The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
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Clever Riv ais
Best Athletes i'm the West Are
Going to Compete in
Great Meet
BY HERBERT HAUSER

The time is rapidly approaching for
the great Portola week of athletics.
and from all over the coast there are
inquiries for entrance blanks for the
various events Chairman John Ham
mersmith OF the athletic committee
and his various assistants are busiiy
engaged in perfecting the plans for the
various contests Each branch OF sport
will be handled by an expert in that
particular line.
The field and track meet that will be
held on the stadium track on Friday
afternoon. October %. promises TO be
the greatest track meet ever held in
this state. The championship team Of
the Seattle athletic club. that won the
national championships of the ANA
teur athletic union in Seattle, is com
ing down with the fastest and classiest
aggregation OF track and field ath-
letes that ever represented the Pacific
northwest The star OF this team IS
undoubtedly Ednundson, the former
Idaho runner who defeated both Miller
and Gissing in the Seattle meet in the
fast time OF 80 1-5, one OF the fastest
half miles ever run in the world. Mil
Ter. the Olympic club and California
champion, will undoubtedly be in bet
ter shape for this meet than when the
two runners met a few months ago.
when he had only two weeks in which
to train. He has already began TO
work out for the meet and wnen the men
toe the starting mark Edmundson will
him 70 the limit.
Martin and Nelson, who will do the
sprinting for the northerners. are the
best sprinters in their section of the
country, and / think will give our To-
cal men q close race We are exceed
fngly weak in the sprinting line, es-
Stanford can be induced to run it will
strengthen the chances OF the Cali
fornta boys, as he is undoubtedly the
most promising sprinter we now have
in the state. $z
Though Gish won the javelin throw
at Seattle and established an American
record for the event. Snedigar or Rose
both stand an excellent chance Of de-
the showing ne made in the New York,
Chica go and Olympic meet. The other
members of the Seattle team will all
make our men hustle.
The swimming events which will be
held at the new LurIine baths on the
night of the track meet will bring to-
sether The best swimmers in the state.
Up TO this year the swimmers of the
Olympic club have swept everything z
before them, but when the local team
went to the Pacific athletic association
ldSI jury II met us
Waterloo. II has taken the south a
long time to. develop these men. but
they have great opportunities for COM
petition in the south, where the South
has done much to encourage aquatic
sports Among the most prominent
men who will be brought up from the
south are: Marcus Lee, P. A. A, cha m
Watkins, at high and fancy diving;
Howard Taylor, the southern Califor-
mia quarter mile champion; VIII
O'MaIley, who defeated Scott Leary.
the Olympic club champion in the re-
cent p. A. A meet. and Walter Abegg.
who is southern California champion
at 22O yards and who defeated Walter
Pomeroy. former coast champion at
440 yards. Abegg was champion of
Switzerland before coming 10 Cali
fornia.
In addition to the southern Califor-
MIA swimmers that will be brought
north during Portola week will be
Bob Merriam of Pomona college Mer-
has ever turned out. having cleared
the bar at something over feet L
inch. He is a consistent jumper and
can generally be depended upon to
will also come He attends ST. VIM
cent college and is the fastest hurdler
ever turned out In the south. A year
ago he won the junior hurdler cham
pionship of the Amateur athletic union
in New York, and at the recent p. A.
A. meet in Los Angeles walked away
with first honors in the hurdle events.
Danny Danziger. the former bantam
weight coast champion, left here last
week TO take the position OF boxing
instructor OF the Multnomah amateur
athletic club Of Portland Danny was
one of the cleaneSt and incest anna
teurs we ever had on the coast and
there has never been the slightest
taint on his name He is missed by
all his friends. Dan Is very much
pleased at his reception from the
northern club and has written me as
follows: This is a great town, great
people and fine club They are treat
ing me well here and the club is GER
tainly enthusiastic on amateur ath-
letics The classes here number from
125 to $50 and among them are some
very fine material in the boxing line.
but, of course. they can stand con-
class has two very promising men,
also the las. They seem to have great
confidence in my system OF instruction
and am unable to take them as fast
as they come. / expect to develop a
number of men who will figure in
coast competition"
The Metropolitan athletic club will
hold its first ladies' night tomorrow
evening at New Era hall at Market
and Church streets. It Is strictly in
vitational and the members are pre-
pared to- give their friends a pleasant
evening Dancing will be the prin-
cipal feature of the program