The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-12
KANSAS CITY AND ST.
LOUIS TEAMS WILL
COMPETE
FORCES STRENGTHENED
Predicted That New Record
win be Made.

ST. louis, June i2.-The team that
Will represent the Missouri Athletic
club in he Western A. A. u. champion
ships at Kansas city next saturday,
viii not be- the same as opposed the Kaw
athletes at fhe Stadium last summer in
the same games, as the ST. Louis I'M
stitntion win he represented By a team
of aooat tssiTsy athletes u has been
rumored in this city that the Kansas
City Athletic club has a greatly cnlarg-
cd and strengthened team. and win be
oapahic on giving 10 the 81. Louis athle-
ties hard battle for the team champion
snip.
IL Kansas City hos larger and
stronrer team than in 1904, so also have
tha Cherry Diamond boys, as in year,
Athletic Director Bassett has gathered
together q SOUND - men which has an
nexed an team championships for which
it has contqsted. This season. the Louis
yille indoor meet. the st. Louis univer-
sty open indoor meat and the Triple A
meet aAt saturday have been won BY
he N. =. c. boys in easy fashion.
whDe az events win be scratch and
the competition keener in the Kansas
City meet. the Mound City boys are con-
hdcnt Of taking the greatest number
Of roinis n the Championships
First place IN the 100 and possibly in
the 220-yard run has been conceded TO
Moulton Of the Kaw club Missouri win
have Turner. Evans Hasted; and Mason
n the century dash and expect to land
az least one place In this event This
quartette Of sprinters has done 10 nat
from scratch on several occasions. and
they promise to give Moulton a hard
drive for first place.
In ths longer sprint, Hastedt and Tur-
ner are the likely starters. as they have
done even better Ia this event for Mis-
ouri than N the shorter DASH which may
be left TO Evans and Mason. to save
Turner and Hastedt for the eighth mile.
Joe Fleming. who won the quarter
mile IN the 1904 championships. did this
distance last Sunday in 81 Id. with only
three days training.
TINS was his first out on the cinder
path IN competition, and by next sat
urday the forner Washington university
boy may be- depended upon to do equal
or better than even time. Fleming Is
regarded as The heaciest member Of
IA M. A. G. squad and his iockeying won
for him the quarter mile run IN the
Louisville meet from scratch. Paul Be-
hrens. the former c. b. C. student Is
likely to stuft in this event with Flem-
ing Bchrens Is regarded as second to
Fleming. Behdens IS dzsoh. a boet FIN
Fleming IN the i40 and. with Carl Dreh-
mann. a new member Of the NJ A. c,
team. the local club should land al
least two places. Cornelius. another
quarier-fniier has not done much so
FAR this season. but was one Of the best
40 men IN this city last season. il is
very probable that he viii be In NJ con-
diiion 70 start In this event saturday
The news that Biny oFlynn. formerly
q this city. had won the half mile from
scratch in 2:0i in the handicaps al KAN
sas City last week, caused little stir
here In the Triple A meet here last
Saturday Weber Minges. starting from
the 2o-yard mark. won this event ia
z.os nat Al the finish he was pulled
up and had a sprint which he did not
use Hld he desired. It is probable that
be could have clipped az least two more
seconds from his time By sprintng la
the stretch. BY Saturday he viii be es-
pected 10 do 2i02 IS from scratch
Harry Kiener, the W A. A. T. half
mile champion. who won this event in
the championships last season, may not
start in tins event thus year. Kiener
has probably run his best $50, but sini
alsplayed that he has some strength by
running taird In the hall last Saturday.
lie was not FAR away from Minges at
the finish. but seemed TO be laboring
hard IN the last 100 yards and Il is very
probable that Minges win b. able 10 lose
him even from scratch
In the no hurdles Missouri has Seth
Smith, who can do l6 fiat lie Is BY
far the best stirk man IN the city al hat
distance and win be relied upon 10 win
this event He won ne l2o hurdaies
last Saturday IN I6 2-5 but IN the re-
cent ". u held day covered the sticks
an even ume and, with better compe-
tition, may be able TO do better.
Blackmer may also be taken along for
this event. and Kiener IN the event that
ne holds OUT Of the half mne via be
used ne slick man,
Prank Mason and Percy Lawrenfe win
r9obahly represent Missouri IN the longer
hurdles This pair Of youngsters. while
merely schoolboys have defeated every
thing Ia me icty on even terms Ia this
event, Theg are capable q going az
faff as 0.z5 2-5 and might be urged
10 faster work Mason won the 20
huIdleS last year.
IA the qripe a meet last Saturday.
oWynne .EYene cleared 10 feet 10 inches
in tle pole vault when ne quit De had
not done his best. but as The othcers
oould not reach this height he did not
try for higher marks when through
he asserted that he felt as though he
cogi6 do eleven feet ana expected 10
make, this clearing a. Kansas City next
Saturday, A. seooad pole vaulier the
Cherry Diamond club viii have John
J. Holloway the Irish athlete and cham-
pion pole sauiter of ireland. with a rec-