East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26

Charley Bacon and John Eller, two
first-class hurdlers; Bobby Cloughan,
sprinter who ran well in the Olym-
pics; George Bonhag, holder Of num-
Der of records from two to seven
miles. and Harry Porter, high jumper,
are other bright lights. Porter won
the high jump at London with leap
Of six feet three inches, and should
be good for first place out here.
sheridan is Coming.
Martin Sheridan the wonderful all
around athlete, will represent the r.
ish American Club, and is fairly GER
tain of carrying off first and at least
one second or third place.
The New York Athletic Club will be
represented by such men as Fred Bel
lars. holder of a five-mile record; H.
L. Trube. one of the greatest milers
America has produced; d. R. Rob-
bins, the speedy Yale hurdler, ana
Sheridan, Harvard's crack sprinter
and the ten mile champion, John FL
sole, besides a number of other good
athletes.
Particular interest will attach to the
performans here Of James Rector, the
fleet young Virginian, who ran second
only to the South African, Walker. In
the 1OO-meter dash at London. Rector
is to compete for the New York Ath-
letic Club and if he comes, which is
probable, the 100-yard dash will be
the greatest event of the meet.
The Cherry Circle" team will have
one Olympic champion in its list in
the person of Frank Irons, the dimi-
nutive broad jumper, who cleared "a
feet 1-2 inches at London. A. b.
, Shaw, the Dartsmouth hurdler, who
won the intercollegiate title over the
high sticks; Huff, the fast sprinter
and Johnny Garrels, Michigan's all
around star of few years ago, will
also represent the Windy City.
| Olympic Club Has Stars.
If the olympic Club of San Fran
cisco, gets anywhere near the top II
will be due to the efforts Of two men
Ralph Rose, the overgrown, babyish
but sensational shot-putter, and An
drew Glarner, the French middle
/ distance runner. Rose will certainly
shove the shot out from one to three
feet farther than anybody else, If ht
IL feeling anywhere near fit, and may
cop a couple of seconds out of the dis
Gus and hammer throw. Glarner /!
a constant surprise. Sometimes he Ii
away back in the ruck and sometimes
he is unbeatable. Pete Gerhardt, thu
veteran sprinter, will probably come
north with the team, and might ge
something out Of the dashes.
Down in Portland the Multnomasf
Athletic Club is working hard to ge
up a team that will at least beat the
Seattle Athletic Club. Multnomaf
will have the services of two grea
athletes in Forrest Smithson and Dar
Kelly, the hurdler and broad-jumper
MuItnomah Has Smlthson.
smithson ought to capture the 12O'
yard hurdles, although he will have
to meet Shaw, the Dartsmouth crack
and besides that Smithson is about fas
enough to get a place in the 10O-yar(
dash If he wants to go after 1t. Kelly
ig devoting himself to broad-jumping
according to reports. He took second
place at the London games and ough
to be good for first or second up here
Multnomah will also have Henry Nc
Kinney, coast collegiate champion II
the shot-put, and two other goot
weight men in A. 3. Conway, Of Wis
consin. and Baker Of Cornell.
Seattle will be represented by thu
strongest team by far that ever com
peted for the blue diamond. Most O.
it's members are Northwest college
stars but they have shown enough
class to warrant the belief that Seat
tie will figure well up when the point
are counted.
Cottage Grove Is becoming the Peta