Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-11
WESTERN HALF
Miller is STAR
NORTHWEST COLLEGE MAN
BREAKS RECORD
CUTS WORLDS FIGURES BY TWO
SECONDS
Trvout for Big A. A. U. Meet to Be
Held August 13 and "a at Seattle
Fair Results In Great
Surprise

last Saturday for the A. A U. cham
pionship track and field meet 10 Dc
held at the stadium of the ALASKA
Yukon Pacific Exposition on August
13 and Ii, a Northwest college poy
named Edmunson sprang into sudden
prominence by running the haf mlle
| in 1 minute and 55 2-5 seconds or JUST
two seconds more than the worlds rec
ord. -,,--,...
Edmunson was formerly University
Of Idaho star, but not one cons1derel
that he could run the half IN mueh
under two minutes until last saturday.
He is with the Seattle Athletic Cluo
team. A..
out is authentic. as 1t was taken by A
A. u, officials. Several of them report
ed his time as 1856 fiat and none OF
them had over 1855 2-5 seconds. Inc
race was run on the same track that
the competition of the A. A. u. games
viii be had. Edmunson ran the quar-
ter IN 40 seconds on the same day.
If this new phenom. can repeat MS
performance at the chanipiohsuiP
meet he should win the event, as MS
competitors have records which are
about two seconds slower than TINS
time. Edmunson is a tall, slender youth,
who covers the ground in enormous
strides. He is an able sprniter and IN
variably finishes strong.
The Seattle Athletic Club is training
SQUAD of thirty of the best athletes
for the meet and all of the other west
ern clubs are entering large teams.
Realizing that for the first time the
west will have an even chance with
the east. they are making every en-
deayor to wrest away the champion
ship.
Multnomah Is Strong
The Multnomah Athletic Club is ap-
parently the strongest of the western
organizations with Smithson, the Olym-
pic winner in the hurdles and Dan
| Kelly, the worlds champion sprinter
and the winner of the second place IN
fine broad lump at the game at Lon
| don last year Besides these we'll
| known athletes they have Ruston, the
University of Oregon sprinter, who is
| credited with 8 AS seconds in the nun
dred YARD dash, and Mckinney, also a
University of Oregon man, who is max
ing AZ feet in the shot put.
The Olympic club of san FRANCISCO
has big, boyish Ralph Rose. the
worlds champion in the shot-put ana
also a consistent hammer thrower.
Roses record of so feet l inch, Is far
above the record of any man he Will
compete against. At London last year
he easily won the shot-put and he Is
counted on as one of the few sure win
ners in the Exposition games.
With the Olympic club are also Flaw
the 1905 champion in the hammer
throw: Knox of Stanford, who has run
the hundred-yard dash in 9 As; Ger
hardt. a consistent 10-second man; Mil
Ter. the Stanford half-mier who took
two firsts at Chicago this year; Snedi-
gar the famous California sprinter, and
Glarner, a well-known half-miler
Ramsdeu, the well-known University
of Texas sprinter, has announced his
intention to enter the meet unattached
He is credited with 9 3-5 seconds In
the lO0-yard dash and holds the
worlds record in the 100-meter dash in
10 1-5 seconds.
The eastern entries in the meet have
left New York for Seattle by way OF
Chicago, where they will pick up the
Chicago Athletic association men. With
the New York team are five Olympic
team men Of last year-Hillman
'ampbell McGrath, Bellars and Leahy
eahy was the winner in both the
broad jump and the high jump al
Athens. with a record in the latter
event Of feet and inches.
McGrath and Campbell are the two
stars Of the team and they are looked
on to win in their events. McGrath is
| the onlv man in the. country who car
compete with Falangan of the Irish
American Athletic club in the hammer
throw, and Campbell is clearing 12 feet
inches in the pole vault.
The other men who make up the
New York team are: Dearborn, discus
throw; Gissing, half mile; Barr the
1908 junior champion in the pole vault
Lawrence, pole vault: Erickson, junior
champion in the high jump, with q
record of feet inch, and Eckman, q
1O-second man in the 10O-yard dash.
Picked Team from Chicago
The Chicago Athletic association is
sending a picked team Of athletes tC
take part in the meet. A. r. Shaw OF
Dartmouth is the star of the list OF
| Chicago entries. and his race in the
hurdles with Smithson of the Multno-
nah club will undoubtedly be the
feature of the meet. Both Shaw and
Smithson We're on the American team
at London last year, and Smithson wor
the race by a close margin Shaw
holds the worlds record in the 12O-yard
hurdles in Is 1-5 seconds, while Smith
son holds the record in the 100-metel
hurdles.
Frank Irons the winner in the broad
jump at London last year will bc
pitted against Kelly who took second
at the same meet Hamilton, the 100
NdIu man, anu nanny, lue Instance
runner are also Olympic veterans
Hamilton is a University of Pennsvl-
vania man and Ramey is from thu
University of Michigan.
The Boston Athletic club has entered
two new men in the meet bringing
UP their number to four. Nelson, the
hundred yard man and Ballard, the
distance runner, are the stars of the
Boston team.
The Little Rock, Arkansas. CONNER
cial club has sent an unattached south
ern athlete. Osa G. Smith. He has a
record of 4:28 in the mile and OF 2t
minutes for the five run.
! Officials of the A. A. U. and the
leading men in that association will be
J in Seattle for the championship games
Major VIM. M. Inglis, director of ath-
letics. has received assurance that he
will have for his officials, besides
President ]. e. Sullivan, who will
referee: Fl. P Halpin member of the
A. A. Z. governing board and manager
of the American Olympic team at Lon
don: Everett c. Brown, vice president
of the A. A. U. and president of the
! Chicago Athletic association: II. Lath-
am of the board of directors of the
| Chicago Athletic club and w. L. Jones
Of the New York Athletic club.
With these men as officials and 9TH
ers of equal repute. the meet will be
conducted in a first-class manner and
all the requirements of real cham