Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-03
THE ATHLETIC MEET.
Not a Paying Crowd But the Sports
 Were Good.


 Although the athletic events at the Driving park Saturday under the aus pices of the A. o. H. were not flnan- cial success, nevertheless from sport ing point of view the day was one of the biggest ever held in this city. For some reason or other this city has always been backward in enthus- ing over track meets and field day sports. With such stars as Martin Sheridan, the worlds greatest ath- lete; Matt McGrath, who is fast slid- ing into the place of John Flannigan; the renowned hammer thrower; Dennis Horgan, of whom there are few bet ter; John Daly, the three mile cham pion runner; Melvin Sheppard, the crack Irish American runner; w. J. O'Connell, the champion broad dis ance jumper and all round athlete, one would think that more than 5,OOd would find their way to the Driving park. But they did not. The attend- ance reaching not more than half. that number The miserable trolley service undoubtedly had something to do with the size of the crowd. Instead of running a large number of extras, two cars were sent along at intervals. The people stranded on switches here and there realized they would reach the park some time before sundown and sunrise.
 The day was too cold for any of the world beaters to do any record breaking stunts. But the crowd did not expect any records smashed. They wanted to see the big ones per form and they were satisfied with what they saw. The results Of the various events follow:
 100 yards dash-Handicap- Win- ners in final heat-Northridge first. O'Rourke, second; OConnell, third. Time 10 3-5 seconds.
 100 yards dash-A. O.H.-Handicap Thomas Ryan, A O. H.. 5 yards, first, E. Quinn, Xavier A. A., ? yards second; Joseph Buckley, Hibernian A. C., 3 yards. third. Time Il seconds.
 800 yards run-Handicap-M. b. Kirjassoff, Yale, 36 yards, first; Mel win Sheppard, Irish American A. A. scratch, second; Dennis J. Ryan, '. NJ. C. A.. 40 yards, third. Time f uin- utes 5S seconds.
 One mile run-W. J. OConnell, Xavier A A, 45 yards, first; William E Gold, New Britain Y. M. c A, 70 yards, second; G. w. Carlson, unat- tached, S5 yards, third. Time 4 min utes A 1-5 seconds.
 40 yards run-Thomas Ryan, A O.. H., 24 yards, first; D. Frank. Irish American A A., 17 yards, second; William G. Nichols, Xavier A. A., 20 yards, third Time B seconds.
 22O yards run-James J. Archer, Irish American A. A., s yards, first, Lunyi c. Northridge, Irish American A. A., 3 yards, second; J. F. Horan, New Haven A. C., 15 yards, third. Time g seconds.
 Three mile run-John J. Daly, Irish American A. A.. scratch, first; Will liam E. Gould New Britain Y. NJ. c. A.. 13O yards, second; Frand Maron, unattached, ITO yards third. Time ! 15 minutes, 56 seconds.
 Throwing discus-Charles Stilson, | unattached. 9 feet, first with throw of 114 feet, 3A inches; Dennis Hor- gan, N. Y A. C., 9 feet, second with throw of Ill feet. 3a4 inches; Mar | tin J. Sheridan, Irish American A. A., | scratch, third with throw of 1:G feet, 41a inches.
 Putting 16 ID shot-Dennis Horgan, N. Y. A. C., scratch, first, actual dis tance 45 feet + inch; Charles Stil- son, unattached, feet. second, ac- tual distance, 37 feet. 10A inches; Martin J. Sheridan. Irish American A A., scratch, third, actual distance 42 feet, 4a. inches.
 Throwing 16 ID hammer-Matt Nc Grath, N. Y A. C.. scratch, first, ac- tual throw 159 feet: Dennis Horgan, N. Y. X. C., 20 feet, second. actual throw 13i feet. 101a inches: Martin T. Sheridan, Irish American A A, 30 feet actual thirow 107 feet, 6 inches. Pole vault-Claude Allen Irish American A. A., scratch, first. actual height II feet G inches: II. W. Case. Hartford Y. NJ. c. A., IS inches. sec ond. actual height 9 feet inches: w. A Mcleod. Irish American A. A.. F inches third, actual height Q feet | inches.
 Running broad jump-H. G. Little john, Xavier A. A., 24 inches, first, actual jump 20 feet, 9 inches: J .F. O'Connell, \. Y. A. C., scratch. sec ond, actual jump 22 feet. G inches; | w. X. Mcleod. Irish American A. A., 24 inches, third, actual jump 10 feet, ! inches.
 Hop. step and jump-JOhn Ahern, Hibernian X. C.. New Haven. ] feet, first, actual distance 34 feet, 6 inches; James F. o'COnnelI. \. Y. A. C., scratch, second, actual distance Il feet inches: only three contestants, William C.. Nichols. Xavier \. A., dis qualified for fouling.
 Throwing 2s pound weight-Dennis Horgan. scratch, first. actual throw 34 feet 1111 inches; Martin !. Sheridan, second. g feet. Si4 inches: J. F. O'ConneII. third. % feet l inch.