Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25
GREAT ATHLETES
IN A.A.U. RACES
EAST AND WEST TO MEET AT
SEATTLE STADIUM
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS WILL BE
HELD IN AUGUST
Ralph Rose, Charley Parsons, James
Rector and Other Famous Runners
and Weight Men Will Enter
Competition
Lspeclal to The Herald.l


SEATTLE, July 24.-That the big
Amateur Athletic Union championship
meet, which will be held for the first
time on a western field this year. will
be the greatest intersectional athletic
struggle ever competed in the United
States is beginning to be realized by
the sport critics of the country.
The athletic clubs of the west know
ing that this is a rare opportunity to
meet the east on terms favorable to
western athletes, are preparing for the
meet TO be held IN the stadium Of the
Alaska Yukon-Pacitic exposition on
August 10 and IA. with an energy that
shows their resolve to change the his
tory of past contests between the east
and the west.
With Forest Smithson. Ralph Rose
Gilbert, Dan Kelly and many other
famous athletes competing for western
athletic clubs, the outcome is matter
of doubt The fact that Stanford has
successfully competed against the east
ern colleges in track for the past two
years on an eastern field has encour-
aged the westerners considerably
Sections Are Aroused
The east will be represented by the
Irish American athletes of New York,
the New York athletic club, the Chicago
athletic club and a number of other
powerful organizations. Never before
has an athletic contest so stirred up the
different sections of the United States.
The struggle between the Seattle
MuItnomah and Olympic clubs for the
supremacy of the Pacific coast VIII be
second only to the great sectional fight
between the east and the west.
The Multnomah club will have Smith
son, Gilbert and Kelly of the American
OLYMPIC team at London. Smithson,
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two firsts in the London games, is
easily the favorite in the hurdles. Espe-
cially in the high hurdles he Is con-
sidered as unbeatable Shaw, formerly
of Dartmouth. will be a close COM
retitor however. Cheek of the Olympic
club team is a prominent figure IN the
low hurdles. He has beaten Smithson
several times in past years, and the
Californians are hopeful that he will
be able to repeat the performance. One
thing that faVOrs Smithson is his
steadiness. Check is a man less often
In true form, while the champion is al
ways ready.
Yale Vaulter Entered
Gilbert the great Yale pole vaulter
who tied for first place in the London
games, is another western athlete who
is counted on to win a first. His record
i'm the east makes him the favorite over
the rest of the field in the vault
Lonergan of Stanford, a consistent u
foot performer who will compete for the
Olympic club team, is his closest ad-
versary. Foster, the Whitman college
vaulter who will represent the Seattle
club, has a record of IL feet 6 inches.
Dan Kelly, who holds the world S
record for the 100-yard dash, is back
again for the A. A. u. meet. Dan failed
to make a showing in the east in the
sprints, but in the broad jump he
proved himself to be one of the best
men in the world.
Kelly broke a bone in his foot early
this spring, but he is now in good
shane again. The Multnomah club is
endeavoring to induce the red-haired
oregon boy to tackle the spirits again,
but it is probable that he will be en-
tered only in the broad jump.
Kelly completely lost his taste for
sprinting at the jamestown meet sew
eral years ago, and he has not raced
since then. In the broad jump, how
ever he is probably good for first
place.
Among the latest eastern entries for
the meet are e. u. Nelson, the well
known sprinter, and J. b. Ballard, who
will compete in the mile, for the Bos-
ton Athletic club. These men are well
known throughout New England and
will undoubtedly be strong competitors.
In Jack Nelson and oliver Huston
the west has two brand new college
sprinters, who are looked upon to do
things. Nelson will compete with the
Seattle Athletic club and Huston VIII