The St. Louis Republic., 1904-07-31
st. Louis Team Shows in Front of
Competitors in Western Cham
pionship Meeting.
BEHRENS A STAR PERFORMER.
Takes 440- ard Event in Excel
lent Time-Gallagher of Kan
.sas City Best in the Dis
tance Runs.

The sturdy young athletes representing
the Missouri Athletic Club showed their
superiority In field games at the open COM
Petition meeting of the Western Associa-
ton of the A. A. L. yesterday by winning
the Western championship over all their
rivals in mastery manner at the Stad-
iun,
In nearly all the important events the
Cherry Diamond showed in front of COM
peting colors. and bright pendants with
the symbol of the NJ. A. c. embazoned on
them waved the athletes to triumph
Missouri Athletic Club scored total of
81 points. The remaining points We're dis
tributed as follows: Kansas City Athletic
Club. II; Central Y. VI. c. A, 9; Triple A,
s: Louisville Y. NJ. c. A. 8: and Oklahoma
University Athletic Association, .
The NJ y. C. boys took first in eight of
the fifteen events. and enough seconds and
thirds to win the meet with ease.
The individual honors were divided be-
tween two of the Kansas City. Gallagher
of Cornell University. who won both the
one and two mile runs and Mouiton. the
old Yale sprinter, who took first In the
dashes
The tract. was very fast. and the results
In most of the events were exceptionally
good.
The Kansas City a. C.. the crack ath-
letic organization. sent the pick and flower
of their fold to bring back the champion
ship. and their adherents claimed victory
for them. but they were doomed to dis
appointment, and went down before the
NJ. A. c. by a good margin.
In the long-distance running events the
X. c. \. c. had the advantage, their
crack trackman, B. Gallagher, winning
both the one and two mile runs
The 10o-yard dash also went TO a Kansas
City man. F. r. Moulton. OF the K c. A.
c.. capturing the event in the remarkable
time Of ten seconds. fat.
Members Of the NJ. A. c. took exception
to Moulton's win. They claimed that he
acted discourteously by having their crack
man penalized two feet for false start.
which was accidental.
Paul Behrenss,. that wonderfully clever
boy with the NJ. A. c. track team, won
ing of the same team finished second.
while J. {. Darling of the o. U. A. A.
ran third.
MOrITON 4 WINNER.
F. r. Moulton. the short distance crack
Of the X. c. A. c.. won the 220-yard dash
over Charley Turner of the Triple A
team. while T. Heckwoif of the NJ A.
{. team ran third. Moulton's time was
y 40 seconds.
X. c. A. c. finished In the order named in
the one-mile run. J. Forshaw, who was
looked upon as 4 possible winner, fin
ished third
". 4. McElroy of the X. c. A. c. beat
the local cracks at the pole vault the
Kansas City boy clearing the horizontal
bar at 10 Sect inches. G. Evans of the
% y FEET. 4; C. cleared the obstruction at just
1t was all NJ. A C. in the 1s-pound
hammer put. J J. Quincy and Hans Wulf
fl,ishing in the order named.
The running broad jump was also won
by a member of the N. 4. c. team. S. p.
Smith clearing % feet and inches. G. n.
Stadel Of the Triple A finished second
With 20 feet and inch to his credit. while
Roy Gray of the NJ. A. C. was third with
1s feet 81. inches.
f. F'reymark of the NJ A. C. captured
the running high jump event. with a mark
Of five % feet ten INCHES to his credit. w.
Z. McElroy of the X. {. A. C. was second,
finishing just two inches short of Frey
marks record. c. +. Hastedt of the NJ
A; c. did five feet six inches in this event
feet. A. A. johnson of the Y. M. c. A.
won first honors in the siXteen-pound ham
mer throwing contest: Hans Wolf of the
% feet anG T1i i neSes nsSond vSs Tss hrox sse of
with throw of 100 feet.
Hans Wulf won the discus throwing
event: with a throw of 1GS feet and 10 inch,
es. S: p. Smith of the same team was
second second With With z throw Of = feet and 10
with q throw of 80 feet and inches.
H. A. Weinecke. unattached. won the
hfty-stx-pound hammer event, with a
mark of "a feet and inches to his credit.
A. C. johnson Of the Y. NJ. C. A was
half Inch. while Hans Wulf. NJ A. C., was
credit.
The summaries:
ond; J. HUI. & Y MiFns 4. H. taaGa thi4G Tims iss,
rs asssnf l1l hff.wsH N 4 e. zsaasa
J. b. Leaton. c. Y. NJ. C. A.. third. Time
Fred Heckwof. second: c. H. Turner. Triple
:, sso;yard sa5.wen by Fl. J. KeineEE; NJ \. C
f Hrpe A c0'sGn Srd kansss Tms sos sssGnd w, nnses
., RgnniSs .a. ,1CSs. bread Jump Smith; NJ c.
4; third; 10 feet 81 si. inches Gray. = L. NJ I
Won 95e-Ts gaas 5gna csnndh Gallagher K g Second
FsIsaE, ". !: &. third. Time. i:.o IS
NJ lsGn4 m e samsrs M cs: 4 Han. yORpsps Wsi@
NJ G. SECOND. l?o feet IL inches: E. s. Al
lco.yard hurdles p. Smith. NJ. A. c.. won
J; g Masker, n .. a. c.. second. Time
40 a40,yard ,pn.Panl Behrens. NJ a. g. won: J.
Q; Y. A; A.. third. Time. 81 4-y.
cs2o;yard rum Moulton. *. e 4. g. won:
wolf. NJ 4: G. third. Time; :2l ~.
fist; r Smith. n; A. G.: second: J. C. Oar
ling. U. A. A.. third: Time. :26 40.
Pole vault-W. A. McE1roy. Jr.. X. C. A.
c. first, 10 feet inches: C. Evans. NJ A. G.,
second. 10 feet: Paul Behrens. N. a. c.. third.
feet inches.
j. Throwing the diseus-Hans wulT. N. A. e.
second "a feet 10 inches: E. B. Alexander. K
c, A. c.. third s3 feet inches.
first: C. I. Dodd. c. y ~ A.. second: Jack
Running high jump-E. Freymark. NJ A. c.
feet 10 inches; first: W. A. McElroy. Jr.. X.
A. c.. second. feet inches: q. Evans, N.
A. C.. third. feet inches.
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