Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
INDIAN CAPTURES
FIVE-MILE RACE
ARlZONAN PROVES SURPRISE
AT EXPOSITION
RALPH ROSE BREAKS RECORD
FOR SHOTPUT
Seattle Athletic Club Wins Annual
Senior Championship Meet of
Amateur Athletic
Union
LBY Associated Press. /

lBy AHSOCldteu IIeSS'
SEATTLE, Aug. IA - The annual
senior championship meet of the Anna
teur Athletic union held at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition stadium this
afternoon brought to the front little
Indian from Arizona who defeated the
pick of the country's fve-mile run
ners and gave Ralph Rose, the Califorr-
mia giant, an opportunity to break the
worlds record for putting the 16-pound
| shot.
Seattle carried off first honors in the
| meet. The track team under the colors
of the local club came out with 46
| points to it's credit, while the Olympic
! Athletic club of San Francisco was
second with 30 points and Chicago third
with 26. The winners fattened their
! total by taking all three places In the
! 1OO-yard dash, much to the surprise Of
their admirers as well as the visitors.
One of the sensations Of the day was
| the establishing of new worlds record
in the 16-pound shotput by Raljh
Rose, the husky entry of the Olympic
Athletic club, already holder of the
title in this event. His previous record
by 40 feet 10 inches, made in New York
| September T. 1908. Today he hurled the
iron ball distance of 50.26 feet eclips-
ing his previous feat by several inches.
| Rose won further distinction today by
securing q points to his own credit,
the greatest number secured by any
athlete during the meet.
In the 120-yard high hurdles Forest
Smithson of the Multnomah club OF
Portland, Ore, defeated Shaw of Chi
cago and euualed the previous record
of Is Is seconds. The race was run
against a strong head wind, which un-
doubtedly prevented the Oregon runner
from establishing a new record for this
event.
Long Race Spectacular
The most spectacular event of the
day was the fiVe-miie race in which
Harry Mclean, an Indian from Phoe-
nix, Ariz., was pitted against the PICK
of the country's runners. The fleet
footed red man, who was smaller than
any of his competitors, took the lead in
the fourth lap and set gruelling race
that soon played havoc with the field.
F. G. Bellars of the New York Ath-
letic club proved his most dangerous
competitor and soon succeeded in tax
ing the lead from the Indian. He en-
deavored to slow down the pace but
Mclean forced the Issue and by press
ing his man tired him so that he could
not stand the final squirt which began
as the shot was fired for the twentieth
and last lap.
Bellars made a game effort against
his Indian opponent and with bril-
liant burst of speed gathered good
lead, He could not hold it, however
for Mclean was on his heels at the
half and as they entered the stretch
the Arizona runner developed burst
of speed that sent him across the line
several yards the winner
F. Jackson of Seattle, who finished
third, came in a lap and quarter
behind the winner. Mclean, who had
local reputation at Phoenix, was
sent to Seattle by the Phoenix Elks'
lodge.
AS a special event relay race was
! run between teams from New York,
| Chicago and Seattle representing the
east, the middle west and the far west,
the latter finishing first and the middle
west second, with the east coming inl
last.
The summaries:
1OO-yard dash-First heat: j. Court
ney, Seattle A. c., won; F. Hamilton
| Chicago A. A, second; time :101-5. Sec
ond heat J. Nelson, Seattle A. C.,
won; w. Martin, Seattle A. c.. second;
time 10 2-5. Final: w. Martin, Seat
tie A. c.. won Jack Nelson, Seattle A.
| c., second; l. Courtney, Seattle A. c.,
third; time 10 1-5.
SS0-yard rune. Edmundson, Seattle
A. c., won; II. Gissing, New York A.
! G., second; ]. o. Miller, Olympic club,
San Francisco third; time 1:551-5.
Polt vault-R. Pauldlng, Seattle A.
c., won; Humes, Seattle A. c.. second;
John Nicholson, Missouri A. c., third;
height II feet.
16-pound shotput-Ralph Rose Olym-
pic, San Francisco, won; r. j. Law
renee, New York A. c., second; L. j.
Talbot Kansas City A. c., third dis
tance 5026 feet (world record). Form
er record 49 feet 10 inches, held by
Rose.
| 120-yard high hurdles-Forrest Smith
son. Multnomah A. c., won; A. 3.
Shaw. Chicago A. A., second; w Ed
wards Seattle A. c., third; time Is 1-5,
equaling world record.
One-mile run--Joseph Ballard, Bos
ton A. A., won e. P. Craig, Olympic
club, San Francisco, second; c. COOL,
Seattle A. c.. third; time 4:30 1-5.
440-y yard run-E F. ]. Lundberg, Chi
cago A. c.. won; B. Gish, Seattle A. c.,
second; J. j. McEntee, New York A. c.,
third; time so 2-5
16-pound hammer throw-L. ]. Tai
bot, Kansas City A. c., won; Ralph
Rose second: A. P. Law, Olympic, San
Francisco, third distance 165 feet 8
| inches.
Running high jump-Egan e. Rick
son, Mott Haven A. c., won; D. Mar
tin, Olympic, San Francisco second; ].
L. Miller, Chicago A. A., third; height
feet 11A inches.
220-yard run-First heat: w. F. Daw-
barn, New York A. c., won; Gerhardt,