https://wooljersey.com/index.php?title=THE_OLYMPIC_SPORTS._-_San_Francisco_Chronicle_-_May_31,_1884&feed=atom&action=historyTHE OLYMPIC SPORTS. - San Francisco Chronicle - May 31, 1884 - Revision history2024-03-29T07:56:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.0https://wooljersey.com/index.php?title=THE_OLYMPIC_SPORTS._-_San_Francisco_Chronicle_-_May_31,_1884&diff=4487&oldid=prevMorgan at 04:55, 23 April 20232023-04-23T04:55:41Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Olympic Club]]'s spring meeting at the [[Oakland grounds]] yesterday was well attended, but there was scarcely sufficient variety in the entertainment offered the visiting public, the programme of sports being about evenly divided between the foot-racers and the bicycle riders. It was not altogether the fault of the management, however, that this was so, the disappointment of the day being that Kittleman, who had volunteered to attempt to lower the 220-yard record, failed to keep his promise and did not appear. His excuse by telegraph was that he was engaged to run in Los Angeles. Notwithstanding that it was about all of one sort, the day's sport was, however, good. [[Fred Russ Cook|Cook]], a new man to the public, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">low- ered </del>the half-mile record for this State on the flying wheel, and the performances by the sprinters were considerably above the average for amateurs.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Olympic Club]]'s spring meeting at the [[Oakland grounds]] yesterday was well attended, but there was scarcely sufficient variety in the entertainment offered the visiting public, the programme of sports being about evenly divided between the foot-racers and the bicycle riders. It was not altogether the fault of the management, however, that this was so, the disappointment of the day being that Kittleman, who had volunteered to attempt to lower the 220-yard record, failed to keep his promise and did not appear. His excuse by telegraph was that he was engaged to run in Los Angeles. Notwithstanding that it was about all of one sort, the day's sport was, however, good. [[Fred Russ Cook|Cook]], a new man to the public, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lowered </ins>the half-mile record for this State on the flying <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>wheel<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, and the performances by the sprinters were considerably above the average for amateurs.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first event of the day was a 100- yard maiden race. It was won by A. C. Phillips in 0:10 In a mile <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">handi- eap </del>walk, for which there were eight <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">en- tries</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">vietor </del>was C. B. Hill of the Merions, one of the two scratch men, J. B. Benjamin, being second. Hill had 125 yards allowed him. His time was 7:30</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A 100-yard race of heats was contested by some of the best of the younger <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aibletes</del>, among them being Haley, the ex- champion, Lubbock and Stewart Flynn, and a new and muscular contestant, H.J. Lucas. The latter took the first <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">beat </del>and Flynn the second; Haley's bad knee gave out on the start. Lucas, Flynn and Lubbock were in the final heat. Lucas outran the others, but he was unfortunate in unwittingly breaking the string with his hand when he should have breasted it. The race was given him, but was disputed, and the judges ordered the heat run again. Although he <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bad </del>run <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fu </del>0:10 before, this time he was beaten by Flynn in 0:10</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first event of the day was a 100-yard <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>maiden<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>race. It was won by A. C. Phillips in 0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3/4. </ins>In a mile <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">handicap </ins>walk, for which there were eight <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entries</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">victor </ins>was C. B. Hill of the Merions, one of the two scratch men, J. B. Benjamin, being second. Hill had 125 yards allowed him. His time was 7:30 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/4.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For a 100-yard handicap there were the following contestants: First heat-W.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>R Stewart, scratch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>J. W. Flynn, 4 yards; <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ar </del>B.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.. Tenuent</del>, 6: C. J. Bosworth, 8; <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">0</del>. A. Tolle, 14. Second heat-W. C. Lubbock, 2 yards; A. L. Harris, 5; J. H. Walker, 8; P N. Gaffney, 9<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>P. Jacoby, 14. Third heat- H.. Lucas, 2 yards; A. C. Phillips, 3<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>W H. Newell, 6<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>R. Luttringer, 9; M. M. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mar tin</del>, 12. Fourth heat-R. Haley, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seratch</del>; B. A. Benjamin, 5 yards; H. R. Hertel, 6<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>G. E. Petterson, 9; R. A. Lewis, 10. Tennent won the first heat in 0:10 Walker the second in 0:10 Phillips the third in 0:10 Petterson the fourth in 0:10 Walker obtained the gold medal for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">win- ning </del>the final heat; Phillips second. Time, 0:10. Kittleman was to have filled in time between the heats of this race in the effort, as he himself had proposed, to beat the best American <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">tune</del>, that of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LE</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Myen</del>, 0:22 or the English record, W. P. Phillips, 0:22 2-5, for 220 yards</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A 100-yard race of heats was contested by some of the best of the younger <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">athletes</ins>, among them being Haley, the ex- champion, Lubbock and Stewart Flynn, and a new and muscular contestant, H. J. Lucas. The latter took the first <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heat </ins>and Flynn the second; Haley's bad knee gave out on the start. Lucas, Flynn and Lubbock were in the final heat. Lucas outran the others, but he was unfortunate in unwittingly breaking the string with his hand when he should have breasted it. The race was given him, but was disputed, and the judges ordered the heat run again. Although he <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had </ins>run <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/2 </ins>before, this time he was beaten by Flynn in 0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3/4.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ray Locke, at scratch; T. Jennings, 25 Yards; F. M. Day, 100 yards<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>A. W. Brown, 125 yards, and E. Long, 150 yards, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com peted </del>in a two-mile handicap race. One by one everybody dropped out until only Locke and Jennings were left. The latter, who is very young, displayed great stamina and pluck by holding his lead to the last. His time was 10:36</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In a 220-yard handicap (heats) the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">con- testants </del>were: First <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">beat</del>-Haley, scratch; A. C. Phillips, 7 yards; P. N. Gaffney, 18 yards; A. B. Tennent, 12 yards; O. A. Tolle, 22 yards. Second heat-Stewart, scratch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </del>Lubbock, 4 yards; Flynn, 8 yards; <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ben- jamin</del>, 10 yards; Walker, 15 yards; <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Drif- field</del>, 20 yards. Phillips won the first heat in 0:27 Flynn the second in 0:24. The final heat, run by Phillips, Tennent, Flynn and Driffield, was won by Flynn.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For a 100-yard handicap there were the following contestants: First heat - W. R<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins>Stewart, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>scratch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]; </ins>J. W. Flynn, 4 yards; <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A. </ins>B. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tennent</ins>, 6: C. J. Bosworth, 8; <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">O</ins>. A. Tolle, 14. Second heat - W. C. Lubbock, 2 yards; A. L. Harris, 5; J. H. Walker, 8; P<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins>N. Gaffney, 9<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>P. Jacoby, 14. Third heat - H. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J</ins>. Lucas, 2 yards; A. C. Phillips, 3<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>W<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins>H. Newell, 6<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>R. Luttringer, 9; M. M. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Martin</ins>, 12. Fourth heat - R. Haley, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">scratch</ins>; B. A. Benjamin, 5 yards; H. R. Hertel, 6<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>G. E. Petterson, 9; R. A. Lewis, 10. Tennent won the first heat in 0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/4. </ins>Walker the second in 0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/2. </ins>Phillips the third in 0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/4. </ins>Petterson the fourth in 0:10 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3/4. </ins>Walker obtained the gold medal for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">winning </ins>the final heat; Phillips second. Time, 0:10. Kittleman was to have filled in time between the heats of this race in the effort, as he himself had proposed, to beat the best American <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">time</ins>, that of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">L. E</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Myers</ins>, 0:22 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/2 </ins>or the English record, W. P. Phillips, 0:22 2-5, for 220 yards<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Lucas covered 19 feet 7 inches in a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">run- ning </del>wide jump, beating Schuster, Stewart, Gibson and Doolan. He also put the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">six- teen</del>-pound shot 32 feet 4 inches, beating Schuster, Stewart and Tennent. McMillan, the wrestler, discounted the contestants by tossing the ball a length farther than any of them.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ray Locke, at scratch; T. Jennings, 25 Yards; F. M. Day, 100 yards<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>A. W. Brown, 125 yards, and E. Long, 150 yards, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competed </ins>in a two-mile handicap race. One by one everybody dropped out until only Locke and Jennings were left. The latter, who is very young, displayed great stamina and pluck by holding his lead to the last. His time was 10:36 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1/4.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Morganhttps://wooljersey.com/index.php?title=THE_OLYMPIC_SPORTS._-_San_Francisco_Chronicle_-_May_31,_1884&diff=4484&oldid=prevMorgan: Created page with "=== THE OLYMPIC SPORTS. === ==== Some Excellent Foot-Racing by Amateurs. ==== The Olympic Club's spring meeting at the Oakland grounds yesterday was well attended, but there was scarcely sufficient variety in the entertainment offered the visiting public, the programme of sports being about evenly divided between the foot-racers and the bicycle riders. It was not altogether the fault of the management, however, that this was so, the disappointment of the day bein..."2023-04-14T13:56:13Z<p>Created page with "=== THE OLYMPIC SPORTS. === ==== Some Excellent Foot-Racing by Amateurs. ==== The <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Club" title="Olympic Club">Olympic Club</a>'s spring meeting at the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_grounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland grounds">Oakland grounds</a> yesterday was well attended, but there was scarcely sufficient variety in the entertainment offered the visiting public, the programme of sports being about evenly divided between the foot-racers and the bicycle riders. It was not altogether the fault of the management, however, that this was so, the disappointment of the day bein..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>=== THE OLYMPIC SPORTS. ===<br />
==== Some Excellent Foot-Racing by Amateurs. ====<br />
The [[Olympic Club]]'s spring meeting at the [[Oakland grounds]] yesterday was well attended, but there was scarcely sufficient variety in the entertainment offered the visiting public, the programme of sports being about evenly divided between the foot-racers and the bicycle riders. It was not altogether the fault of the management, however, that this was so, the disappointment of the day being that Kittleman, who had volunteered to attempt to lower the 220-yard record, failed to keep his promise and did not appear. His excuse by telegraph was that he was engaged to run in Los Angeles. Notwithstanding that it was about all of one sort, the day's sport was, however, good. [[Fred Russ Cook|Cook]], a new man to the public, low- ered the half-mile record for this State on the flying wheel, and the performances by the sprinters were considerably above the average for amateurs.<br />
The first event of the day was a 100- yard maiden race. It was won by A. C. Phillips in 0:10 In a mile handi- eap walk, for which there were eight en- tries, the vietor was C. B. Hill of the Merions, one of the two scratch men, J. B. Benjamin, being second. Hill had 125 yards allowed him. His time was 7:30<br />
A 100-yard race of heats was contested by some of the best of the younger aibletes, among them being Haley, the ex- champion, Lubbock and Stewart Flynn, and a new and muscular contestant, H.J. Lucas. The latter took the first beat and Flynn the second; Haley's bad knee gave out on the start. Lucas, Flynn and Lubbock were in the final heat. Lucas outran the others, but he was unfortunate in unwittingly breaking the string with his hand when he should have breasted it. The race was given him, but was disputed, and the judges ordered the heat run again. Although he bad run fu 0:10 before, this time he was beaten by Flynn in 0:10<br />
For a 100-yard handicap there were the following contestants: First heat-W.<br />
R Stewart, scratch: J. W. Flynn, 4 yards; Ar B... Tenuent, 6: C. J. Bosworth, 8; 0. A. Tolle, 14. Second heat-W. C. Lubbock, 2 yards; A. L. Harris, 5; J. H. Walker, 8; P N. Gaffney, 9: P. Jacoby, 14. Third heat- H.. Lucas, 2 yards; A. C. Phillips, 3: W H. Newell, 6: R. Luttringer, 9; M. M. Mar tin, 12. Fourth heat-R. Haley, seratch; B. A. Benjamin, 5 yards; H. R. Hertel, 6: G. E. Petterson, 9; R. A. Lewis, 10. Tennent won the first heat in 0:10 Walker the second in 0:10 Phillips the third in 0:10 Petterson the fourth in 0:10 Walker obtained the gold medal for win- ning the final heat; Phillips second. Time, 0:10. Kittleman was to have filled in time between the heats of this race in the effort, as he himself had proposed, to beat the best American tune, that of LE. Myen, 0:22 or the English record, W. P. Phillips, 0:22 2-5, for 220 yards<br />
Ray Locke, at scratch; T. Jennings, 25 Yards; F. M. Day, 100 yards: A. W. Brown, 125 yards, and E. Long, 150 yards, com peted in a two-mile handicap race. One by one everybody dropped out until only Locke and Jennings were left. The latter, who is very young, displayed great stamina and pluck by holding his lead to the last. His time was 10:36<br />
In a 220-yard handicap (heats) the con- testants were: First beat-Haley, scratch; A. C. Phillips, 7 yards; P. N. Gaffney, 18 yards; A. B. Tennent, 12 yards; O. A. Tolle, 22 yards. Second heat-Stewart, scratch: Lubbock, 4 yards; Flynn, 8 yards; Ben- jamin, 10 yards; Walker, 15 yards; Drif- field, 20 yards. Phillips won the first heat in 0:27 Flynn the second in 0:24. The final heat, run by Phillips, Tennent, Flynn and Driffield, was won by Flynn.<br />
A 440-yard scratch race, in which were Locke, Stewart, Jennings and B. A. Ben- jamin, was won by the latter in 0:56.<br />
Lucas covered 19 feet 7 inches in a run- ning wide jump, beating Schuster, Stewart, Gibson and Doolan. He also put the six- teen-pound shot 32 feet 4 inches, beating Schuster, Stewart and Tennent. McMillan, the wrestler, discounted the contestants by tossing the ball a length farther than any of them.<br />
There were six contestants entered in a mile maiden bicycle race of three heats, but they narrowed down to Gibbons and Cook, the latter winning in 3:19 Cook also beat Finkler in a half-mile scratch in 1:29, the best time ever made here, but Finkler refused to have the honor of a five- mile handicap wrested from him by either Cook or Day. The time of this last con- test was 17:00. The amusing finale of the day was an "obstruction" race, the difficulties to be overcome including the water-leap, greased pole, etc.</div>Morgan