The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-25
ATHLETIC CHATTER

The showing of the All-America
team in its first big meet in New
Zealand has been highly commented
on in athletic circles of the city, and
the records are ample proof that the
men sent on the pilgrimage are the
right men to represent Uncle Sam in
such an important pilgrimage. They
have not yet struck their proper gait
and when they do they viii further
show that they are worthy repre-
sentatives of this great country as
the leading athletic nation of the
world
1t will be like old times to have a
high class track and field meet on
July T. The Olympic club athletic
committee has scheduled this meet
for 1914 ard local athletes win be
quick to jump on the band wagon
and help the clubmaking a success
Of the affair by entering in large num-
bers There has been no July track
and field meet held since 1909.
Masten. formerly of the Olympic
club swimming team has made good
at the University of Pennsylvania. AS
q member Of that team in dual meet
against city College of New YORK,
Masten took second in both the 30
and 100 yard sprints. s. Ourbacher,
Pennsy's champion, won from Masten
in both races. Besides placing in the
two sprints Nasten was responsible
for Penn winning the 500 feet relay
race. In the first two laps New fork
led. but Masten took UP the swim
ming in the third and put his team
into such a substantial lead that the
final lap was easy
The Boys Athletic league will hold
It's annual championship track ana
field meet at the Pacific Hebrew or
manage grounds this afternoon j.
Rcnapart has charge of the meet and
more than a hundred of the smal
bows of the orphanage VIII particl-
pate in the various events.
3 r Small has made quite name
for himself in Pittsburg in the tanks
and recently won the Pittsburg atm
letic association sprint titles Small
is now considering coming back TO
his dear old san Francisco and will
probably be back with the iocai
swimming contingent some time next
month. This fact has caused the
Pittsburg papers all sorts of weeps.
In speaking Of Small one Of the pa
pers refers to him as the fastest 30
ward swimmer that ever resided In
this CITY" Small has beaten 2e time
and again here and at one time got
under - in training
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whether you are dyed in the wool
oarsman. just go in for IL for pleas
IRE and exercise. or whether you Just
1ilse to follow the sport, YOU Will
nrobabIy ind something TO interest
-, fn the series Of stories on the
,.o1,,tng game now appearing in this
paper.
The san Francisco BOYS basketball
team has made quite reputation TINS
'-aason The team is 1lo pounds In
-,-afe,bt and has played all the best
,.s,s,s of its own weight around the
bsr and has still to be defeated.
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o,l,e time Of il minutes % l-5 sec
ends made by Perry McGillvray In
ca foot tank in Chicago recently has
,,aen claimed by several eastern
g,,frumine experts as world rec
I'D It is to be regretted that these
exnerts do not look lttle iurti.ei
s.ban his country for RECORDS. NC
C;flivray's time is worse by - 30 sec
- titan the worlds mark estab-
,.1S,ed Years ago by Barney Kieran
A4,sfralia Claiming a record Tor
S1.c.ilIvrsv made in a 60 foot tank is
- He made his record with "A
INNS while Kieran made his record
With II turns. The difference in the
turns makes quite difference IN
,in,e and would mean at least 40 sec
IDS ,,orse on NcGillvray's so called
,.ocord had he swum In IL turns race