The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01
WEST IS COMING in
THE ATHLETIC LINES
Crowding the East for suprem-
acy in All Branches of
Sport.

field athletes during the last year, which ended
yesterday, shows that 1905 has been one of the
greatest in the history of cinderpath sports.
Hardly meet has been failure, >and hardly
a set Of games has failed to develop something
sensa tionul in the athletic line. Champions have
been made and unmade with bewlldering rapid
the country.
undenable evidence that great athletic revival is
sweeping the country From north, east south
and west, reports have piled in of school, col
legs and athletic club meets which denote beyond
doubt that young Americans giving
proper amount Of their time to the pursuit OF
good, healthy exercise.
As far as performances 60, first place on the
list of Yankee record-smashers must be conceded
to Wesley w. Coe of Somersville, Mass, who
Journeyed all the way from the Bay state to-
pete against Ralph Rose who at that time held
the worlds record of Al feet : inches for the
sixteen-pound shotput. Coe beat the worlds
record nearly foot, with put of 40 feet 6
formance for 1905.
~ In the sprints.
In the. sprints Charles L. Parsons Of Cali
fornia has come to the front with a rush. Par
sons, altho almost unheard Of In the east, has
never suffered defeat at his favorite event, the
heretofore unbeatable Archie Hahn at the ma
tional championships In Portland with appar-
ent ease. OF the eastern sprinters, Shick Of
Harvard has proved himself one Of the most con-
sistent men that ever wore a spiked shoe. His
/ 1.-TWO twenty in Fl 2-5, last spring, stands out
as the best performance of the year at that
The quarter-mile, always stirring race, has
furnished some great sport during the last year.
First place among the country's long sprtnters
should rest with Harry L. Hillman, Jr., of the
New York A. G.. who turned the quarternil
better than 81, at least dozen times. His best
effort was at the Canadian championships In
same afternoon. After Hillman comes Waller
Of Wisconsin, with 40 20, at the national cham
pionships; Hyman of Pennsylvania, the college
champion, and Groman Of Chicago,
Great improvement has marked the work Of Am
erican distance runners. and signs point to the
factthat the day is not so very far of when we
at this game Parsons of Yale ran the half
mile in 1863 at the Intercollegiate games in
Philadelphia, which should place him In the
caeo leads the western :sso'S ayers with q
couple of 1857 races. "- 49,
The Distance Runners.
Lots Of people figure Llghtbody better because
Likewise in the mile the Chicago runner is fal
superior to western rivals but is forced to yielt
the palm to an fastener, as far as time goes
j. p Sullivan, New York boy, almost unheart
Of, reeled off mile at the Metropolitan cham
pionships in 4:22 49, the fastest time ever made
by an Americanbo born athlete Among the col
neil figures the best, with performances 0,
4:24h and 1925 1-5.
In the long distances Harvey Cohn Of tn,
Irish-American A. Co., has shown the best all
around ability in the east. This remarkable lit
tie athelete enters any distance event from sst
yards to ten miles, and the changing Of the bel
leaders. Cohn is credited with 1853 for tn
half-mile, in addition to his sterling races fl
!. longer events. W. ]. Hail.. the Yale two
miller and crosscountry champion, has done tn
best ng-distance running in the eastern col
leges, his best effort being Dat for two miles
Just one second behind Halls is the Performance
! ro~yo ~ho onS4 <rv,ov Tor
In the low hurdles, as in the quarter-mile, tn
honors rest with Hillman of the New Yor
Athletic club. Only once during the year wa
HdrR Hhse ea f fail ms Hma
self OUT inrthe 3oo-yard low hurdle race, an
came home q full two seconds ahead Of tn
record Of SO 3-5 seconds, held by A. @. Kraeni
lien. On account Of technicality as to tn
! distance between the flights, Hillman's tin,
does not displace Kraenzlien's, but stands 9
! a new event and record. The only hurdler !
the east capable of giving Hillman run
}, Castleman Of Colgate university. The Oymp1
: champion took Castleman's measure at tn
Metropolitan championships 80 easily as to leay
q no duobt as to their respective ability.
I The Hurdles.
n In the high hurdles the college athletes ha,
monopolized the hopors Amsler Of Pennsylvani
70 Castleman Of Colgate and Ashburner Of Corne
g the best time accomplished being Is s-5 second
It by Amsler, Friend Of Chicago, Catlin Of Chicai
y and Shredder OF Indiana show up the best
# the westerners in topping the tall timbers.
In the hammer throwing events, John Elan
gan, the Irish Hercules, has proved that a mi
can stay in athletics successfully for more tn.
five years. Flanagan has been at the top
the heap in this country for nine years nor
and there is one in sight to give him a,
- worry. In unofficial event last summer t
u missile was hurled the unheard Of distance
y 176 feet. A. D. P1aw of California is the on
man in the world who has chance to ri
Flanagan rub at hammer-throwing. Plaw W
the national title from the western crowd
Portland. .t,..' 49,
st Likewise in the lfty-six pound weight, Elan
I'd gan is the peer, with his friend. James
n Mitchell Of the New York A. @. right aft
It him. Mitchell has been in athletics twenty fl
re- years, but is still the best '66'' man in t
t. country, barring Flanagan and Dick SHIELD
I'D of the New York A .C..s,s
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