The herald., 1896-07-06
ATHLETICS AND GYMNASTICS

Australia has the greatest endurance
club-swinger ever known. His name is
J. Grifiths, and he Is credited with
swinging the clubs thirty hours with
out stopping one fraction of second.
This eclipses Bax's record Of twenty
eight hours at Foley's Athletic hall
some months previous. The clubs used
were pounds 101a ounces and pounds
II ounces respectively. Grffiths only
left his work in the Great Cobar cop
per mine the day before the marvellous
exhibition of endurance. Griffiths aver
aged sixty-five revolutions per minute.
Spectators who witnessed the perform
ance state that with proper training
forty hours club-swinging would not
be beyond the record breakers reach.
Griffiths enjoys prestige as a football
player, and has also distinguished HIM
self in the prize ring.
The trip of the Olympic club Of San
Francisco to Portland, Or, afforded a
magnificent exhibition of high jumping.
The event is thus described by Leonard
Gill, the captain of the Olympics:
1.-The first event on the program was
called at promptly 3 p. M, the time ad-
vertised, and it found Kerrigan, the
northwest crackerjack, and Patterson,
the pride of the Olympic sanT, p1iaea r1ece
against each Other. ne Jumping piaCe !.
with no fence in between, which gave
the spectators an unobstructed view OF
the field sports. Owing to the import
ance Of the different events, but one
was put on at time.
s0Tba hor -r-li1y It,IsTu to tia
6-Ioot mark, which both men cleared
without a fault-wonderful jumping
When the bar was placed at feet 2
inches, Patterson, leading off, knocked it
down with his shoulder, the crowd in
the stand showing it's approval of the
same by loud cheering. Kerrigan then
tried 1t, with the same result. This made
honors even Patterson again led off,
with the same result. In justice to Pat
terson, it must be said, that two days
petore the games he re-injured his
Jumping foot, which, at this stage of
the game, was causing him considerable
trouble. kerrigan walked about fifteen
yards away from the bar, ran nimbly at
1t and cleared 1t in the most graceful
manner, though he had nothing to spare
The audience about this time was
very Jubilant, as Patterson had but one
more trial, and in his last two attempts
had not jumped up to his form.
When the Olympic lad walked back to
MAKE mis- final attempt the cat-calls that
ne was greeted with must have made
tne petter element feel sorry for some
OF their representatives; but Patterson
was more than equal to the occasion,
and with mighty bound he cleared the
bar at feet inches, thus tying Ker-
rigan.
They both failed at feet inches, and
patterson, owing to his ankle getting
worse, refused to jump the tie-off with
the result that Kerrigan was awarded
nrst honors, after clearing feet. and
PATTERSON second place. Both of these
men are wonders, but Kerrigan has a
Detter knowledge of jumping than Pat
terson, and in the estimation of several
critics who were on hand Patterson had
tne better chance to improve as his
style is altogether faulty in many re-
spects. Kerrigan seems to be a more
persistent man than Patterson. and az
II IS his ambition to set new worlds
marx some day, it is quite probable that
ance. Kerrigan is about 5 feet ( inche,
IN height, and weighs about 12O pounds
sstripped. He. is a quiet, gentlemanly
teiiow. ha o; not given to boasting, and as
o'o'e