New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-06
BASEBALL CAM.
NETWORK CALIFORNIAN CLUB GAMES.

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rur FORTY -sErOND ANIMAL OUTING OF THE OR
c,>rzArrox At AMBROSE PARK.
RI. for,v-second annual athletic and FIELD games
~, ,ba New.York CaledOnan Club. one Of the best
known scottish societies In the country, were held
,os,erdav nj Ambrose Park South Brooklyn. There
were about twelve thousand people present. most
n, ,hem being dressed in the old Scottish style.
There was lots Of fun not only on the field. but
~, tho dancing pavilion. When the band played
scottish airs all danced and sang until they
were tired There was trick bicycle riding by II.
G Curran who did all sorts Of funny Things.
Michael Sweeney. the well-known jumper. broke
,yo,ld's record In the hi,ch-and-kck by ono inch.
rhe old record was feet inch. and Sweeney made
1t 3 feet inches with comparative ease. There
o,os lots Of excitement over the Highland fling
md tho hrondsword dance for children under hf-
teen wears old. There were lots Of boys, bat only
one little girl Jessie Doekerty. who Ia only nine
wears old Everybody thoueht she should have had
n prize but the judges did not place her. Peter
pownan the piper. there. this being HIS
forty-second year AT the club games. lie played
and marched around the field apparently as young
az any one there The one-nlile run was amusing
al finish A coored man and white man ral
neck and neck for the last hundred yards me
ball game the last contest OF the cay ana was
bet vyoen the Brooklyn Wanderers and the scot
fish Americans. Of Newark. for trophy. II ended
in tie each team scoring one point. The sum-
maries
Scotch reel--won by William g. soriie. NewoYork'
William Cameron. New York. second. J. \ Lamb Brook
iienvy hammor-won by J. W. White 90 It. tn;
NJ Barry second - II. q, In; T. j. Griffin third - r.
Tosslrr the caberwon by P. ]. Grimm. the only man
who succeeded IN tossing u. 49,
putting a usht stone-Won by J. ". white 40 n. 5i7
in harry - II. pa In second p J. Griffin. y IT,
one hundred ,nri dash--won by A. Kecr. D. W
Pollard second. J. Jameson. third T,me-0:l0% -.
in: q Brown - H. Ia. second; l. Hams. ~ IT, IA
Hitch ana kick-won by VI Sweeney. H. . in; g.
Brown and r VI Pollard tie f'r second. with IT, II In
Half mile rur-Won by J. j. Naughton; W. II. Morris
second. e MaTts. third. Time-2.i0
Highland boys and girls under nfteel years
Oblivion by g. cosHell. Herbert steel second Thomas
Running broad junp--won by NJ. sweeney. 10 It, ioa.
In. 81 J Laundry. - a. ). in. second L. Hams. !" It,
one mile run-won by j j. Naughton: ". A. Morris
second, &. Marks third. Tlme-i66.
Nauliing with Yale-Won by u. ". Pollard. n. In
T Morahsn. o n. In. second. George Brown ~ y
in. third
second. william Cameron, third.
BroadsWorl ffor boys ana girls under nfteen
years old,Wo by George CosHe John Howard. second
Herbert steel. third .
BOYS race f6r members under twelve old
2.O yards)-Won by James Brown T.. John Brown sec
Dad. James Elliott third. Tme032
Broads~ord dance-won by W. @; sorlie: James r.
Lamb second william Cameron third.
Quarter Iun-won by Il, Flynn, Keller second;
y. George third Time-O.3s
Running high jump--M sweeney. q feet. D. W. Pol
lard and Joseph Arnold tie each Jumping feet inches
sack race toyer eighteen inch hurdesl-Won by |.
Hams. j. j. Cole. second; f. Dawson. third Time-i:o2