The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

ton; second, Waugh; both P. H. S., and
Foss Of Thornton, third.
P. H. s. score, "a; Thornton Acade-
| my, 3.
MILE BICYCLE RACE.
| For the mile bicycle race, Portland
had three men entered, Turner, Thomp-
son and Doten. Thornton had Wentworth
| and Wood entered. This race was de-
layed some time because of the delay of
the League of American Whcelmen to
grant Its sanction to. the event. The ap-
pllcation Of the manager of the affair for
the l.. W. A. sanction was not accom-
panied by the fee as it should have bee N
| and SO this race was held for some time
and for a while it looked as If it would
not come off. But about O'Clock Prof.
Lee received telegram from H. W.
Robinson, the secretary Of the L. A. W.,
| racing board granting his official sane
ton. The race was then called and 1t
was found that the P. Fl. s. had Tur-
| ner. Thompson and Doten in the event,
while Thornton put forth Wentworth and
Wood. Turner drew the pole and when
the bunch was sent of he took the lead.
Doten on the outside kept his front tire
abreast of Turner's pedals and the two
Thornton men. q few feet behind, were
also neck and neck, Thompson of the
p. II. s. followed close behind, In this
manner the riders kept up the pace and
it looked from the grand stand as If a
large sized blanket might cover the whole
lot. AT the threa-quarter's mark, how
ever, Thompson began to pull up into
the lead and on the home stretch took
the lead. Down the last quarter they
came like a whirlwind with the bunch
surging out behind Thompson and the
Thornton men some distance behind.
Thompson amidst great applause In
ished first. Doten second and Turner
third. 1t was a pretty finish and the time
was just 3m. IS. Not very bad for Rigby
and the strong wind. The score now
was P. a. S., So: Thornton, 8.
2ao-YARD HURDLE.
Thornton was fast being left in the
rear by the valiant High School boys
and tho wearsrs of the blue were exultant
and correspondingly happy. For the 2. 90
yards hurdle, P. H. S. entered Edwards
and Murphy. while Thornton was repre-
sented by Foss and Armstrong. At the
firing Of the pistol Edwards began to fly
over the hurdles like bird with Foss
and Murphy not far behind. 1t was
pretty sight to see the young athletes rise
and jump and spring like men with
springs in their heals at every hurdle.
AS they neared the finish loud cries of
$50 it Murphy" and Como In Muir
ply" almost lifted the roof of the grand
stand. Murphy seemed equal to the
emergency and shook Foss from his
heels, finishing second, while Edwards
was an easy first, and Eoss of Thornton
Academy third. The time was 20 IA Sec
onds. Amidst great cheering the fol-
lowing score was announced: p. HI. S.,
Al Thornton, 4.
HALF MILE RUN.
For this event Thornton was confident
of winning at least two places, but they
succeeded in getting one. P. H. s. had
DeClaybrook, Chase, J. 81. Sinkinson
and Hadlock as contestants. while Thorn
ton put in Goodwin, Cole, Waterhouse
and Weber. This was very pretty
race from the word "go." Goodwin Of
Thornton got the lead at the word and
started off at q swinging pace which soon
scattered the field. Chase of the P. H.
S. was not an easy man to beat though
and was fully equal to the pace set by
the stronger man. He with Sinkinsop
and Cole at his heels gave the Thornton
man hot finish. Plucky little Sinkin-
son took the third place from Cole of
Thornton by a magnificent squirt at the
tape. Goodwin finished first, Chase
second and Sinkinson third, The tima
was ID 1-2.
Score. P. H. s., IS; Thornton Aoode-
my, 9.
22o YARDS DASH.
In the 800 yards dash. H. s. sent
waugh and Whitney into the fiald aaa,n.t