The evening world., 1911-01-07

COUPLE of new champions
"A will be added to our long list
= OF record breakers before the
coming outdoor season Is concluded
said Trainer Lawson Robertson of the
Irish-American Athletic Club as he
closed n big book that contained the
names OF the new athletes and locked
It up In the safe.
For seven years we held the cham
pionships. Last year the New York
a. G. bea us out by "A few points In the
Met champ, hut well come back this
year and show 'em a trick or two. We
will have a few new men who are the
class-not college athletes, but just a
few new and experienced men,"
When the N. Y. A. G. defeated the
sh-Americans In the Nets 1t was
n great surprise to followers or the
game. The wlnged-foot organizations
unexpected strength sort OF upset some
of their old rivals best men,. and there
a chance that the lrish-Americans
didn't train very hard for the games
for they, too, were a greatly strength
ened team.
Men Were Developed.
During the spring of the year a num-
Der OF splendid men were developed py
Robertson. Probably the most nota-
BILE case was hat OF Bruno Brodd's
great work with the ~javelin. Brodd.
who came over from Finland some ten
years ago, had never competed, al
though he was known TO be Interested
in athletics. Last year he Joined the
!. A. A. c.. took up javelin throwing
! and became a champion before the sea-
son was over. In fact he won four
titles-the junior and senior Met
championships and the Junior n Senior
National championships.
Another fellow who came to the from
with a rush was Jack Monument. who
also took -four championships. He woI
the one-mile Junior Metropolitan cham
pionship. the two-mile Indoor title M
both the Junior and senior mile in thu
national meet at New Orleans.
Monument II an Englishman. lie hai
been running for the club for tive
years. but 1t was only last spring tina
he developed into his true form
Badly" Jacks rather old looking. ant
Il was no unusual thing to hear som
Of the women spectators declare tina
Il was n shame 10 allow that poor oil
fellow 10 run against those youni
athletes
Then there was Bob" Ener, younge
] DTOllNI VI tue NV SoNN ~ 80
came to the front during the middle o
last season, ana there's a chance that h
will be able to FIJI his brothers shoe
when he has had a couple more sea
sons experience. lilo won the lOO-yar
Met" championship and also tn
Junior National 220-yard low hurdles
At the present time he Is a~ttendin
Fordham and Will represent them dur
ing this indoor season.
Erickson a Conner.
or the new men who viii compete 10
the club during the coming struggle wit
Inc Winged Footers II IL probable tha
econ Erickson will receive his releas
,grom the Mott Haven A. G.. in plenty
} time to Jump for the lrlsh-Americans a
soon as the season opens. Erickso
: TONED the |. A. \. G. some two month
D ago. and II Is expected that he will In
D prove enough to give the New York hig
, runners n tussle for the championshl
when the Metropolitan championship
are again held,
There will be Anthony Higgins, II
English walker, who went the mile
, q minutes 40 seconds, lie says that Il
" climate here IL better for him than thu
I OF his native country, and he expects
9 walk In oven better time than he did {
n the other side OF the ocean.
a. Ahlgren, the Swedish distance rui
q ner who captured the Mohawk's eros
d country run, became a member Of Il
Irsh-American A. c. only a few da,
ago.. 1t IL said that he has the "prS