122, Sims, 3. Time-2:082; $9,745. May 30-Memorial Handicap, 3-yr.-olds and 14 m., Ida Pickwick (Avondale over, Stable), 114, R. Williams, 1; Ben Holiday, 3, 100, Scherrer, 2; Loki, 3, 104, C. Reiff, 3. Time-2:08; $2,220. June 13Buckeye Stakes, 3-yr.-olds. 1% m., Ben Brush (M. F. Dwyer), 122, Sims, 1; Prince Lief, 125, Perkins, 2; Loki, 119, Ray, 3. Time-1:53%; $4,795. June 18Moerlin Handicap, 3-yr.-olds and over, 11 m. Buck Massie (J. M. Murphy), 4, 125, Thorpe, 1; Loki, 3, 104, C. Reiff, 2; Ben Holliday, 3, 104, Scherrer, 3. Time2:05% $2,010. June 20-Diamond Stakes, 2-yr.-olds, 5 f., Maceo (Byron McClelland), 121, Ray, 1; Rosinate, 115, Scherrer, 2: El Toro, 113, R. Williams, 3. Time-1:002: $2,890. September 17-Garnet Stakes, 2-yr.-old colts, 6 f., F. F. V. (T. H. Tarr), 123, Thorpe, 1; Dr. Cat lett, 118, R. Williams, 2; Ben Brown, 115, Ray, 3. ST. LOUIS.-June 20-National Derby for 1896, 3-yr.-olds, 1% m., Prince Lief (Byron McClelland), 127, Perkins, 1; Ben Brush, 127, Sims, 2; Ben Eder, 122, Thorpe, 3. Time-2:34; $14,600. DETROIT.-August 4-Derby, 3-yr.olds, 1% m., Damien (W. J. Porter), 112, R. Williams, 1; Nimrod, 122, Perkins, 2; Argentina, 102, Scherrer, 3. Time-2:36%; $3,895. RECORDS MADE IN 1896. .0:34 .1:33 were ATHLETICS. a The contests at Athens, Greece, in April, 1896, known as the 776th Olympiad, remarkable, the Americans being winners in a majority of the games. Most of the European nations were well represented at Athens, and the contests, as a whole, were successful, both as an international athletic meeting and as a picturesque suggestion of the memorable ancient festivals. The stadion was built on the site of Athens's ancient stadion, at a cost of over $100,000, through the munificence of Georgius Averoff, a Greek merchant of Alexandria. It inclosed course 670 feet long and 109 feet wide, also seating capacity for 30,000 people. The United States was represented by the following: Princeton College team-Robert Garrett, A. C. Tyler, F. A. Ine and H. B. Jamison. Boston Athletic Association-John B. Graham, Ellery H. Clark, Thomas E. Burke and Arthur Blake. Suffolk Athletic Club-J. B. Connolly. Harvard College-Gardiner Williams, T. P. Curtis and W. Welles Hoyt. There was much difficulty in securing American contestants, because of the great expense, about $1,000 for each man. The following were the winners in the games: April 6: Discus-throwing-Garrett, 29.15 metres, defeating the Greek champion, Panaskevopoulos, by 19 metres. Hop, step and jump-Connolly, 13 7-10 metres; Tufferi (French), second. Long April 7: jump-Clark, 6.35 metres; Garrett, 6 metres; Connolly, 5.84 metres. 400-metre flat race-Burke, 541-5 sec.; Jamison, second, Putting the weights-Garrett, 11.22 metres; Gouskos (Greek champion), 11.03 metres. One-hand weight-lifting-Elliott (Dane), (Eng lish), 71 kilos. Two-hand weight-lifting -Jensen 1111/2 kilos. 1,500metre flat race-Flack (Australia), 4:33. April 8-Bicycle race, 100 kilometresFlamant, 3 h. 8 m. Greek contestant Jockeys. Blake Bergen 48 20 16 171 163 Bergen, M. 10 7 8 46 71 second. Keefe Lamley Lamley, J.. Littlefield Mackin 29 30 31 134 224 13 42 83 2 Overton 6 10 26 94 194 April 9: Νο Americans contested. Shooting contest, 200 metres-Karassevdas (Greek), 40 shots, 588 points; Pavlides (Greek), 494 points; third and fourth places won by Greeks, foreign competitors following. 800-metre race-Flack (Australian), 2:11. Sabre contest-Georgiades defeated Karacalos. April 10: Long-distance race from Marathon (26 miles), over the historic road followed by the messenger centuries ago, bearing the news of the defeat of the Persians, was won by Louis, a Greek peasant. There were twenty competitors, including Blake. The latter became ex-. hausted and fell out, as did Flack (Australian). Vasilakos (Greek) was second, and Belokas (Greek) third. Time of winner, 2 h. 48 m. 100-metre raceBurke, 12 sec.; Hoffman (German champion), second. High jump-Clark, 181 centimetres. Hurdle race, 110 metresCurtis, 17 3-5 sec.; Goulding (English champion), second. Parallel bars-Flatow (German) and Zutter (Swiss). Climbing the pole-Andri, Kopoulos and Xenakis, all Greek athletes. Pole jump Hoyt, 3.30 metres; Tyler, second, 3.20 metres. Rifle and revolver contestsPayne brothers (Americans). High jump -Connolly and Garrett each scored 1.65 metres. April 11: Wrestling-Schurmann (German). 2,000 and 10,000 metres bicycle race-Masson (French). April 12: Bicycle race, Athens to Marathon and return, 90 kilometres-Constantinides (Greek), 3 h., 22 m., 31 sec. HOME EVENTS. Some creditable records were made in athletics in 1896. The following were the important events: 10 yards-M. Clayton, Tufts, Col., Jan. 31, 13-5 s. 15 yards-Pierce, Tufts, Col., Jan. 31, and L. I. W. Redpath, Newton, Mass., Mar. 28, 21-5 s. 20 yards-D. F. Brown and J. N. Jack 25 yards-McAllister, Boston, Feb. 1; J. Dondge, N. Y., Feb. 24; Taylor, Schenectady, Mar. 14, 32-5 s. 30 yards-B. J. Wefers, West Newton, Mass., April 7, 3 2-5 s. 35 yards-A. W. Grosvenor, Boston, March 14, 4 s. 40 yards-Mining, Mich., Feb. 28; E. Caulkins, Mich., March 14; W. M. Robinson, Boston, March 31, 4 4-5 s. 50 yards-Atherton, Ky., April 17; Eggleston, Ill., April 18, 5 2-5 s. 100 75 yards, B. J. Wefers, 73-5s; yards, 9 4-5 s; 109 yards, 11 s; 120 yards, 11 4-5 s; 220 yards, 21 1-5 s; 300 yards, 30 3-5 9. T. E. Burke, 440 yards, 48 4-5 s; 600 yards, 1 min. 11 sec. 880 yards, E. H. Hollister, 1:56 4-5 s; Kilpatrick, 1:56 2-5 s. One mi'-A. L. Wright, 4 min. 254-5 sec.; Orton, 1 mile, 4:26 3-5; 2 mile, steeplechase, 10:58. High hurdles-Richards, 15 4-5 s.; 220yard hurdle-Bremer, 24 4-5 s. Pole vaulting-Allis, 11 ft. 1% in. Starling broad jump-Ewry, 10 ft. 8 in.; standing high jump, Ewry, 5 ft. 31⁄2 in. High jump-B. Kerrigan and W. C. Patterson, 6 ft. 2 in. Running, two hops and jump-J. B. Connolly, 49 ft. 1⁄2 in. 240 .410 531 Tenny, Boston.. Stolen bases..a Sacrifice hits. Percentage.. Basehits..... Runs. Games. Name and Club. Burkett, Cleveland..1133 159 86 65 118.342|21|18 971 Doyle, Baltimore 118 115 168.342 McKean, Cleveland.. 133 100 190.33 12 13 Anson, Chicago. Long, Boston. Everett, Chicago... 131 130 191 Lange, Chicago. 123 114 156 106 72 135.335 528 119 108 170.334 12 40 7154 6.99 09 20 16 21 Grady, Philadelphia. 62 48 78 McGann, Boston. Davis, New-York. Ryan, Chicago.. 64 29 56.242 4 102 66 92.242 9 20 10 14.241 4 60 32 52.339 4 6 80 47 69.239 10 11 20.238 0 1 38.235 3 0 94.234 933 38.234 3 1 20.232 2 0 30.231 4 1 98.230 421 58.230 10 8 19.229 0 1 37.227 16 42 24 53.315] 01 2 Myers, St. Louis....[122] 48|117.260 3 9 124 98 155.315 645 Connaughton, N. Y.. 83 48 81.257 518 127 83 153.312 10 34 Bannon, Boston... 87 53 88.256 815 Anderson, Brooklyn..]104 69 135.312 140 Abbey, Washington.. 75 46 75.255 10 16 W. Clark, New-York 65 38 73.307 2 5 Dwyer, Cincinnati.. 33 17 28.254 3 3 Lyons, Pittsburg.. 116 77 134.306 11 13 McCarthy, Brooklyn. 101 62 96.254 923 Thompson, Phila.. 119 103 158.305 311 Mercer, Washington. 43 19 37.253 2 7 Duffy, Boston... 131 93 161.304 20 43 Turner, St. Louis.... 59 43 59.252 15 Tucker, Boston. 122 74 144.304 8 4 Murphy, St. Louis.. 48 12 44.251 6 1 Young, Cleveland. 48 33 54.304 2 1 Crooks, Wash & Louis 61 40 52.251 511 Pickering, Louisville. 45 28 50.303 115 Quinn, St. L. &Balt.. 68 40 68.249 617 Hoffer, Baltimore. 35 23 38.301 310 Mertes, Philadelphia. 35 20 35.248 19 Hassamer, Louisville 26 6 24.248 McCauley, Wash'gt'n 21 14 20.247 3 Lush, Washington... 91 71 85.245 523 Truby, Chic. & Pitts. 35 13 34.243 1 Pond, Baltimore. 24 10 19.243 5 Nash, Philadelphia.. Blake, Cleveland... Fisher, Cincinnati.. Friend, Chicago. Pfeffer, N. Y. & Chic. Paden, Pittsburg. McFarland, St. Louis Orth, Philadelphia... 22 12 Killen, Pittsburg. 48 27 Davis, Pitts. & N. Y. 107 68 Hawley, Pittsburg... 44 19 Johnson, Louisville.. 24 10 Wallace, Cleveland. 33 17 Clingman, Louisville. 120 68 Wilson, New-York... 69 33 Daub, Brooklyn. 29 9 Warner, Louis.&N. Y. 49 18 Donohue, Chicago...] 54 27 43.226 German, Washington 24 12 16 Kittredge, Chicago... 61 17 48 Sullivan, Boston... 24 9 19 Carsey, Philadelphia. 23 13 18 Hughey, Pittsburg.. 21 4 14.22 Cassidy, Louisville.. 48 16 40.221 Zearfoss, New-York. 16 5 13.220 Dolan, Louisville... 44 14 36.219 1 McCormick, Chicago. 45 22 37.219 310 Payne, Brooklyn. 32 5 21.218 Gray, Cincinnati.... 35 13 25.216 6 Sullivan, New-York. 23 9 16.216 2 Delehanty, Cleveland 16 10] 12[.216 1 3 Clark, New-York.... 40 11 30.209 1 0 Mack, Pittsburg. 30 7 24.207 1 0 Hill, Louisville.. 36 11 241.203 31 1 Harrington, Boston.. 53 26 40.203 3 1 31 Ehret, Cincinnati.. 10 20.200 5 McFarland, Louis.... 25 10 211.198 11 Kennedy, Brooklyn. 37 12 24.197 4 17 Rhines, Cincinnati... 4 11.196 Hart, St. Louis.. 46 9 32.196 4 Taylor, Philadelphia. 44 11 30.192 8 Nichols, Boston... Esper, Baltimore. Fuller, New-York.. Shearon, Cleveland.. Abbey, Brooklyn... Reitz, Baltimore.. Ewing, Cincinnati.. Cooley, St. L. & Phil 104 91 138.301 14 23 64 43 63.280 024 89 60 98.280 719 75 36 70.278 712 16 8 15.278 30 41 29 38.277 4 0 98 70 111.277 714 57 30 69.277 2 5 84 54 88.273 316 89 49 90.272) 5 8 132 53 148.272 14 18 80 32 76.26910 7 99 79106.2681019 85 871 90.268 916 79 43 80.268 511 48 21 44.268 7 6 62 42 64.267 4 5 29 14 28.267 3 15 24 11 23.267 1 0 111 68 122.266 917 Foreman, Cincinnati. 29 9 17.261 5 1 43 23 25.189 9 19 7 12.181 17 10 18.180 0 15 7 11.174 0 7 11.174 4 19 22 5 10.133 0 9.126 0 1 174 42 202 38 5.31 377 18 136 23 5.91 651 45 203 33 6.15 294 8150 17 8.82 584 22 234 26 9.00 240 7115 1,203 502 18 337 BATTING AVERAGES. The men's double championship tournaThe 12 9.58 ment was played in two sections. 21 16.04 Western tournament was held at Chicago 19 16.31 in July. The Neel brothers contest for the third consecutive year, beating G. L. Wrenn, jr., and E. Wrenn At the in the finals, 6-3, 6-0, 6-3. Eastern tournament, Narragansett Pier, R. I., in August, the ex-champions, Hobart and F. H. Hovey, won, beating Fischer and Budlong in the final round, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1. The Eastern and the Western champions then met at Narragansett on the following day to decide which pair should challenge the champion team, Wrenn and Chace. The Neels won, 4-6, 8-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. They also defeated the champions of 1895, Wrenn and Chace, in the final contest at Newport a week later by the score, 63, 1-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. TOUR OF THE AUSTRALIANS. September 18, 19 and 21-At Manheim, September 23 and 24-At Bergen Point, Australians, 253: New-Jersey A. C., 28 and 126. Wen by an innings and 99 runs. September 25, 26 and 28-At Elmwood, Philadelphia, Australians, 422; Gentlemen Won by an of Philadelphia, 144 and 207. innings and 71 runs. October 2, 3 and 5-At Haverford, Australians, 121 and 101; Gentlemen of Philadelphia, 282. Lost by an innings and 60 began at The single championship Newport, R. I., on August 18, ending a week later. R. D. Wrenn, who lost the championship to F. H. Hovey in 1895, regained it by defeating Hovey in the championship round, 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, Mr. Wrenn's most notable victories in the tournament were over his brother George (2-6, 9-7, 7-5, 9-7); over C. B. Neel (2-6, 14-12, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4), and Larned (4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3). The best players of the year are, according to expert critics, R. D. Wrenn, C. B. Neel, W. A. Larned, C. Hobart, F. H. Hovey, E. P. Fischer, G. L. Wrenn, jr., R. Stevens, F. K. Ward, M. D. Whitman, L. E. Ware, T. A. Driscoll, G. P. Sheldon, jr., and C. R. Budlong. AMERICAN PLAYERS ABROAD. W. A. Larned and A. E. Foote visited England during the season, Larned playing in most of the important tournaments and Foote in the English championship at Wimbledon, where Cazalet beat him, Larned's record against 6-4, 9-7, 6-3. the best English and Irish players is as follows: Irish championships, DublinDefeated C. H. Martin, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1; lost to W. V. Eaves, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. Chiswick Park-Defeated G. M. Simond, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, and H. A. Northern Nisbet, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5; lost to G. Greville, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 9-7. championships, Liverpool-Defeated C. H. L. Cazalet, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1, and E. R. Allen, 7-5, 8-6, 6-0; lost to H. S. Ma8-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, hony, 3-6, Queen's Club, London-Lost to H. L. Doherty, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2. West England championship, Bristol-Defeated H. Baddeley, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; lost to H. S. Ma |