Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-22
OLYMPIC CLUB
7SoTc IlIrTnREs
HAS STRONG TEAM FOR A. A. U.
MEET At PORTLAND
Southern California BOY to Run for
winged o" Next Month In Con-
tests With Eastern
sprinters


Hardly a more formidable array Of
athletes could be found in America than
the squad that will wear the Winged
o" of the San Francisco Olympic club
in the national championship track and
field meet Of the Amateur Athletic
union to be held at the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland August
and 8. Southern California will be
represented by Charley Parsons, the
man whom Coach Holmes of the Uni
versity of Southern California believes
to be the equal of any sprinter now
in collegiate athletics. Parsons has be-
come a regular member Of the famous
San Francisco club and will run in the
Olympic colors at the big fair next
month. Andrew A. Glarner, F. w.
Burgers, p. c. Gerhardt, +. w.
Hall, Victor Lidga. Alfred Plaw and
Norman Dole form the remainder OF the
team, which includes some Of the great
est athletes that America has produced.
Andrew Glarner, who will compete In
four of the distance events, the 44O,
half mile and five mile races, is the
mile coast champion. Burgers and
Gerhardt are both old-time runners.
The former will enter the 440 and ss0-
yard events, while Gerhardt, who is
now reported to be in better condition
than ever, may surprise some of the
form students in the two short dashes.
Parsons is the Pacific coast record
holder for the 220, and has already
opened the eyes of the northerners who
were skeptical of his ability by his per-
formances at the Portland fair.
Parsons Should Win
Harvey Holmes star pupil, will en-
ter the 100, 22O and 44O-yard dashes,
and If he is trained to the minute
should capture first place in all three.
Hall, the United States interscholastic
champion in the high jump. will strive
to win first place for the Olympic club
Lidga is entered for the high and low
hurdles. Alfred Plaw, the big ex-
Berkeley man, holder of the coast rec
ord I'm both the weights, will contest
for first honors in the hammer and
shot. Norman Dole the holder Of the
worlds record in the pole vault, will
compete both in that event and the
jumps.
The team which gets away with the
Olympic relay squad will certainly be
a speedy one. Parsons, Lidga, Burgers,
Gerhardt and Glarner Will exchange
packets when the A. A. u. relay event
is pulled off and the team appears a
sure winner.
The approaching athletic meet at
Portland during the first week of Au-
gust will be one of the greatest ever
held in this country. Interest in the
games is not only being manifested by
the athletes of the Pacific coast, for
crack teams from all parts of the
United States will be in the fray. The
foremost organizations which will send
teams in the hope of winning the high
est honors and be acknowledged as the
champion athletic club of America are
the Olympic club Of San Francisco.
Multnomah Athletic club of Portland
and the Spokane, Seattle. Chicago, Mil
waukee and New York Athletic clubs
Shick and Hahn Entered
While the Olympic club team is rep
resentative of the athletic prowess
of California the men will have to do
their best to wrest the laurels from
other cracks of different sections Of the
country. Though the New York and
Chicago teams will include famous
track men and the Multnomah boasts
of several record breakers, the San
Francisco club men are confident OF
annexing the championship.
Parsons and Gerhardt will find as
competitors In the short distance
events some of the fastest men in the
country. Shick of Harvard will COM
pete in the loo and 22O. Smithson and
Williams of Multnomah are also to be
reckoned with in the sprints. Will
liams in particular is good man. He
ran the 440 in 80 3-5 without being
extended at the northwest champion
ship meet at the fair on July 4. Be
sides these there will be Archie Hahn,
the winner for the worlds champion
ship at st. Louis for the 100-yard dash.
In the distance events Burgers and
Glarner will have to defeat such men
as Greenhaw of the Multnomah. a
crack runner in both the $50 and mile,
and Lightbody of Chicago, who in the
distance events at st. Louis last year
won worlds championship honors.
In the weights Ralph Rose will GER
tainly make Plaw extend himself. Rose
will compete as member of the Chi
cago Athletic club and while he win
probably win the shot-put the ham
mer-throw is conceded by many to
Plaw.