Putting the shot—L. T. Reed, first, 34 ft. 7 in.
Running high jump—W. E. Buell, first, 5 ft.
Standing long jump—Robert Elder, 9 ft. 10 in.
Pole vault—Telfair Hodgson, first, 7 ft. 8 in.
Tug-of-war—Fat men defeated lean men.
THE thirteenth annual meeting of the National Association of Amateur Athletes, for the Amateur Championship of America, was held October 13, on the Manhattan Athletic Club Grounds. The Irish athletes proved superior in three events—the 440-yards run, the running high jump, and throwing the fifty-six pound weight. In putting the shot, the method of J. S. Mitchell of the Irish team was objected to and he withdrew from the contest. He made one effort, however, that was allowed to count, and that gave him second place. In throwing the fifty-six pound weight he lowered the American record six and three-quarter inches. W. J. Barry, also of the Irish team, threw the sixteen-pound hammer 120 ft. 11 in., as an exhibition of his own method of throwing. Conneff, of the M. A. C., had an easy victory in the five-mile run, winning by over a quarter of a mile. Results were as follows:
100-yards run, first heat—Walk-over for F. Westing, M. A. C. Second heat—A. F. Copeland, M. A. C., first. Time, 10 2-5s. Third heat—V. E. Shifferstein, Olympic A. C., California, first. Time, 10 3-5s. Trial heat for second men—J. Mooney, Gaelic A. A., first. Final heat—F. Westing, first. Time, 10s. Dead heat between Copeland and Schifferstein. Copeland won the run off in 10 2-5s.
One mile walk—E. D. Lange, M. A. C., first. Time, 6m. 53 4-5s.; C. L. Nicoll, M. A. C., second.
One mile run—T. P. Conneff, M. A. C., first. Time, 4m. 32 3-5s.; W. McCarthy, Gaelic A. A., second.
220-yards run—F. Westing, first. Time, 22 2-5s.; H. M. Banks, M. A. C., second.