Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
GREAT DAY
 FOR SPORTS

The State Were in the
 Co mpetition At the Driv.
 ing Park.
 The best athletic meeting that has ever been held in the state of Connec- ticnt. was the universal comment Of the many thousands of people who crowded into the Driving park yes terday! afternoon to see the track and field events. Michael J. Thompson de- serves all the praise for the success of the meeting, for while he had many assistants vho were with him heart and soul through all the days work, he had planned the whole affair and had brought here some of the best athletes in the country. This Is the second successful meeting held under the able leadership of Mir Thompson, and it does seem as though Waterbury would be only too glad of several such athletic events each year, but some of our wealthy property owners. bankers or retired millionaires ought to be gen. erous enough to present to the city an athletic field where all such events could be pulled off in good shape. The Driving park is not just suitable for the purpose and it seems strange that in city the size of Waterbury there is not one good athletic field to which the people could go and enjoy clean sports such as those of yester- day.
 There was just one little Incident which put slight damper on the gen. eral success of the sports and that was the dropping out of the High school boys. In the SS0 yard run Joseph Guilfoile claimed he had been spiked by one of the Stamford run ners, but this the latter denied. Arth. UT Middleton of the American. who was acting as inspector, said he did not see the incident and thought that Guilfoile quit the track without any interference. Referee Thomas was ap- pealed to, but he decided to take Middleton's word in preference to the accusation made by Guilfoile. and as consequence the High school boys all quit and ran in no more races The watches which were to be divided be- tween the High school boys as prizes will be divided up among the other runners on the merits of their run ming.
 The Waterbury Military band fur. nished the music during the events and the track was in splendid condi- tion. It was fast too. and Mayor El- ton. who was an interested spectator of the events, stepped over the course O,if hn ctn1 G,say. and both of these former sprinters felt like getting out on the track and doing turn themselves. Mayor Elton would have been the champion sprint CT in this country. perhaps in the world, had he followed up the sport" sail pistol firer Rigney. "He could do better than even time and then was not doing his best, The country lost famous sprinter when John Elton failed to follow it up." Rigney him. self, was no slouch of racer. For when he was Hube Rigney, the flyer, he could do better than even time and he had all racers in this country on the shelf. It was sufficient then for those two former fast racers. Jack Elton and "Hube' Rigney. to say that the track yesterday was fast one. and as good as any they had seen in some time The results of the racing and field events were as follows:
 100-Yard Dash.
 First heat-First, J. F. O'Connell. O. B. First infantry, c. \. G.: second James J. Carr, Thomaston: third, John O'Donnell. Naugatuck. Tome. 10 4-5.
 Second heat-First. Charles A. Seitz, Georgetown university; second. Henry Lirtlejohn, Waterbury: third. William A. French, Naugatuck high school Time. II. ..
 Third heat-First. Patrick J. Began, Y. NJ. C. A.. Waterbury: second. Will liam C. Spain. Waterbury high school; third. Charles Warner. I. M. (. A.. Waterbury. Time. 10 2-5.
 Semi i-final-First. Littlejohn; second Carr. Time 10 1-5.
 Final-First. O'Connell. three yards second. Seitz. scratch; third. Little1ohn, 5 1-2 yards. Time. 10.
 One Mile.
 First. C. H. Cables, Waterbury, S0 yards,: second. Charles A. Maher. st Joseph's Stamford. 60 yardsl. third. Y, l. May, St Patrick's T. A. R.. Bridge. port (65 yards.) Time, 4:32 4-o.
 12O-Yard Hurdle.
 First heat-First, x. r. Alvord, f NJ. c, A., New Britain; second Thomas c. Madden. Brooklyn Athletic club: third. l. H. English, St Joseph s, Stamford. Time. 21.
 Second heat-First. R. H. Johnson, wileston academy: second. Frank J Ennis. St Joseph's Stamford: third, Jobn Sackeet. woodbury. Time. IS 1-a
 Semj.fnal-First. Madden; second, Ennis. Time. 20.
 Final-First. Johnson t4 1-21: second, Alvord (s): third. Madden ts). Time IS.
 SSO- Yard Dash.
 First. ]. W. Murphy. St Josepn's, Stamford C4M: second. Charles A. Ma her. St Joseph's. Stamford (25i: third. | H. English. St Joseph's, Stamford tl0. Time. 29e 2-5.
 220-Yard Dash.
 First heat-First. James J. Carr, Tbomaston: second. J. H. English. St Ioseph's. Stamford: third. Patrick ]. Rsran. Y. NJ. c. A.. Waterbury. Time g 3-5.
 Second heat-First. (. ]. Murray. st Joseph's. stamfori: second. Henry F. Rlumenauer. Naugatuck high school.