The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-06-19
CRACK men ON
3 MEET PROGRAM

Three more days OF hard training
ARE before the track athletes OF the
Spokane Amateur Athletic club be-
fore Saturday, when the great meet
between athletes of Spokane, Seat
tie and Portland will occur at the
interstate fair grounds under the
auspices of the Pacific Northwest
Amateur Athletic association.
The Seattle representatives are
expected to arrive Thursday morn
ing. Some fine athletes are num-
bered among the Sound boys. Kerr.
formerly star with Berkeley, Is
- ting into form for the 440 yard
and $50 yard runs. Tom Mcdonald
and Alex Gardner will be the men
In the weights and they are said
to be in fine condition. Seattle has
strong hopes Of winning the quar-
ter, half, mile and relay races. In
the relay there will be Kern, Har-
ris, Huntoon, Coyle, Smith, Parker
and Gist, any OF whom will be dan
gerous.. In the 100 yard dash, Rex
Smith Is said to be in the best
shape possible, better than he ever
was before. Acting as track cap
tain has somewhat interfered with
his work of training. Seattle pins
much faith in Shirley Parker. who
Is expected to surprise Spokane and
Multnomah in the half and mile
events. His showing with the
University of Washington was ex-
ceptionally good. King, Dowd and
Doyle will be strong in the hurdles.
King broke the intercollegiate rec
ord at the 220 hurdles in the recent
meet with Oregon and Idaho under
the auspices of the Pacific North
west intercollegiate.
Who the Men Are
The men who will represent the
Seattle Athletic club will be select
ed from the following:
100 yard dash-Rex Smith, Gish
Holman.
22O yard dash-Rex Smith, Gish,
Huntoon, Kern.
440 yard run-Harris, Gish, Kern,
Huntoon.
$50 yard run-Parker, Harris,
Barker, Kern, Buckingham.
Mile run-Parker, buckingham,
Barker, Dohm.
Hurdles-King, Coyle, Dowd,
Shot put, hammer and discus
Mcdonald, Gardner, Wells and
Sample.
Pole vault-Holman, Grant and
Dohm.
High jump-Grant, Rex Smith,
King.
Broad jump-Rex Smith, Gish,
p Grant. Holman and Winsor.
Multnomah Team.
Fourteen crack athletes will rep
resent Multnomah. All are trained
TO the minute. The team will be
under the management of Frank
Lonergan and accompanied by
Trainer Hayward. The list Is said
to include some record breakers
and the club expects to make it's
best showing in the sprints, hur-
dies, jumps and weights. The run
ners will be Smithson. Kelly, Hus-
ton, Mores, Holman, Stockton and
Reed, all said to do the 100 In
10 rs. They will have to go some
TO beat Joe Pearson, who will run
for Spokane. Hug. who holds the
northwestern record in the hammer
throw, will be with Multnomah and
great reliance is placed upon him.
Gilbert of Yale, the great pole
vaulter, may be with the Webfeet.
Following is the list of the Multi
nomah team:
oscar kerrigan Captain. hur-
dies, high jump and broad jump.
Bud James. weights and distance
Forrest Smithson of Corvallis.
dashes, hurdles and jumps.
i Dan Kelly of the University OF
Oregon, spirits, hurdles and jumps.
Geenhaw of Corvallis. distance.
Ed Frohman, broad jump.
Gordon Moores of University Of
Oregon, sprints. jumps and hurdles
Livingston, hurdles and jumps.
Sam May, distance.
Holman, sprints.
Stockton, sprints.
Harold Reed, sprints.
A. c. Gilbert of Yale, pole vault
and hurdles.
George Hug of University of Ore.
gon. weights.
Huston of Pacific university
sprints.
Program Of Meet.
Following Is the program OF the
meet:
June 20 (bicycle meet)--One