Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-06
GREAT CARNIVAL
FOR ATHLETICS
Contest at Jamestown Will
Witness Breaking Of
Some Record

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 6.-Never be-
fore in the history of the Amateur
Athletic Union of America has there
been such a wealth of runners, leap
ers and weight hurlers of high grade
entered for the national championships
as gathered today for the two days
meet at the Jamestown exposition. Nor
has the outcome of the contests ever
been quite so much in doubt. 1t seems
almost certain that some of the pres
ent records will be displaced by higher
figures during the two days, and that
the present champions will have to
fight hard to retain their titles.
In the number of competing athletes
and their high quality, the meet breaks
all records. They come from as far
west as California and Oregon, from
many parts of the South, East and
Middle West, and from as far north as
Canada.
Program of Events.
For each of the divisions ofAothletes
juniors and seniors-the program is
culated to test every muscle in the
body. The list is made up as follows:
Runs at 100, 22O. 24O, $50, one mile and
five miles; hurdle races at 100 and
22O yards; running high jump, run
ming broad jump, pole vault for height;
throwing 56-pound weight, throwing
l6-pound hammer, putting 16-pound
shot, and throwing the discus both
free and Greek style.
A gold medal emblematic of the
championship of the United States
will be given to the winner in each
event, silver medal to the second
and bronze medal to the third To
the team of any athletic club which
wins the greatest number of points in
the series of games will be awarded a
handsome banner.
All Sections Represented.
1t is predicted that the strongest
competitors will be the representatives
of the New York Athletic club, Chica-
go Athletic association and Boston
Athletic association. The Olympic
Athletic club of San Francisco and the
Pacific Northwest association have en-
tered strong teams and it is regarded
as within the range of possibilities that
the visitors from the far West NAV go
home with one or more of the national
championships in their possession
Other organizations that have sent
formidable teams to compete in the
championships include the Missouri
Athletic club of st. Louis and the
| Southern Athletic association of New
Orleans.
Canada has sent some of the best
| athletes that she can boast Of A team
of more than 20 performers, entered
under the colors of the Montreal A. A.
A, will compete, and the Dominion
well up in the list when the tables are
finally totalled up.
Some Record Representations.
| 1t is regarded as likely that Melvin
! Sheppard of the Irish american A. c.
may get Kilpatrick's haIf-mile record
of 1873 2-5, while there are not a few
experts who think that in the mile run
Guy Haskins, the University of Penn
sylvania man, may lower Conneff's
mark of AIS 3-5.
The hammer throw will bring to-
gether one world champion and tw,
would-be champions. The actual
champion is John Flanagan of the
| New York A. c., whose mark of IT:
feet II inches still stands. Flanagan's
most formidable competitors will BIZ
Mat McGrath, also of the New York A
c., and A. Plaw, the Californian, WHIT
recently has been throwing the leader
ball 10 feet and better with much
regularity.
Lengan, who has vaulted ~ feet
inches, looks to have the pole vault a
his mercy. Taylor of Pennsylvania Il
picked in the quarter mile event II
the two-mile run Bonhag of the Irisl
A. A. G. should be an easy winner II
the broad jump Prinstein, the Ameri
can champion. is likely to have hi
colors lowered by O'Connell, New
Yorker, who has been jumping consist
entity in the neighborhood of 2S feet
Wesley Coe, who now holds the world
record. ought to win the shotput Blu
he will have to be in tiptop form or h
will lose his laurels to Kruger o
Swarthmore the intercollegiate cham
pion.
For the team championship 1t look
as. though there will be a spirite
three-coTnered fight between the New
York A. c. and the Irish American
c., both of New York. and the Olympi
A. c. Of San Francisco. The Californi
team is regarded as particularly stronI
in every event, and may cause sewers
upsets.