The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
SHOT PUTTER MORGAN WINS
IDISu CHAMPION MAKES a STARTLIN0
TOA. A. a. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Ions Defeats Champion Danny in .
IOO.Yard Dash-More Honors for the
u.,vht Thrower veteran -Pastime
arnrr. GrnatraI Number Of PoInia.

InU. yard baNh- hoit ""H'i >" wv
Weight Thrower veteran Mitchell astime
e score. Greatest Number OF Points.
p.ools Morgan Of Ireland made a sensa-
,op,I entrances into American athletics yestcr-
. and saved what would otherwise have
,,,, tho tamest national championship ever
,.d IN this country. This occurred at the
sr,uoi championship meeting Of the A A, Y.
=, columbia Field The addition OF n full set
~ nluIor events TO the programme failed to
dr,v a large crowd, and the enthusiasts occupy
inc the twO stands were far out
numbered by tho dCadhead contingent
ON tho viaduct. which apparently az
rrscatrd the free show, The Junior events
had been run of In clockwork order without
d,yeloplng any especial interest. and with
the exception OF the iOO-ysrd dash the senior
programme appeared likely to meet with tho
same fate when tho contestants came out Tor
the iS-pound shot-puttinR contest. The men,
including Richard sheldon. the holder OF the
,iiIs. aud the man who defeated HorRan at
the English championships this year were
checkad of and Just about to compete, when
the announcer stepped forward and more In
a 'ok. than otherwise called out:
is Dennis Horgan of Ireland here for the
shot puttlng?'
NNhTCtlN NflF nv ~ '"N - '
when a group Of persons appeared 10 rise from
N. ground and march across the track to the
Untold In the centre was a broad-shouldered,
tanned Irishnan, clad In knickerboCkers, whose
every step Indicated power. A short confer
spce occurred Then Horgan went 10 eN-
,,,,,a Nj, touring outfit for n baggy pair of
,,,I.dc trousers and a shirt with three vivid
,-.s, shamrocks After his first PUT
a., Iri.huan walked ONT Of the front
,o-t nj, the circle. constituting n foul under
American rules. and the distance was not
measured His attention was called 70 Tie
r,ls. and srt.rward his puts we're not only Good
ores hrt without any suspicion OF iouIlnF.
u.h host ,Tnrt was 10 feet Il inches, and this beat
bl- nearest competitor, W W. Coo OF Boston, by
over one foot sheldon. unfortunately was
not in form and finished third with - feet )
i,cbe, A meeting between the pair will bs
l,osad forward 10 later when the New Yorker
Il ali right.
uoryan said that he came over to Boston
m the saxonia and only arrived In New YORK
on Friday night Yesterday morning he went
4, the Pastime A. G. grounds, and alter putting
Al foot 4 Inches in a trial sought some members
~, the Greater New York Irish A. A, who os-
o,r,ed him 10 Columbia Field. With one ex-
ception OF the present year When he was beaten
by Slelllll ia WV. 100 80
uu,ryan has been champion Of England and
irrlend since 1893. and holds the worlds record
n - feet and =. inch.
Ss,t 10 the unexpected appearance OF the
rJ.Lman the most sensational happening was
he defeat 81 the holder ~ the title, A. r. DUFFY,
in tIa howard dash. This was accomplished
nr "NaNay" Long, who has DEVELOPED wonder
ttly In spaod since his trip to England. N was
a Loir-ral,lug race. Long had one yard the
boat " 10 AZ half distance. but the GeorgetOwn
fyar closed randy 1t the finish, and the pair
4..t.V .,.r tHa lUa gp nearly oven that Oua
of the Judges placed Long second. The time,
~ seconds, proves that the race was no luka,
and stamps Long as one OF the foremost
''I, - was 6spriytd Il his usual triple crown
through the ovrrlaIous manner In which the
events we're run oil, lie had a comparatively
easy race In a." quarter OF z mile, In which
Nike Cregnn, tho athletic policeman. led into
the straight, where Long shot by and won by
four yards, with OrdYeIn OF the .Pastlmos
TIC nest event on tho programme was the
:i-yard run, and without any rest Long had
P. j.. Walsh. and ". q. Edwards OF the Knicker-
bockers. Although not In Longs class they
are s]printar- Of good calihcr. and they raced
away from the tired man at the start. Walsh
led for half the distance when Edwards went
10 thu front and won by two yards. Long
stopped trying about ten yards from the finish,
Int gllked over the line FOR third place.
Alexander Grant also suffered from the I'M
necessary haste ln running oil the feldeyents He
won the half-nile run In hollow. Style. after
NrGirr had made the pace until within 300
Yards from home. only the l2O-yard hurdle
race interviewed before the one-mile run was
called, in which Grant had to meet the sea-
suued campaigner, George. ". orion. The
latter cut out the pace AT \ slow gait. but began
10 hit Il up, passing the clubhouse for the las,
Tine Half way down the haCkstretch tho
mon we're going great guns with Ortun leading
Gran, by one yard Turning into the stIetCh
Grant drew up level, but could not hold OrtOn
In a fast sprint down the straight. Tho
'prun-y" graduate won by four Yards from
Gr4u', with Mckenzie. the third man. beaten
in tho absence Of the worlds champion, A. G..
krla.I.eiu. K. +. Hutrhison Of PfiIcetun had
mprt'r, pretty much bis own way IN the jurior
and senior hiSh hurdle races lie won ~"
forme. lu 10 As -eCunds, and In tire |nati,ull
Championship boat Hatfield of tia kuink kerr
h,cka-s by four ards ia 10 l-i seconds. IA. AZ
n'd = tie uuion S'tteaent 4. Who only
mad" Li- debut ~ q hurdle 'l"c' az the Metro
IoI'tu championships 4 week aR' I-p cari'd
uU tur dpub'e ayenl o ."- the o op.tl,InS.
IT, MADE tie bnt'er u u' f. the Ju.Ipr even,
nor ny. "a ~ - se'uuds. Hatfield pressed the
Jrio0 Net'leueu' man bard in the senior cham
riUr,ri, the Ia o. Winning by only or yard.
outside - llorran the most interestiyE figure
IN Nh" field events was James - Nit, he'll. the
veteran weight t%hroWer. who made his reap
r~".rtuca after a lapse Of three years Mitchell
s won N" 5e-pound wcight-throving con-
'e-t as a mrmber Of the Gaelic 4. A.. team in
l,N> From that. time until 1896, he scored
Ti.uSiips Ills form yesterday surprised
every one. for though overweight and short
Of work "llmeSy' outClassed his COM
~ro''tu-S with the heavy weight and
won With q throw Of IS feat s inches, onv
two and q half inches lsss than his own world
record Hi victory gives him tho homer ~
having Won more American championships
than 'nv other man In the hammer throw
lng Mitchell WIS defeated 10y the rising young
a'h'"t", 4 y sheridan, Of the Pastime 4 {,
who beat hi1 own previous figures with lSS icpt
? inches sheridan also won the junior com
petition with IN" hammer
Bacon johnson wa in rarc form in Tie
pole vault Not having previously won an
4 4 T. championship, he wa, eligible ior n,
JUNIOR event, which no won with II feet. Then
u" took the senior event with II foot 3 inches.
and made an attempt 10 lower the world'n
record ot II feet iOb inches, held by Il O. Clapp.
The bar was placed al twelve feet, and on Nls
frat 'rllJuhH~on wa overi I, but failed to swing
clear His three efforts were so good that
although lie did not clear tho height, the record
arr"a F., 10 b" within his grasp. Glass was con-
~snI.uoI- hy It's absence In the broad jumping
contest, which Mcdonald OF the Knickerbockers
Won With p feet T.. Is. Bloss, who has won
thr,' championships, finished only third with
20 feet . inches.
4 /. Newton. the sturdy little long-distsnce
runner. Was another man to secure a double
event. He easily won the one-mi!e run for
l~uniorS, but skipped the 1ve-mile event Ia that >
class TO meet the seniors In the long-distance
event X Grant, who made a dead heat Of
the race last } ear with his brother Alex, held
Newton until the last mile. when the New York
A r. man drew away and won as he pleased
by lOn yards. The Junior hve-mile event was
won 10y the veteran L j. N~ogellus, whose age
made him look sadly out Of Place In the con-
,,">l ,Nogel!us was protested on the ground