The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
LOOKS LIKE NOTABLE
YEAR IN ATHLETICS
College Stars Join Clubs to Com
pete in National Champion
ship Events.

NEW YORK. September 20.-The
year 1910 promises to be a notable one
in track and field sports During the
indoor season, when the athletes be
gan TO show their early performances,
the experts predicted the outdoor sea.
son would he a remarkable one. both
from the number of new men Of cham
piouship caller and from the seasoned
athletes. \ good idea OF what the out
door season IS to bring forth can be
predicted by the winter performances.
Few of the college or athletic club
cracks do mucn training for the board
tloor competition, preparing to compete
without strenuous preparation and save
their energies for the big champion
snip meetings held annually in the sum
mer 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 it was almost impossible to
contrast the prowess of these two
classes. This season, however, promises
TO be an exception, as a number 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 show
ing in the western conference meet.
will represent the Chicago Athletic As
ISOLATION. fitzpatrick, the alI-Amer-
lean football end from Yale, is COM
peting for the New York Athletic Club.
PAUL of the University of Pennsylva
MIA is also representing the "Mercury
Foot aggregation. Dukes. the Cornell
yauIter; Gilbert, the ex-Yale vaulter.
and Hartranft, the Pennsylvania
hurdler, viii compete for the Travers
Islanders. Parkinson, the Wesleyan
weight man. and Eller. the Fordham
Splinter, are the college representatives
Of the Irish-American Athletic Club.
The ''Winged Fist Club is relying on
the preparatory schoolbOys of the
vicinity to help it out, and from pres
emit indications. when schOolhoys, like
stephens Of Manual Training High
School. can high jump six feet, it looks
as if they will be of some use.
The Chicago Athletic Association has
quite an array of college talent. Craw-
lev of the University Of Chicago. Brun-
daga of Illinois, Me Kennard, the eX-
Harvard athlete; IIorner, the Univers-
itv of Michigan all-round performer;
TAYLOR of Cornell. the one-mile inter
collegiate winner this year, and Byrd
of Illinois are few Of the college
recruits representing the "Cherry Cir
cIe' organization.
Ramsdell of Pennsylvania, the inter
collegiate 100-yard winner, who is now
in England. is expected back IN time
to compete in the championship meets
He viii represent some southern attn
letic club. Lee Talbot Of Pennsylvania
State College viii wear the emblem of
the Kansas City Athletic Club.
Edwards. the California College hurd-
Ter: Miller. the middIe-distance runner
of Leland Stanford University; Scott
and Bellah. the Leland Stanford vault
ers: Merriam. a weight man, and Smith,
a miller from the University of Cab
fornia. VIII represent the Olympic Club
Of San Francisco,
Martin of Whitman College, who won
the Toward Amateur Athletic Union
title last wear. Nelson of Washington
state COLLEGE, who finished second to
Martin: Covil. the Washington State
College distance runner. and Edmund
son Of the University of Idaho, last
wears half-miIe champion. Will com
pete for the Seattle Athletic Club,
With Sheppard Of the Irish-Amerlcan