The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-30
ATHLETIC SEASON
VIRTUALLY over,
Few Meets of Minor Importance
Will BE Given at Picnics
This Summer.

WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
With the conclusion OF the neld day OF
the Scottish Clans next Thursday after
noon. July 1. athletics in St. Louis will be
at a standstili until the middle OF August.
when the Irish Nationalist pull or their
big field day.
The championship games to be held at
Louisville. KY. in the early fall are at
tracing the attention Of athletes from all
over the country.
The st. Louis Amateur Athletic Assocla-
ton Is thinking of giving another meet on
its grounds this season.
The St. Louis A. A. A. intended to send
a team TO the Buffalo Exposition. but this
will hardly be done now, since the home
grounds are to be taken awa- from them.
as they have already set to work to find
new quarters for the club. All the money
now in the treasury. and the money which
will be asked from the Worlds Fair peo-
pie for the grounds. will be needed for the
new quarters.
OF the athletes who made a fairly good
showing in the meet last Saturday and
Sunday. Billy Dillon. Ed Parmelee and John
King did the best work. Dillon's record
this year on the cinder path has been q
successful one. he having finished second TO
st. Clair Shaw In both hurdle races IN the
championship intercollegiate games OF the
State. In the meet Saturday afternoon,
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the two hurdle races.
Robinson was being touted to win the
high hurdles. but he failed to show ahead
Of Dillcn at the finish.
dillon had not been counted on by the
experts to win in these two races. Robin
son. after failing to win the high hurdles.
did not attempt to run the 20 hurdles. In
this. race II looked as II Shaw and Dillon
heat up to the last fall. where he missed
hts stride. hit the hurdle and took an ugly
fall.
OF the sprinters. ParmeIee made the best
showing with his win In the 1e0-yard dash
in both meets.
Scarcely a year passes without a new
sprinting phenomenon flashing over the
world Ct sport in this city. Fleet-footed
unners appear in the spring to sweep
everything before them for a season. win
the championship. Go 10 seconds or 90 At.
and then retire into oblivion.
Lee Demming went East to compete In the
junior championship games held at the Buff
falo Exposition. and the races were run In
:los1. but GINNING could not even get
placed in these races. SO II II hard to see
how he could run such a remarkable race
In ST. Louis.
among the sprinters. and tho two races he
won were considered good work by many,
as he ran against all the cracks CT the city. |
ST. Louis has never been noted for its
ions-distance runners. and the scarcity of |
men to compete In the longer races In or |
about st. Louis has been one of the notice. |
able features Of the meets held in this State. |
the best iong-distance runners
who competed In open events in this city
were Cnendal. Murphy and Gilbert. a trio ,
Of fast men from Notre Dame. who tooA |
part in the indoor meet held this spring |
Harry Kiener seems to be about the best !
long distance runner locally. Kiener Is a /
big, strong fellow. and has a vond.rSrI l
stride. which wins most OF hts races, and
then again he can Judge his pace better |
than any other runner and starts his race
and finishes at the same swinging gait.
John King seems To come IN the money at
tvery meet. and he has enough medals 10
start a small-sized jewelry sho2 now. King
IL . clever all-round athlete. He has no
speciaity. being q fast man In the sprint
races and clever In the field events.
OF the weight men. p. Mahoney has the /
Dcience Of the games developed to . high
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