The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-31
a LARGE ENTRY LIST.
Some Of the Local Athletes Who
Will Compete Tomorrow.

WIFI compete tomorrow
The entry list of the New Jersey Ath-
letic Club for the midwinter games to be
held tomorrow night at Madison Square
Garden is Unprecedented in the history of
this popular Bergen Point organization.
The club has always been favored with a
large entry for its holiday meetings. during
the summer season on the handsomely
equipped ground on the banks of Newark
Bay, but never has it's events filled So
well as now. and this with athletes of
such great prominence All of the best
in the ranks of the Amateur Athletic
Union will participate in the several con-
tests while the two special championship
events will be the features of the night.
For these all of the cracks will start. and
the races will be the most spirited ever
witnessed indoors. The fact that Wefers,
the International champion. will start,
lends additional interest to the meet. as
it is rumored he intends to make an effort
to beat the fifty yard record and smash
other figures for the indoor contests. The
superior class of the athletes entered is
sufficient reason for thinking that every
performance will be an unusually high
standard. This city and other sections
of the country is more strongly represented
than ever in the races, and among the
names will be found those of the best
athletes. of the New Jersey. Bayonne,
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letic Clubs. Fourth Regiment Athletic
Association, Vigilant Field Club, and La
fayette kings Sons. all of this county
The most interesting event judging from
numbers will be the fifty yards dash. All
of the sprinters are down, and the best Of
5O-Yard Dash~C. 3. Fuerbach. Central
Y. M. G. A.; J. Woods, Woods Gymnasium,
J. /. Fernsmith. Yale University A. A.;
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held 4. q; +. j. Graham. National A. G.;
H. Obertubesing. New West Side A. G.;
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"A. G.: j. B. Brennan, Brooklyn; q.
Locke. Anchor a. O.: Martin F: Lynch,
e. c.o' j. F. Rim. Pastime MAecs e.; &. j.. Pat
rick, unattached: G.. e Moore, unattached;
E.. H~opkinson, Bay Ridge A. c.; D.. c..
Byers, Yale University 4. a: Edward
=: E. Howard. Bay Ridge a. e: F. s..
G eaaaisehs St; F e %. B HaTisa. Y Yale !. u HFssa.
sl's Mcintosh ei a New h West: s Ass's I: G. + jas jas
If hr.e LInden x. e.: 4. +. Schroeder f, Sa.'na nn.
attached. q. o. Schneider, New Jersey a.
E. O.. McNuIty, ST. Francis Xavier Col
lege: 6. G. Winshfp. Mount Vernon 7. NJ.
G: A:C E. BLACKBURN University Of
Regiment A A.. N. G.. =. j.; H. D. Ban
derwood. New West SIDE 4. CIV. Cohen,
New Nrsno Ma Tag,er c Al ! C.: F. " B E1sSib,,S St.
Athenian A. G.; J. ". Cross. y. Inc. A.:
n. J; Regain. Xavier A. A; v B Brister.
Fourth Eegiment A. A., y. e. ., 5; E
Brown. st. Georges A. G.; W. emily. Hobo
ken A. c.; w; Dubois. T~wenty-third Regi-
ment A. A.. Brooklyn; s. x Gerard. Yale
University A. A.: F.. C.. Puffer. New Jer-
F. Diamond. st. Bartholomew's A. G.; w.
Weidman. st. Georges A. G.; S. ".
Winslow,. New York A. c.: H. G.. Damn.
pwentysthird ResIment A. Az BrookIyH;
Syne. New Jersey A. G.: s. g: Boyer.
University Of PENNSYLVANIA; ! ". Ware.
Yale URiveersif y 4 ) A. As,5 +; B Nssl yorE New
G.: w o. Bradley. r. r. A. g.: R. Kell-
tional A. G.: ". r. o'Brien. ST. Bartholo-
T. ns Kidd Il; Sew Sew West I; Ha sac &c Ru !. 8. New
IN the 22o-yards run some Of the local
entries are Is Buck and Thomas Cam
entered. ]. Buck. G. N. Walsh, j. j.
Lawrence. W. A.. Funk and w. P.Roehe.
The contestants in the mile from this
is well filed. and those who viii try to
bring honors to Jersey City are Edward
Burke, William 81; Coleman. ]. C.
ney, G. AZ. Walsh. In che schoolboys' race
the majority of entries are from Jersey
city The Contestants Will be:
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