Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-29
Y the InalvIdnal contest whleh folIows.iI
Maintains His Supremacy ms Very
Lively Spriufpr.

Maintains His Supremacy ms u Very
| Lively Sprintcr.
! NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.--Since the forma-
! tion of the Amateur Athletic association
there has never been such u successful
series OF athletic games at national cham
pionships as that held this afternoon on the
track and In the fields of Manhattan field.
The attendance was 1900 The track was
lightning fast. and the infield perfect Cal
cago sent dozen specially trained athletes
among whom were Helneman, the heavy
man; Kraenzlen and Richards, the hurdlers;
Nay nayoury ana Is h9sn, the sprinters, ana bar
since their arrival week ago. have been
! the guests of the New York Athletic club
at Travers island and they, as well as the
representatives of the winged foot" came
on the grounds this afternoon in perfect
condition for what was called tho athletic
battle between the east and the west. The
greatest interest centered In the meeting
of Wefers, the worlds champion sprinter
spite the fact that Maybury and Rush
were considered capable of pushing Wefers
o,ia to his utmost, the runner from Georgetown
and although party of three New Eng
landers was on the ground with money to
back the champion, they failed to secure
any important bets from friends of the
westerners.
Maybury won his trial heat handly in
ten and one-tifth seconds while wefers
won his in the same time, with little to
spare. In the final of the 100 wefers came
/
from Rush and Maybury. who, according to
the judges, ran dead heat for second
place arIS To Of those who were close to
was some inches ahead of his clubmate,
but the decision of the judges did not
change the final result, as the second and
third points went to Chicago. The time.
y DO seconds just eaualed the American
in he n hea Of the et an
the former won by five yards in 2l 2-5 sec
! onds, when Maybury was seven yards ahead
Nl,rf11 fNy
N. Y. A. e; 4: j: Townsend. Chicago 4. A,
On R1sb nj W gbaSse hOns N foar,6 "A g. third third
0:49 Burke won by ten feet. He led the
way throughout Townsend, who was firing
place by couple of inches.
Y. a. c.; Alexander Brode, Montreal A.
third Time: 4:27 3-5. Cregan won by hf-
teen yards. fifteen yards between second and
Throwing the discus: Won by Charles
Henneman; fer Chicago A. A, :, distance. us
@ fest shH Sc sbfs pastme
], Herty New West side A. c., distance, 1O2
feet 6h inches, third. Henneman and
feet which was made by ]. Flanagan at
the sso N, j.. A. c; grounds this year.
Kraenziein, Chicago 4. A. Jerome Buck,
K. A. c., second; T. w. Chase, n. Y. A. c.,
third: NJ. " Bastian. n. Y. A. G., fourth.
hurdle and won by seven yards, five yards
| between second and third.
wefers. ' n ''S 4 c ma j. fa H. MaybuTy, mS Chi
cago A: A., second; j. W: Enrich K. A. G,
| third; E. D. Hoffman. N Y. A. c. fourth.
seven yards between second and third men.
Throwing the sixteen pound weight: Won
by James S. Mitchell Pastime <. c., dis
Chicago A. A. distance, 81 feet 21a inches,
second r. w; Edgren, knickerbocker A. c.,
| iii foot nah, f,.,l
n Y A. C. height, Il feet, ! inch Q. p
y. Y. A. G., r. S Wilder \. Y. A. G., and
F. G Fl Fran C. A - e. washington, nt, tied
the last two agreed to give the place to
Van Wrinkle.
one mile relay race; Won by the y; Y.
Lyons and NJ. H. Long; Chicago A. a. team,
r. B. Barrett. +; j: f. Rush d r. Jackson
\. G. team: G.. Lyons. a. A. Hollenhard, |
j. P. Bernhard and Jerome Buck, third.
the start. and Wefers, who ran the last
quarter in 9-l5 seconds. finished seventy
five yards ahead of Townsend, who was four
ord held by Yale, which was 3:22 2-5.
Running broad jump: ., Won by Ed Bloss
]. F. Bennett, East Boston A. A., distance |
q feet, 10 inches. second; J. H. Frlesel |
Plttsburg A. c.. distance, q feet. inches |
A. G, 81; Pastime 4. c., il; KnicRerbocker
A. A. u, 3; East Boston A; A. 3; Pitts
Toronto. orc !. Total Total S, 15S; -, = o.,u ~
ss f%fdH fnn MaHy M3h y j. & e eeresen seeonS
Edward NJ. Power. Pittsburg A. C.. third;
Hntts Tine: 5SF"' i;5S s5. -'' ''' a. A. 0 io0f'"'
Putting the slxteen;pound shot: Won by
AZ feet 7A inches; f. Beck, N, j. A c..
i feet 6A inches, second; J. Hertty, N. Y.
oyard dash ieGS Final g heat fefeS won n'ra By B.
Wefers. n. Y; 4. 6; J. H, Maybury. Chi
PPIt,ts,burg 4; G, fourth; W.; 4. Karns,
one-Mile Walk-Won by Samuel Liebgold,
tr,. New York Athletic club, second; W. H.
DGnovaa. New Jersey Issyo athletic club third
yards, with ninety yards between second
TER Nsw 4drE Eh lthac Sab BY e K Pes es
2i5t i,nch,es; IN he's; W. G. Carroll New York
ThomRson Ss 5r us New York York 4, g; 59hn n +
Chase. third; r. &: MeoueeneyD. eD sprnsaeHid
4, A. u. foar:h; N. H, Triesell, Pittsburg A;
ns s me ne o5 nn rhompson RoTas a"S won a' by not
yard, ten feet between second and third
Powell, New York, A. c.. Bert Ripley,
Kn!ckerbocker A. G.; second !, Harry Hos
Throwing sixteen-pound .'2mmer-Won by
John Flanagan, distance - feet inches; |
Charles Chadwick New W :; Athletic club
distance 1tl feet inc1c2 second; James $
Mitchell Pastime Athletic club, 139 feet
inches, third r. w. Edgren, Knickerbocker
Athletic club, distance 1874 feet inches.
fourth. Flanagan made a foul throw OF
152 feet 1la inches and Gdgren made foul
in throw of 142 feet inches.
International Tennis Tourney.
A-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. Aug. zS.
By the arrival of the eastern tennis play
ers, the open singles in the international
tournament have been advanced several
stages. Ware, Whitman, Forhe-, Fisher,
Sheldon, Budlong. Bond Neel and Avery
are among the entries and good tennis
should result. The morning scores follow:
open singlts; first round, n. y. whitman
beat ". d. Love, Ga G-2; c. D. Budlong
beat George Wagner, Go, G-1.
Brnay's Carnival il on.