The San Francisco call., 1909-07-18
OLYMPIC CLUB IS
NOT ENTITLED
To BEESON
Points Won BY High School Lad
in South Are Claimed
by Team
By HERBERT HAUsER

me Pacific athletic association
championships. which were held dur
ing the last week at Los Angeles. drew
one OF The largest crowds that ever
Witnessed q P A A meet. and. though
the Olympic club won the meet quite
hsndily. / have heard many people say
mat the team did not do what was
expected Of II. Glarner did not run at
all, and II ne had. Macauley wouId have
beaten him in the quarter and he would
have had 10 work hard TO have beaten
NcGregor in the half. so II made but
iittle difference n the final score. Knox
made q great showing and with Bee
son. Rose and Gerhardt. did all the
scoring. but I fail 70 see how the club
can consoientiOusly claim Beeson's
points.
believe in helping the high school
boy along as much as possible and
encouraging him 70 compete IN the
big meets. but I fail TO see why a man
belongs 10 a club because he is given
shirt and a pair OF running pants
with the clubs colors- That is not
amateur sport as laid down in the
rules of the Amateur athletic union
When Southern Commissioner George
X Brsden visited here IN the interests
of the championships. IL was under
stood that a certain number OF sth-
letes would be taken south by the
Elks' convention people with expenses
paid The majority wss 20 come from
the Olympic club and some from Stan
ford some from California and several
from the Academic league or other or
gsnizst tiOns thet had good men TO send.
number OF high school men should
have been sent. or possibly a few from
the Catholic colleges or the SiapIamat
Indians. Though tickets were floating
around al the Olympic club. due TO
the fact that the colleges were closed.
number OF good athletes in this Vi
cinity were apparently overlooked and
not invited. On the face OF il Il ap-
pears that Just q certain clique did
the inviting and that the sentiment
was. II We can't have one of our stars
take any club fellow along I am in
no way blaming the club for this for
probably the directors were unaware
OF IL. but there apparently was sloose
management somewhere.
II the club intends 10 send team 10
Seattle 70 make any sort Of 2 showing
N the national championships the OFF,
Gals should get TO work right away
and prepare in businessHke manner.
California should be represented by
Eictorious teams in both the senior
and Junior events and every one looks
toward the Olympic club as our Iarg-
est and best athletic institution in the
state, 10 use every honest endeavor
10 bring American Championships 10
California and IL can 90 il II the
management is properly conducted and
u ken out OF the hands OF the compet-
ing athletes Furthermore the club
team should have a captain with ex-
arrrFfT-a Z cnfff~~-
cheek. Ollie Snedigar or John O. Miller
could do wonders with the material in
hand
From advices al hand the New York.
chicago. Milwaukee Missouri, Boston
and Irish-American athletic clubs viii
all send out a bunch OF high class
entries and when any OF these clubs
sends an athlete. as was shown during
tie Portland fair championships the
man is an athlete Of the highest class
Just who are going has not been an
nounced as yet. for the teams have not
been chosen but an announcement viii
be made about August I that viii show
the best viii be there 10 meet our local
boys. 50 II California expects any
honors in the national championships
it is Up 10 the Olympic club TO handle
its team in the proper manner
The Gaelic dancing club Will run of
2 classy lot OF amateur track and field
events AZ Shell Mound park this after
noon Some OF the best talent in the
state will participate. among whom are
some OF the winners OF the recent
hampionships in Los Angeles.
The registration committee Of the
Pacific athletic association intends TO
Ike action 81 the matter or disciplin-
ing athletes who enter track meets a nd
fsil 10 participate. This was q notice
able feature OF the fourth Of July meet
fn Golden Gate park- Events which
contained the names OF q large number
~ entries would only have three or
four starters. Whether the entry lists
2 re stuffed o. athletes enter and fail TO
msterialize are matters that should be
Investigated. as the association should
do what il can 10 prevent the public
from being humbugged. I have known
of cases were athletes have packed en-
Try lists 50 that they could get prizes
ont Of some organization not familiar
with the tricks OF the commercial sth-
iete-
The Los Angeles newspapers state
that the championship meet was poorly
conducted. Chairman Erskine and Jo-
sepb Hickey and number Of news
papermen received rough treatment at
the hands Of the officials OF the Los An
geles athletic club under the leadership
q Dewitt Van Court