The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
STORM Of KISSES
zINN ROBBED OF A RACE BY THE
JUDGES AT NEW
YORK.
TOO SPEEDY FOR WEFERS.
THE CHAMPION RELOCATED TO
SECOND PLACE BY RUSH, OF
CHICAGO.
90 SPEEDY FOR WEFERS.
N INDOOR. ATHLETIC CARNIVAL.
Second and Last Day of the Winter
Meet of the New Jersey
Club.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-The winter
which began yesterday under the aus
pices of the New Jersey Athletic club,
at Madison Square garden, was con-
Guided today. The attendance was not
so large as the events deserved. Bern
ard j. Wefers, the Georgetown college
sprinter, met his match in the
final heat of the forty-yard dash. linn,
Of the New West Side Athletic club,
with an allowance of four feet, finished
first, an inch in advance of ]. II. Rush,
of Chicago, who, in turn, was about
three inches in advance of Wefers. The
judges at the finish decided that
Wefers and Rush had run dead heat
for first place, and they placed linn
third. When this decision was an
nounced. it was greeted with storm
of Kisses, and yells of what's the mat
ter with the Judges ?'' Bedlam broke
loose just then and the majority OF
the spectators yelled themselves hoarse
in denunciation Of the decision OF the
Judges and there were repeated cries OIL
"Zinn won, linn won" The judges were
deaf to all Of these EXPLANATIONS, now
ever, and ordered Wefers and Rush TO
the mark to run off the dead heat.
Rush. who was on even terms with
Wefers, outsprinted the champion and
won by about nine inches, hard press
ed. The Chicago Splinter was loudly
cheered when the result was an
nounced, but there were still many
calls for linn.
Rush and Wefers met again In a
special race Of 220 yards. There were
other entries, but only two started.
The Chicago man had the pole and
held it throughout, winning handlly
by three yards in "a As seconds.
Wefers claimed foul, saying that
Rush had elbowed him at the avenue
turn, but the claim was not allowed
and the Georgetown Splinter had to
put up with second honors. II Wefers
had got the pole the result would GER
tainly have been that he would have
won. as the running in the stretches
were excellent, but the Western man
always held him safely. Wefers had
to run at least five yards more than
Rush.
Kraonslin, Of Chicago, who was
scratch man in the 300-yard hurdle
race, did not start in that event. IL
was won easily by c. A. Lambert, OF
the Xavier A. A, who started from the
twenty one-yard mark.
The dumbbell competitions were very
interesting and the throwing of the
fifty-six-pound weight for height was
also closely contested, but none of the
contestants came within twenty inches
of the record held by Jim Mitchell.
Summary:
Forty yards, handicap, final heat.Dead heat
and j. H. Rush, Princeton (scratchl; Edward
linn a feet, third Time, seconds.
Two mile bicycle race, handicap0Fina Final, neat
won by Rede IL r. Rsrd W. 90, seco gafas}
Covell, r. w. (75 yards), third. Time, 6:O2 90
300 yard dash, handicap-Final heat won
by T. Wygant, Star A. c. S26 yardsli1 WIN Phli
SmstadtSr cals yaFds Is Tardg third Tme
SO 1-5 seconds.
44O-yard run, handicap, open only to mem
bers of the national guard-Won by T; e. n, NC
N. j. (scratch), second; P A. sayles, Com
pany I, Twenty second regiment "a yards,
third; S. X. Thomas. Seventh R. K A. 9
90 YARDS fourth. Time o. 20 seconds. j..
Trowing 56-piund weight, for height,
handicap2Won by P. ]. Sheridan, P. A. G.
e feet inches) height, 10 feet 3 inches; ]. H.
Ertick, N. W. S; A. D. q feet) second
edward dash, special-Won by ]. H. Rush.
Wefers second. Time, "a As seconds. \,
1,OOO-yard run-Won by G. P. Arnold, n
w. s. A. c go yards; ]. w. Rumph St. G..
A. c. $50 YARDS, second. Time, 2:22 As sec
s0O-yard hurdle-Won by G; A: Lambert, x.
A. A. (a yards); j. E. Buck q YARDS, sec
ond: A. W. Smith, N. Y. A. c. t2O yards).
third. Time, SO 3-5 seconds
-Four hundred yards dash handicap-Won by
F. MGKinney os e. x. az yar oasCD6 NJ " J.
F. Ryan, Xavier (26 YARDS, third. Time, SO go
j. J. Hopkins and J. ]: Harris, who finished
first, were disqualified for fouling.
One mile walk, handicap-Won by c. Leib-
gold P A C. (55 seconds; AL ThorP P. A.C.,
go seconds), second; H. w. Ladd, K. A. c.,
(4O seconds), third. Time, 4S As.
Five mile run, scratch-Won by A. Grant,
N Y A. c.; ]. ]. Burke, ]. A. c., second;
P. MacKey, N. w. s. A. c., third. Time,
27:20 rs.
Fred Winters, N w. S. A. c.; w. Stoessen,
T. V. V. E., second.