The record-union., 1897-09-07
ATHLETIC SPORTS
ON LABOR DAY.
Bicycle Circuit Meet at Manhattan
Beach Concluded.
Fred Titus Wins the Coveted One Thousand
Dollar Prize.
Mcfarland Of San Jose Pressed the
Leader Hard, Being Only Il
Length Behind at the Finish
The Time of the Winner Fifth
of Second Better Than the
Two-Mile Handicap Record.

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The second
annual circuit meeting of the Quill
Club Wheelmen of America, which be-
gan last Saturday, was concluded to-
night at the Manhattan Beach track.
In the $4,000 handicap for profession
ais, Fred Titus passed the Judges box
a length in front of Mcfarland, the Pa
cific Coast flyer" and won the coveted
prize of $1,000
The fifteen men who qualified on Sat
urday We're on their marks promptly.
The scratch men were Bald and Gardi-
ner, next to whom We're Mcfarland, til
tus, Callahan, Steenson, Coleman and
Aker who were within the 100-yard
mark. Kimble, Miller, Mosher, Letter
son and White came next, twenty, for
ty, sixty and eighty yards apart, while
the limit man was Lee of Cohoes, with
200 yards. Bald and Gardiner
jumped into the rear bunch in the first
lap, and alternated in cutting out the
pace for those around them. McFar-
land did not help, but plodded around
until he caught up with the limit men
in the last lap.
Then Titus and Aker shot out from
the front bunch, with the former TAX
ing a high scoop of the bank, and land
ing down with a clear lead on the pole
as he passed the training quarters. BY
this steal he gained about a dozen
yards, and held his own until entering
the stretch FOR nome Mcfarland was
pressing the leader very hard, but could
not get up and Titus won by a length.
Hero IaF
land and Coleman, while Eddie Can
n1n Bald finished fourth, a full length
behind.
The time of the winner was 4: 10 10.
which is one-fifth of a second better
than the two-mile handicap record.
Eddie Bald was awarded a $50 prize in
addition to the fourth prize for equall-
ing the record.
One mile handicap amateur, final
won by ]. F. Hutchinson of Brooklyn
Us yaTds), A. j. Ankin Of Brooklyn 80
YARDS second, B. L. Hutter of Brook
Ign 40 YARDS third. Tima-2:13.
Five miles, Metropolitan champion
ship, won by /. A Powell of the New
York A c., F. w RIGHT Of the S. b..
W. second, J. Jasper of the y. Y. c. W.
third. Time-i1:26.
One mile, open, professional, final
heat won by q. c. Said of Buffalo, Ar
thur Gardiner of Chicago second. Tom
Cooper of Detroit third. Time-2 0S ] 8.
NEW JERSEY a. c. GAMES.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6-Fine weather
favored the New Jersey Athletic Clubs
carnival of athletic sports on the
grounds at Bayonne, n. J., to-day. The
final of the 100-yards dash was some
what of a surprise to the Western men,
as they looked upon Maybury of Chi
cago as sure winner. Sulzer, the To-
cal sprinter, won from the 45-yards
mark, with Donohue, a 10-yard man,
second and Maybury third, in ten sec
onds fat Wefers had saved himself
for the 300-yard scratch race.
Maybury and Rush of the Chicago
team and Jerome Buck of the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club We're Wefer's
opponents in this special race. May
bury jumped out in the lead at the
crack of the pistol. and Wefers tackled
him on the far turn. Coming along
the stretch opposite the stand Wefers
and Maybury ran close together, but as
they turned the curve for the home
run Wefers gained by two yards, al
though running on the outside. At
this point it was very evident that
Maybury was beaten, anad Rush came
up and tried to tackle the Georgetown
flyer. The latter sprinted wonderfully,
while Rush worked manfully to reach
him, but the big Eastern sprinter won
by ten feet Rush finishing ahead of
Maybury for third honors. Wefer's
time, 81 seconds. is just % of a second
behind the worlds record for that dis
lance.
James S. Mitchell of the Pastime
Athletic Club made new worlds rec
ord at throwing the 56-pound weight
for hight Mitchell held the record of
is feet ~ inches. but to-day sent it to
a hight of Is feet 63s inches. Mitchell
threw the 16-pound hammer IA feet
Z inches, but when his hammer was
weighed it was found to be nine ounces
under weight. Edgren of California
threw his hammer 146 feet inches,
but outstepped the boundary, and the
throw was declared foul Edgren' s
hammer was weighed. and it proved
to be four ounces over weight, while
Chadwick's was three ounces oyer
weight and half an inch short. Mitchell
then got six throws, and he used Chad
wick's hammer. but the best ne could
do was 49, feet 1919 inches, finishing
third to Edgren and Chadwick. sum
maries:
One hundred yards dash, handicap
First heat won by =. T. MAYER, unat-
tached, n. Y. d yartl: Michael Dora
hue, st. Agnes 4. y. 90 YARDS sec
ond. Time-10 Is seconds. Second
heat won by B. J. Wefers, N. Y. A. =.
(scratcb); ]. C. Reagan, Y. w. S. A.
c.. second. Time-10 1-5 seconds.
Third heat won by ]. H. Maybury, Chi
cago A. a. d1a feeD; A. ]. Mendes, IN
attached. n. Y. g yards second. Time
10 Is seconds. Fourth heat won by
Charles A Sulzer. N. J. A. c. az
yards. W. A. Harms. Knickerbocker A.
C. (31a yards second; J. H Rush, Chi
cago A.. a. az feeD third. Time-I0
Is seconds.
Eighty-eight yards scratch race
Won by II. E. Marvel, Y. ]. A. c.;
George V. Lyons. Knickerbocker a. c.,