The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-08
ANNUAL FIELD DAY
AT CARBONDALE
First Event Of Its Kind and Was q
Success.
scRANTONS VICTORY WAS EASY
Electric City Athletes Won Seven Of
the Ten Events..Exciting Sprinting
Races and Tests Of Strengh. .Sum.
mary Of the Ten Events.


Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Carbondale, Sept. THE first an
nual field day between Carbondale and
scranton was decided success. The
day was perfect for any kind OF ath-
letic exercises. and while 1t was not too
cool to keep the spectators from enjoy
ing themselves the heat was not such
That the contestants suffered.
The number Of people who witnessed
the sports was quite large and all
seemed to be well pleased with the
events. They We're sood-natured. too.
and took the delays which occurred in
the best of humor.
The different events We're all holly
contested and while we failed TO come
out on top 1t was easy to see that there
is plenty of good material in our boys
which will come out with proper train
ing. This was especially marked in
putting the shot, throwing the hammer
and In high jumping. when know
ledge OF how to do each properly would
probably brought us out victorious.
Reese. of Scranton. deserves especial
credit for his work. winning the 44O
yard dash in 81 2-5 seconds. He also
came in first in his quarter in the relay
race. Mooney, for Carbondale. showed
up in good form and won much praise.
SOME EXCITING EVENTS.
The most exciting events Of the day
We're the 100. go and 44O yard dashes
and the relay race.
In the 100 yard dash Mooney. of Car
bondale. and Reese and Tropp of Scran-
ton. started. All the men strived hard
to reach the line and Mooney finally
broke the string some feet IN the lead
of Reese. 1t would have been closer
but that Reese and Tropp collided in
the start and thus lost them some time.
The time in this was 10 i-,.
In the 30 yard dash Quinnan and
Reese. of Scranton, and Gendell and
Nealon, Of Carbonate. started. The
race was evidently between Reese and
Gendall, the former finally forging
ahead and winning in q seconds.
Probably the prettiest race of the day
was the 440 yard dash. Reese and
Tropp entered for Scranton and Kirk
wood and HOckenberry for Carbondale.
Hockenberry and Reese were the fav-
orites and these two fought it out until
the very finish when Reese won by
small margin. Hockenberry made
plucky race of it and pushed Reese
hard. Time 80 2-j.
In the relay race Scranton was left
in the cold. The following were the
entries who ran the respective quar-
ters: Scranton-Reese, Tropp Gibbs.
Quinnan. arbondale-Gendall. Moo
ney, Kirkwood, Hockenberry. Reese
won the first quarter, but Mooney
came in 50 far ahead in the second
quarter that Scranton had no chance.
The time was 4.l2h.
Following is list of the events with
the winners:
SUMMARIZES.
First event - Entries. Carbondale,
Mooney: Scranton, Reese, Tropp. First,
Mooney; second, Reese. Time, 10 10 see
onds.
Second event;-Puttlng the shot. En-
tries. Carbondale, Mooney: Scranton.
Quinnan. Willard. Willard first. oS feet
inches; Mooney second. &c feet inch.
Third event--Running broad jump En-
tries. Carbondaie. Gendall: Scranton,
TrOpp Qunnan. Gendall first, Is feet
inch; Quinnan. second, II feet 4 inches.
Fourth event--220-yard dash. Entries,
Carbondalr. Gendall, Nealon; Scranton,
Reese Quinnan. First, Reese; second,
Gendall. Time, y seconds
Fifth event--Boys bicycle race, one
half mile Entries. Carbondale. Carroll;
Scranton. Strong. Reese, Williams. First,
Strong; second. Williams. Time, la 10.
Sixth event--Throwing the hammer En-
tries, Carbondale. Walsh. Pidgeon: Scrar-
ton. willard, Qunnan. First Willard. 20
feet 2ia inches: second. Walsh. 20 feet.
Seventh eyent--iiU-yard dash. Entries.
Scranton, Reese. Gibbs: Carbondale. Hook
enberry. K!rkwood. First. Reese: Second,
Hockenberry. Time, 80 g.: seconds.
Eighth event-One mile bicycle race.
Entries. Carbondale Merritt. Lee: Scran-
ton. Wescott. Evans. First. Wescott: see
ond. Lee. Time minutes | 10 seconds.
Ninth eveut-High jump. Entries. Car
bondale, Gendall Scranton. Quinnan,
Gibbs. First. Quinnan; second Gibbs. five
feet.
Tenth cvent--Relay race. Carbonlale,
Gendall. Mooney, kirkwood. Hocken-
berry: Scranton. Reese, Tropp. Gibbs,
Quinnan. Won by the Carbondaie team
In minutes ana l2ia seconds.
The pole jumping by Gibbs was q line
exhibition and won much applause. II was
the first seen in this city.
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