the week before. In the mile, Tappen did not appear, having gone out of
training, but McCord, who ran third in the N.Y. Interscholastics, came
to the scratch and won in 4 m. 58-4/5 sec. He is a promising athlete,
and this performance is especially creditable, as it is only his second
race. Mosenthal, who beat him home the week before, ran second.

[Illustration: Pell.

Harris. Syme.

FINISH IN FINAL HEAT LOW HURDLES OF THE I.-C. GAMES.]

The high hurdles were run in three pretty heats. Beers came home ahead
in the first in 16-1/5 sec. with a couple of Brooklyn men upsetting the
hurdles behind him, and Vom Baur took the second heat in 16-2/5. Then
came a neck-and-neck race between these two. Beers, who won the
Interscholastics, ran well, and both men leaped together all the way.
But Vom Baur was a little stronger at the finish, and left his opponent
only a few inches behind him. It was an exciting race, and an
exceedingly close finish. Syme won the final of the low hurdles easily,
after coming in behind Harris in his heat, and Brooklyn was closed out
of any points in the event by Harris and Pell. Powell took the lead in
the bicycle, and made creditable time, 5 m. 32-2/5 sec. This was
doubtless due to the pacing of Ehrich, which was permitted by the mutual
consent of the Interscholastic Committees.

[Illustration: POLE VAULT AT THE I.-C. GAMES.

Simpson clearing the bar at 10 feet.]

The field events were more interesting than the track events, especially
the hammer, in which the record was broken by two men. Batterman threw
first, and landed at 123 ft. 7/8 in. The record is 117 ft. 4-1/2 in.,
made by Irwin-Martin at the Interscholastics on May 11th. Irwin-Martin
did not appear at the Inter-City games. Having made so good a throw,
Batterman felt confident of victory, but Ayres stepped up and threw 123
ft. 11-1/4 in. Neither mark was bettered after these two performances.
Baltazzi kept up to his mark in the high jump, and cleared 5 ft. 10-1/2
in. Then he had the bar put up to 6 ft., and tried for a record. He
nearly did it, touching only with his ankle-bone, and he did not try
again. My assumption that Baltazzi would represent the N.Y.A.C. in the
International games in September has proved correct. Captain Baxter has
asked him to become a member of the N.Y.A.C. team. Cowperthwaite jumped
half an inch further than he did at the Interscholastics, but came near
being defeated by Jewell, who cleared 20 ft. 10 in., the