The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-27
ANNOUNCEMENT IF
 ATHLETIC EVENTS Southern Championship Meet to be Held in Birmingham PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT HIrmlnoham Athletic Club Has Large Number of Men Training for the
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PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT

,r,,a amateur athletic meet which will ha held at the fair grounds on October os uiveH every promise of being the largest and most successful gathering or ath- letes over held in the south, and It VIII he one of the principal features or the state fair.
 If will be @ meeting of the Southern Association of the Amateur Athletic union of the United States, and the winners of the events will be entitled to the title of champion of the south"
 The southern association has placed the meeting under the auspices of the BIT minRham Athletic club and that organ izatlon is making every effort to insure success for every feature of the pro- gramme The following out door sports committee of the club has direct charge of the meeting: Sib B. Jones, chairman; W. IT. Ferguson, secretary; c. H. Miles, J. D. Miles, C. A. Brown, F. J. Stenmehl and Ewing Shute
 The following entertainment committee has been appointed to look after the welfare of the visiting athletes: w. D. Nesbitt, J. D. Kirkpatrick, Solon Jacobs Culpepper Exum, Ro. P. Means, E. Ram say, R. S. Munger, John F. Fletcher Ed Warren, Jr., J. P. Ross, E. T. Wilcox, J. E. Dedman, Eugene Fies, Hinds Peevey, II. c. Stiles, J. J. Ashton, R. H. Baugh.
 The Events.
 The running events will be 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 40 yard run, SS0 yard run and mile run and the hurdles 120 yards with 10 hurdles, feet inches high, and 220 yards with 10 hurdles feet 6 inches high.
 The jumps will be the running high. running broad, standing broad, and the pole vault.
 The weight events will be throwing the 16-pound hammer, throwing 56-pound weight. putting 16-pound shot and throw ing the discus.
 There will also be a mile relay race. each team consisting of four men, and each man to run 40 yards, and a two- mile relay, each man running half mile. The meeting Is open to all amateur athletes of the south provided they will register under the Amateur Athletic union. Entries will be received by w. II. Ferguson, secretary of the committee, un- til October 21, 1905
 The winner in each event will be given handsome gold medal of beautiful de- sign and workmanship-a valuable trophy in itself. Silver medals of similar design will be given for second place, and bronze medals for third place. A silver cup will be given to the winning team in each re- lay race, and a banner to the team scoring the greatest number of points.
 Local Athletes.
 The track and field men of the Ath- letic club are already beginning their practice for the various events and will begin training In earnest just as soon as the hot weather breaks a little. The clubs athletic field at West End af- lords a splendid place for practice. Sid Jones, who for ten or fifteen years past has probably been the clubs most prom inent track man, and who still holds the southern high jump record, is in as active shape as ever and is training regularly Carroll Long, an old University of Vir- ginia man, will also enter the jumping events as will H. A. Moore.
 l.. F. Berry, w. M. Huey, Frank Nor ris, Grigg Johnson and Ewing Shute are among those who will go in the running events. C. r. Give, Frank Jones, Will Lum and Solon Jacobs are among the prospective weilIht throwers. All training will be under the supervision of Ed Miles, who has just returned from a special course of study in the Yale track school for instructors.
 The Birmingham Y. M c. A. is said to have a number of winners whom they are training for these events. They have the advantage of an indoor track and many of their men have been training all the summer. They have not yet an nounced, though. who is in training for the various events.
 The following athletic clubs, Y M. c. As and colleges are now members of the Southern association, and 1t is prob able number of others will be entered shortly:
 Birmingham Athletic club, Birmingham Y. M. c. A. Shreveport Athletic assoeia- ton, New Orleans Y. M. c. A.. Piedmont Athletic association of Atlanta, Jesuit College, New Orleans; Southern Atlantic club, New Orleans; Arnoult Rifle club. New Orleans; Nashville Y. M. c. A, Tulane Athletic association, New Orleans; Pensacola Athletic club.