The Washington times., 1907-09-01

+. B. Parsons, formerly Of Yale, now
a member of the n. Y. A. c.. and G.
Padolla, Olympic A. c. Padolla viii be
accompanied East by a number OF sport
ing men from the Coast who state that
there will be nothing to tic half mile
but Padolla, and they are bringing
rolls Of bills as large as a Smithheld
ham to back up their opinion While
the above men nave been mentioned as
the real leaders. the others must not
he lost sight Of. for there arc some who
have Travelled the distance IN less than
minutes.
Five Mile and Pole Vault.
An unusually large number OF starters
is down for the five-mile. The present
hve-miler who has the best record is
George Bonhag, of the Irish American
! Athletic Club, who did 1t IL the fast
/ time of g minutes 2-5 seconds at the
| indoor championship meet he'd in Madi-
son Square Garden last November. Billy
! Nelson, of the Pastime A. c, is con-
/ tender for the title. Nelson did it in g
minutes % 3-5 seconds. frankie Ne
/ birch. OF the n. Y. A. c.; J. J. DAILY, l.
/ A A C, and Jimmie Lanlbie, OF the
Montreal A c., are good men. 1t is
figured that the stayers viii be. Bonhag
and Nelson, with the favor going to the
/ former, but there are several others TO
be counted. The genial Irishman Daily IS
dangerous
The pole vault for height is booked to
furnish a close contest. Never In the
history OF this class OF athletes have
there been so many men with about the
same marks entered in one contest. John
Bredemus, South Bend. Ind; H. L.
Moore. N Y A C. f T Cook, / a A
G: 3 Haggard, and Z. c. Glove, or the
| Chicago A. c, apd flanagan, olympic
Club. all have marks better than Il feet.
flanagan has topped the bar at i feet
I inches. and from all reports he Is doing
even better in practice Moore mas cone
Il feet Z inches, and Glover Il feet
inches. while the other nine have records
better than Il
Running High Jump.
The running high jump viii bring
eighteen contestants together, nine OF
! them having cleared the bar at feet
inches. one at feet 81 inches. three
at : feet II inches: two at feet \
inch. and one man who has done feet
I "a inches.
Channing Hall, Of the olympic Club
will be the favorite. having record OF
/ feet 21z inches, made this year. Han
| has made the jump several times In
practice, and never jumped less thah
/ SIX feet. J. W Marshall, the old fale
/ iuunDer. has a record OF 8 feet u inch
Marshall is. counted as having show.
bu+ Il Is doubtful whether he can come
m to the standard Of two years ago.
OTHER dangerous men are Con Leahy,
! of ireland, with a record OF 6 feet y
inch. and R. Cotter. / A. A. c.; Her
| bert A. Gidney, Boston A. A, and J. T.
/ Mahoney, all who have gone up to a
shade less than six feet. There are
: several others who are doing well in
practice, but whether they can stand
! the strain or not viii not be known
until the jump comes off.
Broad Jump.
The running broad jump has the pres
! ent American champion, Meyer PTin-
stein. and a field Of eighteen long jump
! ers. If Prinstein has any OF his old
/ form, he ought to win this event. but
he will have to do better than 2 feet 9
| inches. made in Montreal last Septem-
Der. as Dan Kelley, the long boy from
/ oregon, stretched himself out TO 3 feet
Q l.
| A. c., covered the soft earth 10 the
| extent Of o feet inches. To do twenty
/ four Is more than Prinstein's friends
! can hope for, as he did that but once,
/ and the nearest he came to II since was
/ at the Olympic games last year, when
he jumped % feet 9 inches. Herbert
| Cheek, Olympic Club, is the best on the
! southern Pacific coast and is a game
youngster. Dennis Murray. Of Ireland,
will give a good account OF himself
Dennis is a sterling athlete Of the old
/ Emerald Isle and is noted for always
/ being in excellent condition. Lucke-
mann. Of the Montreal A. C, and F. J..
/ Clifford, Of Philadelphia, are good men.
/ Strong Arm Events.
The ffty-six-pound weight-throwing
| contest should bring out the best weight
men IN the country. Never before in
the history Of the sport has there been
/ such number of good men handling
/ weights in one event. The great John
I J. Flanagan. champion OF the world
the old king of weight thrOwers, James
S. Mitchell; Dick Sheldon, the bulldog
from Old Eli; Marylands idol, Tom
/ Barrett, and the fruit OF the Pacif,
Coast, California's pride, PIaw and
/ Rose, are the principal entries. He will
/ indeed be a wizard who selects the
| honor bearer In this event. Flanagan
J holds the record, with a throw OF $50.
/ Mitchell has thrown the weight 25-5.
! Sheldon has done better than 50. as
! have Plaw and Rose. The record may
not be broken, but a great many are Of
! the opinion that Flanagan will have
! to equal his record to win, while some
/ say he VIII be dethroned as monarch
/ OF weight men.
The l6-pound hammer event will bring
/ out nine contestants. It is claimed
/ Flanagan has reached the limit. and
/ that a new man will supplant him.
! Big Ralph Rose and a. D. Plaw. of Cali
Efornia. will fight for third. although
Tom Barrett. Of Baltimore, and Dennis
| Horgan. Of New York, viii put I'D
/ stin fight for a place.
The shOt-put viii have a champion and
| two ex-champiOns samong the twelve
contestants-A. w. Coe, OF Boston, A