The herald., 1897-10-03
EAST ANDWEST
Meet in Friendly Athletic
Rivalry
WILD AND W00LLY WEEPING
CAUSED BY ANNOUNCEMENT OF
THE SCORE
WILD AND W00LLY WEEPING
The League Ball Season Ended-Fast
Work on the Whee1-Racing
Results-Notes
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-The New York
Athletic clubs annual field and track
athletic games were held on the Travers
island grounds today. There was stiff
wind blowing from the eastward across
the grounds during the greater part Of
the afternoon. For the second time this
year the western men had to put up
with a clean defeat.
The fact that Richards and EVERY
could not compete for the Illinois dele
cation proved a serious handicap for the
western clubs. While their other men
worked very hard, the best they could do
was to win three out Of twelve of the
events and to score another half point
on a dead heat. leaving the score on the
finish Sh points to S1a points. figured
on the basis of one for each first scored
B. 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 hither-
to, IA As seconds, was held by Wood
but Wefers clipped one-fifth of second
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 per-
formances. The most sensational fin
ish of the day was that between Towns
end Of Chicago and Long of the local
club. Townsend led from the start, with
o. 1,ol,f fr1 = f,r, Ast II
rounded into the stretch Long over
hauled his opponent, and the New York
er made a wonderful effort at the head
of the stretch, and the two men ran as
one. Each Of them was run out within
a yard of the line and both fell across it
simultaneously, each receiving nasty
fall. After the men had revived they
tossed up 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
Eeight hundred and eighty yards
rum. F. Creegan, New York, won; G.
w. Orton, New York. second; r. B. Bar
rett, Chicago, third. Time, 2:12 40.
Fifty yeards run-R. ]. Wefers, New
York, won; c. A. Klunder, Chicago, Sec
ond; j. H. Rush, Chicago, third. Time,
five and fOur-HfthS seconds.
Two hundred yards, hurdles-E. c.
Kraenslein. Chicago, won; G. Winship,
New York, second; j. H. Thompson,
New York, third. Time, 2S seconds.
Putting sixteen-pound shot-Richard,
New York. won, As feet 61s inches; c. H.
Hineman, Chicago, second, 43 feet 51a
inches.
One hundred and fifty yards run-Won
by B.J. Wefers, New York Athletic club;
j. H. Maybury, Chicago Athletic asso-
citation, second; J. H. Rush, C. A., third !;
r. W. Moore, N. Y. c. A., fourth. Time.
OLA 3-5.
Standing high jump-Won by A. p.
Schumer, N. Y. A. c., with a jump Of
four feet, six and three-quarter inches;
Irving Baxter, N. Y. A. G., four feet, five
and three-quarters inches. second.
One hundred and twenty-five yards.
hurdle, on grass-Won by A. C. Kraenz-
lein, G. A. A.; j. H. Thompson, jr., N. Y.
A. c., second; M. P. Halpin, N. Y. A. C.,
third Only three started. Time, II 2-5
seconds. The Chicago man won by three
feet.
One hundred yard dash, handicap
Final heat won by s. K. Thomas, K. A.
c. 900 yards( j. c. Hoffman, Anchor A.
C. e yards), second; A. ]. Mandes, X.
A. C. Go yards), third Time, 10 1-5 Sec
onds.
Standing broad jump-Won by A. p
Schwangel, N. Y. A. c., distance, ten
feet, five inches; I. K. Baxter, N. Y. A.
c., second, distance, nine feet, eight ard
three-quarter inches; G. A. Klunder, c..
A., eight feet, ten and one-half inches,
third.
Four hundred yards run-A. A. Long,
N Y. A. c., and M. ]. Townsend, c. A. A.,
dead heat for first place; H. S. Lyons.
N. Y. A. c, third; D. H. Jackson, c. A.
A., quit after going thirty yards. Time,
81 seconds.
This was sensational race. Towns
end took the lead at the start. with LONG
close up. Long made his effort at the
head Of the turn and drew level with
Townsend and they ran like one man
and both came over the tape in the pref
tiest dead heat ever seen on a running
track. On the toss up Townsend won
first honors.
One mile, handicap-Won by r. L
Eaton, N. ]. A. c. 10yards); H. ]. Burke
N. J. A. c. (100yards) unattached, third;
A. r. Tomlinson. X. A. G. (3O yards)
fourth Time, 4:45 AS.
Throwing 100 pound hammer-won by
John Flanagan, N. Y. A. c., with throw
of 144 feet inches: c. H. Benneman, c.
"A. A., 1876 feet liz inches second; c.
Chadwick, N. Y. A. c., 122 feet 101h
inches, third.
One mile relay-Won by N. T. A. C.
team, Long, Cregan, Lyons. Wefers;
Chicago Athletic association team, Rush
Klunder, jackson, Townsend, second.
Time. S:29