The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-28
MONTGOMERY GAMES
An interesting Attraction
Arranged for Their
Festival Tomorrow.
MANY PROMINENT ENTRIES.
Gerdes the Individual Bowling
Champion-Roome Rides to the
Front-Notes for Wheel
men Bowling
Events.


The Montgomery Athletic Club will
tomorrow afternoon and evening at
Baldwin Park, which will Undoubtedly
contain a very large crowd of people.
The game promise ususually exciting
finishes and the best of sport through
out. The event is the first under the
auspices of the well know organization
which is striving to build up an interest
in athletes, and they deserve all the
support possible. The club has been
favored with an exceptionally fine entry
list and there will be some exciting trials
in the pr~eliminaries before the finals
have been decided. Many prominent men
are in the various events and there will
be fast time especially if the scratch
men are placed in the heats. The largest
number of men are in the short distance
events. In the one hundred yards run
the sport will be lively. John J. Keane,
of the Catholic Club, the Metropolitan
Association champion is On the scratch,
H. Weisman. of the Knickerbocker Club,
and c. E. Blackburn, of the University
of Pennsylvania, which means a great
race. They will have a hard time of it
to catch William Hurley, of the Catholic
Club, however, who is on the five yard
mark. The limit is six yards. In the
quarter mile run A. w. Burlingame, of
the Brooklyn High School is on the
scratch, with Weiseman of the
Knickerbockers, and they will have to
ravel pretty fast in order to overhaul
the limit men who are on the twelve
yard mark. McManus, of the Catholic
Club has eight yards and Hurley of the
same organization ten. Nelson Buck, a
brother of Jerome Buck, the champion
hurdler has a start Of ten yards, which
means that a fast trio of pace makers
will be in the lead. The half mile novice
run did not fill as well as it should
nave done, there being but five entries.
The three mile run will provide lots to
interest the people with. three scratch
men, John McDermott, Pastime A. c.,
Mike Regain, New West Sid A. c., and
John Kiernan, st. Bartholomew A. G.
being the men who viii fight it u from
the mark. The limit will be thirty
seconds. The one mile run will also be
an exciting contest. D. J.. Donovan Is
on the scratch, with the limit at thirty
five yards. In addition to these there
will be a tug of war, exhibitions in
boxing gymnastics by the Anchor A. G.
and a competitive jig dance. Thomas
F. O'Brien will be the referee. George
D.. Bushfield the starter, and Walter
Williams the clerk of course. Dancing
will follow the games. Entries are:-
burn. e.. of p. scratch; Fl. S. Wiseman,
K. A. C., scratch; J.. ]. Keane, Catholic
Club, scratch; W. H. McManus, Catholic
attached 8 yds.; F. a. o%nderdonk, New
West Side A. G., 8 yds; Irving Brokaw,
N. Z. A. G.. 4 yds; a. W. B~urIingame,
u, BrooElyn High cS School, 4 yds; ~ :. :.
Cashell, Excelsior o Club, 4 yds; VIM.
Hurley, Catholic Club, 5 yds; Harry
sehweinler, Bay Ridge A. CT s yds.
ohn F.. Miller, St George A. c., 5 yds;
H. Rowley, Jr., Bay Ridge A. G., 5 yds.;
Charles T. Osborn, Pastime A. c., 6 yds.;
H. E. Whitney, unattached, 6 .yds.; Car
rett Arentsen, Y. NJ. c. A. of Paterson,
6 yds.
9o yard run, handieap-Irving Brokaw,
Brooklyn High School, scratch; f. S.
Wiseman, K. A. c., scratch; Phil. A.
sayles. K; A; c. yds;; G. 2. Blackburn,
y. Of r., yds; A. Nygant Star 4. c.
yds.; w. H. McManus, Catholic Club. s
yds.; F. Nevins, Pratt Institute, s yds.;
J. S. Cleary, Catholic Club, 9 yds.; Shep-
muth, N. : A; e. 10 yds.; Frank
Nelson Buck. Catholic Club, 10 yds.; John
Thompson. unattached. 10 yds.; F. J..
Koehler, Fourth Regt. A. A, 10 yds.; H.
w. Garthe. Pastime A. c., II yds.; M.
Cregan. New West Side Al. c., II yds.;
Jesse Maher, Paterson Y. M. C. A., 70 yds;
Charles Ditmar. unattached, u yds.
$50 yards run, noyice-James Cregan, Ar
lington A. A.; Edward Brady, Catholic
Club; Robert A. Black, Young Mems
League; edward S. CasheII. Excelsior
Boat Club; Frank oaRourke, Sunset Field
Club.
Three mile run, h-andicap-John Nc
Dermott, FASTING A. G. scratch; Michael
John F. Malloy,- Xavier A. A., scratch;
John Herman. st. Bartholomew A. c.,
scratch; J. J.. Burke, N. J.. A. c., SO sec
onds; J: H. Smith, Arlington A. A.. is sec
onds; Joseph Richards, Montgomery, Is
seconds.
One mile un, handicap-D. J. Donovan.
unattached. % yards; George Nj. Trede,
unattached. 25 yards; J. 2: Burke, N. J..
gomery 4; g; IS yards; Fred g; Brenne,
Bradley, Jr.. Stevens School. 81 wards.