New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
ATHLETIC CARNIVAL.
SOME EXCELLENT SPORT AT MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
BOSTON TEAM WINS SENSATIONAL RELAY
neutrality-suspicious. WINS TWO VIC
TORIEs-CORNISH ACTS AS
A STARTER.

astonsh New-Yo with verdict of guilty against
Molineux Harry Cornish, who has played such
important part in that sensational case
acting starter at the athletic carnival at Madison
Square Garden. AS Cornish fired the pistol he was
apparently the most unconcerned person In the city
The games those annually by the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club and the attendance
of the best at indoor athletic meeting here
abOuts In some time.
Cornish called out of the Garden about 1870
p. evidently to call on the telephone,
and while he gone the only unpleasant feature
of the night took place 1t was in the heat OF the
22O-yard race, and after the trim lmbed athletes
had lined up it was discovered that the starter
and his pistol were absent. Finally some one vol
unteered to start by word of mouth. and as might
have been expected he made mess of IT, His
yell of CO. feeble that of the run
ners did not start until others many yards
away. The spectators Kissed persistently that
it was decided to the again. Sngu-
larly enough the first and second man finished
they did before
Duffy the champion Splinter, sprained a tendon
In his leg and he did not start in the final heat OF
the 5O-yard race The four-ffths of a mile relay
of the best ever seen here, and the
onlookers fairly stood their feet and yelled until
they were blue in the face. The was between
the St. Joseph A. A. team. of Boston, and the
Xavier A A. team, of this city Doyle, the Boston
sprnter, and the first OF, fell the first lap,
enabling the Xavier gain lead of fully
fifty yards. Hines made splendid sprint and
evened up scores and the last two men started
terms Reilly fairly away from Walsh.
and the Boston team in the end as ii pleased.
Princeton the college relay race in easy style,
with Cornell second. The Dreadnaught A. G. team
found the Knickerbocker A c. basketball team
easy defeat.
peculiar incident happened in the one mile
f. James James. as his appeared on the pro-
gramme. fell further and further away and at the
finish he was nearly two laps behind. Then he
rushed up to the judges and said "Of course won.
Now. I will give you a sample my style and
ha ed he rP wa o
His style convulsed the onOokers. but James
seemed to think that he the only real runner
in the building. He left the proud
of the gIadiators old. and he did not hear
of the judges say: That's the of tacks'
have seen this week. The summaries follow:
Ffty-yard run (noyce)-Flrst heat won by Donald
AiGhq. jr. Joseph Klein second Iime-O;OSt Sec
Shorten second Third heat M3n P heal henRo o M
Fred joseph kenny second ri3eo:6s s FIFTH heat
Sixth WON by R sansand Frank fsGo Helfs second
haf osborne second nG" 5 Eighth 6ea
won by C. v sloeovitch. H. Thoman second Time-O;o6
c. J. slocovitch Columbia University, second Wort
a yard; Two inches ietween aecond and third
a m Boston dseph oy osePh p Fre S Ta
Hines and Joseph Reilly; Xayer A. A.. F. Flores, W F.
PISS Won by 20 yards. Doyle fen and lost 80 yards
Four ana forty TR Yard ran
Ws4@ third M'Ry H"sf second Sss 5
s Final heat won 5y W. pumheRer Uni Uni
vergty of Pennsylvania; r. Campiglio Xavier A. A.,
second; H. Webb Montclair High School, third. Time
0:57S Won by three yards; yard between second and
third
by Mnah a1aS sOFgs
heat. Time-G:65zs: Won by yard. Dufey, the cham
College relay race mile. running a
quarter mle-Won by Princeton q. NJ. Perry. W. a.
Smith. H. 7. Willis and J. F. Cregan) Cornell &C. D.
Young \. o. Berry. II Ii. Bassett and d. BelngeO,
J. Breese A. L. Deuchfeld). third. Time-3:36ls.
hundred and twenty-yard (handcap)-First
by b. W. Dudley 90 YARDS: c. a. Neaie t22
yards. second w F. Browning 09 YARDS, third. Time
-O2415. Second heat by c. NJ. Cohen "a yards;
". b. Brister as yards second. Time-O:237S. Third
heat by F. A. Breslin ga YARDS; A. H. Kent 40
yards). second. Time-O:232s. Fourth by H.
Time-O:23&5. Fifth heat by Robert Hutchinson 30
yards j. F. Miller Us yards). second. Tme-O;23.
Sixth heat by p. ]. Walsh % yards) Charles Nc
Clelland. jr. GA yards). second. Time-o24<s Final
by Robert Hutcheson X. A. c. GO YARDS; c.
NJ Cohen, X. A. c. ca YARDS. second John F. Miller.
:. G. A. g. as yards third. Time-O:2276 Won by a
yard; distance between second and third.
wards. X A. c. q IT. in. actual jump. 80 IT, in;
W. j. Feldkamp p A c. % # I'M. 80 #. 93s in,
ond: Henry Arnold. L. S A c. q IT. 8 in), 80 It. 6s
in third
Eight hundred and eghtyvard Chandcap)-won by
L. Thurston, Columbia $50 yards); H. P. Spauldng
Montclar High School go yards). second: George d
Arnold. L. S. =. g. 90 yards third. Tme-2:O04S
One-mIe run (handicap}-Won by A. o. Berry Cornell
(5S YARDS e. r. Bushnell. Pennsylvania YARDS
onf: " II. Christie. 14th Regiment yards third
by yards: a foot between second