The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
FOURTH REGIMENT GAMES
Weekly Athletic Events at
the Armory Drew a
Large Crowd.

A large crowd was attracted to the Ar
mory last night to witness the weekly
athletic efforts of the members of the
Fourth Regiment. There was a large
entry list. while but few of the men COM
peted.
The event that aroused the most inter
est was a novelty in the form of a half
mile walking race. The boys were rather
unfamiliar with the details of this event,
but they did very well and aroused con-
siderable enthusiasm by their very ex-
cellent efforts.
Another new event was the fifty yards
slow bicycle race, and much interest was
manifested by the spectators in this. In
the first trial four competitors started
and did well enough for a few seconds.
when all but Munzing fell off their wheels.
Munzing rode over the course and won
first place.
In the running high jump it looked as II
the Handicapped would a q number OF
kicks, but the athletes were considerable
and did not press him. Edgar was on
scratch and Perry Weston had two inches.
while Harry Barclay had four inches.
Both men jumped two inches higher than
Edgar without their handicaps. Weston
won by tieing Barclays actual jump and
winning because he was low mark man.
The skaters threatened for some time
before they began the team skating race.
| Some had ball bearing skates while
others had not and the Handicapped un-
dertook to paralyze the owners of the ball
bearing skaters one lap. A big kick led
the committee to drop this and the race
started. Harry Barclay and G. W.
| Coward had a chance, but the formers
skate came off before he had gone far
and this lost whatever han the team
had, Regain and Wardhauh won easily.
The LOCO yard race was a pretty event.
Christie had 20 yards on Burke and COM
ceded long enough distances to others in
the event. OF course the attentiongof the
spectators was centered on these two.
They rode a pretty race of it up 10 the
last lap when they sprinted Christie
proved the strongest at the finish artl
won.
For the first time the hurdles were
used and the race was highly exciting
and interesting for the crowd. The sum-
mary
22o yards hurdle race, h~andicap-First
heat won by William H. Coleman, Co.
| ", D ydTuS, ScCOitds JOltA1 L.
| Co. H, Is yards; third, William HI. Chris
tie, Co. B, scratch. Time, 81 As seconds
Second heat. won by-W. Harry Barclay,
| Co. B, 8 yards; seco7a- w
gar, &C. C. scratch; third, B. Vardermin-
der, Co. G, II yards. llme. % se~S-.~-
Final heat, won by Harry Barclay, Co
B, 8 yards; second, w H. Coleman, Co.
G, 5 yards third, William G. Edgar. Co.
G, scratch. Time, 30 As seconds
50 yards slow bicycle race-VVon by
Charles Munzing. Co. a., second; H. 7.
White, Co. F; third, ]. T. Kent, Jr., Co.
B. Time. 40 seconds.
Running high jump, handicap-Won by
T. Perry Weston, Co. A, 2 inches, with
an actual jump Of 4 feet 5 inches; sec
ond, Harry Barclay, Co. 3, 4 inches. with
an actual jump of 4 feet 6 inches; third,
william Christie, Co. B, A inches, with
an actual jump of 4 feet 4 inches.
1000 yards run. handicap-Won by Will
lam Christie, Co. B, 20 yards; second,
John J. Burke, Co. E, scratch; third, T.
Perry weston. Co. A, SO yards. Time, z
minutes 2S seconds.
Hat mile walk, ecratch-Won by John
e. Sahrbeck, Co. H; second, William Ed
gar, Co. G; third, Joseph Shannon, Co. b
Time, 4 minutes 4e seconds.
one mile skating relay race, handicap
Won by John Regain and ]. Wardhaughi
co. G, So yards; second, W. w. Clum and
Perry Weston, Co. A, IS yards; third
Harry Barclay and G. W. Coward, Co. G,
IS yards. Time, 4 minutes II seconds.
The polo match was between teams
Known as Team No. and Team No. 2
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