The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12
Missouri Championship Decided on
~. Louis Amateur Athletic
Association Grounds.
KANSAS CITY MAN DEFEATED.
Hooc Sport at the Fall Meeting
Is~WiInesSed by Il Large
and Enthusiastic
Crowd.

The final matches IN the State TERMS
tourney and the fall athletic meet 81 the 81
Louis Amateur Athletic Association took
place Yesterday ON the grounds Of the
Triple 4. al Forest Park Eiung Of -
Louis defeated Wilder Of Kansas City in
the championship singles. and McKittrick
and Ware proved too strong for Kaufman
and West In the double event.
The athletic part Of the programme fur
uished good sport and th- 90 spectators
found plenty % opportunity 10 give vent
10 their enthusiasm. The events we're al
marked hy ciu-e nrIsheS. especially the
several heats Of the lr-yard dash. wherr
the first three men wer- separated hy
inches when they passed the tape.
About the courts where the championship
tennis took place there vas "a large and eN-
cited crowd. Naturally. the sympathles %
the majority OF the spectators we're win
the -. Louis player. but Mr.. Wider r.
ceived Voiieys Of hearty applause when he
succeeded In landing the rubber sphere bc-
yond the rracn uf mis- opponent.
The nrst match ~ the day was between
Elting amt Moore. beth Of this city. They
StarTFt late Frtda- afternoon. but Were
forced To postpone their match after one set
had hern PLAYED. which was won hy Elting.
The latter made good again yesterday aft
cruocu, and captured the second set and
match. by "a score OF g
The match for the double championship
II the state was started shortly after )
~ tANHha aANNAAAAN anu hAAE taAAl
demonstrated their superiority over Kaun-
man and West. and the result Of the match
was never IN doubt. The maj score stood
Eting aud Wilder met on the middle
court. and before their first match Mas
half through. the side lines were lined with
spectators. Al times the play % both men
was brilliant. Biting proved the steadier
and won by displaying better Judgment
''4 IR9oSTFHA PLAY sNArPY CANE
Wilder was especially Suuug on high lob
bling. but Eling seemed TO take naturally
20 this style Of game. and had apparently
no difficulty in returning with hard. smash
ing drives. WilderS Side-line work was ST.
perior TO THAI % Eltng, hut the latter gave
him little opportunity for utilizing this IA
vonte stroke.
Both men played a quick. snappy net game
and accepted every nance Tor a run-in- Fit
Xxx. however. wa quicker in reaching this
coveted position. ana the majority OF his
points were made by net smashes-
The final score was 81. 81. 63 Nearly all
the games ran TO duCe. however. and the
score. especially fO-- the last two sets. does
not give a correct idea Of the brilliant work
displayed by both men.
The trophies In each Of the events were
handsome cups and will be contested for
annually until won three times In success
sion. They were offered rs the Amateur
Athletic Association and the tournaments
will be held on the Triple a courts.
Whle-the tennis matches Were ia progress
the Triple \ athletes were making Things
interesting for another large body of specta-
tors seated on the lawn IN front 81 the club
house. The hundred-yHrt dash. IN three
heats. was the opening event.
1t WAS Won by James kiuSciia. who sis1
captured the second heat. A silk umbrella
was the first prize and an eNerciser was
won by ;. Lehman. who finished second in
both the trial and tnal heats.
H T. Ferris. with a handicap az two and
by covering y feet . inches IN the running
broad jump. Johnson. two feet handicap.
was second with a jump OF p feet , inches,
and secured a scarfholdc-.
The most interesting event % the day.
from the spectators point Of view. was the
obstacle race Four men were entered and
their antics in surmountiug the various OBJ
StacleS set in the course caused a great deal
81 meTriment. Weber Minges finished first.
with Il. G. Pasco second.
THE SUMMARY.
~lao-yard ~dash-F1rst heat; Quinn. ! yard, first
HarhauEh. s wards. second. Time. II Eecnu J.
| second ~af-kias-ila. scratch. first. Lehman.
II yards, second Time. II secunis FINAL heat
| -ktnseiia. scratch. FIRST. Lehulann. - yariS.
| second Tine. 10 a. seconds
Running broad futnp-Fcrrs, - feet. FIRST. II
feet 5 Inches. johnson. , feet. second. Il feet
I inches. kinsella. I fopt. third. ~ feet . inches
Running hiEh iunP-Johnsoa. . inches, frs
s. inches. Ferris. IA inches. second. 81 inches
4fA-yard run-Lehmann . yards. drEt. O'Flyuu,
| scratch. second. Time. = seconds
Obstacle hrst. Plsc". ssconi
| Time. - a. seconds
shot-put-Dieckman. - feet. h-st. 3 70, Il
inches. Eibrrcht. fleet. second. = feet { incncs
| Johnson. a. feet. third. "A feet 6 inches.
| Potato ursts Fisher. srcuni, Fas'
| CO. third. Time. = IS seconds
Relay race. two-nfths Of n milr-Iohnson, Pas
ming team. defeating Quinn. HArbaugh. Ming
and Methudy. TlIe. IL As