The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1896, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1896. SMASHED FIELD RECORDS Coast Athletes Compefe for Hours in Innumerable Contests. HIGH VAULTING AND JUMPING. Cyclers Spin Around an Arena in Which Men Are Struggling for Victory. An idesl affernoon, 2000 spectators, fom: and a half hoursof athletic contests, partici- pated in by the largest number of athletes ever yet assembled for a field day on the Pacific Coast, such were the most notable features of the meet held at Central Park yesterday for the financial benefit of the University -of California team that pur- poses to-make another tour of the East to iry its prowess. Incidentally it was also the coast cham- pionship meet, although the track was | such 'that the kigh hurdles had to be omitted, and no great speed conld be made on it, notwithstanding its slove. The 100- | yard. straightaway was down grade, but | the soft earth partly offset the advantage that resuited to the sprinter. From the table of clubs entering the | track and feld contests it may be seen that | Berkeley was out in force, while even the | best of her rivals were represented by only | a few individuals. The time made -in the track events was uniformly poor, the fault being partly with the track. In the field events, however, some sur- | prises were recorded. Dole of Stanford | proved that his disappointing vaulting in | the intercollegiate meet was due to an in- jury, for yesterday he smashed the coast record with ease, clearing the bar at 10 feet 10 1-3 inches. Lioyd of the State Uni- versity also beat the old record with a vault of 10 feet 91¢ inches, and Chick of Berkeley and Hoffman of the Oakland High Schoot did record work by going over the height of 10 feet 5 inches. Another surprise was Patterson’s won- | zisga detful performance in the running high | jump. Without any training and relying solely upon his natural aptitude as a | jumper he raisea the coast record to 5 feet 11 2-5 inches, proving his right to the title | of coast champion, an honor he won a year ago. In A. M. Walsh, one of this City’s high school boys, the coast possibly has its fu- ture champion walker. His brilliant ex- | hibition against .the veteran Mer- win of the university team was one of the prettiest of the ‘whole list of spectacular | track events. With a long even stride well and rapidly placed he combines al- most perfect body’ movement that makes | his style more nearly like such men as | Horace Coffin and Henry Timm than any | of the men who have attempted tnis try- ing event in latter years. Another High School boy, whose ability promises better things, is young Drum, the all-round athlete of this City. But the greatest triumph of the A. A. L. was Cheek’s shotput; an Oakland High | School boy, and a coast record maker with the heavyweight. He beat Edgren and Lloyd of Berkeley and smashed the record with a put of 41 feet 814 inches. | Edgren was'not able to do his best with | either the shot or the hammer. The latter he hurled 136 feef 1114 inches. His trainer, Thomas Carroll, holder of | five world’s records as a professional ham- | mer-thrower, gave an exhibition- of his own peculiar style and at the same time wentin to raise the record with a 14-pound hammer. Well, he did it, an increase of a little . matter of "about 20 feet. Carroll’s new world’s record is'now 171 feet 9 inches for the 14-pound hammer. As a whole, the athletic programme ‘was promptly cartied along, but there was too much for the money.: Innumerable bicycle races on a sensational looking, six- lap, high-graded ‘track wouid in them- | selves have constituted a big _day’s sport, but when all the track and field events were combined with these it became tire- some after about four hours. The great majority of the spectators | 100k a personal interest in the enterprise, for it meant dollars and cents to their team, and they were eager to the last, par- ticularly sfter a telegram had come from Palo Alto announcing that the Berkeley team liad actually peaten the Stanford men at baseball. That announcement blared out through .. the big speaking-funnel created more wild bilarity than any of the events on the pro- wramme. 1f similar enthusiasm in track and field athletics can be aroused or next year's championship games a great step will be made.in developing the possibilities that must eventually bring credit to the coast. Following is" a complete list of all the events with the actual competitors in each, | Carthy (s. | Jelinsky (S. { - Mile walk- the figures being placed after the winner’s name: E S 2 2 3 g 2dwnd uN SHATD) n T VY TVOR XA R o'vas S | il V'V OR Bl 100-yard dash: First hest—Dickie (U. C.) 103 séc., Wood (R. A. C.) second, Morse (U. C.), Wiiid (0. A. C.), Lippman (A, A econd heat—Esplin (0. A. 10 4-5 sec., Jenks (A. A. L.) second, Butts ( G f Jelin- insky (S. F. A. C.), Schroeder 8. F. Y. M. +Je Third neat—Drum (4. A. L) 10 4.5 sec. Chick (U second, Cochran (8. F. A.C), Leilick (S. —West (0. Y. M. C. A.) 1114 _sec., M. C. A.) second, Hupp (U.C.), Stewart (8. F. C.A S?‘r)u‘(’-flnal first heat % ‘;ne (U. C.) by 2 feet in 3 sec., Esplin (O. C.). o : Drum (A.A.L)by 1 White (S, F. Y Semi-final yard, in 10 8-5 sec., Chick (U. C.). Final- heat—W. P, Drum (A. A. L) by 15 fuches in a pretty finisn, in 10 8-5 sec., W. M. Dickie (U, C.) secona,-A. Esplin (O. A. C.), but Chick wa “called to late to enter. 220-yard dasn—W. P. Drum_ (A. A feet, in 25 sec., R. Chick (U.C) Dickie (U. C.) third, 0. W % 440-yard run—g. yards, in 57 sec., McGee (U. C.) Dickie (U third, R.Chesinut (U b ), W. B. West (0. Y. M. C. A.), B. Coffin (0. A Half-mile run—R. I Carroll (U. C.) by 4 gards with place men close up,in 2 min.184-5 G. 5. Thompson, (8. F. Y. M. C. A.) second, Steele, (A. A. L.) third, F. § L) Doyle (A. Sha A C), G.T. F. A C. {0-A-Co. . | H. Ziska (8. C. A), F. Bolk, (0. Y A Mile run—R. J. €arroll (U. C.) by6 inches and third man close up, a :beautiful, exciting finish, in 5 min, 15 8-5 sec.; E. J. Browa (U. €.) second, W. B. Jackson (U. C.) third. E. H C. A), R. Steadman (U. diguera (S, A. A.) Sullivan ( ), C. J. ‘Doyle (A.A.C.), F. ), L.T. Merwin (U. .C.) by 9 yards after a 100-yard final spurt, in § min. 10sec.; AL Walsh (5. 4. L), u young San Franciscd High School boy, with perfect sction, second; ¢ Holton, (U. C) third, E.F. Leilich 8.F. Y- A.). 220-yard hurdle: First heat—Warnick (A. A. L.), by 2 feet, a gifi from Torrey in an easy fin- ish, n 29 4-5 sec. ; Torrey (U. C.) second, R. B. Mifchell (0. Y. M.'C. A.), F. Maston (U. C.) ynolds (L. 8. J. U), by 4 , loafing, in 31 sec.; i Third heat—Badewell d (R. S, Cosley (0. A. ) olds (L. 8. J. U.) Warnick (A. .) second, Cochran (. F. A: C). emi-final second heat—Bakewell (U. C.) by 1 foot, after falling down and spurting out the fintsh, in 30 4-5 sec.; Wood(R. A. C.). = Final heat—H. B, Reynolds (L. S.J.U.) by 10 sards, easils, in 2825 seo.; B. Bakewell Running broad jump—George Toombs (L. S. 3:0, 21 feet 13¢ friches; H. Torrey (U. C.) 20 feet 54 inches; F. Koch (U. C.),20 feet; A. L. | Dorn (U. C.), 19 feet 8 inch Y. M. €. A, R. Dresser (U. C. ), 3. Butz (0. A. C.), R. E. Cochri 244 A._Cheek (A. A. L.), C. H. Parker (A. A. L.). Ruuning high_jump—W..C. Patterson (0. A. €),5 feet'll 2-5 inches, breaking his own ¢oust record and without & day of traini €.S. Dole (L. S.J. U.), 5 feet 9ig Koch (U, C.), 5 feet 735 inches; D. (A-A.L Mitler (U. ¢.), B. Bodewell A, Ch A. J. D. Hoffman (A. A. Pole vault—C. S. Dole (L. 8.-J. U.), 10 feet | 10.1-3 inches, smashing the coast record by nearly 6 inches; R. B. Lloyd (U. C.), 10 feet | 94 inches; Hoffmen (A. A. L), 10 fee inches; A. Chick (U. C.), 10 feet 5 inches; F L. Mumma (U. C.). Putting 16-pound shot: A, chick (A. A. an Oekland High School boy—41 it. 8} breaking the coast record; R. it. 11 in, R. B: Llayd.( Koch (U. 'Ci) J. Carkeek (Sac.) Throwing 16-pound hammer_R. Edgren (U, C.) 186 ft. 1L3¢ in., A. L. Dorn (U.C.) 126 1t.10 i Hooper (U. C.) 99 1t. 5 in. ard run for ngyices: First heat—Lipmsn s School) by 5 feet easily in 11 sec., | (3. F. Y. M. C. A.) second, Mitchell (0. Y. | Al M. C.A.), Stewart (8.J. by 2 yards A") second, | MLCIALC.); (U. C) 1125 sec, Cummings (U. C.) second, Ziska (8. F. Y. M. C. A.), Grant (A. A. L.), Drennan (U. C.) Fourth heat—Weod (R. A. C. easily in 114-5 sec., Eddy (S. F. Y. M. C. A second, Ralk O. Y. A, Warnick (A, A. L.), Leiliel (8. F. Y. C. A.), Guittard (8. F. Y. M. C. A.), Coléman (S. F. A. C.) Final—Lipman (H t's School) by 4 yarde with ease in 104-5 sec.,Wood (R. A. C.) second, Endstrum (U. C:), Osborne (A. A. L.) Tug-of-war—San Francisco. Athietic Club team, consisting of Henry-Sullivan, Arthur Dolan, Thomas Brown, John Welsh, John Mc- Cafferty and George Bates, won from the Olympic Athletic Club team, consisting of D. E. Jackson, D, Mahoney, W. H. Smith, A. L. Buckley, E. V. Kingston and E. McDeniel, after & tug on the cleats for five minutes, during the Edgren 39 ft. 10 n in 11 1-5 see., White, (C. Y. Muller (0. Y. M. C."A.), Brignol Lio; U. C S0 heat—Endstrum M.C & i i) e i last few seconds of which Jackson, the Olympic anchor, collapsed and gave the others an ad- et handicap bicycle race: First heat— Kenna (Acme), from 20 yards, first, by 2 ieet, in 1 min. 7 1-5'sec.; Tv‘v“":;‘s(u' l;u &.i:%ntch. H . C. W.), ards, L. second; Gooch Rmf.‘;m‘) V-l ')h‘&om S(rbl"l:ghl- first by 4 yards after a splendid spurt, min, '7'25 »yeeA; Curtis (R. C. W.) second, Jacks L C. C.). 4 Tmrd)henp—c“n. (U. C'?fl from scrateh, first by 3 feet in exciting finish, in 1 min.7 3-5 “l?}iiA'“w Ami“)' ir&m“.'glyuds, second; E C. W.), from rds. Fgung‘heu—)unmun (ys‘ lf' Rfief‘}iu’{fi:")‘ seratch, first by 18 inches (a bunct A in1min. 8 ses., Deacon & g(; W.) from 30 vyerds, second, Waterman w.) from 40 Fiith heat—Pelo (8. F. R. C.) from 50 yards, yards, Coulter (C. C. C.) from yards. | first by 1 yard in 1 min. 14 sec., after a loufin, race, Boyden (B. 4. C uriz (0. Y. 3. C. A Tom 55 yards. Bixth l’xen—schmitz (unattached) lromuio ards, first by 8 yards, in 1 min. '153g uartou (R. C. W.) from 60 yards, second. Seventh heat—Alborelie (L. C. C.) from 20 ards, first by 5 élrdl. in 1 min. 10 1-5 sec., leiu (8. F. R. C.) from 15 yards, second, gllfixen ‘:{\, A lél from 30 yards, Olson (C.C. .) irom dei-final frst heat—Cushing (U. C.) from scratch, first by a foot, with all three bunched, in 1min. 10 4-5 sec. Pels (8. F. R. C.) from 50 yards, second. Kénna (Acme) from 20 y:lrdfi. Semi-final_second heat—Craft (U. C.) from seratch by 3 l‘rdl, in201 ml(llx.El?é ‘u‘cl::.(s.fib borelle (1. C. C.) from yards, Ham . F. R. C.) l‘;o tcrl)wh, Schmitz (unattached) from 50 yards. . Final heat—Kenna (Acme) from 20 yndnl first, in 1 min. 9 2-5 sec., with all three wel bunthed, Craft (U. C.) from seratch, second, Alborelle (L. C. C.) from 20 yards, third. One mile scratch for amateurs: First heat—Cushing (U. C.), first by 3 y;rdu aitera bad finish, in 2 min. 43 sce.; Jacks (I. C. C.) second, E{z‘“{d (R. C. W.), Joost (C.C. C.)s Goodwin (8. F. ). - Seeond 1(1 aft (U. C.) first by 6 yards, in 2 min. 36 sec, Curtis (R. C. W.) second. Third heat—Tantan (0. A. C.) first by 2 feet after a pretty finish, in 2 min. 89 sec., Gooch (E. C. W.) second, Olson (C. C. C.). z |~ Fourth' heat—Agnew (Acme) first by 12 rds in 2 min. 3 sec., Robinson (8. F. R. C.) cond, Coulter (C. C. C.), Ward (T. W. Fifth heat—Pels (S. F. K. C.) first by 6 yards ‘in 2 min. 50 2-5 sec., Lefavre second, Kiichen A A.T) % xth heat—Kenna (Acme) first by 10 yards in 2 min, sec., Deacon (R. A, C.) second, Thoms (C, C.'C.) second, Kurtz (0. Y. M. C. AQ. Seveuth heat—Freeman (B. C. W.)first by _% yardsin 2 min. 81 1-5 sec., Alborelle (1. C. C. second, Schmitz (unattached). semi-final first heat—Freeman (B. C. W.) first by 3! vard in _a close-bunched finish in 2 min. 3 35 sec., Cushing (U. C.) second, Pels (S. F. R. C.), Agnew (Acme). Sfln)ll-nnnl second heat—Craft (U. C.) first by # few inches, only five laps covered by mis- take, Alborelie (I. C. C.) second. Final heat—Craft (U, C.) first by & foot, and all bunched after & beautiful last 1ap, in 2 3 sec., Freeman (B. C. W.) second, U. C.) third, Alborelle (L C.C.). min. - Cushing ( AAE LOVAL T0 THE FLA Directors of the French Benevo- lent Society Write in Self- Defense. Ex.President Weill Says He Retired on a Basis of Principle and Courtesy. The directors of the French Benevolent Society revudiate the published stories re- flecting on their Americanism. It was stated that the failure to raise the Ameri- can flag along with the colors of France at the hospital on Washington’s birthday was the origin of the pending misunder- standing. Sylvain Weill, the retiring presi- dent, aleo states that this incident was simply an oversight. He added that his retirement wason the basis of principle and courtesy. The following communica- tion is self-explanatory. Sax FrANcTSCo, May 2, 1896. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—STR: lngustlce to the French Benevolent Society and its 4000 members and in Jine with the poliey of fairness and impartiality znrsued by THE CALL, we, the undersigned directors of the French Benevolent Society, request you, in our names, m‘emfinn!uur leny the state. ment published in this day’s issue of THE CALL that Drs. Brigham aud Boyd's defeat as candi- dates to the medical staff of the French Hospi- tal was fn any way due or is in anywise attrib-- utable to any national considerations. Weare all American citizens and have as much re- spect for the American flag as for the flag of our mother country. Qur institution at the pres- gminmu is conducted on a strictly American asis. All doctors, irrespective of nationality, are admitted to the hospital on the same footing of equality. The principal reason why we pre- ferred Dr. de Murville, Dr. Newmark and Dr, Mayer, only one of whom is French, is that we are gonvinced their selection will be more gmmmle to_the hospital than would have een that of Drs. Brigham and Boyd, and their election will vouchsafe us not only the sym- Silk Striped Zephyrs At 25¢ Yard. Twenty new patterns in the dain- tiest colorings, such as pink, light blue, maize, lavender and tan. Lovely striped designs lit. up by shimmering silk bars and cords. Particularly adapted to rich summer costumes and waists, Regular price 50c yard. Tadies’ Tan Jackets At $12.50 Each. 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A Frenchman, howeve: made the discovery that horse-chestnuts are an undoubted cure for broken-winded animals. ————— Carthage is the highest town in Kansas, 5090 feet. GOOD THING / EAST WhO WASTRANDICAPPED BY bis naIR S ARD WS NE(RTIE STARTED THE EVENTS 1ons MaERwn 18 TUE BEEL BTOR “Eu. Suggestions From the Great Athletic Gathering Yesterdny at Central Park, Where for Over Four Hours Innumerable Athletes Competed in the Benefit Field Day and Coast Championship Mect. TRANSFERS NOW A DRUG. Newsboys Doing a Larger Busi- ness in Them Than Ever Before. PUBLIC SYMPATHY WITH THEM Boys Now Cry Their Transfers In. stead of the Papers They Have For Sale. ‘Newsboys had transfers and transfer- checks to throw to the dogs yesterday, and 8o far as stopping the traffic in these paste- boards, the ingenuity of the railway com- pany has been wasted. The operation of the new system was much smoother, however, than on the day before, and the needs of the publio re- ceived promvpter attention than on Fri- day, thus preventing the unseemly inci- dents of the day when the checks were first used at Powell and Market streets. There was no demolition of feminine finery, mussed bangs, crushed sleeves, raompled skirts, etc., and the volume of masculine profanity was largely dimin- ished. 5 This was due as much to the fact that the transfer agents had become more ex- pert in their duties as that the patrons of the various lines which transfer at this point had been impressively educated as light of the crowd of youthful auditors which had meanwhile gathered about him to demonstrate his claim, “‘Dis afternoon a rich bloke, all rigged up in fine new clothes, and who, I guess, owns some stock in de company, stood on de corner over der (pointing to the north- west corner of Powell and Eddy streets) and looked as if he wanted ter buy a paper. When a boy passed him one wid & transfer he took dem, tore up de transfer and handed back de paper. He Gid dis several times. Den a friend come along. He was a rich bloke, too, and a great swell, with a big overcoat, you know, and a sporty tie, and dey got. talking and the last bloke he began to laugh and I heard him say ‘I’'m de friend ot de newsboys in dis fight.” Den he called a boy and bought a paper and a check. De first bloke told him ef he tried to change de check for a transfer he would squeel on him. De man dat said he was our friend den walked over to de agent across de street and asked for a transfer. His friend told de agent not to change it as he bought it from a newsboy. Den de udder feller he said if he didn’t change it, and J)reny —— quick, he’d lose his job and de company would get de worse of it. Dat settled it; he got his transfer and den laughed at his friend saying: ‘These lads are trying to make a little money, while your company’s got money to burn.’ Dat’s de way wid most of de people. Dey ain’t got no use for the company and 1ts mean tricks to try to do us up.” Where before the newsboys found it difficult to secure enough transfers to give one with each paper, all yesterday showed a superfluity of them, and some were sell- ing transfers alone—sometimes for & cents each and sometimes two for 5 cents, and the cry now heard from tne newsbovs at this point is not the names of the paper they have for sale, but the kinds of transiers they can supply. *“Powell, Market snd Eddy streets” is the common cry, showing that the full variety of transfers is plentiful with ail. —_— - Orchestral Concert. Next Thursday evening the first concert un- to what part the railway company ex- pected them to play in the puss-in-the- corner-like proceedings. The same number of transfer men were on hand yesterday, re-enforced as before by spotters and policemen. In view of the fact that all this disturb- ance has been created for the sole purbose of outwitting ‘the boys who sell newspa- pers with a transfer as a premium, the effect on the lads isa matter of interest. This is how one of them reviewed the sit- uation from the standpoint of himself and comrades : 3 “Why, say, we're just in it, and we only hogu it’s come to stay, Der ain’t one o’ de kids, I guess, dat hasn’'t made more dough yesterday and to-day den for man, aday. Why dem agents is chumps, an: so isfle company. y ain't got time to look into der books to see when a check hes been piven to a passenger, and we used checks that we got at 9 o’clock in de mornin’ at 5 o’clock at night, see! and dat’s why we can make more money. We don’t haf to tro’ any transiers awav like we used to do when dey onéy was good fer twenty minuntes, and en wc gets our checks fer nothin’ now where we had to give some gents a paper for one before. You see we get t'ree papers for a nickel, so we still made a nickle on t'ree papers. Now we make a dime on dem. See? So take it altogether and we don’t care how long dey keep it up, only de cops, especially Officer Morri- sey hes been trying to do us up by chasing us away from de corners. We aon't see why dey want to help de company when aey con’t get gothin’ extra.” “Yes,” chiméd in a little 4-foot chap, ;vou jest oufint to roast Morrise, goos € took a whip away from one of the kids ple are all and to slash us wid it.” v, don’t you know de wid us?” continued the first lad, who then went on with much unction and to the de- der the auspices of the recently-organized Or. chestral Society will take pl-cg ntm:he Young Men’s Christian Association Auditorium, Ma- son and Ellis streets, at 8 o’clock. Miss Millie Flynn, soprano, and Mr. Waldemar Lind, vio- lin soloist will participate. Mr. Alexander T, Stewart i3 director of the soclety and will have charge of the programme. Forty of our flrst amateur players will take part. ——— . The next London show sensation is to be the entombment of a man for six days under six feet of earth. The dig him up alive. Pl LOCKING FOR A CRANK, A. W. Bowman, a Writer ot Visiting Cards, in Great Demand. Wanted by the Postoffice Authorities for Scnding Obscenme Matter Through the Mails. = Charles A. Anderson, 9274 TFolsom street, applied to Judee Low yesterday morning for a warrant for the arrest of A. ‘W. Bowman on the charge of criminal libel. Anderson produced a letter he had re- ceived signed “A. W. Bowman"” which was full of obscene and seurrilous matter, Judge Low had a consultation with Cap- tain Lees, and the captain showed him several letters of a similar nature that had been sent by Bowman to other prominent citizens, including himself and Chief Crowley, and Rev. C. Anderson of the Swedish Church on Jessie street between Sixth and Seventh. As it was not deemed possible for a case of criminal libel to stanid Anderson was advised to lay the matter before Postoffice Inspector Erwin so that the Inspector could take action against Bowman for sending obscene matter through the mails. Anderson at once waited upon Inspector Erwin who said he would take prompt steps to have Bowman arrested. Anderson is a writer of visiting cardsand usually took up a position on the corner of Jones and Market streets. He islooked upon by the police as a “crank.” Ever since the murders in the Emmanuel Baptist Church he has been p;slennfi Captain Lees with letters in- sisting that the walls of the church shonld berul]ed down as he knew there was the tody of another young woman buried in the walls. He has had & mania for writing all sorts of letters to people and one man at least was threatened with death. Bowman was not seen around his usual baunts yesterday and it is thought that he has left the City to escape arrest. ———— Harvard is the highest land in Colorado, 14,452 feet. NEW TO-DAY. RAMBLER OFFERS Nos. 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