The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-01
BERGEN POINT ATHLETICS
H11flTER-T -THROWER FLANNAGIN NOV CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.

Tendon-Large Crowd in Attendance.
 New York, May 31-The Memorial day carnival of athletic sports, which was held to-day on the grounds of the New Jersey Athletic club at Bergen Point, was one of the most successful tournaments ever held under the clubs auspices. Notwithstanding the heavy rain the track and infield were in good condition. The principal features of the games were the first appearance in this country of Johl. Flanagan, the hammer throwing champion of Ireland and England, and the promise of another meeting between Colfelt of Princeton and Wefers of Georgetown in the special race at 300 yards, Colfelt having beaten Wefers in the 220 yards dash in the intercollegiate champion ship games last Saturday.
 About 4,00O people were on the grounds when the games began, but they were greatly disappointed when it became known that Wefers had broken down and had to go back to Georgetown on crutches this morning. Wefers strained his right leg badly in his last race, and it Is question whether he will be seen on the track again this year. The games were opened with an as- sociation football match between the Centervilles and Brooklyn Wanderers, which the former won by a score of to 1. With Wefers out of the special race the greatest interest centered ln the hammer throwing contests There were two, one under the English and Irish rules from a nine-foot circle, and the other under the American rules, from a seven foot circle,
 Jim Mitchell, the worlds champion at the latter game, was among those who contested, but he made very poor showing against Flanagan, who made new worlds record with a throw Of 150 feet inches. The record up to this was 145 feet and % inch make by Mitchell in 1892, To-day Mitchell could do no better than 12S feet 4 inches, and McCracken of Pennsylvania beat him for second place by 10 inches. When the result was announced Flanagan was cheer ed to the echo, and one of the first to congratulate the Trishman was Mt chell, who yielded up the championship with a good grace. Tn the contest from the nine foot circle Flanagan threw the hammer 145 feet 6% inches, which distance is 17H inches less than his own worlds record which he made in Lon- don over year ago.
 In this event Chadwick of Yale and McCracken of Pennsylvania both beat Mitchell, who threw 20 feet less than the winner. In the second trials of the 100 yards dash T R. Fisher of Yale broke tendon in his right leg as he crossed the tape and fell heavily on the cinder path. He will not De able to run again for a couple of months.
 The half-mile match race between Burke of Boston and Hollander of the Knickerbocker A. C., was easily won by the former. Burke let Hollander cut out the pace for three-fourths of the distance and came away in the turn into the home stretch with a magnifi- cent burst of speed and won easily by 15 yards Summary:
 100 yards dash, handicap-Won by J. w. F. Tewksbury, U. of P, yards; second, w. B. Rogers, N. J. A. C., and Princeton, 5 yards; w. A. White, N. J. A. C., 10 yards. Time, 10 seconds. SS0 yards run, novice, scratch--Won by Trangott F. Keller, pastime A. C. Time, 2:12 1-5.
 Half-mile match race-T. F. Burke Boston A. A., beat G. G. Hollander Knickerbocker A. C., by 15 yards. Time 1:65 4-5
 Half-mile run, handicap-won by H. r. Manvel, N. J. A. C., yards; sec ond, P H. Christianson, N. J. A. C., 20 yards; third. w. B. Smiley, Twenty second Regiment A. A., 30 yards Time 1:5S 2-5
 The mile bicycle race. handicap--won by Harry Hossford, N. j. A. C., 60 yards; second, D. J. McMahon, N. J. A. C., 60 yards; third, W. J. Enrich, | New York city, 20 yards. Time 2:30 2-5
 22O yards hurdle handicap-J D. Winsor, yards, and Arthur w Smith, N. Y. A. C., 12 yards ran a dead heat for first place. Warren W. Smith, N. J. A. c, 14 yards, third Time, 27 1-5 In the run off for first place Smith won. Time, 26 4-5.
 One mile walk, handicap-Won by r. B. Betterman, U. of F., seconds; sec ond, James Frazer, N. J. A. C., 40 sec onds; third, Sam Liebgold, Pastime A. C.. scratch. Time, 647 4-5.
 40 yards run, handicap-Won by L. Sugenheim. Dreednaugh A. C., 35 yards; second, N. R. Prendergast, N. J. A. C., 35 yards; third, M. W Long, Flushing, 20 yards Time, 50 1-5.
 One-mile run. handicap-Won by D. S Woodruff, Yale A. A, SO yards; sec ond, w. E. Grady, Knickerbocker A. C., 90 yards; third, c. B. Spitzer. Yale A. A., 60 yards; fourth, George w. Or ton, University of Pennsylvania scratch. Time, 4:24 3-5.
 Special 3OO-yard scratch race-Won by J. H. Colfelt, Princeton; second, w. R. Hillary, U. of P; third, F. V. Chap pell, Yale. Time, 31 1-5.
 One-mile intercollegiate team relay race, teams of four men-Won by the University of Pennsylvania team. Bas- tian, Hillary. Jarvis and Hoffman; sec ond, Princeton team, Palmer, Cregan, Robb and Colfelt. Time. 3;26 3-5.
 Two-mile bicycle race. handicap Won by D. J. McMahon, N. J. A. C.; second, H. C. Huber, Clio Wheelmen, 60 yards: third. Harry S. Staffregen, H. c. C., 14O yards. Time, 6:2S1 1-5.
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