The San Francisco call., 1903-01-02
sCHoOLBoY
TOO FAST FOR
IRISH. :r11LER
De Mamiel Beats Barron
in. a Sensational
-. Race. =. :.

There was. laEge attendancea'at the
first annual field sday held by the Emerald
Gaelic Athletic Clpb yesterday at the
Q Preside athletic gr9uAds.9 The contests
were numerous and exciting. Competition
in each event was. keen. and the: spectators
were enthusiastic. G.
The star eyelft of the day WITS the one
mile run. There were six entries. but the
grace was seetween a. sde Namiel of the
Lowell High 9Schooloand n. r Barron of
the Emeralds. The LATTER. was at zone
tiIRe the champion miller of Ireland The
pair ran a. splendid race. The stgack was
.slow, but the way the.pair got into their
ostride in 5he last quarter drew cheers
fl oa the spectators. a4t the stare tie con~
testants se4 a slow page. They kepts up
a steady gait until the three-quarter
mark, when Barron took the lead, ,. with
De Mamie1 at his heels.: Barron tried to
shake off theo oyoungster, but without sue
cess AS they came I}ito the shoi4fe stretch
de Mamiel jumped to the front and held
ca slight lead to 9the tape. Tie victory
was splendfd one Barron suffered from.
an injured .fOot.s and although shandi-
capped proved hfmself.a fare .sprinter
He. won noEe than 400 prizes in. Ireland
and expects to lower the coast record for
a mile. Young De Mamiel holds the high
school recofd. He will enter the Univer-
is{ty. Of f9Cal6ornias next Syear ana should
develop into a crack miller.
Patrolman William aMinahan.. was a
prominent figure in the games.s He won
the siXteenzpound hammer throw and
smade a fnes showing in aother Contests
Minabaf is: one of the Olympic CLUB 5
crack handball Players Victor Ligda of
Bthe University of California, represented
the Olympics Club in the games and won
.two tBsts and onaGsecond.
T The9football game between the Emer-
aids and the McBrbies of. Pert Costa wa 8
won by theeforniero team by aSscore of I3
to 4. The Emeralds displayed better team
work and superior knowledge of the
game. The Port Costa men played hard
To win and made a creditaple showing
The victors Svon a handsome cup present
ed by Matthew Nunan of this city. NJ.
Relleker was referee and Michael Casey
and John PGrsell Judges. The game was
&rough one and full of exciting plays.
The hurting between che Emfnets and
The Sarsfields was won by the Emrnefs
In the first half by score of to 1. The
players knocked the stuffing out of the
ball and the game had to be called off :
Following are the winners in tile field
events:
Singing 56-pound weight between. lers-J
). Barry won g O'Callahan second. Dis
1oO-yard dash-P. {. Gerhardt won, victar
Ligda second Time, 80 1-5. seconds
Putting ld-pound shot from 7-foot souara
v LiSaa won, G.. OCasaghan second Dis
Running high jump:H- Wilson won, Fl. ]
lrWin WIN second Height feet inches
22o-yard dash-Victor Ligda won, W. H
Kelly second. Time. 26 seconds.
Three standing jumps-R. e. Cochran. won
Z. Lane second. Distance 81 feet Inches
Putting 42-pound siiot+E. Nunan won T
Nunan second. Distance % feet inches
Running long jump-V. Ligda won r
Darcy second. Distance, 10 feet 6h inches.
440-yard rum H: Burgess .won w IL
Kelly second: Time 50 seconds.
Running hop, step and jump-T darcy
won, II. j. Irwin second. Distance 43. feet
~ inches.
Throwing 16-pound hammer-W Minalfa n
won. v. Lydia second. Distance 10416 feet
Putting 6-pound weighted Nunan won
D. oconnell second. Distance 21 feet 3
Mile run-A. de. Mamiel won, n. F. Barron
second.' Time, minutes 81 seconds.
The following officers had charge of the af-