Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-15
NOR the third time within the past
II week the grand stand at Ascot

II
week the grand stand at Ascot
a park was filled yesterday after
noon with a crowd of about 5000 per-
sons, visiting Elks and local sport
fans who witnessed one of the best
all around track meets ever held IN
Southern California.
The building, draped in purple ana
white and red, white and blue, and
| filled with as enthusiastic and appre-
ciative an audience as ever attended
! the running of a California Derby, pre-
sented a mass of mingled color and
| eager faces.
Worlds and Pacific cooast champions
were present in abundance, including
Ralph Rose, nonchalant and smiling,
who hurled the discus distance or lZO
feet, and who lowered head and shoul-
ders above the others. And there was
James Donahue, st. Vincents crack
athlete, who, with a strong wind
blowing, and on an ordinary track,
waded through 100 yards of hurdles in
the remarkable time of Is 3-5 seconds.
Walter Knox, the crack sprinter OF
the Olympic athletic club, was also
present and upheld the honors of the
organization to which he belongs by
winning the century, the classic OF all
runs, in fast time. looking back over
his shoulder to watch field of labor
ing runners toling helplessly behind
him.
Cardinal Victorious
In the SS0-yard run the men, who had
been started half way around the track
and across the inclosure, turned the
head of the stretch well punched. Down
the track they came, running so close
ly together that TO all appearance one
might have covered the entlre Dunc1
with a half dollar. AS they neared
the wire John McGregor of Stanford
and Eugene Smith of the University
of California gradually drew away
from the others, and in one of the
closest finishes of the day the cardinal
gained another victoroy.
A field of four starters faced the tape
i'm the mile run and were sent away
with Edwin Hunger of the Tucson
Athletic club several yards in the
lead. Luke Anton, an entry of the
Phoenix Indian school, was considered
by many as being a likely winner but
he failed to live up to the expectations
of his hackers and was badly beaten
off finishing last AS Craig crossed the
line an easy winner he stumbled and
fell TO the track, but was quickly as
sisted to his dressing room, where 1t
was found that he had sustained no in
jures.
Two false starts marred the 440-
yard run, but when the sprinters
finally got away Edward McCauley of
the Alameda high school, the smallest
man facing the tape in that event,
displayed his class by negotiating the
distance in slightly over so seconds,
crossing the line a winner by several
yards.
The Olympic Athletic club of San
Francisco proved the point winner for
the day. this being largely due to the
large number of men entered by that
ID lon inc On pi
side of the letter "O." which adorned
the jerseys of the Olympic club ath-
letes being conspicuous on account not
only of ability but of numbers in near
ly every event
Decision Contested
In the 22O-yard hurdles many claimed
that the decision, which was awarded
to C. H. Morris of Stanford university
should have been won by e. j. Bee
son of the Olympic club, who was given
second place. The two men broke the
tape almost together and although
Beeson appeared to be leading, many
of those standing on a line with the
finish declared that Morris merited the
decision.
AS every winner broke the tape or
cleared the bar the crowd in the grand
stand broke into cheer after cheer
When Harry Mclean, the Wiry little
Indian from the Phoenix Indian school,
after following w. Garvin of the Olym-
pic club for a mile and half around
the two-mile course, finally sprinted
past Garvin, leaving him hopelessly
struggling fifty yards in the rear the
mass of persons in the grandstand and
about the grounds gave the little Indian
such a reception as was not received by
any other athlete during the entire
meet.
The performance of the little Indian,
who stands about feet 4 inches, was
little short of marvellous. Although he
easily won the 1S-mile Marathon race
Monday afternoon from field of crack