Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1890, Page 2

ad THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.,~ SATURDAY, BRAWNY AND SPEEDY. Athletes Who Contest on Analostan Island Today. THE ATHLETIO UNION MEET. —_—_ Record Breakers From New Yeork—BRae ton Fiyere— Welverine Bepresenta- Uves—The Home Contingeat—A Gala Day en the Island. > NALOSTAN Island to- day becomes the most im- portant spot in the universe as far as can be reliably ascertained—to the eye of an athlete, It holds the best talent of America, it con- ‘aing one of the most en- thusiastic crowds that ever gathered in Washington to witness the feats of bumaa skill The Columbia Ciub is doing itself proud im the manner of receiving the Vigiting qthletes end in the way in which the ipland bag been arranged to accommodate the games. At no time in its history has this loc: organization been so prominent in athletic cir- eles, and g)though its men are not hopeful of Capturing many, if any, prizes, the showing they are making js very creditable indeed. Washington is to be congratulated upon the epportynity of seeing such sport as ig going on ‘Scrosp the rivep, and it iyto be hoped that the example thys set of the heights to which man ean develop himself will prove a healthy stim- utus to the ambition of the local aspirant for bouors op the track and fjeld, so that the next time thet the championship games of the A.A. U, are held on Analostan Island, which it isnot st all improbable will not be very far off, the Washington athletes wili demand and receive recognition as being in the first class of medal winners, FROM EVERYWHERE. ‘There gre competitors for honors here from almost everywhere, but the majority of the pagple whe take part in the games are from New York, which is doubtiess the most enthu- siastic city qn the continent, having no less than sixteen regularly organized clubs in the metropolis alone. Most of these clubs are well established, having been in organization for some years, while afeware recent entries en the ficld. An example of this is to be found in the Potomac Club of this city, which, though it has been in the field of general athletics for about a coupie of years, has only been 8 mem- ber of the A.A,U. for a few months, CLUBS AND THEIR DEVICES. The elybs have exercised a wide diversity of taste in the selection af emblematic devices to signify their character and location, and, as these emblems gre often the only means of identifying their wearers with their clubs, a fewot the most important have been repro- duced and areused as the initial letters of some of the following short articles descriptive of the men who are taking part in the games, The one at the head of this introduction is that of the Acorn Club of Broekiyn. The large *R” to be found elsewhere on this page belongs to the Ridgefield Club of Albany, while the uyique “M" further down the columns is the device of the Yonkers Club, Below will be found a few sketches intended to give the readers of Taz Star an idea of what manner of men the athletes composing thé union happen to be. The examples chosen are thoroughly representative, and show the en, except in afew cases, in their athletic costumes. For invaluable aid rendered in the collection and preparation of the information and portraits that appear here and have ap- pegged elsewhere in these articles the thanks of a Stag are due to Messrs. J. E. Sullivan, .; F. W. Janssen, S.LA.C.; F. A. Ware, 2 H. E. Cornish, B.A.A.; F. W. Eddy, D. A.C.; George W. Carr, M.AC.; W. B. Curtis, NYAC.; Walter G. Schuyler, N.Y.A.C.; Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia; Harry M. Millan, A.C.8.N., and Howard Perry and 5. H. Stinemetz, C.A.C, THE NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB. Men Who Wear the Winged Foot Upon Their Breasts. HE greatest number of ath- letes come from the east, and in fact @ majority of them hail from the metropolis—at least as far as the purposes of this meet go. New York is, and will for many years be, the main center in athletic matters, as in many other things, and it is not strange that her delegation should be so large, The Manhattan and New York clubs are in themselves almost as large, as regards mem- bosship, as half » dozen of some of the smaller ones, and this year each is putting forth an un- ugual amount of energy for the purpose of get- ting as near as possible to the winning of the i With few exceptions, it may be stated fearlessly, the winners are from these two clubs, and most of the men holding records bear upon their breasts the winged footof the New Yorks or the cherry diamond of the Maubattans. These two em- sign of hard work, careful train- termingtion to win, and whenever wearing them take part im the same race 8 fierce contest is sure to ensue. The New York Athletic Club has won the great plaque ever since its donation and the men put forth by it today are of the best sort. ‘They are trained to win and to make points for the elub, and in no organization is there 9 bet- ter discipline among its members, The club has sixty-one entries in the events. Pcie al Ss W. C. DOHM, CHAMPION QUARTER MILE. ‘The name of W. C. Dohm, champion quarter- myfle ranner, is well known all over the country, apd when it was reported, ys ago, that be had sprained his ankle and would not be able to run at this meet, there was a good deal of disappointment among those ted to see his style, and as much joy on the part of those éntered im the saure event from other etabs. We is « graduate of Princeton College, and is about twenty-one and @ half years of age. He stands 5 foet 9 inches and weighs 148 pounds aa coadition. ving hurt his knee play- took up rupning and jority that attracted the ity tral: Robi His 9, 1888, ren at sprint race was run sud won et Prineston, the time being 5334. Three days later nd a few days i and pin 8 as - uarter at game o: i. Ms.6. in $2 25. He soon became a r of the New York Club and was sent Ae He § ! first | Island, June 38, where he was born in Rutland, Vt, October 2, 1861, and as 8 lad was a leader in sport successful trials as a ru: athlete he turned his atte: vaulting and in thishe has After several un- and all-round ion wholly to pole excelled. His firat vietory was won at the Scottish gamesin Jer- sey City, May 31, 1831, where he cleared 8 feot Sinches, After that for several months he was forced to be content with second places. but he persevered, until he bega2 to win from the best of the men who handied the long pole. He placed the record for the vauit in this country atthe games of the New York Club In 1887, when he c! ‘ed the bar at 11 feet 5 inches, en- tirely without precedent, ALEZANDEB JORDAN, JUMPER, RUNNER AND BUR- DLER, Alexander Jordan is one of the most popular athletes in the country, and in his character as an all-round man he has won some handsome He started as a walker in the Scot- Thanksgiving day in 1879 and he was then beaten, and this operation repeated so often at the beginning of his career that he was on the point of giving up when ho gave himself one more try. This was at the games of the Irish-American Club in 1880, and the victory he then achieved—winning a mile walk in 8.82—gave him new hope. ‘Then, for a pe- riod, he kept finishing second, and’ finally he decided to pay attention strictly to the field events, particularly hurdle racing. His first reeord work was done in June, 1856, when ne ran against tiie over the 120-yard hurdle course and beat the best performance by fin- ing in 161-5 seconds. In London, June, . he won at the long jump as the repre- sentative of the N. Y. A. C. in the English games, making 21 feet 5 inches, and at later games wou again in 5 inches longer. At the meeting in Detroit last year he won the hurdle cham- pionship for the fourth consecutive time— 16 1-5—and in Canada later won the long-jump championship. He is in the field as a contest- ant for the honor of the all-round champion- ship of the A.A.U., and taking into cousidera- tion the fact that he holds seven records at in- termediate distances in various events, he may be regarded as a good man to watch. OEORGE RB. GRAY, CHAMPION George R. Gray is another of the New York Club's record-holding members, being the champton shot putter of the world, He is a Canadian of Seoteh parentage and is twenty. four years old. His youthful performances with the shot at the Caledonian games in his neighborhood gave him a -local reputation, whieb resulted in a heavy handicap being put upon him when he entered the games of the Toronto Club in 1885. Og this occasion he put the shot (sixteen pounds) a sufficient distanee to earn the victory, and thenceforth he went an athlete. His woaderful work with the shot excited curiosity, and in 1887 he was invited by the New York Club to take partin scratch contest in New York. He was out of trim, and though he Ld entered the game with a determination to break the record, he had to be content with @ bare vie- tory. ‘A few days later he gave another per- formance, which resulted in giving the recor4 tohim, and he has kept it ever sincs. He joined the New Yorks in 1883, and since then e has won many a championship point for that organization. His best distance with the shet is 44 feet 5 inches, THE CHERRY DIAMOND. Some of the Manhattan Club’s Crack Men. MERE is no more active mem- T ber of the A.A.U. than the Man- hattan Athletic Club, which, although but recently in the union rauks, is now one of the chief com- petitors for the general prize. This club has a magnificent prop- erty in New York, owning the handsomest eiub house in the country. Its members are men of position, wealth and good standing and their records as athletes are most honorabl ‘The club bas niusty-eight entries in this m: including some of the very best talent in the country. Goorge, Lange, Ware, Roddy, Pot- ter, Norton and Estes are well known in their respective branches. ¥. ¥. CARR, RUNNER, F. F. Cacr first ran a race as a representative of Williams College at a meeting of the N.E. LAA. at Worcester, May 28, 1890, where he won second place in the one-mile run and two- mile run, C, O. Wells winning both races. His time in one mile was 4.382-5. His next race Was at the eastern championship at Staten ird in the ree-milerun, July 4 he rane mile race from scratoh at the games of the Tremont sete SH chek titanate taten tem! in the two-mile steeplechase sipotenion, at River- side Athletic Ciub games, September 6, but did not win a place in éither. ¥. A. WARS, & GREAT WALKER, ia it of ce. In 1886 he won the fa pola experien : hn gcpe At of the Beventh t Athletic Association he prizes in the | armory record for the half and one-mile walk, the latter being 7 minutes 10 seconds. His in- door record for the mile run is 4 minutes 56 seconds. In 1896 he won first place in the doubles at the Lake George regatta. During ve years he has competed in eon- ing, running, rowiny i bicycling, jumping. hurdiing and possesses nearly 200 trophies to te mes, recently, armory record (3.40 2-5) for the half-mil hich he reduced hy 13 seconds, eom- ppeared in athletic sports asa star when he entered the Scottih-Ameri- can games at Jersey City inthe fall of 1886, where he won the half-mile walk from the thirty-five-yard mark in 1.69%. In 1888 he won the half-mile seratch raco at the Cape May Club games, defeating scveral cracks. On Labor day, in 1888, he easily won the six-hundred- yurd handicap race from the twelve-yard mark Tn 1,11 35. At the championship gamney of the union in Detroit that year he ran third to Tracy of Nova Scotia and C. M. Smith of Now York Athletic Club. At the farewell meeting of the Gaclio A.A. at Ma under the auspices of the he won the quarter mile handicap race, defeatin Mahoney, the Irish champion, who had jus wou the N.A-A,A.A.‘s balf-mile championship, In December of “83 he met with an accident that kept him out of active compotition in athletics until about a month ago, Ae 8 ToD ad d in one-mile rw, ‘at Oak Island, he wag d ‘and second in Oge-pella run, 18, af the same place, he was ret in hop, step and dpm. On July 4, at the Trimount games, ton, he was first in running broad, with 19 feet 7\¢ inches. August 5 be made American amateur reoord at running hop, step and jump, clearing 44 fopt 5 inches against the wind. @. L, BATCHELDER runs in the 880 yard tace. He has been ran- ning for two yoars with good suecess. His first important victory was at tho N.Y.A.C. game May 31, when he won the’ Novice 880 in 2.073¢. At the Country Club, May 17, he ran third in the 880 and third in the steeplechase. Atth ‘n championship he finished fourth inthe 87) and was timed in 2.0234, He isa young «/alete, hip not a name as having ‘When he easily took airs some stock was then taken in the 94-5 The fapt is Qwen did fj thay day heed = vA seconds, e timing — ecu- rate an: e by experienced ere was, however, a stroug wind at his back. and so no record was claimed. At the same gqmes he won the 220-yard handicap from scratch in 22 second, and the 440 yards in 52 2-5 seconds, YX JEWETT, SPRINTER. Harry Jewett was one of those selected to come to Washington as a representative of the D.A.C., but he recently fell ill of typhoid fever and is now in ped. old, 6 feet 1 inch high and He is & good ball pl: naturally to all kinds of competed until this season in outside games, his first appoarance at Ann Arbor this Re ing yn Open race. whi he was beaten in 10 100-yards race by Owen. At those gam however, he showed great ebility, winnii running hop. -step-and-jump, the jump and taking the second prize ning high jump. He next appeared e rn championship of tho A.A.U., June 15, he met agai to win. 1G, LONG DISTANCE RUNNER New Jersey Athietic Club, one of the fastest long distance runners in the country, The cut shows bim in position for his famous start. ZIMMERMAN, THE JERSEY FLYER. Arthur A. Zimmerman, the famous bicyell of the New Jersey Athletic Club, lowered Willie Windle’s colors in races at Peoria, Lil. was born at Camden, N.J., in 1969, and was educated at the Freehold In= stitute, at Freehold, X.J. He fs about 6 feet im height, slenderly but powerfully built, and hae pole vault, 10 feet; shot put (16 pounds), 96 feet 5inches. He is twenty-two years old and weighs in condition 145 pounds. and strong east wind. ip games he also took second place in the running broad jump and the third in the running high jump. Since then be has rut 100-yard races from the scratch in 10 1-6 seo- represents the club in the run Ho is twonty-two years of a: and jumps at 142 pounds, He has been gaged in gymnastics for five years. In June, 1888, he won a first prize in pole vault and first in hop, step and jump at Boston. February 22, 1889, he won first in the running high jump atthe Roxbury Latin School games, Boston, id in April won same event at Waltham, Mass. In June at Neponset he was first in t! broad jump, July 4, Lake Walde first Rritee in both running high gnd running broad, Franklin Park, Labor day, second prizes went to him in both standing broad and Fanning hop. stop and jump, November, at Wo- burn, be finished first in running high and in pole vault; February 15, 1 ning high at B.A.A. 5 feet 81¢ inches; March 8, 8, first in runnin, high. 58%. In Harvard open gam 29, he beat Fearing, jumping 5 feet 10) off boards with rubber-soled shoes; May 10, at the Manhattan games he was second in running high 5 May 17, he was tied with Sherman place at Berkeley games, 58!¢. At eastern championships, June 28, he won the running high with 5113(. He is steadily im- roving and hopes to do 6 feet before retir ing. made his mark asa plucky and hardy rider in many adash. His work gt Peoria was some- tof asurprise, when he defeated Windle about two fect in the quarter-mile dash, time 86 geconds, and in the 10-mile American championship, time 82m. 1 8-58. He also won the one mile ordinary handicap in 2m, 32 3-58, at Syracuse, Zimmerman recently brought the time for a half mile down to Im. 188., which now stands as the amateur record, Zimmerman’s father is an enthusiast on bicycling. and accompanies his talented som on nearly allof his important engagements, The flyer rides a Star wheel, and in so doing ig & wonder on the track. ©. B, GEORGE, CHAMPION RUNNER. ©. B. George w: land, January 9, 1868, stands 5feet 9 inches in height and weighs in athletic costume 135 jounds, Commenced running in July, 1884, in October, 1883, he sailed for New York and ran his first race in America at the A.A.U. indoor championship mecting November 15, which he won. During the season of 1899 Mr. George was very successful at the games pro- moted by the Adelphia A.C. during June and July. He won the 4, spend 3-mile races and was placed second in the 2 and 6 miles. At the Prospect Harriers’ gamos, August 17, he won the open mile; at the American A.C. games, August 24, he wonthe open mile from scratch; |+ at the Now Jersey A.C. games, August 20, he won the }¢-mile handicap; et the Staten Island AG. Labyr day games he won the 34-mile handicap; at the Caledonian games, September 7, he wonthe scratch mile race; st Travas Isiand, September 14, he won the A.A.U. 1-mile pharppionship; atthe M.A.C. games, Septem- ber 21, he won tne 2-mile steeplechase cham- Pionship; at Toronto, Ont,, September 23, he won the 1 and 2-mile championship of Canada; the New Y. A jotober 5, he won at the Allerton ctober 19, he won the 4-mile t the Staten Island c. games, won the open }4-mile run, His jeason was at the indoor cl amping onds at Chicago, Detroit and Syracuse, N. ¥. At the last games of the Detroit Athletic Club he was advertised to make an attempt to break the American running hop-step-and-jump : uceeed at the first trial, covering inches, His other records are as follows; Running high jump, 5 feet*l10 inches; 100-yard dash, 10 1-5 seconds; running broad jump, 21 feet 48/ inches; putting 16-pound shot, 85 fect 10 inches; 1-mile race, 6 minutes 2-5 seconds, “| pionship megting held qt Boston, April 12, ORTON, QUARTER-MILE RUNNER. John T. Norton, quarter-mile runner, is twenty-three years old, 5 feet 7 inches high and weighs 140 pounds. He began work on the track as a member of the Brooklyn A. A., and soon after joined the M. A.C. Since 1886 he hae won over » hundred prizes, His first appearance was in March, 18%, at the eigh: regiment games, winning the quarter-mile run. Later m the year, at the 8. L A. C. games, he won the 2:20 hurdle from the fourteen- yard mark in 27 seconds. He has run his quarter in 58 secouds and deserves a place among the top-notch people, 4. 8. RODDY, RUNNER AND JUMPER, J, 8. Roddy has been in athletics since Octo- ber, 1887, winning his first race in the Prince- ton College fall handicap from scratch in the 440-yard run, The time was 59 seconds and made anew college record. From that time until the following March id uo athletic work, but then went into training for the inter- collegiate games, He certainly was the most awkward runner in the country when he began and still retains traces of this frait, but he man- ages, nevertheless, to get there frequently. At the Princeton College games he found no su- cessful competitor at his distance, the half mile, until this spring, when Dohm defeated him in both the quarter and half-mile runs. At the fall games of 1889 he ma new half-mile college record of 2 minutes, 5}¢ seconds, In the indoor games, Washington's birthday, 1889, he won pla jumping 5 feet, 2 inches in the running high {inp es the following th in fhe nail mile, the winner daing 2 minutes 2 sec- onds, and the half-mile run of the A. 0. 8, N., Philadelphia, Pa., a week later, from the peyre dant mark, int mimes mes Lao g t the @ pionship meeting, rt in both the half and quarter- an “mee oan Seer eee ecrate! seco! ‘2 ears old before he Lacing 4 was twenty-three began to take part in order al to keop in g %. ©. POTTER, VAULTER AND JUMPER, E. C. Potter, a junior in Dartmouth College, {sa now man in athletics, in which he first be- when he was defeated by G. soarieg in the 1,000-yards ran by 1 yurd, in record time for a be: floor, 2.22){. At the M.A.C spring games he won the 1,000-yards run from scratch; tthe N.Y.A.C, spring games he won the scratch mile; at the Sons of St. George games, August 11, he won the 2-mile race from scratch; at Syracuse, August 21, he won the scratch mile; at the American A.C. games, August 23, he won the }¢-mile run from scratch; &t the New Jersey A.C. games, August 80, he won the the }4-mile run trom 5-yard mark; in the }¢- mile vorateh race at the Staten Island games, September 1, he was beaten 18 inches by W. C. Downs in 1.58 4-5; at the M.A.C. members games, August 27 and September 10, he won the mile race from scratch; at the M.A.C. open gamea, Septembor 20, he ran sebond in the 1¢-mile run from 5-yard mark. T. F. CONNEFF, LONG DISTANCE RUNNER, T. F. Conneff is ranked as one of the most likely men who have made long distance run- ning their specialty. He is an Irishman by birth and_ his early athletic performances were on the soil of the Emerald Isle, Asin the case of many another man in this ‘line his succes has been achieved after many a discouraging defeat. He first achieved a reputation as a steeplechaser, and at seventeen was a prom- ising distance runner. In 1887 he won the Irish championship honors in two events, and at that time he defeated Carter, the then distance ¥, R. PEréns is captain of the foot balltegm. He won nu- merous prizes at the St. Paul's school and his first (notable race was at Mechanics’ Hall, Bos- ton, February 15, when he beat Downes for firat place in the 830 yards handicap. Atter Downes had passed him on the last lap Peters made a brilliant finish and beat him at the tape. At the in-door championship he won second in the 600 yards run, beating Devereaux and five others, He ran the 600 yards in 1.16 1-5 at the N.Y. A. ©, gamea May 30, which was remark. e considering the field of starters he was obliged to pass. On May 17, at the Cai try Club, Brookline, Mass., he won the 880 yards run in 2.05 over a poor track, On the same day he won second jn the 440 qnd first in & potato race. He is club champion light- weight boxer, stands 5 feet 8!¢ inches and runs at 145 pounds, He ig a gume runner anda strong finisher. DANIEL LONG, ALL-ROUND ATHLETE, Daniel Long represents the B, A. A. in the runping high jump and 5¢-pound weight. He is without doubt one of the best all-round ath- letes in the country today. He is twenty-three years of age, stands 5 fect 11 inches and weighs 180 pounds, He has won hundreds of dollars’ worth of medals during the past five years in and around Boston, and at the indoor cham- pionships threw the 56-pound weight for height, winning second place with 14 feet 1 inch, although obliged to use a strange handle. At the eastern championships he threw the 16- ound hammer feet. jumped 5 feet 03¢ inches and threw the Se-pound weight 29 feet 434 inches, winning second in each of the last two events, This was a remarkable per- formance and one that has few equals, He has jumped over six feet im practice and will deubtiess develop into a first-class all-round man, ¥. 7. DUCHARME, WESTERN HURDLER, Fred T. Ducharme of the Detroit Athletic Club has been identified with that clnb e ‘ its organization, over three years ago. He w twenty-two years old, 5 feet 9 inches high and weighs about 152 pounds. He has doubtless won more first prizes than any other western athlete and his collection embraces over sixty first medals, won during the last three or four years, He holds today the western champion- ship for both the high and low hurdles. Last fall at Travers Island he led in the high hurdle race for the United States championship by aclear yard, but struck s soft spot in the ground at the ninth hurdle, and falling, lost what looked to be acertain victory. His best records are as follows: 120-yard hurdles, 17 seconds, but in this race he bas never been ushed jn the west and has run trials in 162-5 seconds; 220-yards hurdles, 2 6 inches high, 26 1-5 seconds; high jump, 5 feet 7 inches; standin; broad jump, 10 feet 1 inch; running bri jump, 21 feet 24 inches; 100-yard » 10 2-5 seconds. He is also @ fine pole vaulter, fair ad shot putter and hammer thrower and for his weight slings the 56-pound weight well. is a first-class standing high jumper. He is a graduate of Ann Arbor University and ex- tremely popular wherever he is known. He now holds the all-round championship of the D.A.C. He is the most modest of wim a 8 cheerful loser, i be a remarkabl Another man who was oxpected to show up well at the meet, but who has not been able to come down, is Archie Brown, whose breast shows the trophies of many « victory won in championship contests, His absence will be severely felt by ths Jerseymen. HE COMES ALONE, Mr. Burkhardt to Kepresent the Pas« time Club. ANY of the clubs that are represented here today though classed in compar ison with such organiza- tions as the N.Y. and M.A. C. as minor clubs, are, ia reality, strong combina- tions of skillfal men. It is by no means sure that some of these men will capture prizes in the events ahead of the cracks, on whom the greatest expectations are centered. It is pretty certgin, just before any meet, that some dark. horses will be developed, and no surprise ig ever manifested by the oldermen if certain races or other events are won by com} tive novices, Burkhardt, whose portrait follows, not exactly a novice, but is quite young e1 to be called a new comer on the track and ©. R. BARDEEN represents the club in the walks, He is alsoa member of the Harvard Athletic Association and has been walking but one season. He hai ry fast time in practice, and at th legiate games last spring was amon; jers in the last 220 yards, when he was disqualified. : FROM THE WOLVERINE STATE, Contestants Who Come All the Way From Detroit. N all-round ability none of Yj the competitors in CONNEF?’S FINISH, champion ef America, who was abroad to rep- resent the N.Y.A.C. at the international games, After this the Manhattan Club induced him to come to this country, and he has since been winning points for that club very regularly. He is now the captain of the Manhattan Har- riers. Last year he went back across the water as a member of the M.A.C. and won the cham- pionships in both England and Ireland. W te Jack, the famoue Scotch harrier, is now a member of tho Manhattan Club, and competes today in the Land 5-mile runs, He is twenty-three years of age and 5 teet 334 in height. He has won over fifty prizes amounting to about $900 in value. His } games today excel those §ret important engagement was in an inter- . iB} from the land of Wolver- club contest between Edinburgh and Liverpool : fines, who bear on their in 1885. The distance was 4 miles, in ; MM corters tin taack Setles hich he was second. Between 1885 and 1887 mn @ great many events the most noticea- lo being the Ferguslie Park cup, in a 5-mile handicap, The cup was to be won twice, not necessarily in successign, He won jt for the year 1887 and again in 1888, thus becoming tion of them—only four— 3 but each represents the ‘owner of the trophy. Since he came to Amerion, a year ago, he has not been able to get back highest development in his ‘Wm. Burkhardt represents the Pastime A.C, hie running form on account, he thinks, of the own field, There Ow of New York in the walking events, He now holds the championship in the shorter waik¢ .d as one of the best heel-and-toe country, although but twenty-twq Dp elimate being so warm, FAVORITES FROM THE HUB Representatives of the Boston Amateur Athletie Associatiun. Jowett, Ducharme and O’Brien, each meaning to do his best, and backed by @ record showing thet best to be very good. EM OWEN, SPRINTER. John Owen, jr., D. A.C., is champion ama- teur sprinter of the United States for 100 and 220'yards. He commenced running in 1889, making his first ap- earance at the in- loor meeting of the D.A.C., in January of that year in the noy- foe yards ron which he easily won. He is 5 feet 8 inches in t and BOSTON SENDS DOWN A number of good men to de- fend the honor of the Hab; men who have won on otber tracks and fields. These men are members of the Boston Amateur Athletic Association, Glub in the pole vaulting contest, Last year | dition. . he was second in this event in the A.A U, THE SCHUYLKILL NAVY. championship games on Travers’ Isjand, and ao, shortly afterward won second in the & Prominent Member of the Athistie ebampionship games, being beaten on Union—Its Representatives. Stones of England, who —_— qetetity reilly z f