New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-08
also received prizes The race was unoer '"e QUO
| nices OF the Crescent Athletic Clup.
WEFERSS NEW RECORD.
THE FLEET NEWCOMER LOWERS HE
OWN TINE AT 300 YARDS.
FITZPATRICK WINS THE HALF-MlLE hA|"
EAsE-rwo ACCIDENTS IN THE biCf'HH
WINNERS


coNrEsr-THE WINNERS.
Every essential factor contributed 10 III. n~ao
OF the New-Jersey Athletic club games AZ .h
Point yesterday. The audience ""' oxcon.
weather was perfect the programme was 49,
,ionalIv good and the affair was conducted u"
manner evidently satisfactory TO all cohceinu"
The record breaking feat OF Bernaru .. -.
in the special 300-yard race was the s.", -..,
ance OF the day. With the report OF op
Robertsons pistol Wefers got AWAY ''o" -,
mark He Immediately went to the 'front.' an" SCI
the mace When he reached the homestretch ne
dashed TO the tape with a wonderful p"rs' "
speed which enabled him to clip ohe-"i'" Vi
second from his own record OF 81 10 secoi'o' ~
the distance Among the starters IN the race "a
Frank W JARVIS. the Pittsburg A. {. crack. pu'
he was unfortunate. He got away last u III"
bunch and On the backstretch was put out vi
the race by casting shoe.
In the lOo-yard dash Wefers also performed
crcdltaby. From scratch he won his trial neat
in 10 Is seconds, and in the final heat he took
second honors Jarvis third in the nnaL Inc
cracks ella she'd when within five yards Of the hnish
in the final and were thrown out Of their strides
by the mshap Neither. however. would nave
taken first honors from Charles A. Sulzer the
schooboy champion who won by a yard
Two accidents occurred in the bicycle races On
the seventh lap of the two-mile race j. H. LiV-
ingston thrown as he entered the nome
stretch general spill the result. the only
wheelmen escaping being the three limit men
riding ahead Of Livingston. They continued ana
captured the honors. Livingston was stunned ana
badly cut and Henry Waller broke his coar-bone
Livingston had his wounds bandaged ana RODE In
the one-mile race. but he was spilled again. re-
ceivinG internal injuries and cuts about the face
Ernest W. Hjertberg. the New-Jersey A. C.s
champion long distance runner. won honors In the
special two-mile race. In the special half-mile
race Walter S. Nipple made spirited effort to
l.fa <iiDatr rick he oh
dle-dstance runner but tho champion was in fine
fette and easily outfooted his ri, al The Liebgcd
brothers had "cinches' the principal places In
the mile walk "Gabe" Hollander. the NewYork
Athletic Club crack. easily won first place In the
haif-mile handicap run None of the cracks, ex-
cspt Andrew J; Walsh, Of the Xavier Athletic
from the twenty Vineyard mark
The summaries follow
VARS .}ac second yAFFf FAX sIH1 aav!
Two mile 9syGs race handSap,Itus heat won sy F
c g ya r9 yn sls :S9nd a He'e clio wheeme'
-Four hundrd AID yad run hsss
K F. Mccrae, y Y a. C. "a YARDS, third Time-5o Is
run 80 Hsr. and y wp Sa!a S S,f
IS ysFd., .scqnd Soyts 4 J. 4. G Is ;srds,
i s.n5s \ 5s" ys4s. by
E%" .ctscs "a Sr Sa'd FIN ecGna j. r. cFees@H
Running high jump handcapl-Won by Edward J. Kerr.
os sn xsyieT \. ' e 8 neass second With se
g. L. Powell knickerb1cker A. G. scratch. third with
feet lOig
van Xlv,er \. T. foot inches. with % feet inches;
(;eorg- V Lyons - Francis Xavier catholic A. 4. %
feet inches second. with % feet inches + B. Boss
New York \. 9. scratch third. WIKI % feet 2 inch
ssr yak .cs5 as By s'8 8ss sss's
G 90 Yards ,ec2nd r James Erszsr Young America A.
Eight hundred niaghy yard run Tor noVlces iscratch
Won by A. Shlman Young Mems Institute OF the Dung
Mems Christian Associauon II. j. cuhane St Francs
Xayier catholic \. A.. second. Thomas Smith Paterson
Two hundred tweny yard hurdle race (handcap
F.nai heat won by r Huehnssn EIm,Ta a v, e. s
second \ +. Roe. Pastime A. C. 10 yards third Time
SANFORD IT, New-Jersey A. G. f4o YARDS. Harry Coons
4th Regiment A. A. go YARDS second; D. A. Kelly IT,
Two-hu ldred twenty yard run 'handicap
heat won by J. F. Holland. Knickerbocker A. e, "a
yards). Harry Neissman. knickerbocker A & % Esru
second Matthew p Hapin. y Y A. C. 'o's yards' '"''c
Special half-milc run escra,chWon by Charles Il
KiIpatrIck = y. A. G: Walter $. Nipple. = T. A. c.
Special three hundred yard run scratch,-won BY
A c. second: +. T. Garvan. y Y. A c. third lime
Special two mile scratch'uw9 r,, by ETnes, W
SCI nd Walter + Grady. Knickeroocher A. - 'h''"
Association football match-Won by the Empire Foot
t,uh 81 l;avorne. score Empires. B. tentreviIe
Gaelic football ganeWon by the William NJ bat,x
Assoc!at9n e Jersey cry from 70 the ne Safs"F'a
IT'S NINETEENTH ANNUAL REGATTA