New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
rRAyERS ISLAND GAMES.
.reovG BREEZE PREVENTS BREAKING
OF RECORDS.
..,,.s1-.1IY LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC
reowp AT THE BFAUT1FUl- GROUNDS
HOW THE CHAMPIONS JARED.


HOW THE CHAMPIONS JARED.
.,,s Island. the beautiful country home OF
TraNaw.york Athletic Club. never presented n
re scene than it did yesterday, when the CLUB
rs'', -. Hfty-sxth track and field games. The
hia we're in admirable condition for the spec
rou .,a the athletes as well, and the weather
t" ',ool for the one ana decidedly trying for the
va strong breeze blew in from the Sound,
%.,rg record breaking impossible Still. the time
pan. n some Of the contests wass excellent. con-
lin the wind handicap
- .orv as noon the crowd had begun to arrive,
nhen the starters pistol cracked at 2:i5 p. M
~ ovailable space reserved for the spectators
" ocuoed Young women in attractive cycling
',ae rode TO the island a-wheel, and as they
4 ".ral about the lawn or reclined on the grassy
4 rsas they presented pretty picture. The club
~. lawn was throAged with handsome women
4 S,umer attire and their escorts. The grand
- at the lower end of the field. vas crowded
Ne limit. The attendance and enthusiasm
pnrbout gave evidence Of the management and
~ o,ularlty of the club. y little doube-dccked
"a had been erected the track for the
Ss,rg newspaper men. an accommodation whi1h
80 Whitley the president; John c. Gulick, the
.'.,.,sry; Barlow s. Weeks. Maxwell More SUI
r'.rtenaent Duffy. benjamin Williams and NJ. NJ
T,,,ng ir were here. there and everywhere, look
o ' the comfort Of the thousands OF friends
~ club. So many handsome women have
w., heen seen at an athletic contest in this
psishbOrho'd
A DAY OF SURPRISES.
dav Of surprises. from a purely athletic
,ao,,t for the champions were bowled over
80 30, .o,,,ing regularity. The defeat of Wefers in
..a ,se 40 and 220 yard handcaps was a surprise
uS. Moss went down in the broad jump and W. o.
,.ss fell by the wayside in throwing the sixteen
"a hammer Gray was beaten in putting the
p"-,~ n,und snot. while Hatch had to be content
wv" wv. laser honors in the 12o-yard hurdles, and hi-
S.s,t ,he half-me demon. succumoed 10 young
~. If the four starters in the one-mile bicycIe
,r leaving the victory an easy one 1or
a.. Tho two-nile bicycle race was a pretty con-
o.! n .rd il aroused the iveiiest applause from the
",on5s of excited spectators. The "nunch hau
s,ar, on the little Riverside wonder. Good
y. and many thought that the scratch man wou"
=" ~, Goodman caught the leaders after
H lii ard a quarter and taking pa for the
'~e .no ,ons he finally cut loose and left ms
...,,ors az II they had been tied to posts Nooo-
e'np, ~" t.r, EQUALS. II he has any. on smooth
...,or track He has made study OF that SOFT oi
.",, and nc has become remarkably expert.
.mclals were as follows: Referee, W. r.
In' sD',-~ s,,sh Wendell Baker, ]. H. Booth.
W., - wan,s and w. c. Schuyler; field judges II.
,nS-rra,.er u II. Baxter and NJ f. More;
poharr s,oN. Mortimer Bishop and J. H.
49,, d ,a.srea 81 bicycling John c. Quick; in
.,...ors and rmpres, c. n. Sheriff. Jr'' Il. j.
msss"n = g Rlackhurst and Thomas l.. Wat
.on. clerk of the course George Schwegler' assist
ants Ell Keane W. H. Pinckney and D. X Cra"
ford: starter A. A jordan; scorers hrhes. noip'
= r Knoblauch and F. ". Howard: official re-
- w = Dickev: Official Handicapped. E. c.
r Carter. announcer. F. W Burns: marshals, c. ).
x,otnar Waldo Sprag1le D. d. YOumans and VIII
lam c. Thomson.
SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS.
From an athletic point Of view the meeting dio
No, unite come I'D to some Of the previous games
Wefes and Fitzpatrick Worlds record hold
ers. were expected to accomplish record time in
their different contests but strong head wind ana
q crushing handicap prevented Wefers from doing
anything startling while fitzpatrick was not run
ming up TO his record form.
The mile run a disappointment. as neither
SuneN nor orion started. The intercollegiate
champion. George O. Jarvis. Of the University OF
Pennsylvania, who started from scratch at his own
request had no difficulty in dkposing OF the other
". Earters-W. F. Ryan, Xavier A. G S6o yards H.
N namsa winners tine me, WAS IA me Rnnd4ed
ya,ds easily nom scratch In the nal Weierr was
eng away ten and bali yaFas b to X m ran
" s1f sifd 10 c caich Red Who Won BY
!N; In as seconds. The wind. which was strong
enough TO bother the sprniers. blew dead ae ~
he start and was undoubtedly further nandic1p
@he Georgetown wonder. In the 2N-yard handlcap
T.ers eonented himself with second place IN mr.
mark Reid again proved too strong for Mefers ~
e handicap and won by FIVE yards IN q SO sec
absence Of Chase Of Dartmouth IN the i hsn
s vc ie rer Hapn Of ae the NJ Athec
Cub second and Hatch anothe s,,1 Yale ,, mai
Cb defeated L. p Sheldon. Of Yale, in the one
s.A mile low hurdles. Winship. New-YoEk Athletic
Club, vas third. -,
Il g. LYONS New-York Athletic Club. won the
euarer.mle run by two yards from Fisher, OF Yaie
Erd