The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29


again in the final heat of the 220- yard
dash, which the former won by five
yards in q % seconds, when Maybury
was seven yards ahead of Enrich for
second honors. Burke, the world s
champion quarter-miler won the 40
yard event. Townsend and Rush of
Chicago, and Long of New York were
his principal opponents, but after lead
ing all the way the Boston man won
by nearly four yards from Townsend,
who secured second place from Long
by dropping headforemost over the
line. This race was run in 40 seconds,
and the first three were we'll played
out after they had crossed the finish
line
Edward Power of Pittsburg and
George stephen of Montreal were
among the contestants for the half mile
run, but the best they could do was
third and fourth respectively, as Gre
gan of New York and Marvel, the
young runner from New Jersey, fin
ished second in O:5S%.
Young Fetterman of the New Yorks
cut out the pace in the mile walk for
a quarter of q mile with Sam Liebgold,
the champion. close on his heels
The latter then cut loose and for the
next three laps kept ahead of Fetter-
man, finally winning by 40 yards.
NIeOISe 3OilOll, d IIlllG runner, was Out
paced in that event and failed to fin
ish in the first three Brodie. the Ca
madam champion, ran splendidly for
en-eighths of a mile and looked a
sure winner until Cregan caught him
furlong from home and beat : i'm out
easily by Is yards. Grant of Toronto,
who made the pace for half the dis
lance, finished fourth, five yards be-
hind the Montreal man. In the high
hurdles great things were expected of
j. B. Richards of Chicago. For the
last four days Richards has been nurs-
ing a sprained ankle, but he insisted
on going over the high hurdles while
Kraenzlein was reserved for the
longer race. Richards ran well, but
Thompson outsprinted him and won by
a yard Kraenzlein won the 220 yards
hurdle race by seven yards from Je-
rome Buck of the Knic4erbockers, but
the finish would have been very much
closer were it not that Buck stumbled
badly at the second hurdle and lost a
lot of ground thereby.
The one mile relay race between
picked teams Of four men each from
sthe New York, Chicago and Knicker
booker clubs, was won in hollow fash
ion by the wearers of the Mercury
foot and Wefers. who ten minutes
before had won the 220 yards dash,
ran the final quarter of the relay in
40 Is seconds, making a new relay rec
ord of 1921 rs, which was just second
faster than the old record, which was
held by Yale.
In the field events Hanneman of
Chicago won the putting of the To-
pound shot and tablished new rec
ord for discus throwing. with a throw
of 11S feet inches, and finished Sec
ond in the throwing of the 56-pound
contest, which was won by Champion
James S. Mitchell. Mitchell also beat
the record of 116 feet in the discus
throwing event by eight inches, Sc
curing second place. Flanagan, the
worlds champion hammer thrower,
sent the ball and wire handle 14S feet,
5 inches, while Chadwick of Yale made
a splendid throw of al feet inchess
Mitchell was third with 139 feet
inches, while Edgren of California, who
represented the Knickerbocker Athletic
club, was fourth with a throw of 1874
feet inches. The latter made a foul
throw of 142 feet inches and Flanna-
gan made a foul throw of 1872 feet 21s
inches.
Irving Baxter and two of his club
mates, Carroll and Leslie, captured all
the points in the running. high Jump
for the New York Athletic club. There
was a close contest for third honors in
the pole vault between Hurlbut and
Smith. who captured first and second
places After several trials and thials
Wilder Frame conceded the point to
VanWinkle.
Meyer Prinstefn of Syracuse, who
was the favorite in the broad jump.
failed to come up TO expectations and
could do no better than Il feet
inches. which placed him in fourth
fv1ic
him were separated by only one and
one-half inches. E. Boss won by a
half inch from Bennett of east Boston,
who in turn was one inch ahead of
Frfesell of Pittsburg.
SUMMARIZES
Throwing the 16-pound weight, won
by James S. Mitchell, Pastime A. c.,
distance 80 feet, 2 inches; Charles Hen
215 inches, second; R. w. Edgren,
Knickerbocker A. c., distance q feet,
1 inch. third.
Pole vault, won by j. L. Hurlbut, jr.,
New York A. c.. height II feet, inch;
O. B. Smith Knickerbocker 4. c.,
second, height, 10 feet, 10 inches; C. 7.
Van Kinkle New York A. c., R. S.
Wilder, New York a. c., and f. c.
Franz, Chicago a. c.. Washington,
and the last two agreed to give the
place to Van Wrinkle.
Running broad jump, won by e. B.
Bloss. New York A. c., distance q
feet. 1917 inches; ]. F. Bennett East
Boston A. A, distance, q feet, 10
inches, second; n. H. Frieselt, Pitts
burg A c.. distance 81 feet inches,
third. Score by points: New York a.
c., "A; Chicago, A. c., "a; Pastime A.
T.. a Nav
Jersey A c.. s; Montreal A. c., 3;
East Boston A. a. 8; Pittsburg A. c.,
2: New West Side A. c., 2; Toronto, /.
Total. 153.
one mile relay race, won by the
New York a. c. team; B. J. Wefers,
T. b. Burke, H. S. Lyons and NJ. H.
Long; Chicago A. a. team. r. B. Bar
rett, J. H. Rush. D. H. Jackson ana
a. C. Townsend, second; Knickerbocker
A. c. team. G. V. Lyons. G. G. Hollan-
der. ]. P. Bernhard and Jerome Buck.
third. Time-3:21 2-5.
The New York men led from the
start. and Wefers, who ran the last
quarter in :49 is seconds, finished rs
yards ahead of Townsend. who was
four feet before Buck.
This time beats the record held by
Yale. which was 1922 2-5.
220-yard dash, final heat won by W.
f. Wefers. New York A. c.; j. H. May
bury, Chicago A. A, second; J. w. En-
rich. Kansas A, c., third; A. D. Hoff-
man. New York a. c.. fourth. Time
:21 20.
Wefers won by five yards, seven
yards between second and third men.
One mile walk, won by Samuel Lieb-
gold, Pastime A. c., w. B. Fetterman
jr., New York a. c., second; w. H.
Donovan, New Jersey A. c., third.
Time-6:44 As.
Liebgold won by 40 yards within 80
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