New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-10
AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
CONTESTS AT CELTIC PA RK.
NETWORK ATHLETIC CLUB CARRIES
OFF THE HONORS.
1rs prpprsr>;r ATlvF,s WIN ALI. OF THE RACES
EXCEPT ONE AND TAKE TwO-T1IRDs
OF THE POINTS


EXCEPT ONE AND TAKE Two-THIRDs
OF THE POINTS.
The foe, athletes of the New-York Athletic Club
crossed the line first IN every race except one az
the Metropolitan championships of the Amateur
Athletic Union. which were held yesterday al
Celtic Park Long Island. And not content with
that John Flanagan. the clubs strong man. van
uu!shed the supposed nvincible Mitchell In throw
ing the s. pound weight. Flanagan also won Inc
16-pound hammer contest But TINS was no sur
prise as he was expected TO do So HIS defeat OF
Mitchell in the heavy weight throwing contest.
however was the most surprising thing OF the
whole meet Mitchell did not appear TO be IN his
usual good form.
The only race which the New-Yorb Athletic Club
did not capture the half-mie rum which went
to H. Z. Marvel, of the New-Jersey Athletic club
Among the features of the day was the running OF
W. NJ Long Of the NewYork Athletic Club VINO
won the l0-yard dash. the quarter-ine run ana
the 22O-yard run, in the easiest possible fashion.
There was only one bicycle race on the programme.
and II was simply exercise ride for Ray Daw-
son. who traed along behind his competitors until
the last lap. and then sprnted in winner by SIX
lengths Ransom, Of the New-Jersey Athletic
Club was second. and Kenney. of the Xavier Ath-
let.c Association, third.
James E. Sullivan. president OF the Metropolitan
Association. acted as referee. and Charles Harvey
was the announcer. The judges and other officials
included many of the best-known men in the attn
letic world among them being Barlow S. Weeks.
of the New-York Athletic Club: F. w Ruben. of
the st. George Athletic Club; H. S. Cornish of the
Knckerbocker Athletic Club. and Hugh 5. Quinn
II was not strange under the crcums stances that
the contests on the track and in the field were run
of with promptness The Celtic Park track Is an
excellent one but the rain yesterday morning made
It somewhat slow.
The first race the hundred-yard dash, and
It was by Long by about three yards. Man
vel took the haf-mile run by ten yards, and Fet-
terman the one-mile walk by seventy five yards
Much interest taken in the Quarter-mile run,
In which Marvel. Long. Fisher. Cregan and Duffy
met. Long won ii easily by five yards. Fisher being
second eight yards in front OF Marvel. who was
third Cregan and Duffy also ran. In the one
mile Cregan redeemed himself In good shape.
winning easily in the good time. considering the
track Of $40 2-5 The two-hundred and-twenty-
yard run was a fine race and. although Long won
It by about four yards, he had to work hard TO
beat Walsh
Rogers. the flying squirrel OF the New-York
Athletic Club carried off the honors and the first
prizes In both the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and the two hundre twenty yard hurdle races
The thIee,me run brought out pig ne t ot en-
had made the pace until the third mile Grant
then forged ahead and led 10 the hnlsh, winning
s sry Ss fHTy on Of M wn Who
The summaries are as follows:
TRACK CONTESTS.
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rdt Walsh xsv sg 4 a. Ma ne
1.sW sh5d by r u fs;;eran IT, New
yc1s Louis Lelssssd Nsw s,:s seSSat
ONE la snatwensy yard hurdle racewon b. y
Sose second Ns" s. 4n On &C.
sis By Esy &
Ksn1sS xeH nw "a Al BY 'hsf long
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is sss S.sS e c. ::sass e W.;
Cohen S s shd Grant
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FIELD CONTESTS
the s ~ n BY 5 Tsy M:a
sas second S,s S. AZ !. F c. Beck
e; yaSs: r s:s:
Hsane ae Asw:Yo!s A. c. iETd, distance i22 IT, ip;
ss3sa; hsss; r. + e Franz a'4 Xavier &
gs. xss 81 y, g., BY s9A James means?
h.sssa sssaon ss'ns d. 80 f. s ~?
II. 81 in.
Throwing the d.cus-won by Richard sheldon New
A. c., distance. lO4 II. u in; r. J. Sheridan.
Pssime A.. c., second distance. lol Z, IN; John
Flanagan New-York A. G.. third. distance 30 II. in
Running nigh jump-won by Daniel J. Osulliyan.
York A. C.. second height IT. lOH in; j. T. Mahoney.
Knckerbocker A. c.. third, height. #. 8 in Baxter
in the ,umpon Baxter cleared T. lo- in.
Running broad jump-Won by Z. y. Bloss. New York
A. c. distance. % II. 1914 in: j. r. Mahoney. Kncker-
booker A. c.. second distance. q II. IN IN: " b.
Rogers New-York A. C.. third distance 81 H. 10h in.
The points by the competing clubs were a. fol-
lows: New-York A C.. 1903; Xavier A. A. 49, New-Jer
sey A. c. IA Pastime A. g. 8: Knickerbocker A. A. 9:
Riverside A. c. .; New West Side 4. C., 3.