The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-26
Labor Day Games

One of the most attractive features OF
the New Jersey A.. c.. Carnival of Sports
which will be held on the New Jersey
Oval Labor Day will be the throwing of
the 56-pound weight for height. All of
the notable weight throwers in this sec
ton have signified their intention of COM
peting. James S. Mitchell, the present
champion at this game, has already en-
tered, and a contest between him and
John Flanagan, who has been doing such
remarkable performances with the ham
mer, should prove very interesting.
The regular athletic features are receive
ing a good entry and the meeting at the
Point on Labor Day gives promise of
being as successful as amy heretofore Civ
en- by the popular organization, which is
all hat could be desired.
The grounds are being put in fine shape
and now that all the athletes are in fine
trim for the championships to be held
this week, there is a strong probability
that many of them will stay in New York
in order to compete in these games on
Labor Day
The regular athletic events are as fol
lows
100 yards rum, handicap; 440 yards run,
handicap; $50 yards run, handicap; 220
yards run, handicap; l mile run, handi-
cap; l mile walk, handicap; pole vault,
scratchi 40 yards medley race, each con-
testant to run with a pail of water on his
head, hop 100 yards, walk 100 yards and
run over hurdles 100 yards. There will
also be a one mile and a two mile bicycle
race.
Al u NJ. there will be a game of Assoc
citation football between the Centreville
A. c.. and the True Blues of Paterson,
which will be Immediately followed by a
game OF Irish football between that FAM
Gus Irish organization, the William Barry
Association. and the Young Irelands of
Elizabeth. There is probably no game as
Interesting or exciting as a genuine game
of Gaelic football, and when the game is
over the contestants usually know that
bah.
Entries for the athletic events close
With ], e. Sullivan, No. 241 Broadway,
New York, Monday the Both inst.
Monsicr shoot.
One of the biggest team shoots of the
season is to be given on the ranges in
the Union Hill Schuetzen Park, and the
~lessees, H. D.. Hencken and Emil Latt-
man, will make arrangements tomorrow
for the competition. 1t is proposed to
have the teams consist of fifteen men
from every Schuetzen Corps or shooting
organization which held a festival at the
park within the past few months.
TIL contes-- will no doubt prove inter-
esting, as each of the societies is well
provided with keen-eyed marksmen, who
will try their utmost to turn out high
records for their respective teams.
The Hoboken Schuetzen Corps, the
Hoboken Independent Schuetzen Corps.
and the Hoboken City Schuetzen Corps
will be represented, and their respective
shooting masters, who had anticipated
the action Of Messrs. Hencken and Latt-
mann, v urged their men to practice
we'll for the occasion.
The members of the winning team are
to be presented with neat golden badges.
A silver cup is to be awarded to the vic
torious organization. Hencken and Latt-
mann are to offer trophies to the So
cieties finishing l, 2, 5, 4, 5. A gold medal
is to be given to the shooter turning out
the highest score. The shoot, which is
to take place in the early part of Octo-
Der, will doubtless prove a huge sue
cess. The match is to be decided on
twelve ranges at a distance of 200 yards.
There will be nine organizations partici-
be as keen as a year ago, when the firm
gave a similar shoot. The local shoot
ing societies are expected to make a far
better showing than last season, when
all three We're unplaced.
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