The sun., 1897-07-21
sHELDoN's CLErER sHor-pU1rIse.
Tho Yale Man barely Beaten for tho EnslislI
ChampionshiD-summaryo or the Meet.

Hne haie MAN Rarely Beaten for the EnglisnS
Chanpionship-summary OF the Meet.
Tho details of the annual track and field
tournament for the championships OF England
have reached here by the latest mail They ara
or more than usual interest TO Americans an
the competitors included w. s. Nipple of Bar.
nard School and the New York A. c.. inter-
scholastic champion. and R Sheldon of Yale
and the New York A. G. The latter competed an
his specially. the shot, and also took turn au
the hammer throwing.
The games took place at Manchester on July
g. Only four OF the thirteen holders of cham
pionships turned up to defend their titles, sn
that the issue was unusually open. The
weather was unsuited to record performances
and was especially severe on the Americana.
who were not accustomed to the muggy et-
mosphere and high wind which prevailed. The
following from tho Field of July 10 tells tho
most 70 Il interesting fe atures Of the story:
mile which brought out field OF ten, the only
aaosentes being last years winner, King Of the
Nipple of New York was one OF the ten starters.
Snow SSs ne Tas capRSEeptlS oqtSsssed and made no
second lap, but though ho led into and aions
the straight he had run himself out with forty
som and enS Fsl Il won Ssysrl from Dskin-
VI, The performance OF the day was achieved hr
M " J.; stnISess in the fourmle walk. for which
tneTe were half dozen starters. Sturgess was
Sn 8n at TOP speed. leading from the frst stride.
vantage than on Saturday. and. although the
ro.shS race Vas merely procession. the sreatesS
judses,r 800 yards ahead OF ts''e the second Sni
he had asen fns hS
ancss at three and four miles the applause wHs
was 81 minutes Il seconds; for the full dis.
lance, q minutes "a 40 seconds; and the neNu
A.,
hOrrIstsG a third 20 minutes ~ seconds Endeau
NTH; 30 minutes 90 35 seconds.
kisy Gaelic, Belfast Winning with fo1ei TO- feet T.
Position SffG R9FsaR The 6ns =! i
a eet inches Porior%anss sw whsh hGsh in aGany any
previous year would have won, the best in a
fhMmpionship 6 having been ~ feet 3ia inches By
brief summary OF the tournament follows:
Hs.sf. r. psEis.ony by paS1 hs rnsAy
second; D. Wentworth. London A. c.. third Time,
London g. with jump OF feet inches; ~
ss, ,ych. LONDON A. e. second with Jump of feet
E.,s4 ,S9Yssa sssvss RanIFns' hss. won by H. Palmer
seeondi l.. y Tremeir. Polytechnc Il third. Time
Putting the le.Pound shot-won by d Horgan Ire
land hodeI with put q 40 feei inches; r. shei.
isGY9d HurdlssFna hsa, Won @ BY A. + frnfoTi nSaSi
birminshAm A. G.; J.. A. Z. Mulgan. Haddlngton
5taeTs secohi; a. W. Cottart. London A. c.. third.
Pole yault-won by J. Poole, windermere. with
vault OF feet l04 inches; E. Newly INVERSION SEQ
9nd. with feet u inches d. Carey, County Dublin
xaHtoS .to,YarS aua-Won BY s. Elliott Stafford H., Ii.
thsenyoh, manchester A. G" second J, Donaldson,
Manchester A. C., third Time. So - seconds.
one Mile Run-won by A. y. Tysoe; r. WeIlia.
T!nchley H.. second; Il, Culum, Stafford H.. third.
Time minutes ~ seconds.
Running Broad JumI-won by G. +. II. Leggatt
London A, o., holder with jump OF ~ feet inchrs
X. d. barbour, Dublin Unverriv A. c. second Vim
lump OF 70 feet 90 inches T. NJ; Donovan. Edln.
Pour Nile Val 'hfI hn q WIN Nv iset inches
mic Hsrrisn, holder! E. J.; Topple. Polytechnic H..
sscond u. X. Forester, Poly echnlc H., third.
. Four Nile Run-won by q, Bennett, Finrkle. IL q
y. Haydon, South London H., SO, ond. Time 40 MN.
utes 52 25 seconds.
:, Throwing lb,Pound Hammer trrom 9foot circle -
won ny T. y, kiely Gaelic A. A., with throw OF a
iett Inches; ID. HorBan Gaelic A. A, second Wit!
throw OF l2b feet inches "
Iwomile Stee eepleChase--Won by O. H. Lee poy.
technic II. : II. Evans. Highgate H., second Tine IL
minutes 10 s-5 seconds. ~