The Athlete Vol. 1, No.1

An Official Programme and Record of Athletic Games PUBLISHED BY DANIEL D. COMES, No. 2 Courtlandl Street, NEW YORK. I TUGS AND SPRINTS. Poor Tramps-" Paralyzed" Pedestrians. Rich Tramps-Retired Book Agents. Seasona.ble-B-icycles at the Winter meeting. Rare" Sport "-Napoleon·s last Campa(ig)n-a. "O'Leary is regarded among pedestrians as a kind of All-legs-antler the Great." Rumor says that Edison's next invention will be a walking machine. PROGRAMME-FIRST EVENING, Friday, January 3d, 1879. T he Garnes w ill be u n der the dir ectio n o f t h e C a ptain . SEVENTY-"B'lVE YARDS RUN. TRIAL HEATS. THE WINNER nf EACH TRIAL HEAT TO RUN IN FINAL TO·MORnOW EVENING. FIRST TIEA T. J. W. C. Hall ................. New York Lacrosse Club....................... Scratch. 2. H. L. Roee .............Glenwood Athletic Club .................... ·'" yds· 3. F. Ilemhaw...............Knickerbocker Yacht Club. ....... ... ... ... . 5½ " 4. Geo. E. Pa~·ne .............Aotoria Atbh•tic Club ........... . ..... .. ...... . 6½ " 5. A. Schnabel. ..............Short Hille Athletic Club ...................... 6¼ " Won by No. Time, Seconds. SECOND HEAT. r,. J. F. Jenkins, Jr ..........Glenwood Athletic Club....................... 2,; yda. 7. R. McGowan ..............Staten Ioland ................................ . 4;, R. James H. Patterson ........Waverley Boat Club......•................... 6 9. H.P. Pike ....... . ........lllanha!tan Athletic Club....................... 6;, " 10. G. W. Thomas....... . ... " " ......................7½ ,, Won by No. Time, Seconds. THIRD HEAT. When " man can make hie fortune ae a pedestrian, ll. why waste his time and talents peddling literature ? 12. H. Inman ..................Short Hills Atl1letlc Club .•..•.............. .. 23' Y.?S. One million Sweet Caporal cigarettes are smoked daily. The boys and girls must like them. Wearing those" badly made shoes" did not prove bootless after all. Corn Cobs will be the proper thing this winter; it is predicted that they will supersede the cane in the hands of our Broadway pedestrians. "357 miles" in six <lays, out of a possible 521, is not so bad, " Sport ; " but then, you know, a few of those fifty mile runs might have changed the result. The Columbia Bicycle made by the Pope manufac– turing Co., of Boston, seems equal in every respect to any of English make that we have seen. In point of finish they are far 8uperior. To all lovers of the beautiful in precious stones and precious metals, :Messrs. Ackerman, Bicker & Manvel offer for inspection a collection wrought into articles 11.......>-~~....:.o'(,.:d,d;~t.,. d artistic decigns. J.n experience ex- tenuing throusu "'any • ars has enabled them to choose from both dom e~tic ';h.d foreign productions those of the highest standard in elaborate workman– ship and intrinsic value. They cordially invite our re..ders to call ancl examine their selections without feeling under any obligations to purchase. In Press, Rul es ror the Government ofAthleticMeetings, AND 1 Laws of Athletics 01' TBE NEW YORK ATHLE'I'! CLUB, 1~. 14. lG. J. F. Bahr...............Brooklyn Athletic Club .......... ...... ........ 5 )I. Blohop ..... t. . .... American Athletic Club ....................... 6 W. C. France, Jr ..........)fanhattan Athletic Club..................... . 6½ " A. B. Wilson .............Carman Rowing Association ................ •. 6,½ " Won by :S-o. Time, Seconds. FOl:RTH HEAT. 16. E. H. Reynold• ..... . ..... Short Hills Athletic Club ........... ....... .... 87' Y,~s· 17. E. R. Bellman ............. Newark, N. J ................................ 5~ 18. S. Stern . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . .. Amateur Athletic Club ...................... 67' " 19. 0. J. Conkiin .............. Manhattan Athlelic Club......................8½ " Won by No. Time, Seconds. FIFTH IIEAT. 20. W. H. Griffin .............. ~Tanhattan Athletic Club .................. .... 3½ Y,1e· 2l. A. Noel. Jr ......... .... ... Short Hills Athletic Clul.J...... . .. .. ........ 5 22. W. !J. Breret<,o ........('lenwood Athlelic Club........... .. ........ 6 23. C. H. Liebert ...............•ew York Athletic Clnb... .. .. . . . .. ......8,½ " Won by No. Time, Eeconde. FO'CR H'C'NDRED .A.ND FORTY YARDS RUN. TRIAL HEAT . FIR~T AND SECOND IN EACH TRIAL TO R'CN IN FINAL TO•MO.BROW EVENING. FIRST IIEAT. 1. T. J. Convey ... . ..... ... ..Wmdsor Athletic Club......................... 36yards. 2. P. St. G. Bissell........ . . . New Vork ........... . ......................... 34 " 3. J. H. llooth ............... New York Athletic Club........ . ...............32 " 4. William Crowley...........Tompkineville, S. I ............... . ......... 18 " 5. L. E. )lyerb .. ... . .. .. ..... KnlckerbockerYacbtClub ..... .. .............. 15 ,. 6. A. I. Burton............... Columbia Uollege Athletic Aeso ................Scratch. Won by No. Time, Second, No. SECOND HEAT. 7. Isaac Lobe)tz .............Amat~ur Athletic Club ........ . ...... . ........ .38yards. 6. W.R. Hewitt........ . .. . .. Amencan Athletic Club .... . ..... . .......... . . .35 " 9. H. Scbroeder.............. AthleticAseo. College City of N. Y............. 32 " 10. A. Schnabel. . ............ Short Hills Athletic Club......................26 " 11. F. W. Jaoeseu ............ .State11 Island Athletic Club .................... 16 .. 12. Walter Smith........• .. • . .Seawanhaka Boat Club...... .. ... . ... . ......... 7 " Won by No. Time, Second, No, THIRD IIEAT. Will be published in neat pocket shape, and hand- 13. s"omely bound in cloth and gilt. Single- copies, 50 H. cents. Liberal Discounts to Clubs ordering a num- ~Z: ber of copies. Address 17. Samuel Knight, Jr ... .. ... .Williamsburgh. L. I. . .......................... 36 yards. Louis E. Price... .. . .......Staten Island Athletic Club ........ . ...... ..... 33 « William Pinkney, Jr...... Short Hills Athletic Club...................... 32 " J. F. Nordsiek......... . •.. '\Ylnd•or Atblettc Club........................ 28 " Ralph Voorhees ..... .....Greenpoint Athletic Club ............... . .... 18 " Henry C. Rommel...... . .Triton Boat Club ........ . .....................10 THE ATHLETE, 2 Cot:RTL~~DT ST., NEW YORK. From the Christmas numl.Jer of Th, Spirit ofth• Times. "Fngla.rnl, commonly known ai, ourl\lotherCountry, is '--r;ret!uh ntly t10 in att1letics. Ohe taught us all these sports, and with each game we naturally borrowed its laws. An e,:amination of the two codes will Rbow tba.t the, Ameri. can is !oumled on the 1<:nglish, ancl their fundamental principles are the same. Tllo American compilation is an nm1,Hllcation and lmpro\'•meot of the English model. The defect of the English laws is not incorrectne•s, but incompleteness, and they are really but the skeleton or framework on which the New York Athletic Club have built up their more comprehensive o.ud definite o,ode. The English laws are oilent as to several recognized games, and in thtise which are inclnded, 1nauy points deserving CS· pecial and authoritative leRisla.tiuu o.ru left to cu-;tom and the whim of each successive con1111ittee. 18. Won by No. Time, Second, No. ONE .MILE WALIL Open to those who have ne\'er beaten 8.30. FJ:RST FOUR IN EACH TBJAL TO COMPETE IN FINAL TO•MORROW E'f'ENING. FIRST IIEAT. 1. Fred. Rheinfranl: •. ... . ......... • •..... . ...... , Young l\Ion's Christian Association 2. ,;vm. F. Sauer.............. .. ...... ... .. ... . . . " " " " 3. Alex. A. Jordan ......... . .................................Empire City Gymnasium t ~:::: ~: tfd~,1::: ·.·..·.·. ·. ·.·.·.-.·.·.·.· ·:.: .. ·:.: ·.·:::.:::.:·::::::::::::.·::~~~~~ 1 ::·y~~t 6. F. L. Lackemacher ...........•. •..... . . . .................Clinton Athletic Club 7. Frank Bellew••.•.• ........ •........ . ..... ..............Windsor Athletic Club 8. James ll. Hocking... . . . . •. .. . .. . .. •.............................. ..]S'ew York 9. William o·Ktetre. . .................... , . . . . . . . .. . . ...•....YorkYille Atuletic Club 10. Benjamin Small . .. . . .. .. . . .. . . . . •........................Windsor Athletic Club 11. John J. Kritft .... , .......... ••.. • ••..•........ Young l\Ien's Christian Association 12. utto J. Frank ................. .. ••••.......... .. ........Empire City Gymnasium 13. James Ca.n1eron.... . . ... , . , ...................Young :\Ien's Christian AsAociation H. W. J. Mea,le...................... . ............................... .... .. ]S'ew York 15. Thomas Keefe ..................... . .....................................New York 16. C.. MacBride .... . ................ ••............ Young Men's Christian Assocmtion 17. Wilham T. Goodwin ................. ......................... Astoria Athletic Club Won by No. Time, Second, No. Third, No. Fourth, :No. SECOXD IIEAT. "Luring the past two years the "-ew York Athletic Club has receiwd almo•t weekly rc•queets for these laws and n1les. Such applications hav<• been eo frequent and ur– gent that at a recent meeting it was reeoh·ed tc publiah them in pamphletform, and furnish a copy to every club in thP rountry. Neither the l,!entlemen who framed these Jaw,. nor the Committee to whom has been entrusted their publication. claim to be infallible, and !t Is probable tbat many improvements wil{ht bA made iu YCrbal ameud• ment, in skillful arrangement, an(l in the euhstanc(' and meaning of individual rules. WJHhing to make these laws"" nearly perfect as r os➔1ble. the Committee have de· ri<led to delay their pampbl, t for •ome wt·eks, to publish 18. W. A. Elks.······· .. ····················· · · · · ..... · · .... ·· .... ·.Port Henry, N. Y them in Tiu: SPIRIT'H Chr1stwas uuwl>er, w1wro they will l9. Alllert For st bauer. ·· · · · · · · · · · · ··· • • · •••• •· • · · ··· ·· · •· •· · •· · · · · · · · · ·······'New York be rea,l by every amateur athlete in America. and to re- 20. George Laing ......... . .......•................. . ..... .New York Caledontan Club cdve nnd conei<ler <'areful1y any cornmentli and criticisms 21. J. ,v. Adams .. ••••,•··•••·••·••·••,.•·•••·•• •···•• · •·••••·••••••••••· ,'Newark, N. J which may be made. 22. R. 8tr~th.ers, .Jr............ . ..............................Ma•'.?•ttan At~\etic C!)lb "Every athlete 10 tbe country iH earnestly requested to 23. T. H. Snuth ••••••. •••••••••· · •• .. ••••. ••••••••.. •••••.. read a.nu ritudy Catf'fully these laws antl rule'-, anti if h~ 2!. F. J. Fanutng ....................•............. ScotUl-\b-Amerlcan .Athletic Club uotk 'i auy 1,oint, ~nscq>tit,Ic, of 11nprove111eut e1ther in ~t fb H 1 Ptj,1°£ii'· · t' · · · · •• · · · · · • · · · · · · · •• · · · ·· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .GreeDJ)Oiut Atl.J~eticflu~ manner or matter. to forw1trU promµtly to THI:: St>rnIT a ,_, 7 . ~.,. ar eq · 1· 1 1 ° t, • · · · · · •• • •• · •· · • · • • •• • ••· ·· • • · · • •• · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .... c,v or statPTntut of his propOKeU alterations antl amendrnents. '' · t:. Row auc. · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · ••·· · • · •·· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ., " These ougge,tious will bP publMw,l wltb or without 2~. Eclwnr,t )lolsou ..............................................Harlem Athletic Club · t ·111., lJ l It tl (' itt · I t b ~.•. E. II.B iwley................... . ,.....•.....OriunRowingnndAthlcticAseociati n fi 1:a~ro~rcjl~:t';~ t:e :.~ft~,~-e ~na~~ (1~~~~~ 1 . i.:dw~tllio,~~-il'~c: 3U. \.H.}'. Scl~g(·r.. •• . . . . . . •. , . . . •.....................Sport~man Club, Newburg cei\'e a f:nr aucl thorough consiclerntlou.' iu this w~y the \11. \\'illiam,E. Gould ..................... •....Columbia College Athletic Assoda\ion club hope to 1,erfect thee laws that they m, r Ill' acc,·p!A-, :1.i. T. B,·n~c, _.Jr ........ . .................................... 1Iauhattan Athletic Ulub I ble to Rll c1ubF1, autl tllat their intrintiic m~rib rua.y sc- ,i,J. H. E. 8pr1ngt·r., •· ••••• ••••· •••••. •..... ,,,, ....... ,..... " " " cure universal adopti n." Won by .:S-o. Time, Second, ;,;o. Third, No. Fourth. No. JUST OUT. • The ]V.EW CIGfi1?.,.E!11.E /lnd SWEET CAPORAL, Fine, Mild and Sweet, :}fANUFAO'fT;RED BY MANUF -;,RS OF The following Celebrated Brands · CAPORAL, CAPORAL ¾, ST. JAMES, SPORT, E TRE NOUS, LOS BRILL.A ST. J AMES ¾, COSSACK, __LO ~ E SP .ANOLE TES, ' .AMBASSADOR, :MATIN EE, U .r' ION CLU B ! LA_ F .AVORI TA., V ORO_ ZOFF, ~IILIT.AIRE, THOROUGHBRED, FINE HAVA A, ALL TOBACCO. Papier Persan and Courtier Cigarette Paper 1n Books. WARRANT PURE TOBACCO-A~~ RICE PAPER ONLY USED. Beware of Imitations and Counterfeits. None aenuine c; without above Jae- simile Signature. ~ SOLD BY ALL DEA LERS. - ~ --------------------~ ,. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS RU TRIAL HEAT . FI'RSl'.' AND 8E00Nl' IN EACH TltLU. TO RUN THE PJ?(AL, F IRST HEAT. 1. Thomae 1Ialoy ............Brooklyn ...........•...........•.•.... ..•.... Scratch. 2. C. W. Piokney ............ Short Hills Athletic Club. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 yards. 3. W.Dittmar,Jr ............. NewYork ................................. 11 " 4. M. J. Gilligan .............Clinton Athletic Club.........................H 5. Charles Lynch ...........New York........... . ........................15 " 6. H.P. Hastings.............Windsor Athletic Club.......................17 Won by Xo. Time, Second, No. ECO).'D HEAT. 7. W.. Molo................ Scottieh•American Athletic Club .............. 3 yards. 8. L. E. Jllyers............... Knickerbocker Yarht Club .........•.....••... 8 « 9. P. J. Carpenter............Central Athletic Club ........................ 12 " 10. F. A. Farley .............. bore HUis Athletic Club .....................13 " 11. John C. Wetmore..........Elizabeth Athletic Club . . ............ . ....16 " Won by Xo. Time, Second, So. THIRD HEAT. 12. William H. Doui;:las......New York .......... ...... .. . ................ 6 yards 13. E. H. Reynolds......... . .Short Hills Athletic Club... .. ................10 •• 14. J. Steele, Jr............... Scottish-Amerkan Athh-tic Club............... 14 " 15. IeaJM:Lobsltz.. .. . ..... Amateur Athletic Club ....................... 17 ,, 16. James Saunders.. ..... ... Kent, England....... . ............. .... .. ...17 " Won by ::'\'o. Time, Second, No. ...:UIATETJR TUG OF WAR. TRIAL PULL. 11 not won within fifteen minutes. time will be called and the team having the ad– vanta~e will be declared the winner. The signal for the start and finish of tugs of war will be by report of pistol. Final pull to.morrow evemng. FIRST TRIAL. SCOTTISH AMERICAN ATHLETIC CLCB VERSUS EMPIRE CITY GYMNASIUM. TEA:lf :\I. E. )loore, Captain. E. Arool,l. (;. A. J. Qufrkberner, A. Thomison, J. Dunning. A. Hasslacher, C. Fabregou. Jr., IY•.. Bennett, J. )I. 1Iore J. )lc""berry J. Quigley. liut,.titute, A. Ing, " John Britton, " Won by Time TRAM. James McCartney, Captain, Augustus Schneider, Gee,rge Barry. Clartnce Halpin. "llllam Payton, James Coughlin, John l\IcGrahan, Gec,rge lllullen, John Jenning•. Thorua lllcLonghlin, Rudolph Lynch, ubstitute John Valligher, •• • Bartt~tt .McGrahan SECOXD TRIAL. NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLl:B VERSC:S NINTH REGIMENT, N. G. S. N. Y. TEAll. 'William B. Curtis, Captain, Jamt.'F "·· Carter, William n. Wb1tmore, ,relvin T. Hard, Louie S.• Ia ·k, ,villlaw .I::, :u: Cre<ly, Frank J. Kilpatrick, Matthew C. Patterson, Charles H. Truax, Henry E. Buermeyer, H. Edwards Ficken, Substitute, Alfred T. Heyn, " Dani~] M. Stern, Won by TEAM. F,·rrl• P. L. De Groot Captain Lt vy D(•yer, ' ' John Kirtz, eorge W. Didway, amuel Patt rson, George B.. lunroe Louis B~lloran, ' John U 1bcrmm, James Heatherington, Henry Orot-s, Jobn Morris. Substitute, Charles Archer, 11 Dnvld Ciak, Time, ONE MILE RGN. t William H. Capes ..... , ....A_merican Athletic Club....................•. • 105 yde. ~i,: irk~~~~·.-j;,'.'.'.':·.'.'.'.'.1'e,"." Y?;k·.::::::::::: ·:.::: :·:. :: .'.'.'.'.'.':.':::: :: . :~: :: 8. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. l]. 12. 13. 14, 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. ~4. 25. 26. R. H. Pelt.on .............. Greenpoint Athletic Clnb ....................... 95 " C. Horton .................Scotllsh-American Athlc·tic Club ................ 95 .. H.P. Todd ............ ... Athlellc A.sociabon College City of New York. 85 •· James )Iagee.. ............ American .\thletic Oub.... .. . . . .. . ....... .. . . . 80 .. T. K. H•stinl(s............. Sew York.................................... 80 •< Alfred Yarian......... . .... Knickerbocker Yacht Club..................... 75 " Jose)lh Donley............Emp!re City Gymnasium ....................... 7 ~ " James RN1gan .............Wind1'0l' Athletic Club.................. • • . 'i5 " Geo. H. Cullum ....•.......Young Men•• Christian Ass,riation ......... .'.":. 75 .. r~.t f~~~~~::::::: :: ·.-.: ::~~~ i~~ri: i: y: .-. ::: : ::::: :::::::::: :: •:: :: :: z.~ :: Philip H•illy ..............Wood's Gymuaeium .............. ..... ......... 75 " Fred. C. Hurebard........ New .Yo.k... ·: ................................. 75 .. Jame• Doyle...............Scottish-American Athletic Club..............•. 75 " A. E. Gordon............... '' '' " ............... 76 t• Reginald IJ. !<ayre......... Columbia College Athletic Association .......... 70 .. Arthur W. Ander•on....... :S-ew York Athletic Club...............•........ 66 ,. C. J Leuch............... Scottlsh•Americau Athletic Club ............... 68 " P. Noel. .....•............. Short Hills Athletic Club.............. ~ ........ 60 " W. H. Robert,on ......... Brooklyn, L. I. ............................... 58 ., William E. Barn• ......... Short Hiils Athletic Club...................... 4ij .. Benjamin C. Williams...... New York .Uhletic Club...................... 30 " T. B. Bates................ Harlem Athletic Club.......................... Scratrl. Won by Xo. Time Second, ]S'o. Third, Xv. SEYE~TII REGIMKNT Tl!G OF WAR. TRIAL PCLL. J¥r If not won within fifteen minutes, time \\ill he called, and the team having the advantug,• will be declared the winner. The signal tor t11e start and fini•h of Tuge of War will b• by report of pistol. Final l'ulJ~ tc-rnorrow evening. "C" CO:\IP.\NY 1ST. Wald') prague, Captain, C. H. Drm·I, .Ja111CK Walden, John f dllitl'I, Jarnci; e. Uillies, ,J. E. '.\le~ ~k:ol, FlHST TRL\.L. VERSi'S "I" COMPA:S-Y. <:;~~'.;1!-"ti~;.Burrill, Jr., Captain, Jc,hn 11·a1ker, P .Scdc.:,· c: M. Euglis, J. Klou,, Ocu. li-. Stow, Substitute, E. sa..,P, ubstitute, "~,Ilium L. ~tow, Gt_•org1 \\' GilJ~on, W. 1-~. Englis, H. 1•~11, H. l'. 11lomson. F. Carrington. Won by Time, ACKERMAN, BICKER & MANVEL FORMERLY WITH STARR & MARCUS, Jen~lers & $ilmsmitlls, No, 9 MAIDEN LANE, Special attention given to furnishing :.\1edals, Badges, Cups, &c., in Gold and ilver, for PRIZES for any occasion, at very low price1-<. Arti tic Designs furni l100 on ari11lication. ROWING- AND ATHLETIC GOODS A SPECIALTY_ I 04 Bf\O~Dw''\ NEW YO R K. WE REFER TO EVERY Athletic and Boat Club IN THE COUNTRY. I ,.