The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06
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Tho Great Hammer Thrower wins ut the Irish
National Alliance Games,

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A big crowd Of enthusiastic Gaels attended
the inaugural games Of the Irish National AL.
lance at Ridgewood Park yesterday afternoon,
and the summer dresses of the women and the
bright uniforms Of the Alliance Volunteers
made a picturesque Gordon around tho track.
The threatening aspect Of the weather kept the
attendance down somewhat. which was perhaps
just as well from an athletic standpoint, as the
track was not roped in. and 1t was difficult to
keep the crowd from cncroaching on the path.
John Flanagan was the hero Of the day among
his countrymen and women. and It was with
difficulty that tho modest hammer thrower was
able to make his way to the dressing room
through the throng OF his admirers. The chief
interest or the crowd centred in the hammer and
weight throwing and the hop, step and jump,
which are, Irish national p%astimes, and the for.
tunes Of the competitors in these events were
closely followed.
The sport commenced with the one.hundred-
yard dash. in which Champion "Bcrney"
S MiSs, Ter, Injured y RED g ct the scratch. The handicap
Hagman Of Mt. Vernon, who ,0 had a up marx an < o Of
e! e ySrds 1 He Won easily from jerome
The latter just nipped Cullen by less than a
loot. The qusrtor.mile run was divided into
1RMCk heats nn s the fTst Of WHICH Eh. was won by
held both the Knickerbocker representative
and the second man, sugenhelm,- safe
took the second heat from Whitlach Of the y. j.
A. G., who was looked upon as the good thing
final looked to be an easy matter for Burke. but
he could not quite get up to his men on the back
up the straight. As a result he could not reach
Buck, who won by two yards. Burke beat Whit
ZACH four yards for the place.
Flanagan did not have TO exert himself to win
the very handsome cup offered for the hammer
event, He threw l42 feet lob inches, Mitchel's
his handicap OF 4la feet. just enabled him to
take second place from Chadwick Of Yale, who
Eaa I : ,ee ncco Miie hf was rsq1ired to beat his own
58-pound weight for height. The big fellow just
mi1se ar tdhG52 GGn5t a, 10 ,, feet e. & inches n by about an
with n throw OF Il feet 3 inches on his handicap
Of - feet. Mitchell was second and Herty third.
games were managed by a corps of competent
officials, and the programme was finished on
happens e ! While III, tee mem onl WE'RE rnBB eiaS mt, i an ,hsIt
Jerome Buck Of The knickcrbockcr A, C.. was
monstrated with by the clerk Of the course. used
obscene language to that official and was
second charge Of the kind filed against Buck,
and he may be permanently suspended. SUM
mary:
Hagman, Mt; Vernon, II yards; Jerome Buck. knick.
Srbocser A C.; o Yards second; J: Cullen. Star A. C..
Throwing 5Spouad weight Tor Height. Handicap
with With an an actual "%In throw sI OF T j.. feet s,a' $ ! inches. nc: Is: j. fef :.
Mitchell. Pastime A; C., scratch: second. with il feet
u inches; j. Herty, New West Side A. c.. liz feet,
third. with an actual throw OF Is feet 3 inches.
$50 Yard Run: Noyice-Won by @. ]. Arnold. New
West side A. c.; II. J. II. Assendorf. Twenty. third
street y. NJ. G. A.. second; J. J. Crowley. New West
side A. G., third, Time. 9 minutes 80 rs seconds.
Running Hop. Step and Jump. Handicap-Won by
r. y. Mckinney. Pastime A. c.. = feet. with an actual
jump OF 81 feet 81 inches; I. J. GrJhanl. y ]. A. c..
feet. second: with an actual jump or Il feet .
Inches; W. H.. Barclay, N J. A. u, 4 feet, third, with
an actual Jump Of rs feet II inches.
iao.Yard Run: handicap-won by Jerome Buck,
knickerbocker A c.. y yards; r. Z. Burke, y. V A..
C.. scratch. second; +. H.. Whitlach. y. j. A. C., %
yards. third. Time. 81 9H5 seconds.
Throwing l6'Pound Hammer. Handicap-Won nv
John Flanagan. y. Y. A, G.. scratch. with "A throw or
lac feet log inches; J. S. Mitchell. PaStime A. c.. III
feet, second, with an actual throw Of 1919 feet 9
inches; Charles Chadwick. y. Y. 4. c.. 5 feet. third,
with an actual throw OF 1873 feet ! inches.
Two-Ai!e Run, Handicap-Won by p. Mackay. New
Westside A. C.. 10 yards; D.. J. Donovan. Xavier A.
G., 90 yards, second J. h. FinnAmore, PastiuIe A. C.,
l25 yards, third. Time, 10 minutes 20 seconds.