The one-and-a-half-mile race was uninteresting. It was won by W. H. Pohlman, who received a handicap of a minute and twenty seconds, in 11m. 46s.; E. D. Lange second.
The 220-yards hurdle race was amusing, inasmuch that the leader left the hurdles down for his followers. W. Schwegler won, in the slow time of 28s.; C. T. Wiegand and G. Schwegler second and third.
M. Mundle won the half-mile run, in 2m. 35s.; F. J. Leonard second, and J. S. Paxton third.
The one-mile novice race was won by W. R. Hooper, with W. J. Carr second, and H. L. Spencer third.
The one-mile run was won by J. T. McGregor, with 100 yards start, in 4m. 37s.
THE New Jersey Athletic Club, of Bergen Point, N. J., has now over 500 members, and gives promise of becoming one of the largest athletic clubs in the country. Its features embrace baseball, bicycling, rowing, yachting and canoeing, to which lawn tennis, lacrosse, gymnastics, etc., are to be added. The grounds of the club are located on Avenue A, in the city of Bayonne.
BASEBALL.
THE close of the August campaign in the League championship arena left New York well in the van, with Chicago a good second and Detroit third, Boston being fourth. August proved to be a disastrous month for Detroit, while it was the very reverse for Boston. Pittsburgh made a good rally in August, in the hope of getting a position in advance of Boston; but the latter’s recovery from their temporary demoralization put an end to that. Chicago fell back somewhat during August, and New York’s successful career was checked, but not to any damaging extent. Philadelphia more than held its own and improved its position, while Washington managed to push Indianapolis into the last ditch. The first two weeks of September saw several important changes made in the positions of the contestants. During this period the Eastern teams began their last tour westward, and while New York held its own well, Boston fell off badly, Detroit pushing the Bostons back to fourth place after they had lost third a week before. Indianapolis, too, reversed positions with Washington, the latter being forced into the tail-end place. Chicago began a good rally to overcome New York’s lead, but it was too heavy up-hill work for them. The full record up to the 10th of September left the eight clubs occupying the following relative positions:
| CLUBS. | New York. | Chicago. | Detroit. | Boston. | Philadelphia. | Pittsburgh. | Indianapolis. | Washington. |
| New York | — | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 11 |
| Chicago | 8 | — | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| Detroit | 5 | 10 | — | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Boston | 8 | 7 | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Philadelphia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | — | 12 | 7 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 13 | 6 |
| Indianapolis | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | — | 10 |
| Washington | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | — |
| Games Lost | 37 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 68 | 70 |
| Victories. |
Possible victories. | Played. | To play. |
Per cent. of victories. | |
| New York | 69 | 103 | 106 | 34 | .651 |
| Chicago | 62 | 93 | 109 | 32 | .569 |
| Detroit | 57 | 91 | 106 | 34 | .538 |
| Boston | 57 | 89 | 108 | 32 | .528 |
| Philadelphia | 53 | 88 | 105 | 35 | .505 |
| Pittsburgh | 51 | 85 | 106 | 34 | .481 |
| Indianapolis | 41 | 70 | 111 | 29 | .369 |
| Washington | 39 | 72 | 107 | 33 | .364 |
| Games Lost | 429 |