New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
THE TRAVERS ISLAND GAMES.
NETWORK ATHLETIC CLUBS MEET A
GREAT SUCCESS.
MANY SURPRISING REsULTs-wEFERs BEATEN
~ THE PRELIMINARY FOR THE oNh~
HUNDRED YARD DAsH-TWo NEW

~ THE PRELIMINARY FOR THE ONE
UuNDRED-YARD DAsH-rwo NEW
RECORDS ESTABLISHED.
All records for attenda ace at the games or the
Naw-York Athletic Club were broken yesterday AT
-. 1slond whom more than six thousand OF
the club members ard their guests gathered 10 en-
,ov a fine programme of track and neid sports -
number OF records were broken IN the "'''
including that OF the lG-pound nai'""i" ''"'
which was broken twice The GROUNDS OF ira'e'
Island never looked more beautiful. and the coo''
gentle breezes which blew over them from hoi's
Island Sound tempered in mos. delicious ihaii"e'
the warm rays OF the sun Long before the De
ginning of the games hundreds OF "inii1s ~
tastefully clad women began 10 arrive al ING LUZ
house accompanied by their athletic escorts i"s
came In twos. tours. SKIES and In dozens anu
big bakers dozens at that, ana in al s'!ies Vi
eouipages. Including bugsies phaetons. 'ii'ase
carts harouchcs drags, coaches and four ana SIX
in hand tallyhos. The scene when the sa'he''ne
was complete most pleasant one hi" II was
no wonder the sturdy and plucky atnietes We're III
sn,red 10 break records There is something charm
,nelv unconventional about the beautiful clubhouse
ond grounds OF the New-York Athletic Club. III Is
drerent from all others In the country. There are
stately trees and brooks and des. an" no s''"is"1
lines drawn by the practical but unsk''uI manu- l"
the average gardener. TO mar the hA'u'@' 'e'u'','
a, ,bs landscape There IL huge. ungainly
benches arranged in shady places about the
grounds The clubhouse Ia a picture in ITSELF ano
II WAS made doubly attractive yesterday by inc
many pretty maidecs who tripped through us spa
eious and hospitable doors "A large American nag
vss hoisted over the clubhouse. ana beneath II was
ne flag OF the club, making remarKao!y pre''!
combination 4 band OF music occupied the neat
raroSaNke little structure on the lawn and when
n played patriotic airs the crowd cheered the hags
seemed 10 wave more vigorously. ana one cou'u weii
imagine that he heard the American Eagle scream
from the tops OF the towering hills near ny Ihere
were two steam yachts in the ofhng at the ecge OF
the grounds and they were decorated from stem 10
.,.rr One OF them was the Linta, OF the Column
bio Yacht club with Commodore Wills and
party on board
The games began about o'clock. and without
apparent haste hustle they were fnished IN
good time Among the many features on the we'll
balanced programme Of more than ordinary In
terest in the athletic world the one-hundred-
ward race in which Bernard Wefers. the cham
MON was entered This race In itself would nave
attracted hundreds Of people, but there were many
other good races and field contests besides.
The officials of the sixtisth games as they were
termed on the programme. were as follows: Ref
cree. W. p. Curtis. ~ Y. A. c. Judges, Harry
Mcmillan president Of the A. A. L.; James f.
Sullivan ~ j. A. c.. and j. II. Booth. n L. A u
Field Judges II T. Buermeyer. \. u A. c. Max
we'll r. More Dr. G. W. Hammond ana hugh H.
and j. H. Abeel jr. Inspectors. {. & hughes
Chicago A. A.; Roland Moneux. n. Y. A. C.;
Charles T. Wills. Harry Dimse. Pastime a. c. ana
DR. b. F. OConnor. n. Y. a. C. Starter. samuel
d. See Clerk OF the course. George SchWegler'
n Y A. c. Assistant clerks. Edwin J. Keane'
n V A. c. and Ernest Thorp. Scorers, Wiiram
f. Dickey and r. +. Stocked Official reporter
l. r. Sharp ~ y. A. c. Official Handicapped D.
p Boyle Pastime A. c. Announcer, F. W. burns
varuna c. Marshals, c. J. kintner. II. r.
Froth.ngham William II. Harrison. c. g. Peter
sen and George G. Stow. all of the y. Y. A. C.
Waters appeared In the first trial heat OF the
northumberland dash, but the best he could DO
was to finish third. w b. Briser, Of the ~ \.
A. C.. who was first. had ~ yards handicap, and
F. Flores Of the St. Bartholomew A. e. mad t2
yards. wefers ran a game race but ne cou'd
not overcome the handcaps Of his speedy OPP
ponents, and ne beaten by one and one-hali
feet The time. 10 10 seconds. demonstraies tH h
feat was sore disappointment to his friends, as
prevented him from being IN IN, Inc
other crack sprinter Of the Mercury footed run
Was also defeated in his preliminary heat He I'm
ished a considerable distance behind the Leaders
was 20 saving himself for The two-hundred -and-wen
ty-yard run In which he was also entered TINS as
scrstch man, won his trial heat easily But other
speedy men were also wnnHS ra, hf had s ah
,tsd against him a; a; HGm snd M SseTs
81 %ew ~ made gallant sprint, and he
came the handcaps Of his opponents rapidly. He
like the wind. The two men then ran apparently
Of each o'hSf and at 5c sh nat q2s s
had won By s6ont six ncnG nsr W NJ The Ans rs
sSof e. ' and the %
A c. the decision speaks volumes f0r the xard
The race run in % a5 seconds which tells its
Throwing the slxteen-pound hammer, furnished
another interesting contest, and resulted IN knock
Ing wG SendeG Sn f fsnasan
the latter the hCdef OF ts w or M.m0Sn
Day at the meet of the y. J. a. c. Both men are
p astsS' that record would be eguaed
much less surpassed But It was both equailed and
Sss's" ~ sss 81 Not
this he tried go ain ar and a 1he huge
wen, up from the crowd quickly followed by a
p prsa OF shat Flanagan had his
throw, and when the ground was measured It was
Inches inches making two new records in one day FLAIR,
asans new record viii probably stand long time
still another, worlds record vas beaten in tn:
synnense DtGaS cleared feet 81 inches
The previous worlds record was made BY n NJ
Rosengrave. of Australia. who jumped % feet ~
The on.-mile run was a most interesting contest
O. PrnCe0R Grant Of The . n c. Splitter Of
tered. The somewhat inclined TO take
things easy at the start so as to save themselves
pace, but toward the finish they became bunchel
and spurted ike racehorses AS the bell rang for
the last lap Cregan shot out and by increasing his
gait at every step he soon had commanding lead
which he held to the finish. He passed the line n
dozen yards ahead of his nearest opponent ana
won the race In the good time OF 431 as.
SUMMARY
Ons-hundredyard run ChandicsplF1rst heat won by W.
B. Briser. y. j. A. O. az yafds y. Flores 81 bar
thoomew's a. G. cn yards second: Trme-0:}os' Sec
ond heat won BY Patrick j. Walsh. ST. Francis Xavier
a. A on YARDS; Myer Prtnstsn. Syracuse University
g yards, second Tfme1o:l0 Third heat won by II. W.
Anchor A. G, Is yards, second Time -o:iO.. Fourth
WEBB Brooklyn PClytechnc 60 yards. second. Time
rsors. s neai wom Sy bster A.
o:ioh. Second semi-nnai heat won by NJ W. Long ~
\. 4. c.: r. ". Moore. N. Y. A, c.. second. Time