The herald., 1897-08-29
Wiggled Once More for the
Championship
AMATEUR ATHLETIC SPORTS
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER
HELD
Fine Weather, Fast Track and Good
Crowd-Magnificent Sport and
No Kicks Coming
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-Since the fol
nation Of the Amateur Athletic assoc
alton there has never been such a sue
cessful series Of athletic games for ne
tional championships as that which wa
held this afternoon on the track an
fields Of Manhattan Field. The attend
ance was 4oOo The track was lightning
fast and the in-field perfect. Chicag
sent dozen specially trained athletics
among whom were Heineman, the heav,
man; Kraenzlein and Richards, TIL
hurdlers; Mabury and Rush, the sprint
ers, and Barrett, the half-miler.
The greatest interest centered in the
Chicago. Despite the fact that Maybury
sprinter. with Maybury and Rush a1
American record. Wefers and Maybury
and Rush were considered capable OF
pushing Wefers to his utmost, the lanky
runner from Georgetown college was a
favorite at odds of to l, and although q
party of three New Englanders were on
the ground to back their champion, they
failed to secure any important bets from
friends of the westerners. Maybury won
his trial heat handily in 10 1-5 seconds,
while Wefers won his in the same time
with a little to spare.
In the final of the 100 yards Wefers
came away like a streak and won by
two yards from Rush and Maybury
who ran a dead heat for second place
The time, 945 seconds. just equaled the
Aemriacn record. Wefers and Maybury
met again in the final heat of the 220-yard
dash. which the former won by five
yards in 81 rs seconds, with Maybury
seven yards ahead Of Enrich for second
honors.
Burke, the worlds champion quarter
miller, won the 440 yards event Town
send and Rush of Chicago and Long of
New York were his principal opponents.
but after leading all the way the Boston
man won by nearly four yards from
Townsend, who secured second place
from Long by dropping headforemeost
over the line. This race was run in 40
seconds, and the first three were well
played out after they had crossed the
line.
Edward Power OF Pittsburg and Geo.
Stephen of Montreal were among the
contestants for the half-mile run, but
the best they could DO was third and
Yo ork and Marvel, the young runner
from New Jersey, finished first and sec.
ond in 1:5Sa4.
Young Fettermau OF the New xo.--
cut out the pace in the mile walk for a
quarter Of a mile, with Sam Liebgold,
the champion, close on his heels. The
1at.---.n~.- ivv-e. nd for the next
three laps kept ahead of Fetterman, |
finally winning by forty yards
George Orton, mile runner, was out |
paced in that event and failed to finish |
in the first three. Brodie, the Canadian |
champion, ran splendidly for seven
eighths of a mile and looked a sure win
ner until Cregan caught him a furlong
from home and beat him out easily by |
fifteen yards Grant Of Toronto, who
made the pace for half the distance. |
finished fourth, five yards behind the |
Montreal man.
In the high hurdles great things were |
of ]. B. Richards of Chicago. |
For the last four days Richards has been
nursing sprained ankle, but he insisted |
on going over the high hurdles while |
Kraenzlein was reserved for the longer
race. Richards ran well, but Thomp-
Kraenzlein won the 22o yards hurdle race
by seven yards from Jerome Buck of the |
Knickerbockers.
The one mile relay race between picked
teams of four men each from the New
York, Chicago and Knickerbocl1er clubs
was won in hollow fashion by the wear
ers Of the Mercury foot" and Wefers,
who ten minutes before had won the
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the relay in 4914 seconds, making a new
relay record of 1921 2-5, which was just
second faster than the old record held by
Yale.
In the field events Hanneman of Chi
cago won the putting Of the sixteen
pound shot, and established a new rec
ord for discus throwing, with a
throw of 11S feet 9 inches, and finished
second in the throwing of the 56-pound
hammer contest which was won by
Champion James S. Mitchell. Mitchell
also beat the record of 116 feet in the dis
Gus throwing event by eight inches, Sc
curing second place. Flanagan, the
worlds champion hammer thrower,
sent the ball and wire handle 14S feet,
inches, while Chadwick of Yale made a
splendid throw of 141 feet inches.
MITCHELL Was LHlrQ, Win l3J Ieet lncneS.
while Edgren of California, who rep>a-
sented the Knickerbocker, was fourth,
with throw Of 134 feet 4 inches The
latter made foul throw of 142 feet 8
inches, and Flanagan made a foul
throw Of 152 feet 21a inches. Irving K.
Baxter and two of his club mates, Car
roll and Leslie, captured all the points
in the running high jump for the New
York club. There was a close contest
for third honors in the pole vault after
Hurlbut and Smith had captured first
and second places. After several trials,
Wilder and Franz conceded the point
to Van Winke. Meyer Prinstein of Syra-
cuse, who was the favorte in the broad
jump, failed to come up to expectations
and could do no better than q feet 4
inches, which placed him in fourth po-
sition. The three finishing ahead of
him were separated by only one and one
fourth inches. e. B. Bloss won by half
an inch from Bennett of Boston, who in
turn was one inch ahead of Friezell of
Pittsburg.
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