The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-26
ATHLETIC MEET
At NEW YORK
Pacific Coast Men Make Fine
Showing at Travers
Island.

NEW YORK, September 14-Many
athletes who. figured in the track and
/ field events at jamestown a week ago
were among the competitors in the fall
games Of the New York Athletic Club
| at Travers island today.
| Ralph Rose Of the Olympic Club, San
| Francisco, was the most prominent fig
ure in the field events, as he made
ing weights.
In the regular event with the Is
pound shot. Rose sent the missile 40
feet 5 1-2 inches. His first record was
with the s-pound shot, which he sent
out for g. feet inches, beating Martin
K Sheridan's worlds record by feet
His other records were: 12-pound shot,
55 feet IL "a inches: 14-pound. 81 feet
S-S inches: 1S-pound, - feet, 91-2
inches; 2S-pound snot, "a feet inches,
all new marks. With the 24-pound shot
he failed by a quarter of an inch to
equal his own record of 50 feet 23-4
inches.
Forest Smithson of the MuItnomah
Athletic Club of Oregon won the high
hurdle race handily in 16 seconds from
scratch, but he was beaten over the
low by Langdon of the Trish-American
Athletic Club, to whom the western
runner was conceding 10 points. Sum-
mary:
Putting the shot-Won by Ralph
Rose. Olympic club, San Francisco. 81
feet Z inches; Morgan, New York ath-
letie club, second, 81 feet; w. J. Gill
more. Olympic club. san Francisco,
third, 50 feet 6 Ia inches.
100 yard dash, handicap. fnal-Won
by G. ]. Merz of Xavier athletic club.
New York, 5 IL yards; J. r. Kilpa-
trick. New York athletic club, second.
71-2 yards: P. G. Wolf, unattached.
New York. s 1-2 yards. third. Time,
10.
40 yard hurdles. handicap-Won by
Forrest Smithson. Multnomah athletic
club, Portland, Or, scratch; c. B.
Toole. New York athletic club, yards.
second; A. P. s. Maui. New York ath-
letic club, yards. third. Time, :16.
1000 yard run. handicap-won by J.
Van Thun, Xavier athletic club, so
y
club, Sc yards, second; D. C. Kennedy,
Irish-American athletic club, A yards,
third. Time. ZIP 2-5.
Putting Is pound shot, handicap
Won by Ralph Rose, Olympic club. San
IL inches; w. ]. Gilmore, olympic
club, San Francisco 6 feeO, distance
A feet 2 IL inches. second; H. Meyer,
Irish-Ameriean athletic club G feeD,
distance A. feet inches. third.
Pole vault, handfcap-Won by VI.
Peabody, New York athletic club III
inchesl, 10 feet 6 inches; r. G. Pauid-
ing, New York Y. NJ. C. A ia inches),
10 feet, second; H. S. Babcock. New
York athletic club C4 inches), 8 feet
inches, third.
Throwing Is pound hammer, handi-
cap-won by H. f. Sherman, unat-
tached, New York go feet), distance
1877 feet s ga inches; Robert Edgren,
New York athletic club $50 feet), dis
lance I31 feet inches, second.
go yards, handicap. finaI-Won. by c.
f. Langan, Irish-American athletic
club, 10 yards; Forest Smithson, New
York athletic club, scratch, second.
Time, rs 20.
600 yard run, handlcap-Non by j.
Bromlow Jr., Irish-American athletic
club, 10 yards; NJ. NJ. Shepard, Irish
American athletic club, scratch, second.
Time, 1:02 As.
800 yard run, handieap-Final heat
won by A House, New York athletic
club, II yards; D. F. Frank, Irish
American athletic club, 16 yards, sec
ond; E. W. White. New York athletic
club, II yards, third. Time, 81 s-5.
Two mile run. handicap-Won by j.
EiseIe, New York athletic club, 40
yards; A. G. knight, Irish-Ameriean
athletic club, 50 yards, second; F. @.
Rellars, New York athletic club, 30
wards. third. Time, 9:404-5.
Running broad jump, handicap-Won
by Platt Adams, New York athletic
cl,h ~ inches), - feet L. inches;
George J. Fleming, Young Men >
Christian association, New York (32
inches), second, 20 feet inches.