Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-18
SEATTLE CRACKS TO COMPETE
Eastern Athletes Will Have Work Cut
Out for Them.
MALCoMsoN TO Try AGAIN
Low Hurdle Champion OF 1909 Ready
to Retrieve the LaureiH which
He Has Permitted 20
slip Away.


PITTsBURo, June l7.--That the eastern
athletes will not have all smooth sailing
at the national championships TO be held
at Forbes field. this city, June 80 and
July /. is evineed by the expressed inten-
ton OF the big clubs OF the middle and
far west TO make bids for the honors.
From Seattle the greatest track and field
performers Of that section will be sent. In
Guiding champions OF two years ago VINO
failed TO make the New Orleans series held
last year Included In this bunch will be
w. Martin, who won, In 1909, the 100, .
and who was a strong factor In last year .
event
Then there will be Edmundson, the half
miller who took the measure OF Harry Gis-
sing, New York Athletic club. at that dis
lance. incidentally beating him ten yards
In the slashing time of i55M. Another
great bidder for honors will be Walter
Thomassen, formerly OF the Winged Foot
club. a "six-three" man In the high jump,
and one who probably will make great
inroads in the point getting of the New
York Athletic club In that particular event
Joe Malcomson, the low hurdle title
holder Of 1909, which honors he won when
he beat Harry Hillman IN Seattle, will
again be a competitor, ready to take the
measure Of the pick OF eastern u.uber,
toppers In his efforts he will be aided by
w. Edwards, who beat the noted smitnson
at the Portola exposition, In time said TO
have been 0;l5M
HASN'T Come Back.
AS a matter OF fact he has since
failed to live up to that supposed
performance, and despite the advantage
of having been under the tutelage OF
Mike Murphy at the University of Penn.
tylvania. where he Is a student, he was
taken into camp recently at the New York
Athletic club games by Jack k.ller of the
Irish-American Athletic club Others in
the squad will be b. Gish, a clever ALI
around performer who will compete In the
broad jump and the discus events. Phil
brook, formerly OF Notre Dame and a
good weight man. will also carry the
colors OF the Seattle club.
For the middle west Ralph Craig will do
battle, and II he is only in a semblance OF
his form, as shown at the intercollegiate
championships, he already has both cham
pionships he already has both the 100
and the 220' yard races practically tucked
away for the year. 1t is really a treat TO
see this athlete run. Not the best man
In the world getting away from the mark.
he is certainly a fast runner when over
his field from sixty yards home In the
short sprint. In the ''220' he overtops any
amateur the world ever saw, with the
possible exception of Bernie wefers, who
holds with the westerner the worlds best
mark-0:Ah-for the distance. Further
than this, he can step rafting quarter,
and he ought to DO exceedingly well II
he were TO try a broad jump.
or course, in the east there are several
clever performers, each of whom has been
tried by competitive fire and rarely found
wanting Both the New York Athletic
club and the 1rish-American Athletic club
will use every endeAvor to attempt TO stem
the tide of possible western food and
promise to go into the games with the
best teams in their history.
Forbes Field the Scene.
Forbes field, the home OF the Pittsburs
base ball club, will be the scene OF the
contests. II is being made over into a
/ first-olass athletic plant, with quarter
mile track. which Just skirts the concrete
| stands in its circuit. Mike Murphy, the
| Pennsylvania trainer, has charge OF its
construction. and asserts that he will have
fine track. II will be pear-shaped with
the longest straightaway eighty yards long
The track VIII be seventeen feet wide
throughout its length. The l00-yard event
will be run from right field towarc the
home plate, and the ''220' right hand, in
from the extreme center field corner. The
auarter-mile will start at the 10o-yard
! finish, and will have q straightaway from
the start for 100 yards, then there VIII be
| 224-foot turn, and ninety ght-foot
straight, 14s-foot turn, a 1i4-foot straight,
a 1Sl-foot turn, with a straight run home
| of 100 yards.
A sold medal. emblemAtic of the cham
pionship Of the United States. viii be given
to the winner in each event, q silver medal
to the second, and bronze medal to the
third. A banner will be awarded to the
team Of any athletic club or college scoring
the highest number OF points, five for first,
three for second and one Tor third.
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