The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-07
AMATEUR ATHLETES
Annual Competition Among
Members Of the West
Side A. c.
pLAlsTED WON A CHAMPIONSHIP
Local Entries in Tomorrow's Cycle
Races at WayerIy-Track
and Field Games of
the A. a. q.
pLAISTED WON A CHAMPIONSHIP

The annual games Of the West Side
Athletic Club Were held Sunday at the
West sid track. 4 large number Of the
friends of the members were on hand and
silver medals were awarded to the win
ners. The contests were the second held
by this organization and the club made
quite a success OF It. The races consisted
of nine events. The sport began with a
one hundred yards run in three heats.
The final was very close and exciting.
John Congdon Won in 10 So seconds; r..
Breen, 5 yards, was second, and Jim
Dunno, third. The half mile walk was
very amusing and the efforts Of three of
the starters to keep pace with the leaders
resulted in their disqualification. p. Sui
Ivan was the winner IN 4 minutes and
Il seconds. He was on the scratch. j.
0. Harrigan, 25 yards, was second, and
NJ. Muller third.
Race for boys. distance 440 yards. was a
lively scramble between seven starters.
Johnny Mahoney won in So seconds. VIII
lie Campbell was second and James Har-
rs third. The one mile run proved ex4
citing. Samuel Wall ran a pretty race
from the mark and beat out the limit
men before the three-quarters was reach
ed. Stanton Eberly was second from the
Is yard mark, and p. Barry third. Time,
s minute IS seconds. The sack race,
seventy-five yards distance, had nine
starters, but only four crossed the line,
the others falling by the wayside. j..
Brady won. R. Devlin second and r.
Peters third. Time, II seconds.
Potatoe race was won by M. O'Brien,
7 D T as1r1a1 aooDI II G,A-sz-- 41.4~,z
Time, 50 seconds.
One mile bicycle race was won by P.
Cassidy, 50 yards; r, Deviin, scratch,
second, and NJ. Morris. third. Time, 5
minutes Is seconds.
Half mile run, handicap. won by Joe
Devlin, so yards; S. Fisher, scratch. sec
ond, and r. Burke. so yards. third Time.
2 minutes rs seconds.
0~ne-quarter mile run, handicap, won by
John SCRATCH N. Muller, ID
yards. second, and NJ Werner. third.
Jacob Reynolds won the starter and w.
Thomas and r. Congdon judges.
The Olympic Athletic Club has made
application to President James 2. Sulli-
van of the Metropolitan Association for.
ing a picnic and games at Baldwin Park
in August, at which they viii offer a
number of valuable prizes. They will
include all the popular distances in the
list.
The Catholic Club will turn its attention
to the annual field meeting of the Do
cesar Union, to be held at the C~aleaonia3
Park, Newark. on August S. They wok
the championship last year and will make
a effort to retain 1t. They
viii rave q strong team entered, and it
is probable that an all-around competition
will be held the same as last year. for
the purpose of getting the men in shape.
Thomas F.. O'Brien, who is one of the
chief workers among the athletes for the
success of this branch, win rave a win
probably present the same athletes who
wen on Saturday IN the relay race for
the local Championship at Bergen Point.
The athletes in this vicinity viii la
quite a rest as there are very few events
Scheduled In July and August. Labor
Day will ~inaugurate the fall campaign.
and it will be a lively one.