The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
Shick and Lightbodv
Lead List OF Runners
Haruard Man Supreme in the Spirits While Maroon
81 Runner is a MarDel at Distance Work.

did not compete at all. Parsons IS d |
good man in hundred, and probably
Shick s equal; the latter, however, is
the better tried man of the two. Then,
Shick is good at the furlong dash, and
has stepped 40 yards in 80 fiat. There
fore, Shick is Justly entitled to first
honors as a sprinter on the American
fcinder path.
One man holds SWAY in the 440-yard
event, he being little Waller, of Wiscon-
sin and Milwaukee athletic club. Wal
ler's dash in 40 at the A. A. y. cham
pionships, in the face Of MANY adverse
conditions, is remarkable. Hymen, Of
Pennsylvania. ran the distance in
:493-5, but under perfect conditions.
Hillman is q good man also, but Waller;
is the best.
Despite the unpleasantness IN which
John j. Joyce has become involved in
the east, he must be given first honors
in the distance runs. Altho during the
past two years both Daily and Hynes. OF
Ireland, have been plucking grapes from
| the athletic vine Of Celtic park, and
which would have made Tommy Connect,
Tincler, Donovan, Baker, Marsh and all
| the other professionals happy. Joyce
must be considered the best distance
man in America. Better even, above
the mile, than Lightbody. Whether or
not he will be restored to good standing
now rests with the supreme court of
! New York.
| .. Good Hurdlers Scarce.
The most important fact about the
hurdles. developed during the year has
! been the entire lack Of good men.
Strange, indeed, it is, that since the
days Of Kraenzle;n, America has not
seen a man who could anywhere near
| fill his shoes. Tt is true that Schulz,
| Clapp, Shiedler, Friend and Castleman
have performed creditably in the higf
hurdles, and Willis and Hillman in the
low hurdles, but the lashing. record
breaking, clean stepping work OF kra-
vania, was the best man in the nigh
| hurdles in the east this season, but his
+! hurdling lacked the finish and speed pos
sessed by Kraenzlein and when Amler
+; met the planted sticks of England in
/ July he found no hurdle to tip when he
i touched it, hut he himself tipped over.
However, as the conditions exists. AM
ster must be given first position in the
high hurdles, and Harry Hillman in the
low hurdles.
In two events this season there have
appeared number of excellent perform
ers-the running high jump and pole
vault. Hall and Patterson, of the Pa
cifc coast, have each cleared over six
!: feet, and so has Sam Jones, of New
York. But Jones is entitled to pre-
miership on account of his consistent
work. Day after day he has cleared six
feet in competition and can always be
,, ditions are the same. Dole and KERR
gan, of the Pacific coast, are each bet
ter than II feet inches; $50 are Samse
and Wilkins, Of the middle west, and
McLanahan, Of the east. But Dole is
the record holder. he has been Zip tc
form, and to him should go first place
! in the event. .',@. '4.-. Fl
Prinstein Best Jumper. (
Meyer Prinstein is akin to. Johr
: Flanagan, a good performer. Prinstei1
has consistently cleared over % feet
: this season; in fact, he has even beaten
the best mark made by the world
:. record holder this season, Peter d9r O,Co9
wonderful record Of "a feet. &9
Il AS far as shot putting is concerned
: somerville, Mass, lad is and has beer
f the closest student of shot-putting tina
, has been seen in AMERICA for years
And SO well has the "Codfsh'' DO,
4 learned his lesson that his form i
$ well-nigh perfect. Coe is entitled no
! ! only to the championship OF AmeTlca
f but to the championship of the world
;. He is a representative athlete, ha
twice won the championship Of Eng
. land, twice won the championship o
+ the Oxford Cambridge meetings, bein
= the only athlete outside of Schutt t
; compete in the real amateur athleti
= circles of England, won many diy1slo
i championships Of the A. A. u. and tn
- national championship.
All things considered. the athleti
= season of 1905 has not been a pro
q nounced success. The championship
T. while good records were made, wit
t, messed one-sided team contest; man
J. Of the events were walkovers" fc
e the winners Discussions have arisen
t, the ranks Of the A. A. U. which threa
s en- to disrupt it, and cloud hovers owe
,:: the future of the organization, whic
:. has done more to keep the cup hunter
!. in hand than any other organizatio
. in America W.; 49, lEL's #rr..=..r