The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
NEWS OF TIKI ATHLETES
ATHLETES PREPtR.
ING FOR A.A.U. CHANPIONSHIpS
Wonderful Growth % the New Tori Nr
neal EstAte-EhgilEh Amateur An.
letie Association suggests T,sD,,
Ter the swedish Olympic 1.,m..

Tho story . week ago In athleti. r.rr..,
that New Orleans was asleep over III.
preparations for the A A. q nationa. cha.
piOnships has evidently put the southern
people on their mettle, for this wee. he's.
are all sorts Of announcements ab,l. thst,
activity 10 appears that tho meet ufI
not come on At Crescent Park A. ras m.
generally accepted opinion. but 90 vii al.
place on the grounds OF Tulane I n,vsri,y
whsre thSrs Il aaid to be fair arcomnoda.
ton for a crowd Of athletes.
A collection has been taken 10 a,ors ~.
clubs OF the district and they are Fspo-,.4
to have responded Handsomely n M.
Southern men have enough money thsrs /,
nothing 10 stop the meet from being a ,ue.
oess. but those who have lived 10 the Son,.
state that the early part of October Il Ia
warm for northern athletes They s,v
that the frat week In December vou'A -
more suitable. but the A. A. T. anthorttl.,
had nothing 10 do with the selection n tbs
dates and the southerners ought 10 kuov
which was best.
A recent Appraiasmsnt Of the New lort
A. c. cite At Central Park South placed ths
real estate value Of the plot At s7sOO Or
more than three times its value In Isna
when II was purchased by the club Thn
valuation did not include the building Or he
fixtures inside Il. which amount to q hsps.
some dRure Real estate sharns "a The,
In ten years from now there will b. even
greater increase In the ground value. and
this means we're Inc club to dishand a. any
time the real estate price Of the city club
house would pay OF all Indebtedness and
leave big surplus
The English Amateur Athletic Associai ou
met a couple Of weeks ago and one Of he
items discussed was the programme Of tAs
next Olympic Games In Sweden. To iBdgs
from the accounts OF the dinruusiOn a rough
draft Of The list Of events had baen for.
Eardsd 10 he Englishmen for the purposs Of
having their opinion and any suggestion
they might wish 10 make The IL, vas care.
fully scanned after which 10 was decided %
AJAX the British representative on tho inter.
nHtional Olympic COMMITTEES that = m
meters. steeplechase and on additional
walking event be added
Il u not certain whether the program.
already contained one or two events q this
latter class. but Il surely contained one
Although the Englishmen we're responsible
for introducing the javelin free style thsy
AfterWard saw the fallacy Of the move N
their own Rainss and are now Of the Oplnloa
that there should be only one style II AVE
I'm throwing that u, with the spear grasped
| IN the middle, The Brifone also think
that thsrs should be only one dlacus thii 10
be the Greek style. the one with the tlru
being q sort Of mOngFsl exercise Neither
do the English think that the standing
high and broad jumps show much athlete
ability and should suffer deletion. u y
notable that the syedss Sg5es N most Of
An American or other visitor 20 the Ing
llsh r championships this year should have
me chance Of annexing the TOO yarda title
a. r. v Walker, the South Miriam, = Y
very pSST fh;Rs ne ipPeSrs1 ~ SSsqPe q
dale HarrieFs ~ lbrox PARK, GasGoW. and
tried for the 10 and 20 yard hAndic4ps He
turned out In the hrst heat 0f the - yards
and the best he could do YES 20 finish az
yards The time was y 2-s seconds
agures which should have been easily
within his compaea We lOst bis best IN
the 10 yards. his attual running hetng
yard worse than = seconds
This seems 70 be a Eeneration remarkahls
for the development 81 phenomenal
youngsters for no sooner does one sectiol
81 the country boast OF en- -lntant phenon
than another comes along with a similar
Claim 4 couple II weeks ago the Pacihe
Coast had the b1ards with he accounts Ola
wonderful tyrn Splinter and nov Galveston,
TeN.. has re turn With young fellow named
Willie Coin. Who u not only able to sprint
S sagi4y TSsd 81 aTrdi9 IO@ Ts@SS
Tqxans best point h the I'D yards hurdles,
which he h down az having done IN ~ Us
seconds, a feat which 4 propfriy timed
y no.eing SLOT o. NondeTini ior shsp
low hurdles 10 - secOnds. Cons tune for
the 20 yards IA 2-5 seconds. and tie 10
yards l. 10 seconds. Hia time for the ~
yards IL 81 l-5 seconds, and be has iumped
the 70 pound shot 20 feet. II 10 said thar h
h 10 enter some college next year, but Ehich
one Il b. no one can tell.
According 10 X Hellstrorn. who Il serre-
taIy q the Swedish Olympic game q lol1
q batch Of English oiicials are 70 BE- invited
70 do duty al the stockholm festival be-
cause the swedes think the Britons are The
real thing when 4 comes 70 the mAnagement
Of track and field spOrts, In speaking about
the Olympic games Hellstnom said.
We have taken England for q model and
have been guided by them In our choke ~
sport and have made tremendous progress
In athletics during the last few years. When.
ever Wp could We have had champions vat
~. and most Of the prominent hnsl.sa .l.l
will 'ell YOU sweden h nice place and that
they have al had 4 good time. We are DE-
votinR heart and soul 70 the promotion II
these Olympic games. 4 spacious stadium
much money, but still very excellent one.
without many superiOrs IN the world
splendid ctnder track will be made.
and 10 insure the yery best We intend %
lie preparation. for We do not want orr
visitors 10 BE- able 20 cay that the track Nas
MT GOOD or conducive TO last time. our
viii not he a. large a. the Lon.
don Olympic. a. boxing. teams. errhery ini
many other such events will not b. included
In the programme some OF the events
are unnecessary a. for Instance mOt0rboat
racing while the sans applies 20 others N
which YOU see the same cOmpetttor hNays
W. 1s pS.I ~ ,sn SsTs s aSd sVsTrsions wl h
arranged Ill over sweden, and ! can assure
you that those competitors who vtstf " WI
have the time OF their lives. ~ long a.
they live they viii remember a Swedish
welcome
Nov a. 70 sveden's chances OF winning.
Ne have some great distance runners
sweden. Two 81 my cOuntrymen N AM
erica have beaten worlds records over
twenty miles and the Marathon distance.
and We have several other great distahrs
men A. the English amateurs have found
when they visited us. Duncan. Noighl,
Deakh and Neaves nave been heaiea
when thew came over
The Pastime A. has decided 70 No
its annual spring games 81 the club grounds
on East Ninetleth street next SUNDAY
The programme will consist Of etght'events
three Of these being clOaed 10 membe-,
The open handicap contests are Ia. ~
I 600 Yards and ono and q half miles 400
putting the five pound shot The I'VE pound
shot competition may be a msprinf. hll
n II 4 not Il y the limit a. faras light veigh.
goes for adults When the EIGHT pound
shot was introduced people thought hey
had seen the limit Of iomfOolery IN ~
weight tossing line. Dat the five pounds
y a step further toward tho eTtrHmeL
ridiculous. Perhaps rhe next thing WI
he a contest a. putting a piece u 'ork Z"
india rubber ball
This afternoon al Pelham Bay PARK 'htre
vii b. dual meet bet Ween the Mount car
mel e e. and the ChTyEostom e 4. nfo-
gramme Of standard events has been ar
ranged and the boys viii have me %
IN aNH nUn anal her l. arrnN