The herald., 1896-07-06
ATHLETICS AND GYMNASTICS

Australia has the greatest endurance
club-swinger ever known. His name is
J. Griffiths, and he is credited with
swinging the clubs thirty. hours with
out stopping one fraction of second.
This eclipses Bax's record Of twenty
eight hours at Foleys Athletic hall
some months previous. The clubs used
were pounds 101a ounces and pounds
IL ounces respectively. Grffiths only
left his work in the Great Cobar cop
per mine the day before the marvellous
exhibition Of endurance. Grift1ths aver
aged sixty-five revolutions per minute
Spectators who witnessed the perform
ance state that with proper training
forty hours club-swinging would not
be beyond the record breakers reach
Griffiths enjoys prestige as footpall
PLAYER. and has also distinguished HIM
self in the prize ring.
The trip of the Olympic club of San
Francisco to Portland, Or, afforded
magnificent exhibition of high jumping:
The event is thus described by Leonard
Gill, the captain Of the Olympics:
1.-THE first event on the program was
called at promptly 8 p. M, the time ad-
vertised, and it found Kerrigan, the
northwest crackerjack, and Patters2Ind, 2Id
the pride of the Olympic .,nT, place. ,,,e 90
was directly in front of the grandstand.
with no fence in between, which gave
the spectators an unobstructed view OF
the field sports. Owing to the import
ance Of the different events, but one
was put on at time.
6-root mark, which both men cleared
without fault-wonderful jumping.
When the bar was placed at 6 feet 2
inches, Patterson, leading off, knocked it
down with his shoulder, the crowd in
the stand showing its approval of the
same by loud cheering. Kerrigan then
tried it, with the same result. This made
honors even Patterson again led off,
with the same result. In justice to Pat
terson, it must be said, that two days
before the games he re-injured his
Jumping foot, which, at this stage of
the game, was causing him considerable
trouble. kerrigan walked about fifteen
yards away from the bar, ran nimbly at
1t and cleared it in the most graceful
manner, though he had nothing to spare.
Ihe audience about this time was
very Jubilant, as Patterson had but one
more trial. and in his last two attempts
had not jumped up to his form.
When the Olympic lad walked back to
make his final attempt the cat-calls that
ne was greeted with must have made
the better element feel sorry for some
or their representatives; but Patterson
was more than equal to the occasion
and with mighty bound he cleared the
par at feet inches, thus tying Ker-
rigan.
They both failed at feet inches, and
Patterson, owing to his ankle getting
worse, refused to jump the tie-off, with
tne result that Kerrigan was awarded
nrst honors. after clearing feet, and
PATTERSON second place. Both of these
men are wonders, but Kerrigan has a
petter knowledge of jumping than Pat
terson, and in the estimation of several
critics who were on hand Patterson had
the better chance to improve, as his
style is altogether faulty in many re-
spects. Kerrigan seems to be a more
persistent man than Patterson, and as
IL is his ambition to set a new worlds
marx some day, it is quite probable that
ne Will soon better his recent perform
ance. Kerrigan is about feet inches
IN height, and weighs about 100 pounds
stripped. He is a quiet, gentlemanly
Leiiow. !. not given to boasting, and as
watching" 0'0'e