Evening star., 1907-07-01
interest in the A. A. U. Contests
at Jamestown Exposition.
SPRjNTER KELLY EXPECTED
Preparations for the Great French
Road Race.
REGATTA AT PHILADELPHIA
Squires the Favorite In the Fight With
Burns-Tennis Experts Getting
Ready for Newport.
SPRINTER KELLY EXPECTED
REGATTA AT PHILADELPHIA

College and amateur athletes from all
sections of the country are looking for
ward with the deepest interest to the COM
ing national championships of the Amateur
Athletic Union to be held at the James
town exposition the first week In Septem-
Der. Even at this early date the manage
mcnt Is assured Of the best entry list on
record. Not only will the clubs have out
their very best men. but the different col
leGes of the country will be better repre-
scented than for years. Two years ago the
meet was held at Portland. Ore. and the
year before that at ST. Louis. In fact. 1t
Is a long time since the championships have
becn scheduled so that the largest number
of college stars could participate.
First Appearance Of Kelly.
II there are any special events in which
there Is an unusual amount of interest In
the outcome these are the 100-yard run and
the mile run. The short sprint will be the
first appearance on eastern track of Dan
Kelly. the University of Oregon phenome-
non. who is credited with running this dis
tance in the wonderful time of 93-5 sec
onds. Ever since that performance two
years ago the st has been unit In Its
skepticism. Without intending to impugn
the motives or the ability of western
timers. the eastern coaches and athletes
don't believe that Kelly can run step
faster than " 40 seconds, III ne can
this fast. The fact that Kelly has stu
dOusly avoided every meeting with the
eastern cracks is considered proof that he
is not even sure of the time himself
But at jamestown Kelly Will have
chance to make good. Here his principal
opponent will be n. ]. Cartmell, captain
of the University of Pennsylvania team.
and the intercollegiate 100 and 22o-yard
champion for the last two years. Cartmel
is man who can run the shorter sprint In
- seconds. as he showed at the James,
town college games last Saturday. Under
the training of Mike Murphy he has been
getting faster each year. He Is really at
his best In the 220-yard dash. which he
ran in u 2-5 seconds In his freshman year.
within one-ffth of a second of the world
record. If Kelly can push Cartmell hard
enough In the furlong sprint the Pennsyl-
vInia flyer can do 81 seconds.
Eastern men contend that Cartmell Is
sure to beat Kelly In both of these races
II both men are in good condition. In
proof of their contention that Kelly is not
a 80 man the easterners point to Carey.
who Kelly close two years ago IN
that great race. Carey Is at Yale.
and. although he is credited with doing 10
seconds, he Is not considered consistent
performer 1t is reasoned that if Kelly
can do 93-5 seconds then Carey Is good for
o 40 at the least.
To Lower Connects Record.
In the one-mile run an effort will be
made to lower the worlds amateur record
Tommy Connect The man who stands the
best chance of accomplishing this is Guy
Haskins the University of Pennsylvania
star, who ran the distance in 4.2O3-5 at
the last intercollegiate championships. In
this race Haskins was within five sec
onds of the record and had he had some
to make him run the entire distance
his time would have been much better than
IL was. There are two men In club ath-
letics who are considered capable of CIV
IN los EtrC h0 0rda hnn
of Michigan. These are Fred Rodgers Of
the n. Y. A. c.. who did 422 year ago,
and Melvin Sheppard of the Irish A. c..
who has a record of % 2-5 INDOORS and
1.53 3-5 for the half mile outdoors If these
three men meet in the mile at jamestown
the record must certainly take tumble.
Track Records in Danger.
There are several other track records
which are in serious danger at this meet.
These are the quarter mile record Of Al As
seconds. held by Maxey Long. the ex-Co-
lumbia star, and the high hurdle figures.
In the former. Taylor. the Pennsylvania
athlete who did - 4-5 at the intercolle-
giates. is thought to be able to get this
record. Taylor has never been extended
for this event. and IL some one be
found who can push him from the crack
OF the pistol he can certainly better all
his previous performances.
The breaking of the record for the high
hurdles Will depend largely upon who
enters this race If Garrells of Michigan
Shaw of Dartmouth and Hubbard of Am
herst could De brought together the VIC
tor would certainly be able to equal the
record of i5 1-5 seconds. held by Kraenz-
lei7 of the University of Pennsylvania
Both Garrells and Shaw have equaled the
Quaker's time. but the knocking down Of
a hurdle the presence of a favoring
breeze have always conspired against the
admission OF the record
When considering the great work OF Gar
rels and Shaw over the high hurdles II Is
only fair to kraenzlein to mention an in
Cident connected with his establishment of
the present record at Chicago nearly ten
years ago When Kraenzlein won this race
three different timers caught him In IA 40
ID and 10 10 seconds According to A. A.
u. rules they should have split the differ
encc and given him Is seconds instead of
i - But here 1t would he pertinent to
ask why three supposedly competent timers