The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05
Gerhardt the Star in Athletic Tournament
at The Stadium in Golden Gate Park
Speedy Runner Breaks the Pacific Coast Record in
One Of the Many Events Of the Day

army carried off the 40 and the mile
while the navy was successful in the
100 yards and the mile relay Mandell
GU. s. S. Kansas) won the mile relay in
fine style. with few yards to spare.
Four ships We're represented on the
navy team and lots were drawn to see
which of them should take cha&e of
the cup till Australia was reached The
boys from the Minnesota We're the
lucky ones and they will chaperon the
prize to the antipodes. When the feet
arrives in Sydney it is the intention
of the four ships interested to race
teams of 10 men each. the winning ship
to be declared the final holder of the
cup.
The race will in all probability take
place at the sydney cricket ground,
where there is an excellent track
Moss, the Berkeley high school boy.
ran a good race in the 440 from the 16
yard mark. Miller. from scratch, ran
splendidly and was. only beaten by
Moss by about II inches.
In the $50 Miller moved splendidly
and his win was the result of good
judgment He had overtaken his field
at the end of the first-lap with the eX-
ception of. Waiben, and until the last
corner was turned it looked as if Wal
ben could not be caught. Miller, how
ever, sprinted round the turn and down
the home straight and came in win
ner by about 10 yards.
In the pole vault Brown of the uni
versity vaulted in good style and won
with leap of 10 feet inches. Fred
flanagan, the record holder. failed to
cross the bar at 10 feet inches.
In the high jump Cheek of the Olym-
pic club won with . feet s inches.
In the broad jump Cheek came sec
ond TO JOY. being defeated by half an
inch, including. handicaps.
Ollie SnedigA was in fine form with
both the shot and the hammer. but
could not reach the previous records.
In the hammer throw he won with a
throw of 12O feet. being about "a feet
more than the second man.
In the shotput McMasters and Cheek.
both with a seven foot handicap. beat
Snedigar. McMasters' throw, including
handicap was II feet Siz inches. Sned-
igars best throw was 40 feet 10 inches.
The 100 hurdles was an easy win for
Cheek.
The race for grammar school boys
was the closest race of the day and the
judges had a difficult task to separate
the runners. Russell OF Healdsburg
high won from Presley.
The Bicycle races brought out good
fields In the three events. the Golden
City wheeImen taking two out OF the
three. 1Hty WOA lAlt oV lAlic IclciN and
the first six places in the five mile
handicap fell 10 their riders also. A.
Waterbury, the winner of the final
heat in the relay, was the outsider in
the race.
Mayor Taylor and Mrs. Taylor were
present all the afternoon and took a
keen interest in the different events.
The mayor decorated the different
winners with the medals they won at
the conclusion of each event
The officials of the day We're as fol-
lows:
Referee-Frank c. o'Kane: starter Bert
Kerrigan; timers John Hammershy. Andrew
Gallagher. George James. Al Hampton: clerk
OF the course. Walter Christie: assistant clerk
Of the course. Pete Mcintyre; judges OF finish.
L. l. O'Brien, c. +. Grondon$. Lieutenant ID.
A Weaver Of the United States ship Conneeti-