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...feet, 7 inches, beating the previous record of 8 feet, 6 inches, made by Moore in 1887. In the high jump, McLanahan, '92, won with apparent ease, by a jump of 5 feet, 1 inch, Roddy, '91, and Small, '92, tying for second place. Mr. Stoll, of Staten Island Athletic Club, gave an exhibition of rope climbing, making the 35 feet in 10 1-5 seconds. There was only one bout in heavy weight wrestling, contested by Huston, '89, and Pierson, '90, won by Huston. Mr. Molineux of the New York Athletics, and amateur champion of America, won the horizontal...
...United States Lawn Tennis Association held its annual meeting at Delmonico's, Friday evening. The single tournaments will be played at Newport in August, and the double tournaments on Staten Island in June...
...excepting Shearman, who won the high jump at 5 ft. 9 in. with 1 in. handicap. Only one record was broken. George R. Gray, N. Y. A. C., threw the 24b.- shot 33 ft., 3 in., breaking the record by 8 inches. The lacrosse game between the Staten Island Athletic Club and Rutgers College consisted of two halves of fifteen minutes, and resulted in favor of the Athletic Club. Score 3 to 0. In the foot-ball game the University of Pennsylvania defeated Rutgers College, by a score...
...BRIGHTON. N. Y., Nov. 17, 1888. C. J. Queckberner of the Staten Island Athletic Club broke nearly all records of hammer throwing at the club grounds at West Brighton on Saturday. He had six trial throws in each event. The first was a 12 pound hammer, handle 3 ft. 6in. The best throw was in the six trial, when he sent the hammer 116 ft. 4 in., beating all amateur and professional records. The next trial was with a 16 pound hammer, handle 3 ft. 6 in. He failed to break the record, 99 ft. 7 in., in the first...
...Yale Athletic Association, which takes place today, promises to be among the most successful meetings ever held by the association. Some of the best athletes in the country will take part. There are 137 entries, of which Yale 74; Harvard, 17; New York Athletic Club, 36 and the Staten Island Club, 10. The entries from Harvard are as follows...