The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

While no records to speak Of have beer
| broken since the opening of the outdoor
track and field season. 1t has been showT
from the very beginning that work of Q
high order right along the line in all de-
partments may be expected clear to the
end Of the season.
Even in the large number of meets held
Decoration Day. the quality of all-rount
work was excellent. There was little oil
no mediocre work. The conditions were
favorable to good performances. There
were large crowds present to encourage
the athletes and the cracks in various lines
were well distributed, so that each meet
had one or more to set the pace for the
semi seasoned and the novices to work up
to. Their presence added ginger to the
competitions
Two or three performances, unfortunate
ly in exhibition or practice only and not
in competition, will go down in athletic
history as remarkable and which show, to
where, eventually the marks of records
will be set.
TIE first of these was the hammer
throwing by Albert Plaw, of the California
team, visiting the East who early in the
week threw the implement 40 feet and
eight inches. On Decoration Day. John
Flanagan, of the New York Athletic Club,
landed the hammer Ill feet from him. Un-
fortunately in both cases the throws were
made in practice, and not under direction
of the proper field officials and will not
stand as records.
Then there came Roy C. Ewry. the
great standing broad jumper. who in his
three standing broad jump speciality, with
out weights, covered "a feet and "a inch
es. within one-quarter inch of the worlds
record.
by the Metric System.
Dick Grant, whom we all saw do such
remarkable work in the two-mile race
last March at the Georgetown Varsity
Convention Hall games. was in fine form
Decoration Day. After winning the mile
from scratch. he went in shortly afterward
and covered the fve-mile run In 80 min
utes and 90 seconds.
John Bray, New York Athletic Club, beat
the French record for $500 metres
Il $40 1-2 yards), by 2-5 seconds in
4:1O2- minutes from scratch. H. P.
Smith, of Yale, broke another French rec
ord. He covered the 500 metres ISIS
yards), in two minutes and one-fifth ser-
onds from scratch, clipping one-ffth OF
second off the 1896 record held by VI. SOL
bat, of Paris. And that's the way it's been
going all the week, the work has been Of
a very high degree, to some extent due,
probably, to the competition for places on
the teams which are to be sent to the
Olympian games at Paris next month as
well as to the desire of those already
chosen TO make all their work here of such
a telling quality that they will not have to
work overtime on the other side to get 1t
up to the record splitting mark.
For those who do not care to make the
metric calculation for the familiar track
distances and which metric distances were
the features of the annual games of the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, at Bergen
Point May 80. the distances in metres are
given here as follows: 100 metres run,
was 100 yards and / foot; 10 metres run,
was 100 yards and 1 foot; 400 metres run.
was 437 1-2 yards: 500 metres run, was
SIS yards: 1500 metres run, was 1,640 1-2
yards; $500 metres run. was 2,73i yards.
Americans at Oiympian Games.
Mr. A. C. Spalding, Director Of Athletic
Sports at the Paris Exposition, has return
ed from two weeks visit to the Dream
City, and is ver- well pleased with the
result of his visit, owing to the fact main
ly that almost every concession America
asked for was granted.
The principal point scored, and about
which there was almost endless discussion
was the changing the dates of games
scheduled for Sundays to which American
athletes objected
A twenty-five mile Marathon race and
the standing broad jump and standing high
Jump events were added to the programme.
The athletic events will, in the main, be
conducted under the rules of the English
Athletic Association. Upon application.
Mr. Spalding will furnish information as to
height and number of hurdles and the kind
Of hammer to be used in the weight events.
Altogether, American athletes are to be
upon having so able repre-
as the director of athletic sports !
1as proven himself to be.
Local Baseball League.
The season of the newly organized local |
Baseball league. Of which Adam johnson
S president, is now well under way, and |
overs of the national game will have op- |
oortunity of seeing a good article Of base
laIl oil this season. The teams are we'll |
and are, for the most part, strong |
ind well balanced. They include all the |
eading local amateur and several minor |
eague professional players.
All local games will be played at Nation
i Park, and the out-of- town games at |
and Alexandria, and Mondays, !
and Fridays are League days. !
Tomorrow Alexandria and Y. NJ. C. A. |
will play their first game here. and We'd
lesday the E. A. C. and Corcoran Cadets
will meet. The season closes October 5.
Athletics Mt Y. NJ. C. A.
Notwithstanding the loss OF several OF |
is best track men, the Y. NJ c. A. team
made a very creditable showing in the big
meet so far as it went yesterday.
The entries from out of town were of
cry much better quality than upon ior-
ner occasions. Messrs. Ridout and Beck
tt, physical instructors. deserve credit
or the good showing of their charges. con-
idering their number and the short time
hey have been really hard at work.
The next event in which the local
oys are interested, and to which entries
ill be made are the Central Y NJ. C. A.
ames to be held at Baltimore June 10.
his affair. to be run off at Colchester
leach. will be one of the most attractive
its kind held recently at Oriole town.
Captain Nicholson now has his baseball
cam in fine shape. and he hopes to cut
ute figure in the League series. "Cy'
cummings has coached the boys into a
cod knowledge OF the game, and fielding
nd hitting has improved considerably.
eating Rockville twice on Decoration
lay advanced Y. NJ C. A. stock considera-
ly.
Tomorrow it will give a sample of its
ork at National Park against the Alex
ndria team, which latter the Corcoran
,dets defeated in exhibition May 80
Tomorrow will begin the annual tennis
,urney for the Association championship
singles and doubles. Enough strong