Harris. Pell. Syme.
FINISH IN FINAL HEAT LOW HURDLES OF THE I.-C. GAMES.
POLE VAULT AT THE I.-C. GAMES.
Simpson clearing the bar at 10 feet.
The high hurdles were run in three pretty heats. Beers came home ahead in the first in 16-1/5 sec. with a couple of Brooklyn men upsetting the hurdles behind him, and Vom Baur took the second heat in 16-2/5. Then came a neck-and-neck race between these two. Beers, who won the Interscholastics, ran well, and both men leaped together all the way. But Vom Baur was a little stronger at the finish, and left his opponent only a few inches behind him. It was an exciting race, and an exceedingly close finish. Syme won the final of the low hurdles easily, after coming in behind Harris in his heat, and Brooklyn was closed out of any points in the event by Harris and Pell. Powell took the lead in the bicycle, and made creditable time, 5 m. 32-2/5 sec. This was doubtless due to the pacing of Ehrich, which was permitted by the mutual consent of the Interscholastic Committees.
The field events were more interesting than the track events, especially the hammer, in which the record was broken by two men. Batterman threw first, and landed at 123 ft. 7/8 in. The record is 117 ft. 4-1/2 in., made by Irwin-Martin at the Interscholastics on May 11th. Irwin-Martin did not appear at the Inter-City games. Having made so good a throw, Batterman felt confident of victory, but Ayres stepped up and threw 123 ft. 11-1/4 in. Neither mark was bettered after these two performances. Baltazzi kept up to his mark in the high jump, and cleared 5 ft. 10-1/2 in. Then he had the bar put up to 6 ft., and tried for a record. He nearly did it, touching only with his ankle-bone, and he did not try again. My assumption that Baltazzi would represent the N.Y.A.C. in the International games in September has proved correct. Captain Baxter has asked him to become a member of the N.Y.A.C. team. Cowperthwaite jumped half an inch further than he did at the Interscholastics, but came near being defeated by Jewell, who cleared 20 ft. 10 in., then lost his balance and fell back. Jewell is one of the best all-round men in the schools. Simpson's work in the pole vault was of the first order, his best jump, 10 ft. coming within 3/8 of an inch of the interscholastic record established by him the year before. The accompanying table will show the day's record. The names of the Long Island representatives and schools are italicized for convenience of reference.
RECORD OF THE INTER-CITY GAMES, BERKELEY OVAL, MAY 18, 1895.
| Event. | Winner (Five Points). | ||||
| 100-yard dash | Stevens, B. L. S. | 10 4-5 | sec. | ||
| 100-yard dash, for Juniors | Robinson, St. Paul's | 11 2-5 | " | ||
| 220-yard run | Stevens, B. L. S. | 22 4-5 | " | ||
| 440-yard run | Jewell, Adelphi | 54 1-5 | " | ||
| Half-mile run | Meehan, Condon | 2 | m. | 9 | " |
| Mile run | McCord, Dwight | 4 | " | 58 4-5 | " |
| 120-yard hurdle | Von Baur, Barnard | 15 4-5 | " | ||
| 220-yard hurdle | Syme, Barnard | 27 3-5 | " | ||
| Two-mile bicycle | Powell, Cutler | 5 | " | 32 2-5 | " |
| Running high jump | Baltazzi, Harvard | 5 | ft. | 10 1-4 | in. |
| Running broad jump | Cowperthwaite, Col. Gram. | 20 | " | 8 1-2 | " |
| Pole vault | Simpson, Barnard | 10 | " | ||
| Throwing 12-pound hammer | Ayers, Condon | 123 | " | 11 1-4 | " |
| Putting 12-pound shot | Ayers, Condon | 40 | " |
| Second. | Third | |
| Event. | (Three Points). | (One Point). |
| 100-yard dash | Hall, Yale | Stevenson, Poly. Prep. |
| 100-yard dash, for Juniors | Wilson, Barnard | Armstead, Berkeley |
| 220-yard run | Washburne, Barnard | Underhill, Poly. Prep. |
| 440-yard run | Draper, Cutler | Fisher, Harvard |
| Half-mile run | Hollingworth, Poly. Prep. | Van Orden, Poly. Prep. |
| Mile run | Mosenthal, Sachs | Romer, Adelphi |
| 120-yard hurdle | Beers, D. L. S. | Moeran, Berkeley |
| 220-yard hurdle | Harris, Cutler | Pell, Cutler |
| Two-mile bicycle | Mortimier, Blake | Gillespie, Col. Gram. |
| Running high jump | Wenman, Drisler | Gunnison, Adelphi |
| Running broad jump | Jewell, Adelphi | Powell, Cutler |
| Pole vault | Paulding, Drisler | Hurlburt, Berkeley |
| Throwing 12-pound hammer | Batterman, Harvard | Fairbank, St. Paul |
| Putting 12-pound shot | Bigelow, W. & K. | Mason, Poly. Prep. |