The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
CRACK HALF MIXERS TO MEET.
Herbert Marvel to Contest With
ColIegians at Middle Distance.


Without doubt the most interesting half
mile race will be the half mile scratch
race at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
carnival of sports, on Tuesday, May 30,
at Knickerbocker Field, Bayonne.~ The
Knickerbocker A. C. has a member. Her
bert Z. Marvel, who is the Canadian half
mile champion and the. membefs think he
is the fastest half mile runner in America.
In order to give him a chance to prove
this, the club has arranged a half mile
scratch race in which all the college
cracks will compete against Marvel.
George w. Orton. the champion runner
of America, has entered for this event.
Trainor Copeland, of Yale, has entered ].
Pinkney Adams, who won the half mile
run at New Haven, last Saturday, at the
Yale-Harvard dual meet.g Many claim
Adams is the fastest half mile runner in
America. This race will be composed of
Marvel, Adams and Orion and other col
lege cracks and should be worth travel
ling to Bayonne to witness. Many think
that they will run close to Kilpatrick's
record. because the track at Knicker-
booker Field is a very fast one since the
repairs were effected.
l4iO Col VII at ~ "a SAs
with a game of baseball between the
Knickerbocker A. c. nj a team from
Seton Hail College. one of thes trongest
teams in New Jersey. The wind upof the
days sport will also be a base ball game
between the same teams.
After the ball game, and at twelve
o'clock, there will be a championship
anne of association foot ball. between the
C%entreville team of Bayonne, and the
Arlington team of Newark. A game of
lacrosse will follow. in which Lehigh Col
lege and the New York Lacrosse team will
be the contestants.
The athletic and cycling portion of the
programme will mmence at 2 P. NJ.
These events are as follows: -100 yards
I'll handicap; 220 yards run, handicap;
100 yards hurdle race, handicap; 40 yards
run, novice, scratch; $50 yards run,
scratch; one mile run, handicap; half
mile, handicap; putting 16- pound shot,
scratch; thhowing 16 pound hammer,
scratch; IS yards sack race, scratch.
There will be a special 300 yards scratch
race in which all the crack college run-
of Pennsylvania; Quinlan, of Harvard;
1OHS, OIL OOluiHDld, anu OlueiS. lie lSldy
race Is always an attractive feature and
the Knickerbocker have seceduled mi
that should prove interesting. 1t is a
special invitation college relay race in
which Yale. Pennsylvania and Harvard
will compete. The last time Yale and
Pennsylvania met YALE won, and Penn
sylvania have been training diligently
and hope to turn the tables or the wear
ers of the blue on Decoration Day.
Trainor Copeland, of Yale College, ex-
pressed his desire to enter Clapp, of Yale,
in a pole vault and a special open limited
pole vault has been added and it is expect
ed that all the college cracks will enter
and compete.
There will be a one mile, novice, and
two mile, handicap, and a large entry has
already been received, Notwithstanding
the fact that the entries do not close till
the 9th Of this month. 1t will be neees-
sary for the competitors in these events,
whit he League of American Wheelmen,
unless he be an amateur, to be registered
as the vents will beg iven under the rules
of that organization.