Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-31

~ carnival Of the Boston Athletic
Association in Mechanics Hall sat
rrday night, some marvellous per-
formances are expected in the MAJOR
ity Of the events. Two years ago the
Rack Bay orga niZation presented Two
of the greatest athletes of the West
Walter Eckcrsall Of Chicago and Archie
Hahn Of Michigan. Again this year
another invasion OF Westerners will be
made. including Dan Kelley, the hold
or Of the worlds record for 100 yards;
Forrest Smithson. the remarkable
inlrdler, and relay team wearing me
colors uf the Chicago \. A. With the
sterling athletes OF the West there VIII
be many collegiate, national ana
Canadian champions, some of whom
, have never performed IN this city, 50
that, with the WeSterners, it VIII DE
| easily the greatest indoor meeting Of
the winter.
This meet is gradually being hailed
rs the Intercollegiate indoor chanl-
pionships, for there is not college,
with the exception of Princeton thitt
has been prominent in track athletes
but what is represented. Examinations
prevent the Tigers from being in the
u.
parativcIy speaking, are now repre-
scented, while the absence OF y M -
| A. teams is noticeable.
The relay races are always the most
| exciting events on the program. and
! this year Manager George v brown
| has, arranged i big series. Of course,
! the feature event is between Harvard
and Yale. The two great rivals will
l1I tO'n A
| but which in reality is only 1929 yards.
| Harvard has not had much success III
| this race since its establishment, hay
| ing only once beaten Tale'S middle dis
| tarcc runners However, this year the
| chances for q Crimson triunps are
| goo d.
| The event OF the night as TAR as
| competition is concerned, however,
promises to be among the University
| of Pennsylvania, Cornell and Dart
| mouth teams i'll 4 thrce-cornered relay.
/ Tlli. event, like the Harvard and Yale.
| will be AT the longer distance. Penn
| sylvania, ana Cornell are represented
| by two of the fastest QuartetS Gf md
I die distance runners That ever repre-
scented their respective universities
! Taylor she Intercollegiate quarter-lnlie
| champion. Will be the Red and Blues
| strongest man. Then there will be Guy
! Haskins, the double championship win
ner at the intercollegiate last year and
recently victor over the great Melvin
| Sheppard, in addition to two other last
! runners. Cornell Will have Capt. Town.
t send and French who finished second
and third, respectively, IN the interiors;
Iegiate half-mila last spring; Carpenter.
I 4, ! oh
1906. and young Hitchcock, the former
Exeter 10y, who displayed his worth
last snring when he won quarter anu
a half-mile run i'll the C"rnell-Fenn
| freshmen dual meet. Just what Dart
| mouth will have is not known, but 1t IS
! doubtful if the Green is as strong as IN
| the past iwp 'iS.
Harvard and Yale Freshmen will
rae, IL the shorter distance, Is will
| Amherst and Brown; Technology ana
Williams, Columbia and Syracuse.
| Mime and Vermont. Holy Cross and
| Rnstnn College, Chicago "A. A. ana
| Irish-American A. c., Boston Athletic
| Association and New York Athletic
| club, CambridgepOrt Gymnasium AS
| sociation, St. Alphonsus Association
| and South Boston Athletic Club and
| Harvard classes in the class cham
| piouship There will be the midget
| race between the b. A. A. midgets and
the Volkmann school mites.
In the invitation 40-yard dash. Will
liam ID. Eaton Of the Boston Athletic
Association. holder of the worlds
record for the distance; ]. f. O'Con-
nell of the New York A. c., indoor
60-yard champion; Charles J. Seitz. |
also of the winged-foot organization
and winner of the event last year; +. |
L. Lukeman of the Montreal y. A, |
the best in Canada; Billy Heating, the
young Irish-American wonder; Irons. |
of the Chicago \. A.; \. A. Sherman
of Dartmouth, New England inter-
collegiate champion; +. f. Nelson Of
Boston Athletic Association, inter-
scholastic champion; Cartmell of Uni |
versity of Pennsylvania, intercollegiate |
sprint champion; F. f. Read Of AM
herst: J. V. Mulligan of Philadelphia;
&. Butler of Yale, Gram of Technology |
and Cooke the Cornell wonder. are all |
entered. In the 40-yard handicap
these same athletes, with Leroy Dor
land of the Pastme A. c., B. w. Esta-
brook of Boston Athletic Association, |
bins of Yale, J. a. Connolly, Jr, OF |
Exeter. r. G. Haywood of Andover |
will be the low marked men.
For the fifth year in succession |
George V. Ronhag of the Irish-Ameri- |
can A. c. will try to annex the honor |
Of winning the two-mile invitation |
event. He will, however. have Fred |
Bellars of the New York Athletic Club. |
who has jumped into the limeiight |
since the national championships were
held at jamestown, last September. as |
his strongest contender. Harvey Cohn |
and Tom Collins, also Of the winged |
fist organization, will be starters, as
Will Eddie Carr of the Xavier A. c. |
James j. Lee of the Boston Athletic |
Association and Roy Welton, recently |
attached to the Unicorn team, will be |
the strongest local performers.
Jim Sullivan of the irish American