Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-08
start AMATEUR
FIELD MEETING
MANY TO TRY FOR CHAMPION
SHIPS
Under Instructions Of A. A. Assoela-
ton, Competition for Titles Be.
gins at Travers island,
New York
BY Associated Press.

NEW 1OlNN, sept. - J. ne NHllOnd
track and field championship meeting
of the Amateur Athletic association was
begun today at Travers island, the
country home of the New York Athletic
club. The weather was perfect and the
running track and infield were in
splendid order.
The program today was confined to
the Junior championship, and tomorrow
the seniors will have their inning.
Every athlete Of prominence in
the United States and Canada
Is entered in the several events.
Many of the men who made worldwide
regulations during the Olympic games
at Athens four months ago are among
the contestants and new records are
looked for tomorrow If the weather
keeps fine.
Today three Junior records were
broken. M. II. Giffen of the Chicago
A. A. established new record of III
feet II inches with the discus. S. p.
Gillies of the New York Athletic club
threw the hammer 161 feet 8 inches, a
remarkably clever performance. Claude
Allen, formerly of Syracuse university
and now a member of the Irish -Ameri-
can Athletic association of this city,
took the honors In the pole vault with
IL feet inches, which is far ahead of
any previous performance in the junior
ranks.
William Nelson of England, who re-
Gently arrived in this country, was al
lowed to run unattached, although he
wore the emblem of membership in the
Pastime Athletic club of this city, and
he won the five-mle run with ridicu-
lous ease by a third of a mile from J..
N. McCuaig of the Montreal A. A., who
was a similar distance in front of
Albert Knight of the Irish American
club. The point trophy was won by
the Irish-American A. c., with total
of As, the New York A. G. being cred
tied with As.
Following are the summaries of the
events:
Putting 16-pound shot-Won by Will
liam Krueger, Irish A. A. c., New York
43 feet Az inches; r. r. Reilly, Irish A.
A. c., second, 40 feet 51a inches; Her
man Meyer, Irish A. A. c., third, 80
feet inches.
SS0-yard run-Won by Joseph Bromi-
law, jr., Irish A. A. c.; J. A. Miller,
New York A. c., second; w. c. Mckay,
Montreal A. A, third. Time, 1859 20.
Throwing the dscus-Won by M. H.
Griffin, Chicago A. A., 121 feet II inches;
B. A. Adams, New York A. c., second
10S feet 911 inches; r. T. Riley, Irish
A. A. c., third. 1O6 feet 2 inches.
Running broad jump-Won by I. F.
Weber, New York A. c., 90 feet S
inches T. f. Cronen, Shawmut Rowing
association, Boston, 20 feet 71s inches;
w. Happeny, Montreal A. A. A., third,
20 feet 11a inches
22O-yard hurdle-Final heat won by
]. H. Gates. New York A. c.; John j.
Eller, jr., Irish A. A. c., second; Joseph
Malcolmson. Chicago A. A. Time, 25
seconds.
12O-yard high hurdle-Final heat won
by M. Armstrong, New York A. c.;
John ]. Eller, jr, Irish A. A. c.. New
York, second; F. J. Sullivan, New York
A. c., third. Time, Is AS seconds.
Running high jump-Won by H. A.
Gidney, Somerville. Mass, unattached,
5 feetf 10a4 inches r. J. Cotter, Irish
A. A. c., second, feet SA inches; j. N.
Patterson, Chicago A. A., third, 5 feet
6% inches.
Throwing 56-pound weight-Won by
w. S. Krapowicz. st. Bartholomew A.
c., New York, 32 feet 21s inches; Thos
X. Barrett, Maryland Swimming club,
Baltimore, second, rs feet 1h inches;
Herman Meyer, Irish A. A. c., third,
23 feet.
1OO-yard run-Final heat won by r.
L. Young, Irish A. A. c., New York;
L. B. Stevens, New York A. c., second:
F. j. w. Bord, Harvard A. A., third.
Time. 10 seconds.
Throwing 16-pound hammer-Won by
S. P. Gillies, New York A. c., 161 feet
s inches; H. e. Kersberg, Harvard A..
A., second, 146 feet 101a inches; w. S.
Krapowicz, st. Bartholomew A. c.,
New York. third, 1856 feet inches.
Pole Vault-Won by Claude Allen,
Irish A. A. c., II feet inches, Fl. L..
Moore, New York Athletic club, second,
II feet; w. Hapenny, Montreal A. A.
A., third, 10 feet inches.
One mile run-Won by +. NJ Enrich,
New York A. c.; Thomas F. Reardon,
ond S. l.. Root, New York A. c., third
Time. 4:34 4-5
440-yard run-Won by j. w. Collis-
ton Irish A. A. c., New York; James
H. Leeran, Irish A. A. c., second; H.
Chrstoffers, New York A. c., third.
Time. so AS.
Mile run-Won by William Nelson,
England, unattached; J. w. McCuag.
Montreal A. A. c., second; Albert
Knight, Irish A. A. c., third. Time,
27:15 3-5.
220-yard run-Final heat won by L.
B. Stevens, New York A. c.; S. c.
Northridge, Irish A. A. c., second; Will
liam Miller, Irish A. A. c. third. Time,
OPS 4-5.
Point trophy-Won by Irish A. A. c.,
As; New York A. c.. As; Chicago A. A.,
Z; Montreal, 6.
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