The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

The Junior field meet which was held on
Memorial Day under the auspices OF the
St. Louis University was a decided success
| and has led to the formation Of an athletic
| association for the public schools OF this
| city and the team from the st. Louis Uni
versity.
The work done by the young athletes was
more than encouraging, and the prospects
| are bright that the next meet will turn out
some fast athletes. Coach Delaney of the
ST. Louis University is well pleased with the
showing made by the Junior athletes. and
expects great things of his team in next
years contest.
Owing TO the scarcity of field men in or
about St. Louis. Trainer Delaney worked
hard on the athletes i'm this special branch
of the sport. and the result was that his
hen. although much lighter than the other
contestants in the meet. made the most
creditable showing by winning.
The reason for the poor showing made by
the athletes of this city in the field events
is that few Of them ever try for these
events. and those that DO try have no
form and can do but little
Coach Delaney worked hard on the few
men he had in the field events. and the
showing made by Dillon. Mckeown. Cham
bers. Doyle and Balm was a creditabie one.
Dillon displayed excellent form in the
pole vault. and IL was due to this fact alone
that he won this event. as Hill was tho
only boy who could come anywhere near
Dillon. and he had no form. Diilon's mar
veious broad jump was the feature OF the
meet. and here again in this event 1t was
shown that careful coaching and the teach
ing Of form won.
One of the Interesting features Of the
meet was the running Of Moriarty In the
40 yard dash. Moriarty ran a clever race
and made the same time AZ George Drew
made in the championship games over in
Observation-Disclosures seconds. Mckeown
made n most creditable showing in the meet
by winning the half-mile run and the shot
put. His record in the shot-lut of q feet
6 inches was a remarkable performance.
What promises to be one OF the largest
meets OF its kind ever held In this city IS
the one to be given under the auspices Of
the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
on June 90 at the club grounds In Forest
Park. All the best athletes of the city are
interested In the MET, and more than LOO
entries have been received SO far.
The warm weather OF late. with the ex-
ception Of a day or two last week, has
given the athletes who will take part in the
meet a splendid chance to put in some good
work. and most of the boys took advantage
Of the opportunity.
Tom Aiken, trainer and g~roundskeeper
at the club. said last Monday that all the
track needed to make it the fastest in the
CITY was Il EOCU. niTu TdIu- lie ram Came
all right. ard Aitken claims that by the day
of the contest he will have the track ready
for notwithstanding time.
The St. Louis A. A. a. will have super
vision Of the appointment OF officers and
will take care Of all the other necessary
details OF the meet. In selecting officials
for the meet it is to be hoped that care
will be taken to choose men who will push
matters. as 1t will be necessary for the club
TO run OF several preliminaries. and 1t will
take quick work to run the events OF at a
seasonable hour. Tom Aitken Is in great
demand at the club, as all the athletes are
anxious to have the stamp of his approval
as to their condition and are working hard
to gain 1t.
Harry Kiener Of the South Side Turner'S.
who made such a good showing in the
games held at the Exposition meet. Is
training hard for the coming event at the
clubs grounds. and will be a hard man to
beat In the half and mile races.
King. also OF the South Side Turner'S. IS
training along with Kiener, and Is a good
aii-Eound athlete. king is especially fast
at 40 yards. and in this event is expected
to make 4hite a showing. VIII Ehrhardt
will represent the club In the longer races,
and Is u fair distance runner.
The pole vault Is awakening much inter-
est. and this event Is expected to be one
of the features OF the meet. Petit. who
on May Is. will be seen here for the second
time this season. and he will try to break
his old record Of IL feet In this meet. The
pole vault will be the most hotiy contested
event of the day. Such cracks as Jackson
Of the college. Shaw of the St. Louis Uni
versity, Reilly and John T.. Meyers are all
clever Jumpers and will be among the
entries.
This meet ought to prove Of considerable
interest to those who wish to observe the
comparison between the college athletes of
st. Louis and outsiders. By outsiders is
meant the athletes who belong to athletic
clubs and turnvereins. This opportunity is
not offered in the strictly scholastic meets
and Intercollegiate contests which the st.
Louis public witnessed I'm the last two
meets.
Jimmie Kinsella. Billy Dillon. S~essinghaus
and Dan Dougherty will represent the !
triple club in the sprint races. Dan
Dougherty, vel! known as a bicycle rider.
gave up the wheel a few years ago and has
since been training for the running track.
He has made quite a favorable
What promise to be the best hurdle race
ever witnessed in this city will take place
at this meet. Dillon. who ran second 10
Shaw in the state intercollegiate meet VIII
be in this event for the club. Robinson. also
Of the triple "A" team. and who has
claimed the championship OF the city IN the
hurdle races. will have an opportunity 10
Justify his claim. as such men az Dough
erty Of c.. X. c., S~essinshaus. King. Du-
lon and shaw will compete I'm this event.