The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-03
THE HOLIDAY SPORTS
What the Admirers of Sum-
meT Pastimes Can
Select From.
A LARGE COLLECTION OFFERED
Features Will Be N. j. A. G. Games
CALIFORNIAN Contests-Yacht-
ing on the Bay

The athletic portion OF the programme
for the New Jersey A.. C. celebration will
certainly be interesting. The entries closed
On Monday and Handicapped Carter has
finished his arduoas duties on one of the
largest lists the New Jersey A. C. ever
received for the Fourth of July. About
800 entries nave been received for the ath-
Ietie events and close and exciting con-
tests are expected.
George Sands. Of the N. Y. A. c., is
scratch man in the 220 yards run. Limit
Is yards. Jerome Buck and George Sands
are both placed on scratch in the 40 yards
run. handicap. Limit 50 yards. The 100
yards dash has received no less than 81
entries. w. Dubois, of the n. J. A. c.. is
placed on scratch. Limit Sls yards. Cham
pinn Sam Iseibgold is scratch man in the
mile walk. Tie limit is 55 seconds. Louis
Leibgold. of the ". j. A. c.. and Charles
L~eipgold, of the Williamsburg A. A., are
also entered in this race. Darwin r.
James. OF the n. J. A. c., the old Puri-
tan College runner, is scratch man In the
go yards hurdle race. Jerome Buck has
been given one yard. The limit is placed
at - yards. William z. Laing. Prineeton's
famous runner. Is entered IN the mile run
handicap. e. Hjertberg, N. J. A. c., and
Andrew J. Walsh, Xavier A. A., are on
scratch. The limit is 1876 yards. Gabe Hol-
man in the half mile race. Tie limit is
50 yards. William T. Laing, the Princeton
runner. has received q handicap q 10
like his form he certainly Should win quite
easily e. Hjertberg has been given five
yards.
The following are the entries for the ALI
around championships L. p. Sheldon,
New York "A. G.; George S~chwegler, New
Club. '1e
IN the scratch hammer-throwing con
chell. The following have enfered-
Harry Cross, Charles Chadwick and
Fred Beck Of Yale University; Dick Shell
don, N Y. A. c.; James S, Mitchell. un-
There win be a football game under as
sociation rules between the Bayonne
crack teams met on Decoration Day and
the Bay Ridge boys won and the New
Jersey boys took their defeat very keeniy.
range a return match for the Fourth.
This the Athletic Committee of the New
Jersey A. G. agreed to do, and as a re-
suit both teens have been securing the
country for players in order to get ont the
strongest possible teams. One enthusiast
remarked the other day that this game
as from what he had heard both teams
had strengthened themselves very mate
rally. This contest viii be one well worth
witnessing. and Oliver s. Jores. the ref
cree. will rave his hands full. Besides the
football match there will be bicycle races.
but the principal event of the day for
Jerseymen will be- a oi,e mile team relay
race for phe championship of this city.
All the clubs have tal&n hold OF this
thing in earnest ard no less than seven
teams have sent In Their, entries for this
competition. and all the leading athletes
of Hudson County are represented. Each
team will start four men. each runner to
fnn a quarter mile. The following is a.
complete list of tine entries for this team
race. which IS the largest ever received
in this section of the country for a race
OF this kind
-Four runners from each club TO com
pete. Gold medals to first team, silver
nedals to second team, bronze medals to
Lasaysffe Kings sons-CoIors, purple
ard white. r. A. Henaphil1, 7. p. F. Wes-
ton. A. ]. Boland. q. H. Weston, A. G.
Dwyer. G. f. Hinrichs.
r.. Steil. w. Christie. D. A1herts.
VigiBaut Field Club-Colors. yellow. and
purple: L. z. Herman c. spatschil. l..
Wfschart. c.. Calvin, E. Meeker, J. Van
Golden Links Association-ceLors blue
and gold. w. z. Brister. l. T. Ferris
son. A. r. Barber.
Irving Clph-Coaors. blu and white: w.
mann. l. Neil H. Cochran. II. M. Rogers.
Young MEMS Leagae3olors. orange
and blue; D. Ramsay. J. Logan W; A.
Sharp, ]. H. Wray. R. A. Black, J. Pent-
land.
I. j. Keane. j. A. Hetherfngton, T. F.
The closing event OF the day win be a
game Of baseball.