Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
READY
FOR A. A. j. MEET
CONTESTS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
TO BEGIN FRIDAY
RECORD HOLDERS ENTERED
Big Eastern Athletic Clubs All Repre-
sented by Strong Teams-Nor-
man Dole viii Defend Pole
VauItlng Title
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Special to The Herald
PORTLAND, Aug. For the first
time in the history Of amateur athlet-
les, the Amateur Athletic union has
given recognition to western athletes
by providing that the national cham
pionship contests shall be held in a
western city. The contests will take
place on Friday and Saturday at the
Lewis and Clark exposition, now in full
swing in this city, and will give western
athletes chance to show their prowess.
There will be men in the contests who
know the game of athletics; men who
are worlds record holders in their
events such as the westerner is anxious
to see In action, and with his own
athlete on the athletic field; athletic
giants from the Boston Athletic asso-
citation, the oldest athletic organization
in America; the New York Athletic
club, the Greater New York Irish Ath-
letic association, the Xavier club, the
Milwaukee Athletic club, and the Chi
cago Athletic association.
Record Holders to Compete
These clubs include among their
members such men at Martin Sheridan,
holder of the individual worlds cham
pionship, track and field, of the Greater
New York Irish Athletic association;
John Flanagan, the worlds record |
holder in the hammer throw, of the
same organization, and. j. j. Hicks,
winner of the Marathon race at st.
Louis last year.
Harry Hillman, winner of three
events at st. Louis last year of the
New York Athletic club Parsons of
Yale Is entered in the mile, as is also
Jordan, another New Haven man;
Shick of Harvard, in the 100 and 22O;
Sam Jones the intercollegiate cham
pon high jumper; Clapp in the hurdles
and pole vault, and McClanahan, an
other crack vaulter
Then there will be Lightbody from
Chicago in the mile and the half mile;
Waller in the same distances from the
same club; Barker with a jump of six
feet; Devorak with vault of eleven
feet; Blair in the 100 and 22O and Car
rels in the discus. A. Coates of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club of
Portland will keep them all busy in ,
the hurdles and broad Jump, and
Archie Hahn of Milwaukee, winner of .
three places last year at st. Louis. will
the Milwaukee Athletic club.
Norman Dole Entered I
To compete against all these will be
Dole of Stanford, holder of the worlds
record in the pole vault Plaw, the
California wonder with the hammer;
Parsons of the Los Angeles Y. M. C.
A.; Snedigar of Berkeley in the 100
md broad jump; Hyde of Stanford in
he weights; Glarner of the Olympic
'lub in the 440, $780, mile and FIVE mile,
ind Hall, the high jumper
The other westerners will be Abadie,
100 yard man, who will go in ten
econds fiat; Smithson of Multnomah, 4
Who is expected to win the 100; Will
ans in the quarter, Greenhaw in the u
lalf mile, Gilbert in the vault, Frissel
n the broad jump and hurdles, Moores
nd Kuykendall in the hurdles, James.
ohnson and Baker in the weights. all
rom Multnomah. Tom Mcdonald of
seattle will be in the weights and
irant in the high jump.
So, in comparison with them all, the D
asst against the west, it is toss up,
With perhaps the east having a very
mall bit the better of it in the matter
( records. What the climate and trip
'ill do for them is conjecture.