The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

NEW YORK. Ans 1-S.rca the fornna-
ton % the Amateur Athletic Association
there has never been such a successful
series of athletic games Al a national
cSlsnqraousbip meeting az thas which was
Dsld tass Afternoon OF the track and fees
q the Manhattan Club. The attendance
was 400. The track was lightning fast
and the iuaeld perfect. Chicago sent a
dozen specially trained athletes. among
whom we're Earpernan. the heavy man
krsenzfain and Richards the hur1iers
Aayoury and Rush. the sprinters. and
Jarrett the hAif-miier.
The greatest interest conferred in the
meeting OF Wsfers the worlds champion
sprinter with Mavbary ard Rush. OF Chi
cago. Despite the fact that Mayburv and
Rush were considered capabis OF pushing
Wefers 20 his utmost, the lznky runner
from Georgetown college was a favorite az
odds OK 20 I. and although a party OF
three New Englanders we're on the ground
o. back their champion. they failed 20 Sc
cure any important bets from friends Of
the Westerners. Maybury won his trial
heat haudily ia 16 1-5 seconds. while
Wefers won fis IN the same time with a
little 10 spare. In the finals of the 10
Wefers came away Ike streak. and won
by two yards from Rush and Maybury.
who ran dead heat for second place.
The time. IS seconds. just eGualed the
American record.
Wefers and Mavbury met again in the
final heat Of the 2e0-yard dash which the
former Won by five yarda IN 81 2-5. with
MsyburY seven yards ahead Of Enrich
for second place. Burke. the worlds
champion quarter mile runner. won the
fi3-yards event Townsend and Rush. q
Chicago, and Long. Of New York. were
his principal opponents. but after lead
ing all the way the Boston man won by
nearly four yards from Townsend. who
secured second place from Long By drop
ping head foremost over the line This
race was run IN A. seconds. and the first
three we're well played out after they had
crossed the line.
Edward Power. OF Pittsburg. and
George Stephen. Of Montreal we're among
the contestants FOR the half-mile run but
the best they could do was third and
fourth respectively. as Cregan. of New
York. and Maxwell the young runner from
New Jersey. finished second in 1.5ssi.
Young Fetterman. Of the New Yorks.
cut oft the pace In the mile walk for A
quarter % mile with Sam Lichgold, the
champion. close on his heels. The latter
then cut loose, and for the next three
laps kept ahead OF Fetterman. finally
winning BY forty yards
George Orton. a mile runner. was out
paced In that event and failed 10 finish in
the frst three. Rrodie the Canadian
champion ran splendidly for seven
eigbths 81 a mile and looked a sure win
ner until orion caught him q furiong
from home and heat him out by fifteen
yards. Grant. OF Toronto. who made the
pace for half the distance, finished fourth
five yards behind the Montreal man.
In the high hurdles great things were
expected OF J. r. Richards. Of Chicago.
For the last four days Richards has been
nursing sprainea ankle but he insisted
on going over the high hurdles. while
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race. Richards ran well. but Thompson
outsprinted him and won by a yard
In the field events Zimmerman of Chit
cago Won the putting Of the sixteen-pouna
shot and established "a now record for dis
cns-throwlng with throw Of us feet