Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-07
AMERICANS VS., BRITISH.
AmateGt Athletic Meet Americans
M6ke a Good start.

LonddN lHly 7>~At Stamford Bridge
good Ma crowd and fine weather
preyailpe, the ANNUAL meeting Of the
AmateOr athletic association COM
mence4 N.Y. afternoon. About fifty
. Ameriegh athletes stripped ready to
oompetS Flth the best British, Aus
tralian, CANAdian and Indian cracks.
With W. exception Of the Princeton
continebhb an Americans were in good
conditNR Many American spectators
were p)eAe0( TO cheer their fellow
countr2NeN In the LARGEST and most i'm
portant NtAletjC Reeting ever held in
EnglaDJ
The ANvNl1aNs started well. Walter
+. TeWeS6efrW Pennsylvania Univer-
sity, AYtp9r DpGy. Georgetown Uni
versity, anQ Cparles Lindsay Burrows.
Chicago GNlversity won their respeo-
tive heAtN N tbe lOo yards dash
The Wl9 fup was won by Bennett.
Tlme-4/S Ia. Alex Grant, University
Of PenA1leA1la, was third Edward n.
BushneN University Of Pennsylvania,
was non RlAdvd, ahd George W. orion,
University IL Pennsylvania, did not
run.
The ACN( poet Of the 100 yard dash
was w0p w Arthur =. Duty, George
town Uri{ftaity; g. J. Jarvis, Prince
ton, wen SeeJOd, ahd Walter B. Tewks-
berry, NAVVrAty OF Pennsylvania,
third. 1iBeNlO seconds
Putti0g tbe Weight was won by
Richard Nheldoh. n. Y. A. O., with AZ
feet. 10Y lOches, D. Morgan Holler. OF
the chaNRjobsbip. was second, with "A
feet. i1Nbe9.
High jaehr-J. X, Baxter, University
Of PenAfNlFBnIN Won, height feet 2
inches
In thy wa yards trials. Tewksberry
easily dH)%Ated Pritchurd. the champion
OF India 4Gd WUdsley. the English
champlp1. l01-S seconds Duffy beat
JupD, tn eb9mploh Of 1898 T. b. Nc
Lain Of ne University OF Pennsylvania
was seeDh9 The crowd greeted the
heat wlNnetS With good natured ap-
piause Fb)Dg JWaltlng anxiously for
the finB( dttfr seeing how easily the
home cfdoRs were defeated.
BurroNgbg mad a wslk-oyer,
A. c. Braehzlvin. Of the University
Of PennV(V01ia, Edmond j. Monahan,
GeorgetA@n University; Prinstein, Of
Syracuse phlNersity. and Mclean, Of
University y pennsylvania, did not
compete, A. Burroughs had a sure
thing
Last maj heat Tor the 100 yards was
easily w0n by J9rvls, Of Princeton, IN
10 is sef0hQf beating Henry Berry
Slack ard M00Ney both Of Chicago
University Who were also beaten By
the EnRlJAlh6n. Massey. Thus. all the
heats OF the 100 yard race were won by
Amerlcaks With the exception Of one,
which sNnQleN RoWleN the New South
Wales cNeMAl0n, secured.
"Anotb(n american was passed
from mo0N "a mouth as the Pennsyl-
vania's .1ige(S ard Ueorgetown's colors
came fyIIA ACwr the straight
Before ihe iuB) u the 100 yard con-
test was Ipn the ni)e race was started
II proved q moor contest until the last
lap When the men were well punched
Then C. BeNNett, one OF the best In
England. sent 20 The front and won as
he liked u DO9r iimv.
i1AIultN Vt'dN UttAr-fhs 70 hiutuAitlUf
University " Pennsylvania. FIRST
PritcharG senord 1ra6ord, third.
Time l5D>6 SECONDS, which is the
English rSoAtj,
Hamme( IhtoNing--John Flanagan,
New York ~ g. WoN, Distance 1853 feet
one inch. N TtuNtoh Hare. University
Of Pennsylvania. threw 1875 feet. nine
inches, ara q f. Biely threw la9 feet
two inche1
Two Mic Rteeplecnase-S J. Robin
son, won. RtJNe, II minutes S as sec
onds
Pole JuNh>NJohhson. New York A. c.,
won. Distbnce Il teet, I inches
-Four Mile Ruu~-J. T R.mmer won.
Time 20 nolnQtcN, II seconds A. L. New
ton. OF tBg NeN YORK 4. O.. was fifth.
lie was tnB 01lC American who finished.
Half Nils Gun. Final--Tysoe won.
Time 1 NlhOte. 81 as secopds Cregan
wax socopb aOd Densham was third
Long JNhft~lA. G. Kraeuzlein, Uni
versity Of Pe10yylya0ia. won. Distance,
% feet, 10 DnhCs
Quarter Nhe Run. Final-M. w.
LONG. NAN York A. c.. won Time,
4g4-5 sec6NdS. Nol0ney, o. chicago.
was secoRA ADD Welsh was third.