The Washington times., 1907-09-01
AN-Star Collection
For 4. A. u HonorS
On jamestown Field
Senior Championships Next Saturday Will Bring
Together Greatest Bunch of Athletes Ever
Seen In Anerica-Pacific Coast
Looms Up.
Looms Up.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, Va,
Aug. Si.-The greatest track and field
meet In the history Of the Amateur
Athletic Union viii be held at the
jamestown Ter-CentenniaL September
and z
This meet Will be known as the ma
tional championships, and is open 10
all amateur athletes in good standing.
Clubs from all parts OF the United
States and Canada have teams entered,
while a number OF unattached men have
sent in thelr names The New York
a. c.. the Irish-American a. =, the
Pastime A. c., Montreal A. c, Boston
A A, Young Mems Gymnastic Club Of
Louisiana, Chicago A A, Hartford Y.
n. c. A; c. Y. NJ. Archdiocesan Union,
Philadelphia, Pa; University OF oregon,
MultnOman "A. A. c., Oregon; Olympic
Club, California; Lincoln Y. NJ. c. A,
Nebraska: Ohio State University; Law
renee 7. II. c. A, Massachusetts; Nor
folk Y. VI. c. A., Virginia; George
Washington University. washington. d.
c: Pittsburg Lyceum, Pennsylvania:
Gurley A c.. District Of Columbia;
University OF Pennsylvania; Western
University OF Pennsylvania; Maryland
Swimming Club, Maryland.
Beware OF the Westl
Eastern men are handing out the
dope that there will be nothing but the
New York clubs, the Irish-American a.
c. and New York A. c., in the money,
but the Western men are putting their
money on the Pacific coast boys There
are several individual entries likely TO
upset calculations, while the CHEEKY
circle team Of Chicago and the Mon
treaI A. c. may figure in the running.
Each event promises 10 be a great
one. Never before in the history OF
sports has a like number of speedy
men toed the mark together as there
viii be IN the different events at the
exposition on the second and last day
or the meet
From present Indications the one-mile
national championship this season VIII
produce a more sensational struggle
than ever before enthralled the great
sporting clans OF the world. Never in
the history or the sport has there been
so fleet a field of distance flyers to face
a starter as that which viii break away
from the barrier on September Z.
Stars in the Mile.
Among the renowned athletes who.
stralning at the mark, viii await the
crack OF rhe pistol that viii send them
away- in the race OF a lifetime, are
number of men who shaye records bet
ter than 4:26. one who has turned the
eight furlongs in 4.2O 3-5, and two each
OF whom have broken the tape in a
shade slower than 4.22 There have
been several who have Travelled a mile
IN shorter time than any Of the above
mentioned, but never was there such
an army Of fast men 10 toe the mark
together.
There will be a number of good men in
The race. but the flyers from among
whom viii emerge a champion are
James Sullivan. Harry Cohn. Dave
Munson, Melvin w Sheppard. OF the
1rish-Amercan Athletic Club; Fred
Rodgers, Frank Nebrich, and Guy
9askins, of the New York Athletic Club:
James Lightbody, Of the Chicago A.
A; Andrew Glarner and J r Kelley,
OF the Olympic Club, San Francisco;
W. c. Hay and James Lambic. of the
Montreal 4 a. u; H. L. Coe and J. w.
Mahoney, of the University Of Michigan,
and ". SIinot, OF Harvard University.
1t IS hard picking to select a winner
from so many cracks. Haskins has the
best record Of the sixteen, winning the
intercollegiate championship on June 2,
iR the Z. OF P. colors in the great
time Of 400 SIS.
There are two with marks of AZ
and 4:25 So and number with marks
lower than $50 In the dashes there
are a host OF fast men who will give
an excellent account or themselves.
Kelley's Real Test.
In the 100 there are such speedy men
as Kelley. of the University Of Oregon.
who holds the worlds record of SIS
seconds; c. /. Parsons, of the Olympic
Club, of San Francisco. with a record
of 94-5 seconds. Parsons is known as
the consistent performer, he having
run the 100 three times in one day and
each time covered the century in as
seconds. To many, the race is between
Kelley and Parsons, but the Eastern men
viii not give up without a struggle.
Such men as Charley Seitz and W. J.
Heating, of the N Y. A. C, and Dennis
Murray. OF Ireland, known as the Irish
Flyer. never say die, and the winner will
probably nave to travel in record time.
The 90 should furnish just as an ex-
citing and grueling finish as the 100.
Kelley with the record Of q 10 seconds,
IS expected to set the pace all through
and fnish IN front, though in Parsons,
SeitZ, and Heating he will have oppo-
nents OF more than usual ability. all Of
these men having records Of . 10 or
better
Quarter and Half.
The 40 should furnish excitement and
surprises. for In this event, the dusky
flyer from the L. OF P, J. B. Taylor,
with a mark OF 80 10 seconds. Is en-
tered, and against him are pItted Paul
Pilgrim. OF the y. Y. A. c., winner OF
the 40o-meter run, Olympic games OF
1906, in the fast time OF So l-5 seconds:
II. L. Hlllman. of the ~. Z A c.. with
a record Of 50 nat, and z. B. Parsons,
OF n. Y. A c.. who have Travelled a
quarter IN less than 53. Many bets are
going down on the ebony-hued flyer
but besides the above-named fast men,
there Is a field OF twenty-five, all who
have records better than IS seconds.
The four-lap track at jamestown IS
exceptionally fast and the lovers OF the
BhCrt distances look for new marks
Seventeen man are carded TO face the
barrier in the half. The holder OF the