New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-30
THE N. J. A. @. CARNIVAL.
AN UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT LOT OF CON
TESTS EXPECTED.

The annual Decoration Day carnival OF sports OF
the New ~se; A. c. takes place tomorrow AFTER
noon on the clubs commodious grounds ut Bayonhe
City. The programme this year by far SURPRISES
any Of It's predecessors, ana the spec'ai a'i"'
are OF great briancy.
The first athletic contest will start at cioch
sharp but n curtain raiser In the shape OF an asso-
citation football match will begin about an hour ear
lier. The teams are the Centrevies ana .he plooN
Iyn Wanderers. and the past record OF ooh Oh these
is proof enough that the game VIII terminate III Ao
bloodless draw.
Tho fret athletic contest will be the college team
relay race and will be practical and final test OF
which team Is entitled TO the championship OF the
United States. Yale. Princeton, Harvard ana Pehh-
sylyania will be there.
After half an hours intermission, during which
some OF the handicap contests will be disposed Oh
r. T. Burke and G.. Hollander will toe the scratch
IN tho haf-mile match race. Burke IS from Boston
UnIversty and as a quartcr-mile runner Is perhaps
without a peer In the domain OF long sprln'ers Vi
today He is the holder OF the intercollegiate In
ternatlonal. National. A. A. U. ana oympah
CHAMPIONSHIPS 1t will be his first important at
tempt as a haf-miler and good deal OF specuia-
ton is INDUCED in as to whether he can stay 'he
distance or not He Is OF opinion himself that ne
can heat 1;J5 on the other hand, Holarder Is run
ming markably well. and is as confident Oh VIII
ming as a man could possibly be-
Then come-somewhere around oclock-the
and Irish English styles 1t will be contest OF truly
international character and the first time IN the
history Of heavyweight exercise that genuine chah
pons and record-hoders OF England. lreiahu, Amer,
lea and the Intercollegiate Athletic Associa'oh WIN
meet in open competition. Flanagan, the hhghsh
and Irish record-holder, has record OF l4' iee''
and he Is reported 10 be capable OF several yards
further if he is pushed. His opponents Will be D.
S Mitchell who has been champion of America
since 1885, and whose best figures are li5 feet a men,
Charles Chadwick, of Yale University, with
record OF 1872 feet inches w. G. Woodruff, OF Penn
sylvana, who has thrown 1913 feet. and II. I. NC
Cracken' OF the same stable record about lSo ieet
Frank Smith. the Georgetown giant VIII pr'"s up
The remaining special feature will be the 200 200
ward scratch race, In which r. j. Wefers, Inc
wonderful sprnter will be the principal starter
Though Wefers is a pretty sure winner, he viii be
made TO let out a link TO keep In front OF JARVIS
Of Princeton. and Hoffman. of Pennsylvania Wefers
holds the worlds amateur record OF U;SV , Slg
for the distance but his ambition tomorrow VIII
not be to eclipse these figures but to have a go
for Hutchinss old record of 80 SECONDS O1ner Pro
inent entries in this event are I. X flsher' iaIe
w j. Enrich Columbia. and II. j. suzer .,o
A synopsis of the handicap contests h "nemiie
walk he present amateur champion a,,r Lien nr
gold Of the Pastime Athletic CLUB VIII hgnte Un
seconds start viii be W. b FetteI man the Uni mi.
yers of a. crack SECONDS LS%Is e0s0''
The cycling contests the one e ana Two mS
entries G. T. Herrck and j. Collins are placed at
scratch In both. and their nearest opponent Is w
7 Fbrich who will have thirty yards In the longer
distance and twenty yards in the shorter. ~
A rather novel departure will be hfty-yaTd po-
tato race The tubers will be placed two and one
half wards apart. There twenty-six entries, ana
If naught else tho contest Will insure nearly
laugh. NV o... Ill, ,.or.
from scratch in the mile handicap, and OUTSIDE OF
the other contestants the battle between these Two
veterans will be In itself. Grant of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania has ten yards and ne is
nearest hack-mark man. The pole vault mas drawn
unusually large entry lists. Five men are on scratch
MHamiton Johnson, Van Wrinkle, Seen and Stew
art-and Pauding. Of the New-York Athletic Ciuo,
will have two inches. - ,,..,x 49,.
trolley cars connect with the Pennsylvania ferries
from West Twenty-third Cortandt and Desorosses
SITS direct to club gate.