The Washington herald., 1907-08-11

nier and junior divisions. men from all
over the United States will take part.
For each Of the divisions of athletes
tho juniors who are the men without a
senior championship 70 their credit, and
the seniors-the programme will be the
same. consisting of sixteen events cal
culated to test every muscle In the body.
a az prizes offered for the contests of
skill and Drawn and endurance are the
most coveted trophies in the amateur
world IN this country. for q man who
can sport the gold medal emblematie Of
the championship Of the United States
is shown to all men TO be an athlete OF
great ability. To the team Of any ath-
letic club which wins the greatest num-
Der OF points in the series Of games
there Will be awarded handsome ban
ner, and silver and bronze medals will
go TO the men finishing second and third
in each event The scoring of points
viii easily be kept. as first place is to
count five points. second place three, and
third place one
The programmes events are as follows:
Runs at 100, go, 44G, $50 yards, one mile,
and five miles; hurdle races at 40 and 22O
yards; running high jump, running broad
jump, pole vault for height, throwing So
pound weight, throwing 16-pound hammer,
putting 16-pound shot. and throwing the
discus both free and Greek style.
Strong Chicago Team.
Outside of two New York clubs the
strongest competitor in the games will
probably be the Chicago Athletic Associa-
ton. The wearers of the cherry circle
won the national championship games at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Port
land two years ago, and since then they
have been more than anxious TO repeat
the feat With this end in view they have
strengthened their team marvelously this
year. and are said 10 have incorporated in
their ranks nearly all the men who made
the track team Of the University Of Mich
igan the best in the West during the past
intercollegiate season. It has not been
officially announced as yet, but ii is
tacitly understood that among the men
who will sport the emblem Of the c. A. a
next month will be Johnny Garrels, Of
Michigan. considered the best aIl-around
athlete that the colleges have produced in
many years. and who won the 193-yard
and 220-yard hurdles in the intercollegiate
meet early in June in Is Is and q sec
onds respectively.
Garrels is at present working in a rail-
road Office in Chicago but IT Is thought
that he may be induced to come away
from the desk for sufficient length Of time
TO add to the Chicago Clubs total Of
points. Others who will be- GarreTs
teammates are Coe, also a Michigan ath-
.ete. who was second in the intercollegiate
mile Rowe. who won the two-mile inter-
collegiate for the Wolverines in 9:34 As;
French, Michigan, who was second in the
broad jump with a mark of q feet S7s
inches. and Ramey, Michigan's middle
distance runner. The ChicagOans have
also enlisted under their banner Dray OF
Yale, who cleared the bar in the pole
vault al u feet inches last spring:
Samse. a Western pole-vaulter Of renown,
and Giffen, a discus thrOwer With this
array of talent against them, the wearers
Of the Winged Foot and the Winged Fist
will have TO get down 10 work to win.
Squad from California.
California, too. is going TO make a
strong bid for a place up near the fore
In the final list of winners, and has
picked a dozen mighty men to struggle
for the glory of the Golden State For
the sprints, the Olympic Athletic Club.
Of San Francisco. which is to send the
team TO represent the State, has a good
man in Charles Parsons. who won in the
national championships al Portland.
Glarner has the middle distances well
under control. never having been defeated
in the 440 or $50 yard runs, and for the
longer journeys Raleigh Kelly is expected
10 make a good showing. Il is in the
weights, however. that California will be
strongest. Three young giants will han
die thG shot and hammer for the Olympic
club. They are Ralph Rose. who had
worlds recoS1 TO his credit In the shot
put at one time; Al Plaw, who for two
years past has never let the hammer
drop INSIDE 100 feet when throwing in
competition, and William Gilmore. who
is an expert with the big ball. In the
hufdhng division California has Herbert
Cneck and Billy Powell. two strong men
VINO can negotiate the obstacle- without
losing any appreciable part Of their snaad
and Ollie Snedigar. the clubs au-aro,,,,S
athlete, is also on the list.
OF the Eastern clubs which ara 70 o,,o.
the lists. the Boston Athletic ASsooiatiol1
is extremely likely to give the Iasder-
close run for the majority Of points ,rba+
club has on its roster of active cornDsti
tors Wesley COe, present holder of the
world record of 49 feet inches for nut
ting the l6-pOund shot; Ellerv Clark Tor
merly the all-around champion; two Har-
ward men, Young. half-miler. and Rand
murder; Gldney, high jumper and
Leavitt, who is fine over the bUrdIoe
Coe, Rand, and Gidnev did much fovsrd
winning the amateur championship of
New England for the B. A. A. AUgusr
The WinH@rs Of the championshins
in that meet by the way, are ali to enter
the jamestown games. but the Roston
Athletic men appear to be the best OF the
string The New England meeting ra-
suited in only one new record for The
\. E A A L., Frank Shehan. of fha
south Boston A. c., establishing tI4
mark at i;5S As. but some Of the o+ber
entrants in the national games sboUld ha
able TO better this
Stars from Portland.
OF the other Westeraers who ara -
come on for the games. the Pacific North.
west Association is considered to be the
most dangerous The twelve men mat
BODY viii send have not yet been selected.
except that ii is understood that Dan
Kelly, the wonderful sprinter Of the Multi
nomah A. c., of Portland viii be among
them. That is the report that was given
out when the first talk of the national
games was heard, but there have been ru-
mors since then that Kelly has strained a
tendon and WIFI hardly be in shape to
run at the exposition. Some of the East
ern runners who have heard that rumor
and who have been more or less doubtful
OF helly's reported performance in doing
100 Yards in 80 seconds. look upon the