New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19
FEW SEE THE SPORTS END.
SOME GOOD CONTESTS DECIDED Ho"-
EVER AT THE NEW-JERSEf
A. C.'S CARNIVAL

AN EXCITING FINISH BETWEEN WEFERs Fosh
AND z1NN IN THE FoRTY-YARDs' DAsH-FEw
RECORDS MADE IN THE COMPETITION
The two days midwinter Carnival Of Sports OF
the New-Jersey Athletic Club was brought 10 d
close at Madison Square Garden last night WINE
the attendance was meagre In the extreme, .no
contests brought out some OF the best Oh INC
amateur athletes Of the country. the perform
ances were good. but few records were broken
The sprinters said that there was too much spring
to the board floor The heating apparatus al the
Garden had been arranged to fit large attend
ance moreover but as the multitude did not ma
terialize the interior Of the immense arena was
cold and cherries. The club deserves credit iot
the work 1t done in the cause OF athletics ou'
amateur athletics just at present VII! not serve "
attract a great concourse Of people 49,. :; 81.
The livcliest interest or the night "dS ie'' ~ -
meeting OF the champion sprinters. Weiers hus"
and linn. The big fellows also held the atteh'io"
OF the onlookers when they tossed about the heaVy
weights and dumbbes. The welght-lifters are par
ticularly fancfu as to attire and coors' III tos
ing the frtv-six pound weight OConnell threw the
weight up against the bell so hard that the weight
brought down the entire scanold with c'"H"'
Wefers was beaten apparently In the nnaI III the
forty-yard dash. the contestants hnishing almost
aligned except little Znn. who seemed TO win by
safe margin. The judges made it dead neat be-
tween Wefers and Rush. giving Zinn third place,
amid a Of Kisses from the onlooKers VINO
yelled "Znn! Zinn," until they got red In The
face In the dumbbell competition Fred Winters
of the New West Side Athletic Club. did by far
the best work.
The officials were as follows: Referee William
B. Curtis Ncw-York A. c.; judges ut fnish-Harry
Mcmillan president Of the A. A. L.; John New
man. ~ j. a. c.. Barlow S. Weeks y. Y A. C..
j. j. Frawley, X. A. c.; Gustavus T. Kirby. Inter
collegiate Association, and Colonel L. NJ Ham
burger Chicago A. c. Timers-C. c. Hughes. dele
to 4 i
sty a. c.: c. Robinson. n. J. A. c.; Robert Stoll
~ Y. a. c.. NJ. Bishop. n. Y. A. c.. j. H. Abeel
~ Y. A. c., and Sam See. New-York. Field
judges-W. j. Lnihan, Riverside a. c.: Maxwell r.
More n. Y. A. c.. d X. James. ~ J. A e.; j. l.
Dooling Xavier A. A; NJ. A. Cunning. Bay Ridge
A c. and w j. Swan ~ Y. A. c. Official re-
porter. Hugh S. Quinn. New-York; clerk Of course.
John ]. Dixon. National A. c.; assistant clerks or
course-J H. O'Brien. St Bartholomew A c.; Wal
Scott, New-York: John Norton. eth Regiment
A. A. II. X. zust. New-York; II. E. Marvel, N j.
A. c. and f. j. " Delaney. Xavier A. A. Starter.
Harry s. Cornish. X. A. c.
THE SUMMARY.
Forty-yard dash handicap,-Dead heat between p. J.
ses + Edward znh Hw Sn Nest side A. G
"a feeo' third Time-O:o5 Rush won the run of BY
six inches in ~ eeconds
By sS.rssn p sssns for 9'sA,
IL It. in; J. Herty New West Side a C. 2 ~. Is
10 10 n5 '"' is FIT r. 2 in - . N''''''' ' ~ w
Quarter mile run (hAndcap,-won by 7. F. Mckinney.
81. 49, A. G. "a YARDS; J. Buck. y. r. ;: y j.
scratch second r. a. Sayles 22d Regiment Qf YARDS
| third. Time-o:5ii,.
Half mile rin--Won by !. J. Harris Boom ngdale
NJ 4 Riordan. r. II. Mays. second; j. W. Healey X
| II. Mays third. Time-2:2l%. Heaey, who wore NO
| 10. tainted a. the nnsh.
Three hundred-yard run (handIcap)-Won by T. Wy
giant, Star (26 yaris =. Cmstaiter unattached "a
yards second ?. J. Walsh. ST. F. Y d6 YARDS. third
| Time-033is.
Two-mle bicycle race (handcsp)--won by II. Y. Be
dell Riverside Wheemen C25 yards. c. Sanford. jr
| Riverside Wheelmcn go yards second J. II Covel
| Harlem vheelmen as YARDS. third. Babcock fell
| Tm4-602~-
o-hundred- twenty yard run. specia-Won b. j
| " Rush Princeton: g. J. Wefers Network A. G, sec
| ond Trme-O:24~ Wefers claimed foul. which wa'
| not allowed Rush easily by three yards. The cham
pion is in shape and Is fully ten pounds below hi
| usual weight
| one-thousand- yard run. handicap-won by g. p
| Arnold New West side A. c. 80 YARDS; j. W. Rumpf
| 81 G. A. c 90 YARDS second W. G. Messer 90 yards)
! third. rime-2;22$.
Three hundred-yard hurdle. hsndicag-WoG by G
yardsI second a W. Smith. NewYork A. C. co yards)
| third. Time-o.25t- ..s.,.
Four hundred- forty-yard run (handieap-Won by
| jr * \. c. ts YARDS second. ". +. Ryan, X A. G
| co6 yariF) third Time-O:53~ J. J. Hopkins finished
nrst and A. Menies second but both were disqualified
one mile walk IhandIcap)won BY {. Leibgold 7. A.
g ,a5 seconds. A. ThOrp r. n G. go seconds second
! II W fadd X. a G. 80 aec0nisl. third. Time ;tsS
Fctternan the intercollegiate champion was dsqua!inec
| for running