The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-14
SOME SPORTING DOPE
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Happenings in the World of Sport Treated in Bright
and Breezy Manner By Manhattan" Some
Good Dope Long Distance Running.

Manhattan" in his letter to the
Mobile Item, from New York, dated
August 10, says:
One Of the greatest meeting of ath-
leteS ever held in this country VIII
be the championships OF field and
track athletes at Jamestown, Sept. T.
and Z.
Not only will the United States send
its best athletes, but Canada also will
enter, which means that the meet will
be one of the greatest interSectional
meets in A A U. history. 1t is certain
to be in the nature of a long step for
ward in the right direction for such
sport As Ii result Of the great inter
sectional gathering. the men of the
New York a c. and the h1sb-Ameri-
can A. A, the two leaders in local
championship Selling, will have to go
the limit # they do not wish to be
oTtciassed by their opponents.
For each of the divisions of ath-
Iates-the juniors, who are the men
without n senior championship to
their credit, and the seniOrS-the pro-
gram Will be the same, consisting of
sixteen events calculated to test every
muscle in the body. The prize offer
ed for the contests of skill and Drawn
and endurance are most coveted tro-
plies in the amateur world in this
country, for a man who can sport the
gold metal emblematic Of the cham
piorship of the United States is shown
to all men to be an athlete of great
ability.
The programs events are as fol-
lows: Runs at 100, 220. 240, $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 56-pound weight,
throwing 16-pOund hammer. putting IT,
pound shot, and throwing the discus
both free and Greek style |
Outside of New York clubs the
strongest competitor in the games viii
probably be the Chicago Athletic Ar
sOciatiOn. The weaTerS of the cherry
circle won the national championship
games at the Lewis and Clark Ex-
position in Portland.
California. too is going to make a
strong bid for place up near the fore
in the final list of winners and has
picked a dozen mighty men to stFug-
gle for the glory of the Golden State.
The Olympic A c. of San Francisco
which is to send the team to repre-
sent the state. has many good men.
vi IIiS ESlSItiH CLUBS WHICH are I'D
enter the lists. the Boston a. A is
extremely likely to give the. leaders
q close run for the majority of points
OF the other Westerners who are
to come on for the games, the Pacific
Northwest Association is considered to
be the most dangerous The twelve
men that body will SEND have not yet
been selected, except rflat It is under
stood that Dan Kelly, the wonderful
Splinter of the Mlft0nOmah A. c. of
Portland, will be among them.
The Missouri A. c. of st. Louis will
send Il formidable team and the
Southern A. A. Of New Orleans has a
number of good men who will win
points
The entry from across the border !
Will contain the names Of some of the |
best Athletes that Canada can boast !
on. A team of more than twenty |
performers will compete, and the Do |
minion men have hopes that they will |
figure we'll UP in the list when the Ia /,
bles are finally totalled up. The visit |
ors Will compete under the cOlors |
of the Montreal A. A. A, which is |
the leading club in the new athletic
federation of Canada.
) Long Distance Race.
A great race will be run Monday,
when Alfred Shrubb, the English |
champion, and Pom Kenelly. of Bos- |
ton, the American 1ong-distance cham
piop, meet at Celtic Park
ShUubb is looked upon by runners |
as the greatest man in distance work |
now running. He has competed as a |
professional all over the world, swept
ing adj before him, but this will be hiss
first appearance in this vicinity
Shrubb was greta believer in a |
meat diet for distance runners He |
has suddenly come to the conclusion !
that the American system of training
particularly in the dog days OF sum
meT-is better, inRsmuch as vegetables
are freely substituted for meat
1T kind o hOwled ME over to tackle /
a plate of carpenters chips at first,
you know" was the way in which he
but he has got used to those weird
things by this time.
An Indian Runner. I
Now that there appears TO be a
possibility that athletic peace will pre-
vail IN Canada. the enthusiasts on T
both sides of the border are wonder
Ing what the future holds for Thomas
LongbOat. the famous Indian long-dis-
tanoe runner The remarkable show
Ing of the aborfgine in the few races p
Of Importance I'm which he has COM
peted marked him as an athlete of
marvellous performances. AS a result
those who have his oest interest at
heart arc anxious that his amateur