The Washington times., 1902-06-29
All-Around A. AU. Cham
pionshlp Will Have
Big Entry List
SPECIAL WEIGHTS EVENTS
Flanagan Expects to Make New Rec
ords-Holland in the July Games.
Y. NJ c. A. Juniors in Camp-Cor-
coran Cadet Corps Team.

COran Cadet corps lean.
Entries are coming in rapidly for the
all-around A A. U. championships &c be
July 4, under the auspices of the Great
er New York Irish Athletic Association.
The last to send in an entry is Adam &.
Gum, OF the Buffalo Y. NJ. C. \, win
ner OF the all-around last year at the
Pan~American Exposition. He is pre-
pared to duplicate last year S perform
ance; in fact. he claims he can better
his record of last year. He is up against
a more formidable lot of rivals this year,
SO he must needs be better 20 make good
his claim
Gums best performances last year in
the different events are as follows: 16-
pound shot ~ feet inches; running
broad jump. % feet 212 inches; pole
vault, 10 feet inches; 440-yard run,
indoor q2-lap track, 80 2-5 seconds;
running high jump, feet inches Sc
pound weight. q feet.
Flanagan in Weight Events.
John Flanagan. the champion weight
thrower of America, who had made entry
20 try for the all-around championship
on July in the above games, has wisely
decided to withdraw his entry He Will
compete only in the special all-around
weight-throwing contest arranged for
in the same games. He found that
in training for the all-around list he
was weakening himself He will meet
such other giants as Dick Sheldon. Fred
Beck, John Dewitt, and their contests
in the hammer, shot. and 56-pound
weight will be well worth going to see.
Il is believed that Flanagan will win
the set of events, and by the point sys-
TEN ON scoring will make about 5000
points.
1t is expected that Flanagan will throw
the hammer at least 1e5 feet, and if he
does, he will score more than 1000
points. as allowed by the Amateur Attn
lctic Union table of percentages. fo- ne
viii get an extra point for each inch over
AS feet ! inch. and this will net him
.224 points. With a put of 30 feet in the
shotput he will score 664 points, and
with a throw OF So feet in the 56-pouud
weight, he will obtain $50 points Harry
Gills unbroken second all-around record
is 6,36012 points.
Gill. who is now the trainer at Beloit
College, Wisconsin, has prepared H II.
Merrill, OF that institution, for the COM
ing event. and ii is expected that he will
make the Eastern men work their hard
est to beat him cut.
Knights of Columbus Games.
together the largest number of athletes
OF the whole year is the track and field
meet to be held by the Knights of Co.
lumbus at Celtic Park, New York, on
July 5, postponed from June 81 on ac-
count of the big rainstorm. .On the or
iginal date only the preliminary heats
in the 1o0-yard dash were completed,
and, of course, the results in these go
over TO the postponed date.
The entry list is phenomenal in size,
having total of 341, as follows: The
closed events. which are all handicaps,
have filled out as follows: 100 yards. 26:
440yard run, %; 1-mile run, s: l6-
pound shot. IS; broad jump, 1G; Emile
bicycle. Z; relay race for councils, 80.
In the open events, all but one of which
are handicap events, have filed out as
follows: l00-yard novice, 20: 100-yard
handicap, 81; go yards, 30: 40 yards.
rs; 1-mile run. 81 pole vault. Z; running
high jump. II: throwing 16-pound ham
meT. 8; throwing 55-pound weight. s: in
terscholastlc relay, 1S; 10 standing
Jumps, scratch T.
Holland in the Relay.
Prominent among the entrants is ".
J. Holland, the Intercollegiate champion
OF Georgetown University.
He is entered as or. of the relay team,
representing Federal Council, of Boston.
in point of attendance the meet prom
iscs to be record breaker. 1t is ax-
pecred, with fair weather. that there
Will be 1900 persons present TO see the
On account OF the postponement the |
games reoponed the entry lists, and en-
tries may now be made with Frank /
Smith. 1l2 East Tenth Street, or James /
z. Sullivan, 1G Park Place. New York
city.
Athletics at Y. NJ. c. a.
But for the members who take exer- /
else at odd times, athletic matters at |
the Young Mems Christian Association
would be at standstiu. Mr.. Beckett is /
at the park daily, looking after such
men rs desire practice. not (or apy spe-
cial event, but for the good n does
them.
The tennis teams play al occasional
set. but the spirit OF rivalry is absent in
this as in other lines, because there are
10 contests in which the members are
listed 10 appear.
The baseball team has not covered it.
self with glory, and only occasionally
appears at the field for practice. Ii has
; game scheduled with the Pennsylvania
Railroad freight Office for July y.
Camp for Juniors.
About twenty y-fye junior llan.oers win
leave tomorrow morning for their two
weeks camping on the Aatietam battle
acid. The boys will be Under the direct
charge of Mr. J. v Hamilton, secretary
Of the Junior Department; Mr.. Bruce
Heally, assistant secretary of the State
association. and Mr.. II. s Ncalc. OF the
ocal organization.
This years camp VIII be held under
.he susplces OF the State Y. N. C. A
In a 1li,ion TO the local boys, there will
DC delegates from Baltimore. Frostburs.
Frederick, and Poolcsyille. Nd
About seyenty-iTe boys will enjoy the