Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
BOS7ONIANS KEEN
FOR JUNIOR titles
Team of Five Will Compete ID
Annual A. A. u. Indoor Cham
piOnsE1iDs.
TRACK AND FIELD NOTES

The Boston Athletic Association has
entered team of five In the Junior
national indoor champs" which are
to be held Saturday night at Brook
Ign. The quintet is said to be very
fast In their respective events. and
Manager George v. Brown, of the
Bay State Club. is looking forward
to their placing well up. The entrants
are as follows: r. J. Kinney, so and
220- yard dashes; NJ A. Common. co. J
yard dash and shot-put; James
Burke, 600 and 1,000-yard runs; II. +.
Mahoney, 600 and 1 ,o00-yar runs, and
r. p Greene, emile run.
Several other out-of-town entries
We're received just before the entries
closed, namely: William Lamont, Of
Washington and Lee University, Lex
ington, Va, in the 220-yard cham
pionship; s. Edgar Staines, Harry
Stegman and Edward ]. Leehan, OF
Aaron LASER, of the Central High
School, Newark, and George l.. King
ston, of Waterbury, Conn.,
The Irish-American Athletic Club
has sent in 20 entries, the New York
A. c. ~, the Mohawk A. c. 10, Colby
College Z, Long Island A. G. s, Dart
mouth College 8, knights of st. An
thony s. and Loughlin Lyceunn, Put
nam A. c., Kaleva A. c., Greek
American A. c., Anchor A. c., New
ark Y. M c.. Central High School,
Sheridan A. c., st. Agnes A. A., Co
lumbia University and Syracuse Uni
verslty are represented by their best
athletes.
The Creek American Athletic Club
70 60 ~
Friday evening, January is, 1914. at
the Seventy-first Infantry Armory.
The events will be as follows: Sixty
Ave yards, 300 yards, 1000 yards and
three-mlle runs, handicap; one-mile
run, novice, scratch; one-nlile relay
and putting twelve pound shot, hand
leap and as a special event weight
lifting contest, scratch. which will
consist of raising the 104-pound dunn
bell up above the shoulder to arms
length with either hand.
James u. Sullivan, United States
Olympic commissioner, will review
parade and engineering demonstra-
lions to be given in his honor by the
Twenty regiment In the ar
mory, New York. tonight. The en-
cheering corps will attempt to break
the bridge construction record Of
minutes 3-5 second and demolition
squad will demonstrate destruction
work.
With Mel Sheppard, the star mid
die distance runner; Alvah Meyer,
the Metropolitan champion Splinter;
Homer Baker, the American half
mile title holder; Ollie De Grouchey,
the star of many middle distance
running events; Hal Holland and
number of men of like calibre as
scratch men in the games of the Sew
enty-tirst Regiment. New York ely,
tomorrow night, the wind-up OF the
1918 athletic season promises to be
brilliant.
The nominating committee OF the
New York Athletic Club, which was
elected early this month, made known
its list Of candidates for officers and
board of governors of the club last
night, and @ few minutes later 1t was
announced that an opposition ticket
would be placed in the field. The COM
mlttee nominated the following
ticket: For president, James w. Hyde,
vice-president George T. Montgom-
cry; secretary, Fred r. Fortmeyer:
treasurer, Martin s. Paine; captain,
Paul Pilgrim; board Of governors to
serve for two years, George j. Corhett.
Edwin J. Benson, Jeremiah Z. Ma
honey, William A. Hines, William L.
Miller, George Fred Pelham, Pow
hatan r. Robinson and William l.,
Mitchell With Mr.. Hyde heading one
list and Mr.. Page another, the fight
for Offices promises to be the keenest
held at the club in many years. Each
has large following and friends Of
each are confident their favorite will
be elected.