Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-22
AMATEUR ATHLETIC
UNIONS MEET
Coming Together of the Cracks
at Travers Island Sep
TENDER g.
. ,sc,,, correspondene. Of The Star.

apecial Correspondents of The Star.
NEW YORK. July 81. 1905
The Amateur Athletic Union champion
ship committee. consisting of James +.
Sullivan, New York. chairman: Edward h.
Babb Boston; Thomas F. Riley. North
Cambridge, Mass; Everett c. Brown. chi
cago and Barlow s. Weeks. New York. has
decided to hold the Junior and senior track
and field championships of the A. A. U. at
Travers Island. the seniors to be held Sat
urday September 8, and the juniors on the
Thursday and Friday preceding the seniors,
al the same place. Following is a complete
list OF events and the order in which the
heats and finals will be contested:
1Oo-yard run. trials; loo-yard run, semi
finals; SS0-yard run; 1oo-yard run finals;
I2Oyard hurdle, trials; 120-yard hurdle
semi finals one-mile run: 44O-yard run; 120-
yard hurdle, finals; 220-yard run, trials;
22)-yard run. ssmi-finals: five-mile run; 223-
yard run, finals. 22J-yard hurdle, finals;
running high jump; running broad jump:
pole vault for height; putting 16-pound
shot; throying 16-pound hammer; throwing
the dise1s and throwing the 56-pound
weight
Close as the actual path competition in
the district will be this summer the strus-
gle In the field events promises to be even
closer. Both the MerCury-Foot and Winged
Fist contingents have materially strength
ened their field squads. Last year the Gel
tic Park lads were strong In the hammer,
discus long jump and 56-pound weight.
while the Travers Islanders excelled in the
pole vault, shotput ard the high jump. Dur
ing the winter and spring Capt. Sheriff. of
the Mercury Footers has been busy recruit
ing and strengthening the field staff, and
IL Of iphf in
ers look to be the match for the Hiertberg
giant pets. The Irish-AmeTican trainer,
however. is working hard with his boys and
seems confident that they Will repeat their
victory OF last year. With the possibility
OF a few exceptions the smaller clubs will
not figure in the field only in handicap
events
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The New York a. c. has a trio of shot
putters that will be hard to beat. Dennis
Morgan, the former worlds champion. who
halls from Banter, County Cork. ireland.
has given the services Of his good right arm
to 1.-THE Mercury Footers, and he will be we'll
backed up by Larry Feuerbach. a winner
of national metropolitan and Canadian
championships at shot-putting. and Dick
Sheldon. the heroulean of Old Ell. Hor-
gan, II In shape. should beat any man In
the district with either the twelve or six
teen pound shot The giant Feuerbach can
same can be said OF Sheldon.
In addition 10 these men. Al COPELAND has
promising putter in Robert Stansland.
The former Columbian gridiron and broad
jumper has shown fine early season form
with the shot. and under proper tutelage
should develop into a great putter. Stang
lands style can be greatly improved on. be-
ing more OF throw than put. With
HOrgan. FeuerbaCh and Sheldon 10 show
him his faults. Stangland may round out
and hard press even his tutors by the time
of the Nets" In the shot-putting line the
Irish-Americans will have to pin their faith
on NJ. +. tBtlO Horn and Martin Sheridan.
The big Syracuse collegian has shown
markable prowess with the leaden bail, and
his friends predict a great future for him.
If HOTr trains assiduously he should show
great improvement. and Hertbergs skill.
coupled with HOrrs 30 pounds of bone and
sineW. may Yet bring the laurel wreath OF
victory 20 the Irish camp. Sheridan's abi-
fly is too well known to need comment A
present the great athlete is suffering from
the knee he hurt in Athens, and cannot
bear a continued strain II Is hoped that
Sheridaus leg Will mend by the champion
ships. Dick C0tter. the Winged Fist jump
er, is showing out the sphere considerable
distance, and. with Richard Sheridan and
Herman Meyer, may figure this summer.
Celtic Park will be represented by the
great and only John Flanagan in the ham
mer-throw. The brawny Celt should have
little trouble in winning his fayorlte con-
test He is in splendid form and admirers
OF his state that he can smash his own
worlds record with the wire-handled ball
at viii. Bill Horr is the one best bet for
show. and II he trains hard should push
Simon ellis for place. Delicate" as the
beefy lad has been nicknamed by his sta
Bile mates says he has thrown the hammer
over 100 feet In practice several times. The
old reliable Dick Sheridan Is whiring the
hammer out farther than ever before. and
II lie keeps up his progress may yet upset
calculations IN August. Van Duyne, whom
the WinEed-Fistites were depending on has
been suspended. Simon ellis, whom the
New West Side 4. G. developed only to lose
him 10 the Nercury-FOoters, is running sec
ond 10 Flanagan IN the hammer-throwing
ranks. The bury Nova ScoHsn IS sending
his playing out round the l60-foot mark
pretty consistently. With him the Travers
islanders win have the coIlegians. Rafferty,
Cook and Porter The veteran Jim Mitchell
may not throw the hammer. he is think
Ing OF combining himself to the discus and
the weights. The Mercury Footers have a
couple OF prominent youngsters on their
hammer stan.
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The discus throw at this years Metropoli-
tan VIII besr the unique distinction OF
having three brothers on the entry list.
The Sheridans Martin Dick and Andy,
win all strive for tho Wtnged-Fist. OF
course, the victory VIII so 70 Martin. This
Is forrgune conclusion. but the other
two viii be runners-up. Dick is throwing
IN splendid form and the youngster Andy
IS showing rare promise Of eQuallng ais
brothers performances Mrtin. as much
his time VIII allow. Is coaching the kid
and irstrucung him in the fine points Of
the game Dick and Martin both speak
highly Of the youngsters chances: in fact
10 IS hard 10 get them to talk about any
thing else nowadays. In addition to the
Sheridans. the winged-Fist contingent will
have the services OF HOrr and Cotter The
hig fellow from the Salt Lake City Unlver-
sity Is scaling the saucer out in the TWEEN
Ties. and the lhhe-limbed Cotter Is doing
Just as west Dick Sheldon. Jim Mitchell.
Harry CuanelLey Rafferty, Porter and
Cook will rexyesent the Mercury oters
IN the discus II IS said that Mitchell
IS spiauins the disc much better than he
has before Sheldon and the coliegians
may work m for places.
The great flanagan again comes TO the