New-York tribune., 1909-03-14
STARS IN ENTRY LIST
Nezc York athletic Club Games 1t
tract Manu- Great athletes.

Both in the quantity and quality of the entries
the big indoor meet OF the New York Athletic
Climb to he held on Tuesday night IN Madison
Square Garden will exceed all former indoor COM
petitions held under the auspices OF New YORK
premier athletic organization total OF 100 en-
tries have been received for the eighteen events
and IN several many heats VIII De nee
essary 20 weed out the final list that the officials
have announced that the contests will begin before
o'clock
The best aggregation Of college athletes that has
been seen in the city this season will be repre-
sented Both Princeton and Yale have sent thirty
entries, Harvard has over half dozen. Columbia
will have her best track men on the floor, while
other colleges that Will make high class show
ing ara Dartmouth. New York University. the UNI
versity of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan FordhaIn ana
the College Of the City Of New York
A B Shaw will be a starter in the 70-yard hurdle.
and against him will be J. J. Eller, OF the Irish
Americans; c. J. Bacon. Of the came club; d ROD
bins L King, P. Platt and K Merrill, Of Yale.
From the splendid lot Of contestants in every
event It is difficult pick out special race as
& star attraction but the New York Athletic Club
members are looking forward with particular inter
est to three events, the one-mile relay between
the New York Athletic Club and the Boston Ath-
letic Association, and the two invitation events the
1OOo-yard run and the hve-ulile run II new rec
ords are not made in each the experts will be
disappointed
For the five-rniIe race, which promises to be one
OF the best track events seen in the city this sea
son, Bonhag will make a special effort for the
record. There viii be dozen starters. and they
have been carefully picked. They include such men
as Collins Jimmy Lee, BeIlars and Bailey Of the
New York Athletic Club; Jensen. Of the Pastmes;
Oberneyer, Dwyer, Campbell and Malone
In the 1.O0o-yard run will be PrinoetOn's crack
half-rniIer, G. H Whiteley. Jr. Yale will be repre-
sented by Splitter. Pennsylvania by PAUL and T. g
White; Melvin Sheppard, OF the Ir1sh-Americans;
Harry Gissing and from the New York Athletic
Club, Pilgrim. Berker, Noble and Haywood, com
plete the field
fastest lot of for the relay. headed by
interscholastio Boston champion. Ballard. The New
York Athletic Club has picked for its team Hill
man. Sedley, McEntee and Edwards. Hillman will
also run in the one-mile military relay.
The eight-pound shot put will bring together two
Of the best weight men In the country, and both
school Iads-R- Lawrence, who recently broke
Roses twelve-pound shot record of 81 feet inches
and j. ]. Elliott, now a member Of the Irish
Americans Against them will be McGrath, Little
of Harvard; Bredemus and Bissel, of Princeton
and Cooney and Andrus of Yale.
Con L,eahy, the English and Irish champion will
make his first appearance in the New York Athletic
Club games. competing in the high jump. AS op-
ponents he will have Garfield, OF Yale Erickson
Fleming and Talcott- In the pole vault, which will
be started at ten feet will unusually fine lot
of contestants, including Bredemus. Moore and
Bennett, Of Princeton; Campbell, Gardner and
ward, and H. T. and T. S. Babcock, of the New
York Athletic Club
Sixteen school teams entered for the grammar
school half-Inile relay. Moro than eighty men will
appear for the 70-yard dash including Daw-
barn, OF Princeton; Cloughen, ElIer, r W. Bacon
of Wesleyan Edwards, OConnel, Wagner, Rob
bins, Cary, Liney, Gamble and F. s. Geery. of
Fordham-