The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-21
ATHLETIC EVENTS.
Foot and Baseball All Over
the Grounds Racing
and Sparring.

and Sparring.
AS soon as the picture taking process
| was over the crowds scattered over the
grounds. Five baseball contests were soon
| in operation and everybody took a kick
at the several footballs that were kicked
all over the grounds The grand stand,
which could not hold a fourth of the
crowd was utilized by Holden's and
Beggs' bands and that class of men who
did not wish to participate in the athletic
games, but who wished to see all that
was going on. But the football kickers
thought they looked too comfortable and
all made the grand stand the goal This
kept the spectators constantly punching
| the big skins and some times their neigh
bors through mislicks.
| One regular match of football was play
ed between the Gammontown Rangers,
captained by Young Neil Sheehan, and
the Long Dcckers, captained by Eddie
| Connell, score 4 to in favor of the
| rangers Meanwhile baseballs were flying
all over the fields Each contest was ex-
citing and was witnessed by groups of
/ team admirers.
| A match between teams captained by
| Doc Hendricks and r. Smith took place
| Immediately in front of the grand stand.
It was a close game. Hendricks nine
beat by score of to g. Hendricks and
Rodan was the battery. The other
members of the team were:-Barry,
| Lazarus and Kenny. Smiths team was
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Aghon, Brockhurst, Albanesius, Moe and
| D. Smith.
| Bob Hoos. son Of the Mayor. captained
| a team composed of William Herman,
| Doc Farrell, George Irving, P Clerkin,
John Sullivan James Lamb, John Cum
ningham and John Kane. They played
team composed of Lenahan. Riley, Sui
livan, Fullem, Wilson. Boyle, Shannon,
Murphy and Morgan The score was lost
| in the shuttle.
| Another game was between the follow
| ing teams: ]. Corrigan, Joseph Mallon,
Daniel Griffin. James Murphy. c. Hill. J..
O'Hara, ]. ]. Burke and Alonzo Coyle,
and that of P. Higgins, G. Miesner, E..
Donnelly, ]. Skinner, s. Gormley, j. Ryan
F. Oehl, w. Foster and ]. Sullivan Cor
rigan's team won by a score of 25 to z
| A game that interested many of the
| City Hall coterie of clerks was between
teams captained respectively by Donald
son and Owen Doyle Doyle's team won
! by score of "A to IL. Both were mixed
teams. Donaldsons team was as follows: !:
Donaldson c.; Walter Holmes. 1b. Drfb-
blety, 2b.; Griffin, 3b.; Driscoll. S.;
Franklinson, f.. Rawlins, c.f; T. Nor
rison, r.f. Doyle's team-Doyle, c.; Jas
| Clarke p.; ]. Flaherty, b.; Tom Connol-
| ", 2b.: Bartley Coyle, 3D.; Frank Casey,
SIS; James johnson, IL; Ed. McGirre,
cf., Oscar Kreig. r.f. This was really the
one professionally conducted game on the
grounds. So intently Interested were the
players during an exciting inning that
when a keg of beer was brought upon
their portion of the grounds and tapped
| they forgot all about 1T, and when the
inning was over and it was discovered
| that the spectators had drained the keg
Casey didn't say word but he looked as
though he could make some very funny
and interesting remarks.
| The races were very interesting and
were eagerly contested. The first event
was 100 yard DASH 1t was run in six
heats Thomas f. Healey won the first
| in II seconds, with Looney a close second;
| Charles Nugent, second heat, in 11A sec
onds. with James Somers second Vincent
| Wheeland, third heat. in II seconds, with
| William Kelly second; r. Chambers
tcolored) fourth heat in 1917 seconds. with
Frank Whelan second; John Farrell, fifth
heat, in 70 seconds, with John Bell (col-
ored) second Bell claimed he was fouled
in this heat. 1t was subsequently run off
with the same result so far as Farrell $
winning was concerned. The final heat
was won by Vincent Wheeland in ID sec
onds. Thomas Feally, who came in sec
| ond, was handicapped.
| A fat mems race was run between James
Forest and James Larkins. Forest won
in 121a seconds.
John Keane and Thomas O'Day won the
three-legged race.
The races were followed by three inter-
esting sparring bouts. The first was be-
tween Peck Barry and Bobby Wilson. 1t
was as lively as the most ardent sports
man could desire Barry seemed to have
the best of it in the first two rounds, but
at the close of the third Wilson was in
good form.
Eddie connell and Charlie Roden also
gave a splendid exhibition. Theirs was a
rafting set-to. 1t was followed later on
by an interesting bout between Bill Dunn
and Tim McDermott. The latter made
| a fine showing. McDermott is of the Ar
lington Athletic Club and is matched to
spar Jack Kelly of Wilmington tomorrow
night week at the broadway Athletic
Club. James j. Kelly refereed the two
last bouts and Joseph Buekridge the first.