New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-20
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
Indoor athletic Season Closed
WrestIing Groz0s More Popular.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.

AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.
The games Of Columbia University at Madison
Square Garden Saturday evening pracucaliS
brought to a close successful season OF Dig IN
door athletic meetings. Although there were no
records broken at the contests, there We're enough
creditabe performances in each contest of the long
programme to keep the large number OF persons
who saw them in the liveiest kind Of enthusiasm
throughout the evening
Relay races seem be growing more popular
than ever each year. and there were nearly
dozen Of these contests decided Saturday even
ing for colleges. athletic clubs and public school
boys. is safe say that the relay races among
the teams representing the various public schools
arouse as much interest as the college and athletc
club races, and in each set of games some school
that has been practically unknown In athleuc
circles sends forth strong representation anu
carries off first honors. The New-4ork AthIetlc
Club games in the same building on Tuesday even
ing met with even greater success than the Co
lumbia contests. In each one of the contests
Of the latter meeting the entry list was extremely
large and the attendance was greater than that
of the Columbia meet.
1t may be laid probably TO the floor ct the Car
den that no records were broken in either meet
The wooden floor is SO slippery that many OF the
on the turns and in both meetings there were so
many competitors in each that, as a rule II
the turns
Although the abilities Of F. Nebrick, of the 65th
Regiment of Buffalo, are well known in Buffalo, it
was his first appearance here at the Mercury Foot
contests. 1t may be due to poor judgment that he
lost the one and one-haH mile race to Frank
Nebrick is small and resembles fighter more
than a runner His recent fine races in his home
city caused him to be made scratch man in this
contest. in which there was large field
For the early part of the contest he did not seem
TO exert himself any, but when he did make up his
mind to go the front he did it in a way that as
tonished every one, and from the way he set the
pace in the last part Of the contest it was the
opinion of a good many of those present that he
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inal lap he had a good lead on Frank, his nearest
opponent and the seemed his. on the last turn
he slowed down. probably thinking that he had the
race well in hand and before he realized how near
Frank him Frank had crept up abreast of
him. and in squirt just crossed the finishing line
Although Nebrick had to be content with second
place. he showed by his freshness after the race
probably one of the best races ever seen an ath-
etic track. In this race alone he gained reputa
it is possible that but for poor Judgment the race
would have been his.
An evidence of just how popular wrestling matches
becoming in this city clearly shown at the
Jenkins and Gotch match st Madison Square Gar
den on Wednesday evening. About eight thousand
persons attended said be the largest crowd that
has ever attended a wrestling bout in this city
The contest one Of the fastest ever seen here,
and although Jenkins won back the championship
which Gotch took from him few months before,
Gotch. who is much younger than his opponent.
gave the impression that he is stronger than
Jenkins and with a little more experience he Will
win the championship back again.
In the first bout jenkins won the first fall, after
Gotch had got free of many difficult holds, in 10
minutes and 81 seconds came the big surprise
in the second bout. Gotch handled Jenkins in
unmercful way. holding him his head on a
crotch hold nearly throughout the bout and throw
ing him about the mat in this position for most Of
the time as though Jenkins was a featherweight
After minutes and II seconds he finally crushed
Jenknss shoulders TO the mat on this hold The
remarkable reversal of form shown by Gotch in the
third and final bout was something that probably
surprised every one who saw the contest Gotch
allowed Jenkins TO keep him down on the mat for
most OF the time. although he got free of a few
good holds, and when finally Jenkins got the hold
GIotch that put him to the floor in II minutes
and 10 seconds The spectators could scarcely believe
that jenkins could have shown such wonderful en-
durance after the rough treatment he met in the
strength in the latter. The contest catch as
catch can
The racing outlook for yachts in home waters is
quite encouraging Most of the large clubs have
settled their dates. and these show an interest
ing variety of for all classes. from the small
est design craft up to the schooner yacht of
generous dimensions. There seems to be a general
inclination toward early races, the New-York
Yacht Club taking the lead of the big clubs in
this direction. Its first race the spring regatta,
is be sailed on May 80 for the first time in the
history of the club and glance at the full sched-
ue of dates shows that it intends encourage the
of small boats TO enter in the races. This.
after ALL is the true secret of success in these
contests well others. Encourage the young
by letting them understand that the races are
open TO them, and the older members will make it
a point to be on hand and to what kind OF a
sailor the boy is going to make. One Of the most
interesting classes this should be the fleet
of eighteen design 30-footers that HERE
shoff Is turning for members of the New-York
have owned and sailed larger yachts. but they be-
lieve In the small ones for genuine sport.
Il,
Rhodes DR.. Luther Halsey Gulick. G. NJ L Sacks.
Charles Dieges and other patrons of amateur sport
have contributed prizes for the indoor champion
ships Of the New-York Interscholastic Athletic
Association. TO be held in the sth Regiment Ar
mory on April !. These games. open to all secondary
schools in the United States. attracting great
interest in the schooboy athletic world. and prom
Ise to be notable for the high quality OF the en-
trants. Worcester Academy. Hill School OF Potts
town. Penn Charter of Philadelphia. Law
renceville. Brown Prep" Hotchkiss and many
others which contribute collegiate track and field
giants will be represented
The contests for seniors 60 yards go yards, 40
yards, $50 yards and mile; 50 yards hurdle high
Jump shot put and pole vault The junior events
60 yards and 20 yards Relay for juniors and
thirds OF mile and at one mile, respectively. The
point trophy viii be offered Entries close with
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