The times., 1898-09-04
Labor Day Sports Everywhere
But Here.
NEW JUMPING RECORDS
Touring Crack BOwIers May Play
Here on Their Return From the
West-COIumbia's Eight Failed to
Get Together for the Middle
States Regatta.


withstanding the effect the recent war
has had upon the membership of athletic
organizations; and while in soEse in
stances the entry lists Will not be as
large as in former years, they will make
up in quality what they lack in quantity.
Tomorrow will witness the end Of
long siege of training for the athletes,
to many of whom the day will bring dis
appointment and regret, while the few
will reap the reward of their earnest ef-
forts in practice and training and will
reach the goal of their ambition-that of
a winner and champion
The principal land event in the East
will be the annual fixture of the New
Jersey Athletic Club field and track
meet at Bergen Point, n. j., which win
bring together the cream of the track
and field men. The New England Asso-
citation will not hold meet this year
because of the absence from the country
of so many of it's athletes, including sew
erai winners and champions of last year,
to whom 1t would be unfair. it is held
by the association, to hold a meet where
they could not be present to defend their
titles.
The two great events In aquaticS will
be held on the Harlem River by the Mid
die States Rowing Association, and on
the Charles River at Boston under the
auspices of the city council of Boston.
Both these events are annual fixtures
and among the largest events of the
year, and serve TO give the losers of
former events another chance at the
winners of earlier meetings, and in sew
eral instances conditions promise TO be
reversed. Especially will effort be
made TO bring this about in senior eights
an6 fours at the Middle States meet. for
there viii come together the winners and
losers of the national held In Philadel-
phia last month, where several of the
races brought defeats 10 prime favorites
and sure winners went wrong. While
there will be no entries from here 10 this
event, IL viii be of interest TO many of
our followers Of this sport who will go
up today TO witness the races. 1t is
pity we cannot get up interest enough
TO hold Labor Day sports here.
Extended Tour of Crack BowIers.
Annually the pick OF the star tenpin
bowlers OF New York city and vicinity
make up a team and substitutes and
make an extended tour over the West
ern and Southern circuit. The bowlers
have held a meeting and selected their
team and viii start out early in Novem-
Der and return in the early part of next
year The tour will include games at
Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis. St.
Paul, Omaha, Denver, Seattle. Portland
and other cities on the Pacific coast.
The return home will be made by the
Southern Fcircuit, playing in Texas. Ar
kansas Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
1t is hoped this year by the team that
a set of games can be arranged with
representative team in this city, which
could be made UP of the crack bowlers
from the several teams of the League,
an au-Washington team as 1t were. Such
a team can be gotten together that would
make the visitors record bowlers as
they are, hustle hard for a majority of
set of games.
The matter will be taken up by the
District Bowling League soon after its
organization for the coming season. The
initial meeting will be held early in this
month.
New Jumping Records.
There seems 10 be no limit TO the dis
tance which high and broad jumpers may
cover, and each meet seems to bring out
something more remarkable than a for
mer one. When in 1892 Mr.. f. Sweeney,
of the Xavier Athletic Association, be-
came the champion of America in the
running high jump with six feet four
and a quarter inches TO his credit, 1t was
thought almost impossible to go higher.
Little by little, however, the bar has
been raised until it reached six feet five
and five-eighth inches, which stood as the
worlds record for some time and he ong
ed TO this same remarkable jumper,
Sweeney. Last week in an open COM
petition he cleared the bar at six feet
six inches after two unsuccessful trials,
and these figures now stand as new
worlds record.
From the other side of the big pond
comes news of a remarkable performance
and the establishing of a new worlds rec
ord in the broad jump. and one which is
likely to stand for some time to come
The new mark was made by Newburn at
Dublin University, who cleared "a feet
6 "a inches at the open games at Mulinger
last month. This is nearly foot better
than the American record of 23 feet rs
inches, held by Prinzlein, OF the Syracuse
Athletic Club, who set all the new figures
after the old distance of 22 feet inches
covered by Goff, had been the standard
for several years.
When Bucholtz in 1891 first vaulted L
feet it was regarded as almost imposSi
BILE to clear the bar at a higher point
but since then even that great height ha:
been topped, and Hurlbut and Baxter
! have both set up new standards. TheI
came R. G. Clapp, with his IL feet inches
and recently this great pole vauIter as
| tonished the athletic world by vaulting 1
| feet l 1-2 inches, and that is now the
worlds standard. 1t is easily within tn,
bounds of possibility for this clever ath
| lete to set up II feet as the worlds mari
| in the pole vault. He has a style pecu
| liarly his own and it is clean and strictly
within the American rules governing pol,
vaulting.
| Columbia Athletic Club.
| The uncertainty of the return to tn,
hcity of all the rowing men of the Co
| lumbia Athletic Club, caused Lieut.. He
! cox to abandon the notion or making al
effort to send a junior eight to the Mid
die States regatta tomorrow. For tht
J same reason it is verw doubtful If ther'
will be c. A. C. eight in the Potomac
Boat Club regatta.
iunfor -four" which has been goins
| well and is strong and full of grit, i:
| composed of Hecox stroke; Hunter, 3
| Norwood 2, and Fowler, bow. 1t is th'
| only crew rowing regularly. The in
| dividuaI work is excellent, but the crew
swing is still little ragged. During th'
| past week the crew has been practicins
turning" the stake, and in this Fowlel
| is doing valuable work and bids fair tt
| become a crack bow man.
| Norwood is doing good work at No.
| and learning rapidly TO swing with IN
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