Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
TITLE FOR THOMSON
Los Angeles Athlete Is Worlds
Best Amateur.
LOW COMPARATIVE SCORE
Difference of 400 Points Under Last
Years Marks-No Records
Are Broken.
LOW COMPARATIVE SCORE

CHICAGO, August 13.-F. G. Thomson
of Los Angeles, Cal. tonight is champion
amateur al-round athlete of the world
for 1910, winning that distinction at the
annual tournament on Marshall Field in
this city. His score was 6,991 points. 400
less than that which captured the cham
pionship last year. His nearest competitor
was John HI. ellis, of Vancouver, B. c.,
policeman. who rounded up $500 points.
ellis fought Thomson for the first place
through every event.
Approximately $500 persons watched
the brOnZed followers OF Hercules test
their vitality. agility and endurance in the
1CO-yard dash. 1G-pound shot put running
high jump, SSO-yard walk, 16-pound ham
mer throw. pole vault. 12O-yard hurdle
race, J0-pound weight throw running
broad jump and mile run. In addition an
exhibition medley relay race was run by
chosen teams or the entertainment of
the crowd.
The field was perfect, the suns rays
We're screened off by light clouds and
the day was perfect.
No Records Broken.
No worlds records We're made. nor
We're any of the existing records in dan
ger in any event. The showing all around
was mediocre compared with last years
results.
Five of the original entrants withdrew,
among them the New Orleans athlete, H.
W. Fitzpatrick, who was looked upon as
possible champion. He refused to COM
pete when he learned that c. P. White, a
negro from the University of Pennsylva-
MIA, was entered.
All through the early part of the meet
ellis, who left his pOiiceman's beat to
attempt the capture of the championship,
battled tooth and nail with Thomson,
whose California-tanned skin showed d
muscular development capable of great
effort in the weight events. At the end
OF the fifth event Thomson was only
fifteen points ahead of ellis.
The best showings of the day were as
follows:
c. p. White. the negro athlete. led the
field in the 1Ghyard race, and beat last
years champion. Martin Sheridans, mark
of 10 80 seconds by Id second.
f. c. Thomson, by walking the SS0-yard
heel-and-toe event in 3.44 led his COM
petitors by several rods, but fell a second
behind Sheridan's mark of last year. Sew
eral were disqualified in this event for
running. ellis beat Sheridan's last years
hammer throw mark by tossing the mis-
sile 12j feet, the best showing since kie-
Inns throw of 1910 in 1906.
w. i. Cra"ley of Chicago University
came within five inches of the worlds
pole vault record of II feet . inches, and
Thomson was only three-ffths of sec
ond behind the worlds record Of IL 80
seconds for the 12O-yard hurdle. Thomson
got his 6,991 points, as indicated in the
following events:
1OO-yard dash, S32; shotput 719; high
jump, 614: SSO-yard walk, 792; hammer
throw, 74S; hurdle, 80; pole vault 600:
56-pound weight. 474; broad jump. 62s;
mile run, 674
The scores of the competitors were as
follows:
J. II. ellis, Vancouver. 6.SO9.
H Leslie s sy1a Ssie asieas s4. '3
Gha1 M f raTsy; Fhiaas1pSa 500
f. Schobingcr. Chicago. 5942
Vic kennard, Chicago A. A., 4,s75.
" crawiey, Chicago University, 4,ei5.
r.. y. Quaranstrom, Sioux City 4,454.
Charles White, University Of Pennsylvania,
J. A. Carroll, Illinois A. e., BOSS
James James ;A a Lowell. Mass, ,a,6H
five events.
A summary of the events follows:
ouarenstro% Of Sioux CITY, third. Time: a.,2
Running ~on broad C White rn Gsrrs Of Of rs
sylvania. second; j. ". fhibrook, Unattached.
third Distance. 70 feet 712 inches.
Fiffy-six pound weight-Leslie Byrd OF Chi
cago 4. A, won; }. H. ellis of Vancouver
second; q. W. Phbrook. unattached, third
Distance rs feet 10 inches.
Pole vault-Crawiey Of Chicago University,
MON: schobinger Of Chicago A. A.. second.
Height. II feet inches. A. Brundage of Chi-
cage a; A.. G. A. Furey Of Philade phia and
One hundred yard hurdles--F. c. Thomson OF
Los Angeles. won e. W. PhilbrOok unattach-
ed. second: j. H. ellis of Vancouver, third
Time, O.16 10.
l6-pound hammer throw-Gllis of Vancouver
won: Thomson Of Los Angeles, second; Ellery
Clark of Boston A. A., third. Distance, 126
feet.
soo-vard walk-Thomson Of Los Angeles won;
Vickennard Chicago A. A.. second; A. Brun-
dage. Chicago A. A., third. Elery CLARK dis
qualified.
i0O-yard dash-G. White. University of Penn
sylvanIa, won; +. Quarenstrom Sioux City,
second; T. G. Thomson Los Angeles, third
Time. 0.1O 20.
16-pound shotput-F. C. Thomson. Los Angeles.
won: J. ii: ellis. Vancouver. and q. W. Phil,
brook. tied for second; W. L. Crawley Uni
versty of Chicago, third. Distance, Al feet
"a inches.
Running high jump. II. ellis of Vancouver,
wOn Phibrook. Notre Dame. unattached sec
0nd; Andres las of Lowell, Mass, third.
Height. 80 u.