The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-02
to draw out the cracks of both sex ard a
general revival Of interest is expected.
FOURTH REGIMENT SPORTS
Big Crowd Enjoyed Rare
Sport at the Armory
Last Night.

Fully one thousand five hundred peopie
gathered at the Armory last night to
witness the weekly athletic competitions
of the Fourth Regiment. The entries
were as numerous as usual and the pro-
gramme was an excellent one. After a
few weeks experience the promoters
nave become so well acquainted with the
abilities of the soldiers as athletes that
they can now handicap the contestants
in such a manner as to insure close, ex-
citing finishes. The large audience was
kept In a continual state Of excitement
throughout and at times enthusiasm ran
wild. Organized gangs of rooters have
given the affairs additional interest and
have urged the competitors on to their
best efforts
In the 100 yards dash the competitors
showed to good advantage. The large
number of entries necessitated the run
ming of five heats n all were close.
In this event there were three turns,
and under these conditions the time made
was very gold. A hot finish between
Weston and vilade in the quarter got
the audience very much excited and the
former won by six inches. The best rum
ming event of the evening. however, was
the 1000 yards, in which John Burke and
William Christie started from scratch
1t was a loaf for 500 yards, after which
a fast, exciting finish was made Burke
won out by a foot.
During the one mile skating race John
Regain, who started from scratch. was
unfortunate, as his skate broke after he
had gone a quarter of a mile. The sum
maries:-
100 yards dash, h-andicap-Ffrst heat
Won by William G. Edgar, Co. G, 6 feet;
second, C. Munzing, Co. A, Is feet; third,
William Brister, Co. I, scratch. Time,
IL 2-5 seconds. Second heat-Won by
George H. Weston, Co. A, A feet; second,
Alex. MacGlashan, Co. B, II feet. Time,
I2 rs seconds. Third heat-Won by Chas
T. vilade, Co. A, u feet; second, Henry
Thoman, Co. B, S feet. Time, II 2-5 sec
onds Semi-fnal heat-Won by G. Num-
ing, Co. A, Is feet; second, Henry Tho
man, Co. B, 5 feet; third, William Bris-
ter, Co. /, scratch. Time, u 2I5 seconds.
Final heat-Won by Charles 7. Vilade,
c {. A, 70 feet; second, William g. Edgar,
Co.. G, 6 feet; third, George H. Weston,
Co.. A, 4 feet. Time, II 10 seconds
44o yards run, handicap-Won by George
H. Weston, Co. A., Is yards; second. Chas.
t. yilade, Co. A, % yards; third, William
G. Edgar, Co. G. 20 yards. Time, 81 80
seconds.
Standing broad jump. handicap-Won by
Frank Kohler, Co. B, 2 inches, with a
Jump of 8 feet sA inches; second, William
G. Edgar, Co. G, 6 inches, with a jump
Of 8 feet Y inch; third, Harry Barclay,
Co.. D, 4 inches, with a jump OF feet y
inches.
1000 yards run, handicap-Won by John
J. Burke, Co. B, scratch second, Will
lam H. Christie, Co. B, scratch; third,
George H. Weston, Co. A, 40 yards. Time,
8 minutes and 38 seconds.
One mile skating race, h~andicap-Won
by Harry Barclay, Co. B, 100 yards; sec
ond, Perry Weston, Co.. A, 120 yards;
third, Frank J. Phillipson, Co. B, Io
wards. Time, 4 minutes 80 As seconds.
Putting the IS lb. shot, handicap-Won
by Frank Kotz, Co. G, w feet, with a
put of 81 feet 8 inches; second, John Re-
gan, Co. G, 2k inches, with a put OF ~
feet 1 inch; third, William Brister, Co. l.,
4 inches, with a put of 2S feet 9 inches.
The polo match was won for the third
time by Company B by a score Of 4 goals
to Company AS 0. Phillipson showed his
skill again by caging the ball three times
and Harry Barclay did the trick once.
The line up in the polo game follows
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