The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-29
WEFERS HOLDS RECORD.
HE BEATS OUT TWo CHICAGOsPRfSs
TIERS IN HUNDRED TIRDs DIsH.
A Successful Series Of 0ames-Large Ate
tendance and "A Good Trsck-Ihe ioo
Yards Dash the Principal Event.

nation OF the Amateur Athletic Union,
there has never before been such a sue
cessfn series OF athletic games for the
National Championship as that which was
held this afternoon on the track ar' -
field OF Manhattan field. The attendance
was four thousand. The track was hgnt-
ming fast and the fnfeld perfect.
The chief interest was In the loo-yard
dash. in which Weefers. Of Georgetown
College the holder OF the worlds record,
beat out the two Chicago sprinters In the
record time. Summaries:
$50 yards run-Won by ]. c. Cregan,
New York. a. c.; II. l.. Marvel, New
Jersey, A. c., second; Edward M. Power
Pittsburg, A. c.. third: George stephen,
Montreal, A. A. c., fourth. Time l;os
| "a.
Putting the IS pound shot-Won by
Charles Henneman, Chicago. A A, dis
lance. 40 feet, ga inches; F. Beck New
Jersey. A. c.. AZ feet. IA inches. second;
j. Herty. New York. Westsde A. C.' II
feet 10 "a inches. third.
THE 100 YARD DASH.
100 yard dash-Final heat won by b. J.
weefers. New York. A. c.; ]. III. May
bury, Chicago, A. A. and rush, ran
| dead heat for second place; ]. i. Jar
Wis. Pittsburg. A. c., fourth; w. A. Harms,
Knickerbocker. A. c., fifth. Time, As.
Seccnd-Wcefers won by two yards, and
Just equallod the worlds record.
one mile. walk-Won by Samuel Lieb-
gold. Pastime. A. c.. w. b. Feterman.
Jr New York. A. c.. second: w. II.
Donovan. New Jersey. a. c., third. Time,
6:4 4-5.
Liebgold won by forty yards and ninety
yards between second and third.
Running high jump-Won by I. K. Bax-
- & "A
inches; W. G. Carroll, New York. a. c.,
height, feet, second; N. r. Leslie, New
York. a. -, height, . feet, IL inches.
third.
one hundred and twenty yards, hurdle
race. won by ]. II. Thompson, Jr., n. Y.
A. c.. John r. Richardson. Chicago A.
A.. second; T. ". Chase, \. Y. c,
third r. c. McQueeney Springfield A.
c., fourth; y. II. Friesel Pittsburg A.
c.. fell at the ninth hurdle and did not
finish. Time. Is seconds. Thompson won
by a yard and two feet, but no second
and third.
one mile bicycle race-won by I. A.
Powell. ". Y. A. c.; Bert Ripley.
Knickerbocker A. c.. second; Harry Hos
ford. " J. A. c.. third Time 2S2 2-5.
Throwing sixteen-pound hammer-won
by John Flanagan. y. Y. A. c., distance
14S feet ) inches: Charles G. Hadwick,
l. A.
second: James S. Mitchell. Pastlme A.
| c.. 1870 feet inches, third; r. ". Edgren,
| Knickerbocker A. c., distance 1874 feet
| inches. fourth. Flanagan made a foul
| throw Of 152 feet IL inches and Edgren
made foul in the throw OF 152 feet
inches.
Four hundred and forty wards dash
won by T. +. Burke, n. Y. A. c.; a. ].
|, Townsend. Chicago A. A.. second; NJ.
4 q Lfrla
| Chicago A. A. fourth Time, 40 seconds.
Burke won. after leading the way, ten
feet. Townsend. who was firing badly,
| fell across the tape and got second place
| by n couple Of inches
HURDLE RACE.
Two hundred and twenty yards hurdle
race-won by A. G. Kraenzleln. Chicago
| A. c.: Jerome Buck X. A. c.. second:
| T. w. Chase. y. Y. \. c., third; NJ. V.
| seconds. Kraenzlein led from the first
| hurdle and won by seven yards: five
| yards between second and third
one mile run-won by +. Creegan. y.
} Y. A. c.: Alexander Brodie. Montreal A.
| A. A., second r. Grant. Toronto A. A..
| third. Time, 4:27 3-5. Crogan won by If
teen yards, nifty yards between second
and third.
Throwing the discus won by Charles
| Henneman. Chicago A. A., distance us
| feet, inches; James Mitchell Pastime
A. c., distance 100 feet - inches. Sec
ond: ]. Herty, New Westslde A. c.. dis
| lance 1O2 feet, 1-2 inches, third. Henne-
man and Mitchell beat the American
| record. 1O6 feet which was made by J.
| Flanagan at the y. J. A. c. Grounds
| this year.
Two hundred and twenty yards dash
| final heat won by b. j. Wefers, NY. a. c.;
| j. II. Maybury. Chicago. A. A., second;
| j. w. Enrich. X. a. c.. third; r. ID. Hoff-
| man. y. Y. A. c., fourth Time, .2l 2-j.
| Wefers won by five yards.
Throwing the 16-pound weight-won by
| James S. Mitchell, Pastime A. c.. 30 feet,
| inches; Charles Henneman Chicago, A.
A., distance 81 feet 1-2 inches, second;
| 2 w. Edgren. Knickerbocker A. c., dis
| lance q feet / inch. third.
Pole vault. won by J. L. Hurlburt. Jr.,
". Y. c.. height II feet one inch: .. j.
| Smith. Knickerbocker A. G, height 10
| feet. 10 inches; second G. 7. Van Wrinkle,
| n. Y A. G. r. s., Wilder y. a, G.
| and r. c. Frame. c. A. G. Washington,
tied for third place at 10 feet inches. and
the last two agreed to give the place to
- THE RELAY RACE.
One mile relay race. won by The y. Y.
| e. team. Wefer and Burke. 5. Lyons and
NJ 3. Long. Chicago, A. g. team; r. y.
| Barrett. j. II. Rush. ID. H. Jackson and
| A. J. Townsend. second: Knckerbocker,
| A. c. Team. G.. V. Lyons. G. G. Holland
| err. J. +. Bernhard and Jerome Buck,
| third. Time. 3:2l 2-5.
The New York men led from the start
| and Wefers won and ran the last quarter
| I'm 40 AS. finished 70 yards ahead OF Town
send. who was four feet before Buck.
| This time beats the record held by Yale.
which was 800 2-5.
Running Broad jump won by T.. b.
Bloss. y. Y. A. g.. distance q feet 10 -
| inches: J. +. Bennett. East Boston, A. A.,
| distance q feet. 10 inches, second n. III.
Fresen. Pittsburg. a. c., distance 4
| feet Q inches third.
score by points: New York. "a; Chicago,
| 81 Pastime A. G.. Il; Knickerbocker, A.
| C.. II: y. ]. a. c., S; Montreal, A. A. A.
| 2. East Boston. a. A., 3: Pittsburg. a. &.
| 2: New Westside, a. G., 2; Toronto, J.
| Total. l53.