The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-08
COAST SPRINTERS
BOTH DEFEATED
Huff of Chicago Too Fast for
Dan Kelley and Charles
Parsons.

Norfolk. Va. Sept 7.-Senior champion
ship events in the Amateur Athletic
unions annual field and track champion
ships being held upon the athletic field
of the jamestown exposition will be con-
tested for this afternoon. Some of the
most noted athletes in the country and
Canada are entered. The events TINS
afternoon will include the 100-yard dash,
in which only those who have won races
in this class will be allowed to compete.
This viii be followed by the 2O-yard
dash and the 440-yard dash or the quar-
ter-mile run. In addition there will be
hurdles for each of those distances, fol-
lowed by the half-mile run, the mile run
and the five-mile run. Other events will
include the hammer throw, putting the
shot, hurting the discus, pole vault, run
ming high jump and broad jumps. The
weather is still clear and not too hot,
and everything is suspicious for the tour
nament
The Results.
H J. Huff. Chicago Athletic club, won
the 0-yard run, defeating Dan Kelley
of the University Of Oregon, the former
champion, and Charles Parsons of the
Olympic club San Francisco. W. d
Eaton Of the Boston Athletic association
was a close second. Charles Parsons of
the Olympic club third Time-:10 10.
NJ W Sheppard Irish-Ameriean Ath-
letic club, New York. the present cham
pion for this distance; Andrew Gardner
of the Olympic club. San Francisco. sec
ond: Frank Sheehan of South Boston
third. Time-f:55 Is.
This beats Sheppard's former record by
1-5 second.
Rose Breaks Record.
In the sixteen-pound shot put Ralph
Rose. Olympic club of California, broke
the worlds record by z inch. His put
was 40 feet 81 inches W W Coe. BOs-
ton Athletic club. was second with -
feet 2 inches: W. ". Gilmore. Olympic
club San Francisco, third with 43 feet
3 inches.
Fourth event. l9o-yard hurdles-Forest
SmithsOn. MultnOmah club, of Oregon,
first. Time-:15@4. A. 3. Shaw. Chicago
Athletic club, second; w. r. Mccullough,
New York Athletic CLUB, third. Smith
son ran with an injured leg
Fifth event One-mile run-James T.
Sullivan. Irish-American Athletic club.
won in a canter; S A. Rogers. New York
Athletic club, second; Charles Bacon.
Irish-American, third. Time-4:29. For
mer timeL:29 As.
Sixth event, 44O-yard rum. B. Tay-
Tor, University Of Pennsylvania, first; c.
3. Ford, New York Athletic club, second;
Andrew GlarneT. Olympic, third. Time
SOL. Taylor is negro.
Flanagan Still Champion.
Seventh event. throwing 16-pound ham
mer-Won by John ]. Flanagan, /, A.
A. G. DistanCe-lGl feet q inch. NJ P
McGrath. \. Y. A. c., second, 169 feet
ia feet 1 inches.
Eighth event, running broad jump
Won by Dan Kelly, University of Ore
gon. Distances feet II inches E T.
Cook, ir.. l. A. A. c., New York, sec
ond. % feet 2i2 inches; G. F. O'COnnell,
n Y. A. c, third. p feet II inches. KEEL
leys record beats that of Nj Prinzstein.
/. A. A. C, former champion, by 1 foot
I inches
Ninth event, throwing discus. free style
Won by Martin J. Sheridan, l. a. A. c.
Distance-129 feet 90 inches A. X. Dear
born. y. Y. a. c., second, 121 feet 10
inches. Leo Talcott, l. A. A. C., third,
121 feet
Tenth event. five-mile run-Won by J.
J. Daley, L A. A. c. Time-26:4. George
Bonhag. l. A. A. c., second; Thomas
Collins. l. A. A. c., third Daley beats
the record by 10 20 seconds
Twelfth event, 22O yards hurdle-Won
by John J. Eller jT-, /. A. a. c. Time
:25 Is seconds. A. B. Shaw. Chicago Ath-
letic club, second; W. 5. Lee, New York
Athletic club third Eller's record in
this event ties that of former Champion
II. L. Hillman, n. Y. A c.
Thirteenth event, 22O-ysrd run-WOn by
II. ]. Huff. Chicago Athletic association
Time-:22 Is. p. c. Gerlardt, Olympic
club. of California. second; c. J. Seltz,
New York Athletic club. third. Huffs
time beats by 10 of a second that of
former Champion H. L. Young.
Fourteenth event, throwing 56-pOund
Weight-WOn by John J. Flanagan, /. A.
A c. Distances feet inches P NJ.
Mcdonald, l. A. A. c., second, 50 feet
inches; James r. Mitchell, n. Y. A c.
third. 81 feet II inches. Flanagan beats
by Is inches the former worlds record,
held by himself.