The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-31
KNICKERBOCKER GAMES.
College Athletes Help Club
to Celebrate Its
Housewarming.

New York, May 30.-The consolida-
ton of the Knickerbocker and New
Jersey athletic clubs, under the name
of the former was royalty celebrated
today on Knickerbocker field, BayOnne,
N. j., which was formerly known as
the New Jersey Athletic Club grounds.
The program included base ball, foot
ball and lacrosse games and swimming
races as well as field and track events.
Many of the collegians who took part
in the intercollegiate games last week
were among the contestants and a re-
lay race between representatives of
Yale and Pennsylvania universities
was the big event of the day. Yale
won it handily and her athletes with
their trainer, AL Copeland, had the dd-
ditional satisfaction of carrying nome
the silk banner to the club earning the
greater number Of points.
Kraenzlein Of Pennsylvania, won the
high hurdle event in hollow fashion,
equalling the new intercollegiate re-
cord of Is 3-5 seconds, which he es-
tablished on Manhattan field Saturday.
He also made an exhibition bread jump
and cleared 23 feet 61a inches. j. W.
Tewksbury, the Pennsylvania flyer,
won his heat from scratch in the 100
yard handicap in even time. A new
conner, William Marshall of Hartford
with an allowance of 71a yards, equal
led this time and Tewksbury decided
not to compete in the final. His Judg-
ment was sound, as Marshall won the
final in 9 As seconds, so that Tewks-
bury would have had to equal the re
cord to have won. TewksSury met
Mulligan of Georgetown in a special
scratch race at 300 yards. TeWksbury
Jumped away like flash and won by
nearly fifteen feet after leading all the
way. Yale was well to the fore in the
one mile handicap. Three of ELS sons,
Smith, Splitter and Palmer, finished as
named The winner had 80 and the
others % yards each from George Or
ton. the scratch man. OrtOn was new
err able to get near the leaders ana quit
about 200 yards from the tape.
H. E. Marvel the local expert, won
the half mile scratch run by two yards
from Adams of Yale, but he was beat
en- out in the handicap at the same dls-
lance by Arnold of the new west Slde
A. c.. to whom he was concedlng AZ
wards. The record of IL 40 seconds Tor
a rs yard sack race was lowered 70
10 3-5 seconds by another west Slde
man, +. A. OQuGIuOilChs ~ ~ Cie-fF
of Yale won the pole vault, clearing
II feet IA inches.
Richard Sheldon, New York A. G.,
won the shot putting contest with
put of As feet, and John Flanagan OF
the same club, went within one foot OF
his worlds record at hammer throwing,
sending the missile 1871 feet inches.
The college relay race at mile for
teams of four men each was a duaI
between Yale and Pennsylvania. Fish
er of Yale and Cook Of Pennsylvania
led off The Yale captain was always
in the lead, and finished his quarter
five yards to the good. Boardman then
took up the Yale end and led Little by
Joined issue. Dupee carried Yale's col
ors to the front and increased the gap
to 30 yards The last quarter brought
Luce of Yale out with Francis Of Penn
sylvania, 80 yards astern. Luce sprint
ed for all he was worth and also
heightened the breach, winning out by
IS Yards in 1926 rs. Time for each
quarter was so S-5 SO 2-5, 81 S-5 and
81 4-5. seconds.