Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
EAST ALARMED
OVER THE WEST
Afraid Amateur Athletic Champion-
ships Will Remain in This
Mn Part Of the Country.
.fsnecial correspondence.l


is Seattle, Aug. 5.-Alarmed lat the per-
sonnelof the teams which the western
athletic clubs are sending for the ma
Etional A. A u. games at the stadium
of the AlaskadY Yukon Pacific exposi-
ton on Aug. 10 and IA, the east has
begun to search fors.unattached men
During the, week, Maj Inglis, in
charge of the games, has been notified
by eastern clubs Of the probable en-
Stry of two or three record men,;
coming unattached.
Unless some strong men are secured
Immediately, they feel that the champ
ionship Of the country may at length
rest in the west, condition !. of things
which was unconceived year ago
The secret of the matter is that the
western clubs, realizing that for the
Il first time. they would meet the east on.
a western field. began six months ago
to gather material. The result is that
a large numberSof worlds champions
will compete under western colors.
Ralph Rose is with the Olmpbic club
of San Francisco as are also Sned1gar,
Parsons and Gerhardt, the we'll known
SpTlnLeT.d ne IS nlullHoiiiaH ~ ciuo "
e Portland has Dan Kelly, the world 8
champion Splinter. Smfthson. the
Olympic winner in the hurd les at Lon
don last year, and G. lbert, the worlds s.
champion pole vaulter The Seattle
Athletic club has 1876 sprinter In
Nelson of Washington State college
and a miller in Cooilsof the same IN
stitution who Is good for a: %,
h These. teams have been training hard
for the past month and they are ready
to put .8up a fight Which has never
before been equaled in the country.
Major William H. Inglis, director of
athletics atsthe exposition has receiv-
ed the following telegram from the
New York Athletic club.
NEW YORK ENTRIES.
New York, July 2s.--All Of the New.
York club entries leave for Seattle on
e Aug. by way of Chicago. Men are:
A. K. Dearborn, Princeton star. discus
I throw; g.. Ford. ights;fH Gissing.3
I half mile; Fred Bellars. mile; +. Hart
ranft, hurdles. II. j.. Hillman, quarter.
hurdles; Matt McGrath, weights; S. j.
Campbell, pole vault.
Campbell and McGrath are the two
stars of the New York Athletic club
men. McGrath is looked son as the only
man in the country who can hope to-
lake sfldndBdIl5Si 5IiledSuTet I'm 5lIe -IdIIl-a
mer throw and Campbell is topping
The bar in the pole vault at IS. 6,
which should be good for first place
4 In that event.
The Irish-American Athletic club
has not yet decided to enter a team in.
the meet. butssit is looked on to pro-.
duce a number of strong men. F'lan-,
agan and Sheridan will be entered un-i
attached if that club decides not to
send an. official delegation,
One world record man, four men
who took part in the Olympic games
at London and a three times national
champion are included In the list of
entries wired Mai. Inglis from Chica-
go. These and four others will come
with the Chicago Athletic club team.
A. b. Shaw. Dartmouth, who holds
the Intercollegiate records in the high
hurdles; Hamilton, the 100-yard man;
Frank Irons, broad jumper: and RAJ
ney, distance man. were each in the
London games of last year. Hamil-
ton is University of Pennsylvania man
and Ramey is from the University of
Michigan
| Waller, quarter-miler and low hurd4
| Her, who was three times national cham
pion, and May and French, the dis
| tance-rnen, and Horner, Michigan's
champion shot-putter. complete the list
of Chicago men.
Word has also been received that
Ramsdell, who, it is claimed did the
hundred5yard dash in 9 SIS seconds at
II To-. g. H.