Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31
STARS IN AMATEUR
ATHLETIC UNION MEET
National Championships wiz
Bring Out Best Talent From
All Sections.

The national championship meeting of
the Amateur Athletic Union to be held in
New Orleans in October promises to sur
pass all past meets. Most of the promi-
nent athletic clubs in the. country have
signified their intention of sending teams
The Olympic Club of San Francico will
send Rose, Plaw, Edwards. Miller, Snedi-
gar, Gerhardt, and in all probability,
Scott. the Stanford pole vaulter. Ed
wards defeated Forrest Smithson at the
Portola festival carnival in San Fran
cisco last October. winning the 12o-yard
high hurdles in O:lJ 1-5. Reports from
Tom Carroll, the oldtime weight-thrower.
state that Al Plaw is consistently throw
ing the siXteen-pound hamer 10 feet
Ralph Rose is always good enough to win
the shot. and if necessary will establish
new worlds record to do So Snedigar is
reliable broad jumper, having occasions
ally gone over - feet. Miller the ex-Stan-
ford College half-miler. is capable of
800 or better. Scott is the holder of the
worlds record in vaultine. This spring
he cleared nearly Il feet, and GerhardS,
the veteran sprinter. is generally good for
even time in the 100 yards.
The Seattle Athletic Club expects to
send well balanced team to defend the
II last year. Nelson, Courtney, and
Martin are all good sprinters Martin
won the 1O0-yard title last summer, Mel
son and Courtney finishing second and
third respectively Gish is capable of
running under $50 for the quarter. and
Edmundson has done better than 1:54 for
the half mile. At the last championships
Edmundson beat Harry Gissing by ten
yards in l 30 10, very good time consider
ing the cold and rainy day. Malcomson
lei lny h,,rJ tlr
should come close to repeating his win of
last year.
Among the men who will probably be
selected to represent the Chicago Athletic
ASSOCIATION are Davenport, the college
middle distance runner, who made such
wonderful time in the western confer
ence meet, winning the quarter and the
half mile titles. Davenport is rated better
than 10 for the double furlong The
WeSternerS assert that he can lower the
half-mile figures. E. c. Brown, president
of the Chicago Athletic. Association is
endeavorlng to arrange match half
mile race between Sheppard and Daven-
port at Chicago August Il.
Frank Irons, the Olympic broad lump
champion. and Joe Horner, the Univ ersity
OF Michigan star athlete and candidate
Tor all-around championship honOrS, will
surely be members of the team. The
cherry circle organization can always be
depended upon to have a very strong
team as the majority of the college ath-
letes in the vicinity are representatives
of the club.
The Boston Athletic Association will
send at least six men. among them being
Bill Coe. the shot putter. and Sherman.
the eX-Dartmouth Splinter
The Montreal Athletic Association is
contemplating sending it's best athletes
The Canadian club rarely misses sendin q
Few men to the American champion
ships.
The Irish American and the New York
Athletic Clubs will send their full teams
Inc winged fist delegate will travel by
way of the water route, having engaged
practically an entire steamer
The games should be a real national
meet, the location being so favorably sit
uated When the meet is held in the west
the fasteners cannot send large teams
Whlch Is the same way with the western
associations when the meet is held in the
east. However, last year the New York
Athletic Club and the Chicago Athletic
Association sent a few men to Seattle.
MOST OF the athletes were pretty well
used up after the long journey If a
championship meet Is held in the east
an eastern club is sure to win it, If held
in the far west. western club generally
gets away with the laurels. New Orleans
seems to be within reach of nearly all
the prominent clubs. The meet should be
closely contested between the New YorI,
Athletic Club and the Irish American
Athletic Club from the east, the Chicago
Athletic Association from the middle
west, the Olympic Club of San Francisco
and the Seattle Athletic Club from the
far west. 1t is doubtful if the Southern
clubs are strong enough to defeat any of
the above organizations