Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-02

that there will be nothing to the half
milo but padoiia. and they are bring
ing rolls Of bills as large as q smith
field ham 20 back up their opinion.
While the above men have been mem
TONED az the rea leaders. the others
must not be lost sight Of. for there are
some who Ave travelled the distance
in less than two minutes
An unusually large number or start
ers VIII toe the mark for the five
mile event. There are several sterling
athletes III have made records for
this distance, who viii be among the
twenty entries. The present flye-milcr
who has the best record N George
Bonbag. u the 1rish-American Ath-
letic club. who covered the five centu-
ries in the fast time Of 20 minutes
! 30 seconds at the indoor champion
ship meet held IN Madison square gar
den last November. Billy Nelson. Of
the Pastime Athletic club. Is a con
fender for the title Of King. Nelson
covered the distance in 70 minutes
~ ga seconds. frankie Nebrich. OF
the New York Athletic club. J j..
Daily. I. a. A. g., and Jimmy Lambie.
Of the Montreal Athletic club, are good
men. n o. figured hat the stakers
VIII be Bonbag and Nelson, with the
favor. II my, going TO tho former, but
there are several others 20 be counted.
the genial nishman Baly being a dan
ger0us man and VIII be IN the race
from starr To finish. The betting fra
iernity viii have plenty of Opportun-
tiles Of displaying their nerve. for In
this event. no bet ls o sure one.
The pole vault for height Is booked
for furnishing q close contest. Never
IN the history Of this class Of athletics
has there been 40 many men with
about the same marks entered In one
contest. John Bredemus, South Bend.
Ind n L. Moore. New York Athletic
club. + Z. Cook. Ithaca Athletic club.
B. Haggard and r. O.. Glove, Of the
Chicago Athletic club and LannaRan,
Olmypic club. California. have marks
better than H. In flanagan and
Haggard the sporting clans may place
their confidence and safely lay their
~agers on them. both these men hay
ing done better than IL feet. Lam
naPan has topped the bar at 12.4. and
from all reports he IL doing even bet
Ter IN practice. Moore has done III
and Glover i1.6, while the other nine
have records better than II.
The running high Jump win bring
eighteen contestants together. nine Of
them having cleared the bar at . feet
8 inches. one az > feet ga Inches,
three at : feet ~ inches two at 8 fee,
y Inch, and one man who has done
q feet ~ inches.
Charming Hall. Of the olympic club,
VIII be the selected one, he having a
record Of 6 feet ~ inches, made this
Hall has made the jump sew
eral times IN practice and never
Jumped less than 8 feet. J. w. Mar
shall, the old Yale jumper, has a rec
ord Of 6 feet " inch. Marshall isl
counted as having a show. but II H.
doubtful " he can come NJ to the
standard Of two years ago. Other
men ARE Con Leahy. Of Ire
land, with a record Of q feet V inch, /
and u. A. Cotter. l. A. a. g.; Herbert
Gidney. Boston. A. A.; ana j. T.
Mahoney. an who have gone up to a
shade less than 6 feet, There nre sew
rral others who are doing Wen 10
practice, but whether they can stand
he strain or not viii not be known
until the jump comes off.
The running broad jump VIII bring
1nt the present American Champion
Meyer pranstein and a field OF ctgh-
cen long jumpers lf Prenstein has
of his old form he ought To win
his event. iu he viii nave 10 do bet
han ~ feet . inches, made 90 Mon
real last September, AS Dan Kelley,
he long boy from Oregon stretched
m to 23 feet 9h Inches last
hllf anu NNs 'NNh, " ~ ~ Nff NV
red the soft earth TO the extent Of 23
Get 2 inches. To do "a feet ~ more
han prenstoln's friends can hope Tor
~ he did that but once and the
1T he came Go Il since was nj tho
olympic games last ~ when ne
umped 20 feet . inches. Herbert
heck. olympic club. II the hest on
southern Pacific coast, and is a
.ame youngster. Dennis hurry OF
viii give a good account OF
NJ. Dennis is a sterling athlete
IS tho old Emerald Isle and Us noted
always being In excellent c0ndi- !
Ion. Luckcman of the Montreal
.thie'ic assoeiation. ana H. j. clifford {
4 Philadelphia are good men ;
Tho bG-pound weight throwing con- q
vim bring out all the weight men :
b 40, country. Never before In the
history OF the sport. has there hcen I
och q number OF good men handling 81
Weigh ts In one event. The great John
~ nnirnn. champion of the world;
"a king Of weight throwers;
s Mitchell, NAM. McGrath, 81
i|arV,ious Matt AZ he Is generally q
10y his friends. Dick sheldon. .
Illl dog from old Ell. MarNlaud's /
dol rom Barrett and the fruit of thH I
'aclf coast. CALIFORNIA; pride. PlaW >
nd rose, are the principal entries. 1
.l go betting mon ~ up ana take u
Intir,. did YOU ever have such =
.oodiE crowd 10 pick "a winner ron 1
So. lio VIII indeed ho a wizard who |
the honor bearer IN THE even, ]
flanagan holds the record with "a ]
of 35 feet 9 inches. Mitchell has
brown the weight 80 feet o inches.
has done better "a IA so feet.
. % Vc plaw and Rose. The record
aaN tuf a.. NrpLpu Int "A great many