The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-29
OBSERVING THE DAY
How II Will Be Cele-
brated In the Sporting
World.
EVERY PAsTIME PRESENTED
Athletics at Bergen Point and
Baldwin Park-Milburn Road
Race-Yachting -shooting
and Baseball.
EVERY PAsTIME PRESENTED

The New Jersey Athletic Club has Sc.
cured an array Of champions for it's ath-
letic carnival tomorrow, at Bergen Point,
who can be seen on no other field this
year outside of a genuine championship
meeting. There will be Tommy Conner,
In his try to break the one mile record,
Charles T.. Fitzpatrick. the peerless halt
mile runner and holder of the worlds rec
ord; James S. Mitchell, the Irish Hercules,
the greatest weight thrower in the world,
the ex-champion of England and ireland
and champion of America and Canada,
who says he will throw the 16 pound ham
mer SO far that Edgren and Cross and
others will never be able to see it. Sam
Leibgold, the champion one and three
mile walker, will start from scratch in
the one mile walk; Norman L. Leslie,
who will try and beat the worlds record
at the high jump. Besides the above
events there will be bicycle contests,
pole yaulting, hurdling, basket ball and
jumping. The local interest will be CEN
tered in the attempt of Stevens Institute
to defeat the lacrosse team of the Cras-
cent Athletic Club. The players are
evenly matched, and as they are a tie,
this contest will be matched with great
interest. Another event in which local
interest is hot is the football contest be-
tween the Bayonne Rangers and the
Bay Ridge Football Club of Brooklyn.
This game is for the championship under
the American Association rules. All the
local lovers of athletic sports will be on
hand to see the champions for new rec
ords.
The first annual picnic. games and
concert of the Jersey City Letter Car
rieps' Association. Branch AZ, N. A. L. c.,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at Bald
win Park, On Baldwin e n There has
been a large entry received for all the
athletic events, and the finishes should be
exciting. The following athletic events
will be decided:-lW yard run handicap.
440 yard run handicap, $50 yard run handi-
novice, scratch; 8 mile bicycle race, novice,
scratch; sack race, scratch; l mile run,
open to Letter carriers only, and a tug Of
weight 100 pounds. The frst prize in ali
the events will be q handsome gold watch,
q gold medal to second. and q lamp or
clock to third man. In the bicycle race
the winner will receive a handsome silver
cup, Is inches high, bearing the figure of
a bicycle. the second and third prizes are
the same as in the other events, Some
OF the most prominent entries in the
different events are as follows
100 yards dash-Jerome Buck, N. M. A.
c., scratch; N. P. Halpin, N. Y. A. c., l
A0 yards ~run-Jerome Buck, N. M. A.
G., scratch: II. Wash9urn. Bernard
School, 5 yards; w. R. P~endergast, Park
A. A., 8 yards; q starters.
Half mile run-W. S. Ripple, of this
city, scratch; j. Buck. 10 yards; Andy
Walsh, Xavier A. c., 5 yards; T.. B. Can
non, Hoboken, % yards, "a entries.
2 mile run-A. J. Walsh, Xavier A. G..
scratch; ]. H. Smith. C. G., 140 yards;
H. Gray, st. George A. c., 140 yards; J.
w. Rurnpf, N. J. A. c., 120 yards; p.
Mackey, N. s.. A.. c., 120 yards; "a entries.
Dancing will follow the games During
the afternoon a band concert Will be given
by the New York Letter Carriers Band,
so strong. Previous to the contests taxi
ing place. the Jersey City letter carriers
and the visiting delegations will parade
in lower Jersey City starting from the
ferry and thence to the park.