The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09
MORE HONORS FOR N. Y: A. G..
TWELVE CHAHPIONSBIP EVENTS WON
BY THE "WINGED POOT" ATHLETES.
"hasey" Long the Star of the Metropolitan
Association heetinE-Champion Baxter De
feated In the Pole vsuit-Ihe Pasttmes
EIniah Second and X. A. O.. Third.

Of its star athletes, the New York A. c. won
twelve Of the fifteen events on the programme
at the championships OF the metropolitan As
ISOLATION Of the A.. A. [. yesterday at columbia
Field. The absentees included two OF the
men who recently won worlds championship
honors. A. c. Kraen1lein and John Flanagan.
The great hurdle racer and broad jumper Is
recuperating at Point Pleasant, preparatory
TO the national championships next saturday
while the hammer thrower found his natVe
land so seductive that he has not returned 10
defend his many championship titles.
Though the winners mostly wore the winged
foot" there we're a few surprises 10 add Dest
TO an otherwise cut-and-dried meeting, Cher
Of these was the defeat Of /. X. Baxter In the
pole vault. His newly won international honors
Mt Paris seemed to insure first place to him
In the event, especially rs his clubmate, bas-
com Johnson. winner Of the English champion
ship. did not compete. August Anderson,
another winged foot" athlete, recently re-
| cruited from the ranks OF the New West Side
A. c., proved too much for Baxter. VIII was
all at sea with his jumps. Anderson cleared
10 feet, while in the regular competition tho
best that Baxter could do was 70 tie Dan Reuss
Of the Knickerbockers at 9 feet 8 Inches Tho
defeat OF the worlds champion was made more
sensational and decisive in the vault-on Tor
second honors, when ths cherry diamond
representative cleared 10 feet S inches and took
second prize. Ia xter falling To negotiate higher
than 10 feet 0 inches.
"Maxey" Long was easily the star OF tho
meeting. He duplicated his success at the
same games last year by scoring a triple win
In the 100. 22O and 44O-yard runs. Long did
not have TO extend himself In either event
| aud consequently made no fast time. In the
hundred" It was expected that A. II. Kent,
! the speedy Pastime A. G. s%printer. would hustle
the international hero to the tape. but the
Indian" who has been winning well oil the
summer, was either overtrained or overanN-
ious, as he failed to show among the p0lnt
winners. Long led from start TO finish and
won by one yard and a half from his clubmate,
2, J. Walsh. Edwards Of the kpicker6oCkers
ished so close to the cherry diamond man
that many of the spectators thought he made
q dead heat Of II.
In the one-furlong dash Long also led all
the way and won by four yards from Edwards.
| who turned the tables on Walsh. Al his favor,
Mckinney Of the Pastlmes with the lead until
passing the house AZ the beginning q the suetch'
The \. y !; {; man then let out a INK ana won
The half-mile proved q surprise Tor John
Bray. Although by far the best class man in
the race. he failed 10 show prominently at any
stage, and 1. q. McGirr.. whose forte has been
long distances. developed a burst OF speed that
landed him a winner. BrenHan oi ihe F t3s 7 asts
eTn gTandstand on the final lap, when Mctirr
wentby and won ip easy style by fifteen yards.
A. l. Newton who mace a poor showing III
the Marathon race at Paris, was IN rare form
and won both the one and three mile runs In
the former he led all the way, and won by t~enty
however, one Of the best contested races, OF
| tho day. The field Of a dozen Iunners Included
Two veterans, ". Mccarthy and L. J. Nogellus,
who have each been on the path about fifteen
wears Mccarthy failed TO show his old speed
and retired when IN next TO last .posluoh at
about two miles NoRellns cut out the running.
in sterling fashion and led nearly every step OF
the first two and a half miles Newton ana
FITZGERALD. Of the Star 4 G. we're IN close at
to the front in the last lap except one N0gelus
held on r. gallant manner and was - or ,bs hIwg
yards behind when the bel rang i9d en" I DsJ
effort and drew up on Newton. IL was a owing
effort, however, and the \. \. 4. e man. run
Fitzgerald was third. about the same distance
behind.
finished the day with two victories 10 his credit
feet and !, Of an inch and defeated the ,ianced
kn tSs bisS SGrd Rsi race H'f fSs low ana hurdle His'% rSes
also resulted in an upset jerome Buck, who
was in the championship class before kraen-
as an almost sure winner, but Harry Arnold
Of the Union settlement A G., who has been
weeks. led ali The way and beat Buck one yard
in a desperate finish The latter ran under protest.
The weight events were remarkahle Tor the
7" j. Denan' j. Mccarthy and r.. j, sheridan,
Thsy won all three places In the discus throw,
iDE and sCo,et well in s the hHmm wSG s shot b snd
III In bed for a week since his return from Eu-
rope. managed to win tho shot. with The poor
took nrst In the So pound weight with the mod
crate throw of n feet lO', inches.
Anothe r surprise notwithstanding in the broad
Rloss. who.e record Is around 20 feet. only
| place to II. p. Mcdonald. the canadian, who is
now a member Of the X nicke rbocker A. C.
In point, scored, the New York A. c. out
stripped all rivals. with 6s, while the Pastimes
won an interesting battle for second honors
with 30 points, against % made by the Cherry
Diamond " athletes The points scored by the
New West side A.. C.. l. XaHsr A. A., s. Star
A C.,l. The summary;
TRACK EVENTS
100 Yard Run Won BY Maxwell W Long: y.
". @, Edwards. X. A. C.. third Time ioaS
II. ' :. As sIa &f0 x. I 40 e ~ second .. J. Brennan, P
A e. g ,s .niTf atsh thu HSld,2 : P FiTs, heal " wo s'S 81 4 x
H HsSs;.l9, f 4 ( seconds "a W SECOND {. ff Rss; won p BY R e I.
fsG@Hd lime Z = Ss ssSGGfI ,,o P,P.i 3 h's 4. R SGn sy
9% %:I M!is Ra +, Won 81 A. , !: Ss"' To- a \, !: = ,. G. (:
40 Yard Run Won By NJ. ". Long. y. VAC;
4 I. Mckinney, Pastime 4. C.. second, o. q ord
weln, Pastlme a. c, third. Time, So IS seconds
2e0 Yard Run Won by NJ. ". Long, ny, 4, e;
". q. Edwards, X. A c, second; 7. j. Walsh, N. u
A. c, third. Time, % IS seconds
22O Yard Low Hurdle First heat Won BY Jerome
a. c., second. Time. rs seconds Second heat
Won by II. Arnold. Union Settlement 4. c: p A.
Sayles, X. A. C. second Time. 26lb seconds
Final heat Won by II Arnold; Jerome Buck. second:
u. j. Eytinge. third. Time, 20 rs secondS
Three Mile Run Won BY a l. Newton, ny,
a. C., I. j. Vogellus, Xavier A. A., second, q. FIT
gerald, star 4. C., third Time. 10 minutes ASo
seconds.
PIRLD RvRNTs.
Putting the t6-Pound Shot Won BE- II. Sheldon,
N. Y. 4. c.. 40 feet -. inches; !. Dinhn, Pestne
a. c, second. 81 feet IL inches II. j. Sheridan
Pastime A. c., third, SO feet a. inches.
Running High jump Won by l. X. Baxter, y.
Y. a. C., q feet "a inch: II. Reuss, X. A, Z, and j.
Mahoney, V. a. {, tied for second. . feet 7 Inches
ReuSs won the toss for the prize.
Throwing the Discus - Won By p, j, oman Pas
time a. C., Ito feet ! inches; j, Mccarthy, Pastlme
4. C., second. l07 feet; II. j. Sheridan, Pastime A. G.,
third. lOi feet , inches.
Running Broad Jump Won by Harry p MELON
aid, II. a. C.. 2l feet "a inches; i. Is. Blos.. y. IA.
c. second, 81 feet , inches, G.. y. Arnold, New West
Side a. G, third, 2l feet / inch.
Pole Vault for Height Won by a @. Anderson,
N. Y A. C, 10 feet: d. ReuSS. X. a. G AND Il; baN-
TEL, y. Y. \. C., tied for second. = feet q Inches Reuss
won the vault of with 10 feet = inches
Throwing 10 Pound Hammer Won by. W u.
Hennen. n. Y, 4. C., l22 feet ) inches. X J. Sheri-