Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28

Crack Men to Be Sent by the
Olympic Club to the James
town Exposition Events.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. July 27-Call-
fornIa will send twelve sterling athletes to
compete In the sports at the jamestown
exposition. They are Charlie Parsons ana
z. c. Gehrardt. spr.nters; Andrew Glar-
ner middle distance runner; HERBERT
Check and Billy Powell. hurdlers; AL Plaw,
Ralph Rose and William Gilmore. weight
throwers; Claiming Hail. Jumper Fred
flanagan. pole vaulter: Raleigh Kelly, dis
lance runner and Ollie Snedigar, all
around man.
These twelve men will comprise the Olym-
PIC Club track team. William r. hum
phrey, temporary chairman OF the BOARD
of directors of the Olympic Iiun anu d
great lover of outdoor athletics, Is at the
head of the movement to have San Fran
cisco and the winged co. represented at
the worlds championship games.
The remarkable showing made by the
California athletes in the acific northwest
championships, held in Seattle a few weeks
ago when four men wearing the Olympic
Club colors won seven first places and
captured the beautiful trophy offered for
the club scoring the greatest number of
points. despite the fact that the Spokane.
Seattle ard Portland clubs were represent
ed by full teams of l-teen to twenty con-
testants. has proven conclusively the worth
of the track and field specialists competing
in this section of the country
Many good judges of athletics who have
seen field days in the east as we'll as on
the coast are OF the opinion tnat a team
could be selected right here in this metrop-
oils which would have an excellent chance
not only to win number of first places,
but also to carry the club championship
trophy. To do SO, however. they would
have to heat among others, the team of the
New York Athletic Club and New York
Irish Athletic Club. who have been inn
porting men from England and other coun-
tries with great regularity during the past
year.
Parsons won in the national champion
ships of America two years ago at Port
land, and could surely duplicate his >eat.
In the 40 and $50 yard runs Glarner has
never been beaten on this coast. and Is
confident that with earnest training he
do the half mile under l 90 and the
quarter close to 40 seconds Cheek is con-
sidered the fastest low hurder In America
today and easily beat Smithson In that
event on the Fourth of July. Smthson him
self is no second-rater. He won the in
tercollegiate championship of America,
equaling the worlds record of Is Is held
by kraenzlein. Powell, when in form. can
take care of himself in any company.
few years ago. when the University of
California track team went east, Powell
was a member and beat all the best
hurdlerS of America.
Rose. the Healdsburg giant and Plaw
have already both held worlds records
Plaw in the last two years has never put
the hammer in competition less than 40
feet. Gilmore, whose great performance at
Seattle Is still present in the memory of
athletc 1olioWefS, is picked 10 heip raw
and Rose carry points in the weight events.
Hall will be looked to win the high jump.
His flight of feet pa inches dndoors) Is
considered one of the best performances
ever made in the event. flanagan. who
vauted II feet 4 inches in the Stamford
University of California meet, will enter
the pole vault, and Kelly is to run the
mile in both the junior and senior events
Snedigar's participation at jamestown Is
somewhat doubtful.
Gehrardt is conceded a show with many
of the eastern sprlnters after his work on
the cinder path the last two months. He
ran the hundred at Seattle in - defeat
Ing the fastest and much-heralded sfrin-
tiers OF the northwest with the greatest
ease. On July Gehrardt surprised all by
taking into camp the almighty snedgar
a few minutes later he left every one
standing in the 220-yard dash.