The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
ATHLETES IN
 A FINE MEET Best Athletic Competition Held in Alabama. DALEY WAS THE STAR In Close Contest Bingham Scored
 Victory. Montgomery Y. M. c. A. and Auburn Followed With Few Points seperat- ing-In the Running Events
 Montgomery Excelled--
 Event Was . suc-
 cess in Every Way.
DALEY WAS THE STAR

In the presence of the largest crowd which probably has ever wit messed an athletic meet In the State of Alabama. the biggest meet of it's wind attempted within the State, was run on yesterday afternoon In con nection with the Fair at Vandiver Park. Although it was the first ath- letic meet ever held under the aus- pices of the Montgomtry Y. M. c. A. 1t was a success in every way and 1t means that athletic meets will be fea- lures of future Montgomery fairs. It also means that the local association will take up the matter of holding annual spring meets.
 The meet of yesterday brought to- gether the four leading athletic insti- tutions of the State, each institution entering about the same number of men. thirty.
 There was only one hitch in the meet and that was unavoidable. The fair management attempted to run or au- tomobile and horse races at the same time and as a result the officials In charge of the athletic meet were hur- ried with their work and because of this there was some delay in the starting of the 220 hurdles and the only friction which developed came here. because in the haste the hurdles were not placed exactly according to the rules but 1t was as fair for one as for any other and no partiality was shown.
 The Fine Relay Race.
 The most interesting event on the program was run in the dark This was the 40 yard relay race between the Montgomery Y. M. c. A. and the Birmingham Athletic Club. In a phe- nomenal burst of speed at the finish Daley carried the colors of the Mont gomery Y. NJ. c. A. across the fin- dsh line ahead of the Birmingham man. although In the last quarter the speedy Montgomery man had to over come q handicap of twenty yards.
 The Birmingham Athletic Club SCOT ed the most points with a total of 27. The Auburn Polytechnic Insti- tute came second with a total of 24 points. Montgomery with 23 points was third and the Birmingham Y. M. c. A. was fourth with 8 points.
 Daley of Montgomery was the star of the meet. He won first in both the 100 yard dash and the 220 yard gslash and then won the relay race for his teammates by fine burst of speed. Long of Birmingham was a consistent point winner, and Sid Jones of Bir- mingham scored we'll in the field events. Street of Auburn won the one mile run with a fine burst of speed at the finish in the remarkable time of 4:2S. Considering the fact that the men were not running on a cinder track, the time for this event was probably the best which has ever been done in the South, under like condi- tions. The race for second and third place In this event was exceedingly close ast three men finished in a bunch directly%on the heels of the winner.
 The 100 yard dash was the closest event of the day. In this race Daley of Montgomery and Ellsherry of Mont gomery led the field by five yards and each breasted the tape almost at the same time, but the judges finally de- cided that Daley flashed across the line first. Good time was made in the SS0 yard dash when Carlyle of Au- burn won in two minutes and nine seconds. The Montgomery team ex- celled in the running events.
 The Summary.
 100 yard dash. Daley Montgomery X. M. c. A. first; Ellsberry, Mont