The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-24
YEARS ATHLETICS
Will Be NOTABLE

New York, Sept. s".-The year 1910
promises to be a notable one in track
and field sports. During the indoor
season, when the athletes began to-
show their early performances, the ex-
perts predicted the outdoor season
would be a remarkable one, both from
the number of new men of champion
ship caliber and from the seasoned ath-
letes. A good idea Of what the outdoor
season is to bring forth can be pre-
dicted by the winter performances. Few
of the college or athletic club cracks
do much training for the board floor
competition, preferring to compete
without strenuous preparation and
save their energies for the big cham
pionship meeting held annually in the
summer months. In past years the
college athletes did not feel inclined to
keep on training after their college
meets and as the club athletes rested
up in the spring 1t was almost impos-
sible to contrast the prowess of these
two classes. This season, however,
promises to ba an exception, as num-
Der of eastern and western college stars
will represent the various athletic clubs
in the country.
Davenport of the University of Chi
cago, who made such a wonderful
showing in the western conference
meet, will represent the Chicago Ath-
letic association, Fitzpatrick, the ALL
American football end from Yale, is
competing for the New York Athletic
club. PAUL. of the University of Penn
sylvania, is also representing the "Mer-
curry Foot aggregation. Dukes, the
Cornell vauIter; Gilbert, the ex-Yale
vaulter, and Hartranft, the ex-Pennsyl-
vania hurdler, will compete for the
Travers Islanders. Parkinson, the Yves
lleyan weight man, and Eller the Ford
ham sprinter, are the college represen-
tatives of the Irish American Athletic
club. The Winged Fist" club is rely
ing on the preparatory school boys OF
the vicinity to help it out, and from
present indications, when school boys
like Stephens of Manual Training high
school can jump six feet, it looks as ii
they will be of some use.
The Chicago Athletic association has
quite an array of college talent. Craw-
ley of the University of Chicago, Brun-
dage of Illinois. Mic Kennard, the ex
Harvard athlete; Horner. the Univer-
sity Of Michigan all-round performer;
Taylor Of Cornell, the one-mile inter.
collegiate winner this year, and Byrt
of Illinois are few of the college re.
cruits representing the Cherry Circle
Organization.
Ramsdell of Pennsylvania, the inter
collegiate 100-yard winner, who Is nov
in England, is expected back in time t.
compete in the championship meets
He will represent some southern ath
letic club. Lee Talbot of Pennsylvani:
State college will wear the emblem o
the Kansas City Athletic club.
/, Edwards, the California college hurd
Ter; Miller, the middle-distance rune
of Leland Stanford university; Scot
and Bellah, the Leland Stanford vault
ers; Merriam. a weight man, and Smith
a miller from the University of Califcr
I mia, will represent the Olympic club C
San Francisco.
Martin of Whitman college, who wo
the 100-yard Amateur Athletic Unio
title last year; Nelson of Washingto
!, State college, who finished second t
! Martin; Covil, the Washington Stat
college distance runner and Edmund
, son of the University of Idaho, las
: years half-mile champion, will com
) pete for the Seattle Athletic club.
/ With Sheppard of the Irish America
t Athletic club Davenport of the Chi
) oago Athletic association. Edmundso
and Gissing Of the New York Athleti
club in good shape, records are almos
: sure to be broken. Sheppard's record
breaking performance of the last mont
J is a starter. Although it is hard t
realize any one taking the "Peerles
Ones" measure, he will be forced t
extend himself to the limit to win tn
National 8s0-yard title at New Orlean
in October.
PAUL of the New York Athletic clul
Kiviat, the schoolboy phenomenon, G
the sh-Americans; Taylor of tn
Chicago Athletic association and tn
ever reliable Sheppard will, it is be
lieved, break or come very close t
Tommy Conneff's mile mark of A.
3-5, made 10 years ago.
All in al, the season promises to b
successful from a competitive and re-
1 ord breaking point of view, and b
November 1t would not be surprisin
4 to see great many changes on I'll
% rQrorI hanks ~ 1Nnor cfa ~ ,.lye,