The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-01
THE ATHLETIC
MEET HELD On
ANDREWS FIELD

promoters had entertained as to it's sue
cess. The cream of New England ath-
letes were there. and with perfect wealth.
er conditions fast track, competent of~
flcials and everything that conduced TO
line afternoons sport. the crowd OF moro
than 5000 enthusiastic men, women and
children enjoyed themselves TO the ut
most.
AS a variation to the field and track
sports the committee. OF which d.
Henry Manning was the head, had pro-
vided wrestling between well-knOwn ex-
perts, calsthenic drill of 500 school
children OF the city OF Providence. and an
exhibition by athletes from the \. NJ. Z.
A.. The whole combined TO make up
Among the athletes whose names are
known wherever field and track sports
are indulged In, were Tom Keene. the Ia
! nous sprinter who ran the 100 yard dash
In 10 seconds flat; Sheehan OF South Bos-
ton. the crack amateur middle distance
man. Eaton, OF the b. A. A., one OF the
fastest amateur lM-yarders In this coti,-
try; j. j. Lee. OF the B: \. A.. o crack
amateur distance man; j, j. sullivan, OF
the South Boston Athletic club. who
probably has no equal In the Fast among n
b. A. A.; II. a. Gidney. of the p. A. A,
an amateur high jumper of the very. first
rank. and who made 6 feet u inch In
that event; B. G. morrill,; IN New Ensisnd ana
last, but by no means least. w. w. Coe,
OF the Il. A. A. champion shot-puttcr OF
the world. with record or 40 teet
inches which has never been equalled by
amateur or professional In this or any
other country. .
In addition to this list OF the cream OF
Now England athletes, there were man?
others Representing athletic associau 3ls'
colleges and schools all over New Eng
land. AS usual In field and track meets
where the best of Eastern athletes COM
pete. the majority OF the prizes went 10
the men from Greater Boston, the ~. A.
A.. and the South Boston Athletic cluo
being the names most often in front.
Everything was run of without any
thing like Mitch, the crowd was or
derly and thoughtful In keeping out
of the way of the runners, the police
Arrangements were adequate, and the
OFFICIALS did their part of the work
In a manner that left nothing what
ever to be desired. Mayor p. J. Nc
Carthy was on hand, and. with Or.
Manning. who acted as marshal OF the
day, took general charge OF things.
At an appropriate moment the mayor
made a few remarks. in which he took
occasion to pay tribute TO Chairman
Manning, and the others on the va
rious committees to whom Is due the
credit for the remarkable success OF
this feature OF the Old Home Week
celebration.
In the amateur events Eaton of the
r. A. A., running from scratch in the
short dash, took his trial heat. and
then the final very handily, doing the
final In 10 lis. Johnny Mayhem or
Brown was in this event. but after
taking second in his trial he was not
in II IA the heat for second men. In
the one mile A. w. Middleton. an East
Providence man, ran corking race TO
victoA He got 35 yards handicap,
and SULLIVAN of South Boston. who won
the event at the Wood Island races
| on the previous day. was set back 10
yards behind scratch as a reward for
that piece OF work. Tom Reardon OF
the b. A. A., who came In second 10
to Longboat in the Marathon, was
given 10 yards. Sullivan caught his
field before the third lap was finished,
but the effort was too much, and In the
final sprint Haddleton. who had kept
his wind In great shape, was there
with q dozen yards TO spare. Sullivan,
plunging down the stretch with gritted
teeth, beat out Reardon by the same
distance 1t was a great contest. and
all OF the men, Of whom there were
eight, ran for all they were worth.
In the shot put Coe, who holds the
worlds record. made a fine throw OF A
feet III inches, but he was too heavily
Handicapped and failed to secure place.
B. c. Morrill, OF Bowdoin college. Bruins
wick. Me-, won the event. The summary:
Professional events: Hundred yard dash
Won by Tom Keene, Boston: Holway,
Manville second; Guertain, South Bos-
ton, third. Time 10 seconds.
Quarter-mile run-Won by Tipple. Prov
idence; Sullivan. South Boston, second;
Tom Keene, Boston, third. Time 81 10
seconds.
Mile run-won by Kanaly Cambridge;
Doughty. Providence. second; Barthing,
Providence, third. Time 4 minutes 2s sec
onds.
Amateur events: Hundred-yard dash
First heat won by w. s. Eaton. B. A. A.
(scratch); Carl Robertson, Boston %
yards). second Time 10 2-5. Second heat
Won by L. r. Wheeton (6 yards). lam
bridgeport Gym; John w. Mayhem.
Brown (2h yards) second. Time 10 1-5
Third heat-Won by N. #. Flatley. South
Boston A. c. "a yards): j. A. Connolly
Boston Qh yards). second. Time 10 2-5
seconds. Heat for second men won by
Carl Robertson, Boston. Time 10 20. FL
nal heat--Won by Eaton: F1atley, second:
Robertson, third. Time 10 1-5 seconds.
Putting 16-pound shot-Won by r. c.
Morrill,, Bowdoin e feet 8 inches), 40 feet
3h inches; F. L. Hopkins, South Boston
A. C. q feet inches) second. 45 feet u
inch; ]. j. Cody, Cambridgeport Gym
(s feet inches). third. A feet inches
(Coe. worlds champion. threw from
scratch, ~ feet III inches.)
440-yard run-won by q. f. Riley, st.
Alphonsus Gym. Boston (21 yards): l.. f.
Wheaton. Cambridgeport Gym (2s yards),
second; r. G. Cook, Providence (21 yards),
third Time so s-5 seconds.
sso-yard run-Won by f. p. Sheehan.
South Boston (minus 81; J. +. sConnolly.
South Boston A. c. go yards), second; J.
D. Grant, Providence (3s yards). third
Time minutes 6 2-5 seconds
One-mile run-Won by A. w. Haddle-
tou, Roger Williams A. c.. East Provi-
dence (35 yards); j. J. Sullivan, South
Boston A. c. (minus 10). second: T. r.
Reardon, Boston A. G. 90 yards), third.
Time 4 minutes 80 2-5 seconds.
Running high jump-won by II. A. Cid
ney, p. A. G. (scratch). 8 feet u inch: J.
| J. Cody. Jr., Cambridgeport Gym. q
inches), 6 feet. second; II. l.. Smith.
| woonsocket high school 6ih inches), 8
| feet iIik inches. third.
Three-mile run-won by T. II. Dow
| ling, South Boston A. G. d30 yards): j.,
J. Lee, d. A. A. (scratch), second: J. r.
Ballard. Exeter Cise yards). third. Time
| Is minutes 6s seconds.
Broad jump--Won by c. W. Faulkner.
| st. A. A. q foot inches) % feet inches:
j. II. Mayhem. Brown g inches). second.
| q feet IL inches: III. l.. Smith, WConsock-