The times., 1897-08-29
The Great Runner Wins New
LaurelS at Manhattan Field.
MAYBURY LOWERS HIS COLORS
The Speedy Western Crack Not Fast
Enough TO Beat the Georgetown
Champiou-The Worlds Record
for One Mile Relay Race Is Broken
by "a Full Second.

NOON
Almost twice as many more whose en-
thuslasm exceeded their funds witnessed
the tournament from the points OF vantage
outside the enclosure.
Instead of TWO contending clubs, there
were almost two dozen concerned, and of
these half a score got slice of the honors.
With the standards already so high, no
worlds records were looked for, SO that
the two new ones furnished were in the
nature of agreeable surprises.
Although there was no banner or other
point trophies. there Were fifty-one in
diyidual medals as incentives, all made
from the standard die of the A. A. u. ,and
emblatic OF the national championship.
OF these the hero OF the meeting, Bernard
J. Wefers, captured the lions share. The
good sprinter richly deserved the honors
showered upon him. He Won the 100
ySSds in time which equalled the worlds
record OF 9 As seconds, held by him
self, John owen, jr, the champion OF
1880, and two antipoaeans.
This achievement was dwarfed, how
ever, 10y his performance in the 220-yard
dash For sixty yards the track is new and
| badly Knit With these handicaps against
| him, the Georgetown flyer romped away
| from high-class opponents today and reach
ed the worsted in 81 25 seconds, bare
| fraction outside his o wn world srecord. In
stead OF being highly elated, he turned
| around and explained somewhat apollo
gerically that he had to take things some
what easily, as he had promised TO take
| part in the relay race. He not only kept
| his word, but ran the fastest quarter OF
the te am race, going the last lap like a
/ whrIwind in 40 15, and almost equal
| ing the time made by Tom Burke in the
| champions race at that distance. 1t was
a marvellous days work. and Wefers was
cheered to the echo.
Another athlete who covered himself
with glory was j F. Cregan, New York
| Athletic Club, He had been ailing recently
and his club did not expect oveTmuchfrom
| him. The Prince tUuian, after taking the
half-mile run from his previous conqueror,
t b. Tuner, sprung another surprise inthe
one mile run, which he won Handsomely
after heing apparently beaten half lap
from home.
There was still another dual winner,
Charles Hinneman, the strong man OF the
| Chicago Athletic Association. He scored
1
both the shot and discus, and capped the
climax by hurting the Greel implement over
twelve feet beyond the worlds record.
Maybury and Rush scored four points
| for Chicago in the 100-yard race, run
ming a dead heat, less than yard behind
Wefers, according to the judges, while
everybody else insisted that Rush had
beaten his more noted clubnate a few
inches. Maybury again scored in the
longer sprint. Hinneman raked in three
points in the fifty-siX pound Competition.
while Townsend's game finish in the
relay race netted three more. This brought
| Chicago clear ahead OF all the opposing
clubs, except the invincihle n. Y. A. c.
The points for the day figured out as
| follows:
New York A. c., o.; Chicago A. A, "a;
Pastirle A. O., / 4; Knickerbocker a. G,
l2; New Jersey A. c., s; Montreal 4. A. A,
and East Boston "A. A, 3 each; PittsbuTg
"A. C. and New West Side A. c., 2 each,
and Toronto, /,
The competition throughout was remark
ably keen and there was an agreeable
absence OF the monopoly which has con-
trtbuted 10 minimize the public interest
in the previous tournaments. Up to the
but then NO one begrudged a renewal to
such sterling runners as Wefers and Burke,
and especially as the latter had been sick
and only won on his nerve and class. y
Ss0yard rum. F. Cregan, n. Y A. c..
won by feet; II. E. Manneli, n. j. A. C. i.
second, by yards ahead Of Edward NJ.
Power, jr., Pittsburg A. c., third. Time,
los 3-5.
4 ri first h.-
Maybury, Chicago a. a.; F. Jarvis, Pitts,
burg, second; ]. W. Enrich, Knic kerbockeI
a. c., third. Time, o:10 1-5.
Second i,eat won by B. j. wefers, N. Y.
A. c.; j. H. Rush, Chicago a. A. second;
W. A. Karns, Knickerbocker A. c., third
Time, 0:10 l-5.
Extra trial heat for third men; one to
qualify in final w. A. Karns walked over,
Enrich Withdrawing.
Final heat Won by Wefers dead heat
between Maybury and Rush for second
Time, O:Oe 4-5.
One mile walk-Won by Sam LiebSold,
PastiIEe A. C; W. B. Fetterman, Jr., n. Y.
Thompson, jr. N. Y. A c.: John r. Richards,
a. c., second; NJ. II Donovan, n. j. A. c.,
third Time, GA As.
12O yard hurdle race-won by j. Fl
| ~ -as sSCOuOs l. w NAdSe, n. 1. ~.
c., third. Time, Ole.
One mile bicycle race-won by j. A.
Powell, y. Y. a. c.; Bert Ripley, Knicker-
booker A. e., second: Harry Hosford, n. J.
A. c., third. Time, 2:32 3-5.
40 yard run Won by Thomas E. Burke.
n. Y. A. c.; A. j. Townsend, Chicago y.
A, second; NJ. W. Long, n. Y. A. c., third:
Time, 0:49.
One mile run-Won by j. F. Cregan, N.
Y. A c.; Alex. Brodie, Montreal A. A. u,
second; Richard Grant, Toronto A. A,
third. Time, APT So.
22O- yard run First heat-Won by r. Don
Hoffman, n. Y. A. c.; j. II Ma ybury, Chi
Cago 4. a. second; Aionzo c. Caldw ell,
University of Toronto, third. Time, 0:22 8 3.
Second heat-won by B. j. Wefers, N. Y
A. c.; ]. W. Enrich, Knickerbocker a c.,
second; W. A Karns, Knicker booker A.
third. Time, % As seconds.
Final heat-Won by Wefers; Maybury
second, Hoffman, third. Time, q 2-5 sec
onds.
The winner got within fifth of sec
ond OF the worlds record, held by himself
220-yard hurdle race Won by A. c.
Kr raenzlein, Chicago A. A; Jerome Buck
Knickerbocker A. c., second; T. W. Chase,
N, 7. A. c., third. Time, % seconds.
Running high Jump-Won by I. &
Baxter, n. Y. A. c., with jump OF 6
feet 2 1-2 inches; W. c. Carroll, N. Y
a. c., second, with jump of feet
Norman T. Leslie, n. Y. A. c., third
with jump OF feet IL inches.
Henry Pope. N. A. c.; j. T. Fitzgerald