The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-07
GOOD SHOWING BY
 LOCAL ATHLETES
 Y.M.C. A. TRYOUT

The handicap meet of the Y M C. A. was held yesterday afternoon at Seaside park. While the meet was in teresting in itself. the chief interest lay in the showing of those athletes Who are to represent the local Y M. c. A. in the. State championship games to be held Saturday. September 18 at Seaside park. At that time 10 associa- eions from the various cities of the State will be represented by about 200 men. Not only does the winning team take the title of State champion for one year, but also receives one year s credit on the handsome F'airchild trophy. which will eventually pass in- to the possession of the team winning 1t three times. The cup was given to the State association by the jewelry firm of G. W. Fairchild & Son of this city. There are about 40 small cups which will be given for individual places in the events. which are to be the same as those held yesterday, ex- cept that a five mile run will be on the program.
 Yesterdays events were won as fol- lows. the handicapS have been award ed from the ability of the contestants as shown by the nightly try-outs:
 The 22O yard dash was won by Ben nett. with handicap of seven yards. swanson, scratch. a very close second Frederick, from the nine yard line, third. Time. "A 1-5 seconds.
 The twelve pound shot put was won by McGu1nness, scratch. His put was 40 1t. in. Hron. scratch. came second With put of 40 fit. 1 inch. Kilpatrick won third. putting the sphere 34 it. Il in.
 The finals of the 100 yard dash were next run off. This resulted in Bed worth winning first in 10 3-5 sec, An derson second. Swanson finished third.
 In the 40 yard dash some clever running was done by Bennett, who ran from the five yard line and won the event in 56 Is seconds. Anderson, scratch. came a close second, with Broderick third.
 McGuinness proved winr CT of the broad jump with 19 fit. i,-. This is a new association record. Rogers came second with jump of IS fit. 2 in., a in. Hron. Jumping from scratch. was third with a jump of IS it. 5 3-5 in.
 The $50 yard runs was a surprise as Frank Russell, youngster from the Boys Department, finished first in the time of 2 min. 1-5 seconds, twelve yards in the lead of Rogers the second man.
 The high jump was won by Don- nlng with jump of 4 it. 10 in. This, with his 4 in.. handicap, pulled if un to fit. 2 in. Caskey took second with a jump of 1t. 9 in. When the jump off for third was finally decided, it was found that Bedworth had jumped an inch higher than the winner of the
 a jump. his chance for first was gone. :,
 The mile run. the final event. was won by Comstock. With a handicap Of ninety yards. his time was 5 min. 3-5 sec. Mcclellan and Kelley, the two scratch men. made second and third. respectively, finishing about yards behind the winner. with Nc Clellan slightly in the lead
 The meet was refereed by Physical Director H. H. Heinhardt, who also acted as starter. The judges at the finish were W. s. Lacy. E. D. Shaw, c. A. Russell, and P. M McGuinness. Timer. R. A. Mckie. Scorer, Chas. hartmann. Clerk of course, w. c. Batchelor.
 AS there remains only two weeks be- fore Sept. 18th. Bridgeport's outlook is not very cheerful. Several physical. directors and other representatives of associations throughout the state were present to observe how the Bridge porters were getting on