The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
NEW MARK BY WEFERS
FIFTH OF A SECOND CUT OFF THE
15O-YARD RUN RECORD.
Distance Covered by Georgetown
Athletes Beaten by New York.

letic Clubs annual field and track az hletic
games were held on the Traverse island
grounds to-day. There was a stiff wind
blowing from the eastward across the
grounds during the greater part of the aft
ernoon For a second time this year dual
meet was arranged between the Mercury
foot" experts and the Chicago athletes and
for the second time the Western men had to
put up with a clean defeat The fact that
Richards and EVERY could not compete
for the Illinois delegation proved a serious
handicap to the Western club, and while
their own men worked very hard, the best
they could do out of the twelve races was
to win three and score half a point on a
dead heat in another, leaving the score at
the finish S15 points to 9l2 points, figured on
a basis of one for each score.
Bernard j. Wefers won three events, in
one of which, the 150-yard run, he smashed
the worlds record and established new
one. The record for this distance, hitherto
Ia As seconds, was held by Wood, but
Wefers clipped one-ffth of a second off
this and established new worlds record
of IA 3-5 seconds. This may not stand as a
record, as he had favorable wind at his
back, but nevertheless his work throughout
the afternoon was equal to any of his
previous best performances. Wefers won
the nfty-yard dash from Klunder and Rush.
Doth of Chicago, in 40 seconds, and won
the last quarter of the One-mile relay race
by ten yards from Townsend, of Chicago
gaining all that distance and little more
from the time that he had picked up Lyons
at the finish of the three-quarters. A G.
Kraenzlein, a Chicago hurdler, won the high
and low hurdles Splendidly, and in the dis
Gus throwing contest he was third, While
his club mate, G. II. Hannaman, won the
last event with throw of ll3 feet inches.
Il zIlIF3t g Arfn TrT0Q
were faultleSS, and although no eXtraOrdI-
nary time was made the Western jumper
was generously applauded.
The most sensational finish OF the day
was that between Townsend, OF Chicago,
and Long, of the local club. Townsend led
from the start, with Long only TWO W., I iee5
a trifie on the far turn, but as they rounded
into the stretch Long overhauled him and
the New Yorker made WONDERFUL effort
at the head of the stretch and the Two men
raced like a team as they neared the hnlSn.
Each of them was run out within yard
of the worsted, and both fell across It SIM SIM
ultaneouSly, each receiving nasty Iall
After the men had revived they tossed up
a coin and as Townsend won the toss he
got the gold medal and Long the silver one,
while their respective clubs scored half
point each. Summarizes
Northumberland run: Won
by j. F: Cregan New York Ath he11; SI II,b'
second; r. 2. Barrett Chicago Athleuc AS
ISOLATION, third. Time, 2:12 40.
Fifty-yard dash: won CiIh oy KINDER Mgr9e'
Chicago Athletic Association. second; j. ii.
Rush. Chicago, third Time, As. Wefers
led ALI the way and won by yar re iron from
KIunder who was two feet in front of Rush.
Two d-tWenty-yard hurule; won
by e. G. Kraenzlein, Chicago Atneluc AS
ISOLATION; G. G.. Winship, New YORK Ath-
Ietic Club, second; j. II. Thompson, New
York Athletic Club, third; G.. A. kIunder,
Chicago Athletic Association, fourth. Tlme'
% seconds -
Richard Sheldon, New York A. G., 43 feet 672
inches; c. II. Henneman, chicago Athletlc
Association, second, AZ feet 512 inches;
Observation-Disclosures ty-yard run: Won by
r T Wefers New York Athletic Club; j.
Fl. Maybury, Chicago Athletic Association,
second; ]. H. Rush, Chicago Athletic Asso-
1efic Club. fourth Time, IA S-5. Wefers
established new worlds record by one
fifth of second =,
Standing high jump: Won by A. +.
Scbwaner New York Athletic Club, with
lump of 4 feet ga inches; irving, New YORK
Athletic Club, feet 5a4 inches, second.
One-hundred and-twenty-five-yard hurdle
ON Oi prass. won by A. c. Kraenzein Chi
cage Athletic Association; }. A. Thomas-
son, jr., New York Athletic CLUB: second Gl;
NJ P. Halpin, New YORK Atn1 Fin,a C .iu1
~ Observation-Disclosures dash, handicap: Final
heat won by S. K. Thomas, r. A. e, @
yards; G. H. Hoffman ANCHOR NiaoTes At n
G. DO yards), third. Time, 10 10.
Standing broad jump: Won by A. II.
ccbwaner New York Athletic Club, TO feet
: inchas. a K. Baxter New York Athletic
Slnh feet Ssl inches, second; A. Z: Kun
der. Chicago Athletic Association, Feet I'VE
- -Four ,1 r-hundred-and-forty- run: M. M
Long New York Athletic Club ana A: j.
Townsend, Chicago Athletic AssociaSSl4on,
dead heat for first place; H. $. Lyons, New
VII Athletic Club. third D. H. jackson,
Chicago Athletic Association quit aiter go
ms. thirty yards Time, 81 seconds.
Mile handicap: Won by X; L. EaIon, New
Jersey Athletic Club 10 yards); j. j; burke
New Jersey Athletic Club 200 YARDS, sec
ond. w c. Messer 90 YARDS, unattached.
third: A. r. Lomhnson, K. a. Z. (5O yards),
fourth Time, 4:45 As.
Throwing siXteen-pound manner W0i
nv John Flanagan, New York Athleuc CIup
Win throw of 1H feet inches; G. r. Hen
neman. Chicago Athletic Association, lS5
feet 1115 inches; c. G. Haawlck' Ne" Aork
Athletic Club 100 feet 1912 inches.
One-nile relay race: Won by New York
Athletic Club team, Long, Cregan, Lyons
Wafers. Chicago Athletic Association team,
Rush, Klunder. Jackson. townsend second.
Two-mile steeplechase; national cham
nonship: Won by George w. Orton, New
York Athletic Club; T. g. McGirr New
York Athletic Club, second; Warren w
smith. New Jersey Athletic Club, third.
Time, 1908 2-5.
Throwing the discus: Won by G. II. Hen
neman, Chicago Athletic Association, 11S
feet 3 inches; Richard Sheldon, New York
Athletic Association, 104 feet inches, sec
ond: A. c. Kraenzlein, Chicago Athletic AS
sociation SO feet inches, third.
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