The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-07
BIG CARNIVAL
Of ATHLETICS.
oPENa Ar JAMESTOWN ExPosl.
TioN---MANY PROMINENT
ATHLETES COMPETE.
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
New York Athletic Club Represents.
tives Said to Be 6est--some
Record Predictions---AIi
Sections Represented.

\ Norfolk, VA Sept n Never befcre
lin the history ~ the Amateur Athletic
/ Union Of America has there been
isuch wealth Of runners. leapers AMI
weight hurlers OF high grade entarad
| fer the national championships as
gathered today for the two days mss ii
at the jamestown exposition. Ncr
las the ortcome OF the contests ever
! been quite so much In doubt. ri
iseems almost certain that some cf
/ the present records will be dispIaged
| by higher figures during the two days
and that the present champions wiz
have to fight hard to retain their
titles.
In the number Of competing ath
letes and their high quality, the meet
breaks all records. They come froni
as far west as California and Oregon.
from many parts OF the south, east
snd middle west. anil from as far
rorth as Canada
Program Of Events.
For each of the divisions OF atll-
letes- juniors aud seniors 1.-THE nro-
gram ~ the same, consisting al IG
events calculated To test egefg
muscle In the body The Hist III maze
up as follows; Runs al 100, 22a. 44n
$780, one mile and Ave miles: hurdle
races at 1870 and 22o yards; running
high jump. running broad jump. poe
vault for height, throwing 5Gsposnd
weight throwing iG-pound hammer.
putting lfarund shot and throwin,
the disctss both free ami Greek style.
suld medal embleuatic, Df the
championship or the United States.
will be given 70 the winner IN each
event, q silver medal to the aeeonsl
and a bronze medal to the third. To
the team OF any athletic club waica
wins the greatest number OF poiuts
IN the series OF games will he award.
Cd handsome banner
All Sections Represented.
1t Is predicted that the strong Il
viii be the repfos uta.
f'yes of the New York Athletic cub.
Chicago Athletic association ID Bos-
.on Athletic association. The Olynpic
Athletic club of San Fra icisco ard
he Pacific Northwest association
laee entered strong teams anil Ii IA
egarded as within the range az pos.
ibilities that the visitors frtm tie
an west may go home with one or
more OF the national championships
I their possession. Other organiza.
ions that have sent formidable teams
0 compete In the championships in.
lnde the Missouri Athletic club a
= Louis and the Southern Athletic
of New Orleans.
Canada has sent some OF the best
thletes that she can boast OF. A
aam OF more than twenty performers
uttered under the colors of the Mon.
real A. A. A.. will compete. and the
men have hopes that they
I'LL figure well Up In the list when
he tables are finally totalled up.
Record representations.
II Is regarded as likely that Melvin
leopard of the Irish-AmeIican A. C.
ray get Kilpatricks halfmile record
l.53 90, while there are not few
Xperts who think that In the mile
IN Guy Haskins. the University OF
pennsylvania man. may lower Con-
ems record of AIS 3-5.
hks har
ether one world champion and two
'ould be champions. The actual
is John Flanagan Of the New
ork A. C., whose mark Of liz feet
] inches still stands. Flanagan.
lost formidable competitors will be
iatt McGrath. also Of the-New York
. C.. and a. Law. the Californian,
-ho recently has been throwing the
laden ball l70 feet and better with
ruch regularity. j.
Lanigan. who has vaulted II feet
inches. looks TO have the pole vaI't
his mercy Taylor Ct Pennsyi.
ania Is picked in the auarter-mIlc
vent In the two-mile run Bonhag.
the Irish A. A. C.. should be an
asy winner In the broad jump
the American champion. is
kelly TO have his colors lowered bs
'Connell New Yorker. who has
aen jumping consistently in the
sighborhood of g feet. Wesley coe.
no now holds the worlds record.
lght to win the shot put. But he
"a have TO be i'm tip top form or he
~ lose his laurels TO Krreger 81
sarthmOre. the intercollegiate cham.
on.
For the team championship it ioois
though there viii be spirited
fight betv cen tie New
irk A. c. and the Irish Am sriean A
both of New york. and the O,yuA
: A. c. OF San Francisco. The Cah
mia team is reg<rded as partieg.
-ly strong in every event. and NAV
use several rf1safs