The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-04
ATHLETES ROUNDING
 INTO SHAPE
For Coming State Y. M. O A. Championship Meet
 at Seaside Park
Porter and Trube Are Coaching the Locals and Good Results Are Antici. pated.

Seaside Park was the scene of great athletic activity again Thursday night. The Y. M. c. A. men are working un- der the direction of Herbert L. Trube. indoor mile record holder, and H. F. Porter. who won the high jump cham pionship at London last summer. It is only a short time until the state championship meet is to be held at
 Seaside Park on Sept. IS.
 The candidates for the 100 and 220 yard dashes have shown great im-
 provement of fate. Swanson and Con- way seem to have proven themselves the best of the ten or twelve fellows trying out for the distance. In the time trial on Wednesday night. Swan son shaded 15 As seconds for the 150 yards. Conway. Anderson, McGuin- ness and BroGerick were not far be- hind and finished in the order named. New Haven is reported to have some very good sprinters so that these men will have to run very fast to do their share in attempting to keep that cup which is on exhibition in Fairchild's window. Main street. Bridgeport. Com mette. Anderson and Bennett show better at the furlong distance-the 2-c yard seems to be more to their liking. They seem to have the endurancs longer run. enabling them to finish With the necessary snap.
 In the quarter mile. Captain Kelly, Anderson and Bennett are the stars. Both Rogers and Commette are young at the game. but with little more ex- perience such as they will get in the handicap meet, next Monday. may show the way to the other three. The 40 yard dash will be- without a doubt one of the prettiest races on the after noon of the 18th. The men seem to be evenly matched and if an outsider takes the Bridgeporters into camp he will be middle distance runner of act noI Hxn
 Captain Joe Kelly shines in the half mile. He has been running the fastest time trial and should make a very strong bid for the first place. For the last lew days. however. he has been pursued very close by Russell a little fellow with a bright smile and a pretty stride. Russell is without a doubt a coming champion. Considering his age and size he Is in a class by himself. He is a find" and may prove of great value in the championship mile run. |, Modest Bill Mcclellan is the only runner up to date who has shown any chances of scoring in the mile and five mile runs. He shows up best in the longer run but g. "galaxy of stars'' in the other associations will toe the mark in this event. The best five and ten miiers in the state are members of the Y. M. c. AS of other. towns and it is these that he will have to buck up against. If he runs the five mile hs will not be able to start in the shorter. run. so that Br1dgeports hopes must then depend upon Russell and the Roe brothers.
 Harry Porter is making some "sure enough" athletes out of the candidates for the field events. Downing, Nichol- son and Barnsley are clearing the bar consistently at good heights in the high jump. Any one of these have a good chance of putting it over'' on any outsiders who think they can win the Connecticut high jump champion- ship Hron has put in an appearance in practice lately and is showing ex- ceptional form.
 In the shot put. and broad jump, Bridgeport has three men on whom to rely, McGuinness. who has proven him. self to be a good all round man. Com mette and Hron. have been doing 37 feet in the shot put and over eighteen feet in the broad jump.
 The Bridgeport team is by no means a galaxy of stars. In fact the stars ara conspicuous by their presence. All the team to date has shown fighting spirit and proved itself to be a unit of good-fellowship: so that. consider ing its all round ability. the teams that come from outside. thinking they are going to take back with them, thr Fairchild trophy will have to wo-S mighty hard to do so.