEFirst
heat. X. f. McCrae, New York A. ii.
scratch; J NJ. Kim, Knickerhocker A.c.
Is yards; James a. Hetherington Catholic
Club, 20 yards; James Brown, Holy Cross