The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
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Amateur Athletic Meet

LOS ANGELES. July 14.-Athletes of
the Olympic club Of San Francisco
won nearly everything in the cham
pio7ship events Of the Pacific Coast
amateur athletic association today at
Ascot park. They won firsts in the
u track and field contests, tied with
stanford and Pomona for 2 others and
secured SECONDS. Stanford won two
hrsts.
Ralph Rose. the champion shot put
, Ter, won the shot put. hammer throw
ana discus. Walter Knox OF the Olym-
PIC club took the 100 yards dash in
10 1-5, and, the broad jump, covering
Y teet 4 inch. They were the only
entries who won more than bne event.
James DOnahUe OF st. Nincents COL
lege, Los Angeles, who holds the junior
record for the low hurdles. and Harry
Mclean OF the Phoenix Indian school
furnished the exciting feature of the
day Donahue won the l20 yard hur-
dies, beating r. J. Beeson of the Olym-
Pic club IN the last two leaps. and
coming within two-6fths of a second Of
equalng the hraenZlln American rec
ord OF rs Is. on a track none too
good and against a brisk breeze.
Mclean, who won the Is mile Mara
thOn Monday. oVercame Garvin's lead
OF 200 yards in the last quarter of the
Two mile race and beat the Olympic
runner by SO yards 10 the tape. The
the coast record The Indians per-
Torrance, in the opinion of his COM
petitors and the ofhcials, places him
among the worlds championship pos
sibiliues for the distance run. The re-
suits.
Two mile run-Harry Mclean, Phoenix Indian
school: Won- lime, sos; William Garyin OF
the Olympic club, san Francisco, was second.
and John Churley OF Phoenix Indian school third.
Pole vault-Belah OF Stanford university and
Scott Of Stanford tied for first, II feet inches.
A. I. Gibson Of Ventura high school was third.
Running high 5ump-Robert Merriam OF Po-
mona college and =. J. Beeson OF the Olympic
or &1m fEnn r-crn sd hafo facr
school was third.
Time, 4.42. Herold MaundrelI, Olympic club,
was second, and T. B. Smith Of Olympic club
third.
40 yards. hurdle-Iames Donahue. ST. vim
cents college, won. Time, Is 3-5 seconds. T. J.
Beeson, olympic club, was second, and c. H.
Morris Stanford university, third. The time
was within twO-ffths Of second Of the amateur
- worlds record. by Krsenzlein.
$50 yard run-John McGregor. Stanford, won.
Tine. 2;O4 % Eugene F. Smith, University of
california, was second. and F. johnson Of
100 yard dash-walter Knox. Olympic club.
won Time. 10 10 seconds. p. c. Gehardt
Olympic. second, and Arthur J. Coover of Los
Angeles third.
40 ward run-Edward McCauIey Of Alameda
high school won. Time, 80 Is seconds. Seward
Simmons, unattached, Los Angeles. was second.
and Claude Moss, Olympic club, San Francisco.
Throwing I6 pound hammer-Ralph Rose.
olympic club won Distance. l34 feet. o.
Putting Is pound sbot-Ralph Rose, Olympic
club, Won. Distance, IS feet 4 inch Walter
Knox. Olympic club. second. and II. L.
Horton, Stanford university. third.
Running broad jump-Walter Knox. Olympic
club. won. Distance, % feet 4 inch. Ollie
SnediEar. Olympic club. was second and Elliott
Gibbs. Pasadena high school. third.
90 yard run-P. c. Gebardt. Olympic club
won Time, p 50 seconds. Arthur ]. CoQver
unattached. Los Angeles. wss second.
20 Yards. hurdles-C- Il. Morris. Stanford
university. won. Time. 26 Is seconds. E J.
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Merriam. Pomona high school, third
Throwing the discus-Ralph Rose Olympic
club. san Francisco. won. Distance, 40 feet
81 inches. ollie Snedigar. olympic club was
second.