The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15
NEWS OF THE ATHLETES
a. 4. a. CLUBS MUST HOLD Ar
LEAST ONE MEET YEAR

Central AssSela ton SIach In Giving Trars
and FIeld Nleets-AttrAetlSns fOr IA.
Christian BFOther Carnival To,,.,
CiFens EVents IN y. Y. A. e.. Cana.
The 4. 4. 4. has hit upon a plan to Ia,
I the genuinenpss 0f it, clubs from an Al hI.,,.
I standpoint. for Il Is TO be made compu.sor,
/ that they hold ~ least one set of open earr.,
in the year. Already tho order has gon.
| West that local associations enforce rh.,
edict. a case In point being made against
| tho Central Association. During me "a,
/ year there has not been much cOmpatitio.
/ In this district: at least the number Of game,
| held was not In accordance with what /,
expected from the district For instane.
| for the month Of May tho only event of no,s
In and around Chicago n q five mile nun
| given BY the Illinois A. C., and this il /,
| meaRre showing from an associaii0n that
should have scheduled a couple Of biz zee
/ OF games per week.
In the metropolitan locality a lot Of c,rb,
have sprung up within the last year IN.
bellef being that a majority have cnns
| into life for boxing purposes only wheth.r
or not this view Is correct will be knoun
before the wear n out by the showing thev
make in track and field sports Very likely
about the end Of the season the clubs M,
credited with a set Of open games viii hs
asked for an explanation. and n Il Is M,
deemed satisfactory they will lose thea,
membership IN the Metropolitan AssOcia.
ton. This policy has been threatened Ia,
some time. but Il Is going to Be carried 90,
at last.
A few DAYS ago 2. C. Racsy Of the Illinois
A. &. Of Chicago was In town and paid a
visit to James z. sullivan. the result being
a lengthy conference. u was learned that
there are only . few clubs In the Central
Association nphOldtnR tho idea Of trark
and Geld sports. the others having lIt,ls
batter than z paper existence, and Il b tho
intention Of the national body 10 maks
these and others similarly constituted
show that they are athletic clubs before
the year Il out.
This afternoon al Celtic Park the Christian
Brothers Of ireland will hnld a carnival Il
sports, tho programme being nicely ar
ranged. Among some special events Il
throwing The ss-rOInd weight from, stand
with a limit handirap Of = feet Matt
McGrath, John Flanag gan and Fat Mcdonald
are said 70 be among the entries and 10 ,hs
trio will probably hgure on the scratch mark
the tussle between tho giants should h.
worth a trim across the river. staluaFs
boys from Tipperary and Cork will ratils
sticks In a championship hurting game, and
there will he two matches 81 Gaelic football
Kerry wiL meet Clare in the FIRST and tho
second will be between Tipperary and the
sarShelds. Besides these attractions. which
would contribute a fire days sport in them
selves, there are seven track events, 81
handicaIs. The best Of the open contests
N a ave mile run with a hanficap limit q
30 yards. Then there are the 100. go
SO yard an6 mile run. Two Of the racrs,
20 yard handicap and SO yard relay handi.
cap. are open only 70 the Catholic Ath.elie
League.
The registration COMMITTEES Of the Metro.
pOlitsn Association Of the A. 4. T.. has can.
celled the registration card Of Claude AllCn.
the p0le vaulter OF the lrisA A. A. &. hn
action means that the vaulter has been
relegated to the professional rauks az leas,
for the time heing. Chairman Obertubbs-
sing Of the committee would givenO infOrma.
ton about Aliens offence against the ams.
teur lavs. but he had something privately
which led 70 the action. lle said that h
ash sd Allen for IN ardsyit stating that he
was an amateur and the document not
being iOTthcoTing the card was cancelled
for q couple Of years the headquarters
OF the 4. 4. I. In the West used 10 30 at
Milwaukee. Wis.. where q club OF that name
held sway and sent representative teams 70
he national meet The national meet itself
was held there once and those who com.
peted there will never forget tho quagmlrs
that did duty for the inneld. where che
there that SAN Jones Of the New YORK A g
1919. -, hi 4. e., ~ ~ ~, by,s3.s h = ~
had the presence a mind TO grab him hs
would have disa ppeaIed into the earh
That was IN isOs, and for while aftervard
S ,as g ass,e SI X. VIM me os9
from had 10 worse. but. a. might naturally
he expected. a reaction for the better has
come along: The annua meeting Of the
Milwaukee 4. e. was held recently and V
showed that the club "a working on the up-
ward grade Instead Of the ananoi al report
shoW ing = deficit of q zoo, like Il did In laBt
there was something like a. 100 on the 0p-
poetic side Of the sheet this time. The total
membership II the club Ia nov l0a about
a thousand being resident member The
club has ~ on the waiting list which h
real sign % prosperity, 4 ladies' cafe and
q hAndhall court are among the new addi-
tlons TO the club quarters In the Wells
lie attest batch Of Australian sporting
papers contain the account 81 q new hirh
jumping record for the Antpodes. An
1NulFAE RAAWEaA r. n ANNNHll OF NNnNnTA
rlea red 9 feet in the carnival held % Hoban,
tasmania. In the hat week IN March The
best previous recOFd for Australia vas 9
feet ~ inches by q jumper named J.
knglth Of New south Wales. Russells
jump has caused a lot Of comment. a. he -
the first amateur TO clear the . feet away
down under the Southern Gross
Fred Cameron, the Nova scotia long dis
lance runner who won the Boston Marathon
this year. has upset a popular belief that this
race takes the heart clean out OF every man
that ever won H. After his return home the
little fellow won the ten mile championship
Of the maritime province. We was opposed
by Cookery, but he did not bother Cameron
Very much for he won easily enough.
The New York 4. &. programme for the
annual spring games on June II has made
IL appearance. and slngulaIly enough
along with long llrt 81 standard events
there are the standing high and standing
broad jumps. What purpose these circus
vents serve In an outdoor programme d
not very clear. especially when the list
includes running high and running broad
Jumps The performers being too Tar HuN
from the crowd, nobody can ever kn0v
whether the leap h good or bad and anyway
these standing stunts ara no real test II
jumping ability Only long legged fellows
who can hop ~ little and swing their less
across the bar seem 10 do well at the Jump
for height, II Il could be called jump.
N IL not known that Capt. MattheW r
Halpin had the ARRANGEMENT Of the pro-
gramme. but 4 ne had little PRUNING wcgli
perhaps Capt. Halpin has his eve on ne
Olympic Games nc sweden In 1912 and hs
" ants In develop sOne standing jump candi-
dates. In that direction the effort i "a asie
Of energy. for Z h understood that Tiers
will BE- no standing jumps Of any Kind %
the swedish programme. In the years
when the New York A 4 led IN track ani
neid, the spring and fall mects were dupica'
plicates Of the national championship pro.
gramme The standing high and -tandihf
broad jumps are not included on that isl
The two bodies la control Of amateur sport
In ~ NahImFU.