The times., 1897-08-22

Tie tenth annual track and field sports
cf the Amateur Athletic Union for the cham
pionship OF the United States will be held
at Manhattan Field, New York, on next
Saturday Entries closed yesterday, and VIII
be posted late tonight and tomorrow VIII be
published Indications are that the list Of
entries VIII outnumber those Of the last four
or five yeaes, aud that they viii include a
higher class Of athletes "a all lines than in
many of the recent meetings The events
Will include 100, 220. 440, $50 yards and
one-IniIe runs, one:mile walk, one-nlile
hi cycle, pole vault for height, running
hi IN and broad jump, 16- pound hammer,
56-pouDd weight 16-pound shot, l 20
yard hurdle, o flights 3 feet 6inches high;
220-yards hurdle, 10 fiji ghts, feet q
inches HI gh; discus, relay races, teams o. four
men This city will be represented in these
events and the fast companyin which the
entrants Will find themselves viii fin d them
sel YES wi II serve to bring out their very best
work.
l.. A. W. aud a. A. Z: Alliance:
The League of me rican Wheelmen ana
the Amateur Athletic Union have renewed
their alliance and it is much stronger in
many respects than former conIpacts. IL
siren gthehs both organizations and its
adoption sii enees the reports of renewed
war between tLese two bodies
The alliance S the result of the work of
Howard Z. Raymond, representing Pres
ident Potter, L. A. w, and John ". Kelly,
ir, acting for President Harry Mcmillan,
of A. A C., and VIII serve materially TO
strengthen athletics and protect athletes
WHO want and need protection. Under 1t
III cycling events In championship or
other omen meetings OF the A. \. U. or
OF its associations, shall be given under
the rules of the l.. A. W, and all athletic
events in any meeting given under the
sanction OF the l.. A. w shall be held I'M
der the rules OF the A. A. L.
Charges ad gainst any cyclist or athlete
shall be tired by the party to the alli-
ance having Jurisdiction.
No athletic games, meetings or enter
tainrnents, which include or are heldin con-
usction with cycling event shall be
sanctioned or recognized by the A. A. U.
in any case where q sanction shall have
been withheld or refused by the l.. A W,
and the same action shall be taken in
cycling events held in connectio with
athletic games.
Each organization is to have a rep
resantatiye in tie executive board OF the
other.
Fast Time by Wefers.
The splendid work shown by BERNARD
j. Wefers during the past fortnight on
the CInder path fully bears out the state
n.ent fuade in this column several weeks
ago that the king of sprinterS was i'll us
good condition and as strong in action as
ever, Notwithstanding the many announce
mentS on all sides that he was out of forln
and prophesying that he would never
again perform up to his championship
form. His more recent performance was
that of last "Wednesday in the c. j. Harvey
| A ASSOCIATION games at Harlem Park, when
In an exhibition dash, without pacema kers.
he covered the seventy-five yards in Z As
seconds, and this on a track most un-
favorable. The time was but fifth
| of a second slower than his record made
| in competition. A week before this
| in the Metropolitan games be covered the
| 1 90 yards in 10 seconds flat, withouteffort
and with time TO spare to his competitors.
Ga next Saturday at the "A. A. U.
championships he will have to go up
l
| hoped that Colfelt may be induced to
Compete when Wefers will have chance
1 to regain the 22o yards championship,
| which he lost on account of the strained
| liganlent Of his right leg by the grace OF
| which CU!felt won.
] Columbia Athletic Club.
| These are very busy times on Columbia
! Field, he pretty grounds of the Columbia
| Athletic Club Every afternoon Prof
! Grossiey has oat large number Of as
| pirants fer at ietie hoIcrs, putting them
! through their PAGES, in preparation for the
! annual open fall games, to be held about
| the middle of September
| The date this year will not conflict with
/ that or the Baltimore Athletic Club, and
! for that reason 10th clubs will be able to
| send larger entries to the games ;'l,il-
! adeiphia, TOO, will be largely represented.