The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-07
ATHLETES LEAVE
 CITY TOMORROW Birmingham Contestants Going
 To Crescent City GOOD TEAMS TO BE SENT Local Men Will Make Effort To Bring Next Meet of Southern Amateur
 Athletic Union To Bir-
 mingham.
GOOD TEAMS TO BE SENT

The teams representing the Birmingham Athletic club and the Young Mems Chris tion association in the track and field events of the s. A A. A. U., meet to be held in New Orleans next Saturday, May s, have leave for the latter city Friday morning. The following compose the teams: B. A. C., Sid B. Jones, J. Carroll Long, Tracy Lay, Harry Satter- field Ernest Sifford, G. E. Behr, Jr., W. w. Thomas, E. J. Hilty, Speer Whitaker. Y. NJ. c. A, J. B. Leaton, J. M. Candy. Carl Platomsky. Douglas Beatty.
 The B. A. C. team will be accompanied by Prof c. II. Miles. secretary and treas urer of the club; J. k. Miles, physical director; s. P. Sturgeon. vice president, and probably others. MT. A. W. Brown, physical director of the |. M. C. A., will be in charge of the team of that instltu- ton.
 The following are the events in which the men will compete: Sid B. Jones, high jump, running broad jump, 16-pound shot, 120 and 220-yard hurdles, discus. J. Carroll Long, high jump, pole vault, running broad jump, standing broad jump, 56- pound weight discus. Tracy Lay, 16- pounds hammer. 16-pound shot, 56-pound weight, discus. Harry Satterfield, 12O and 220-yard hurdles,. pole vault. Ernest Sif- ford, 40 and SS0-yard run. G. E. Behr, Jr., 40 and SS0-yard run. w. W. Thomas, pole vault, high jump. E. J. Hlity, one-mile run. Speer Whitaker, one-mile run, five mile run. J. B. Leaton, 100-yard run, 22O- yard hurdles, running broad jump and standing broad jump. J. M. Candy, quar- ter-mile relay. Carl Platomslxy, one-half- mile and one-mile relay. Douglas Beatty, 1-mile relay.
 It is believed these men will give good account of themselves for the reason that they are the cream of each of their re- spective institutions in the athletic field. It is worthy of note that Sid B. Jones' high jump record of feet inches stands today the southern record, and with the form that Jones is now showing it would not be surprising that he breaks that record. It is confidently anticipated that Birmingham will bring back first place in one or two field events, and it is thought from the form displayed by Lea ton that he will be a strong competitor in the l00-yard dash. In Harry Satterfield the B. A. C. offers a very strong competi- tor in the 120 and 220-yard hurdles. Tracy Lays friends are feeling exhuberant over his remarkable workout in the events in which he is a contestant. He has in one or two instances equdlleu the southern record, and his superb condition has buoyed his friends up to a high pitch. Long, Sifford, Behr Thomas, Hilty and Whitaker are all in the pink of condi- tion. Besides Leaton the Y. NJ C. A. have an exceptionally strong team in Candy Platomsky and Beatty. The Y. NJ. C. A. do not offer any contestants in the field vents except Leaton, who is a contestant in the running broad jump and standing broad jump, in each of which he will acquit himself creditably.
 Considering the facilities afforded the men in this city for outdoor athletic work, too much cannot be expected of Birming hams representatives in New Orleans next Saturday but those who speak from personal knowledge are confident that the men will so acquit themselves as that it will rebound to the honor of the insti- tutions which they each will represent and to the city as a whole.
 Birmingham will make an effort to bring the S. A. A. A. U. meet to this city next year.