New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-01
TRACK STARS WILL
MEET in GARDEN
Indoor Championships May
Set New Figures in
ManV Events.

Champions OF the world on the track
and field, men who wore the Stars and
Stripes in the Olympic games in London
and Stockholm, and men who have won
laurels in the intercollegiate world will
compete for honors in the indoor track
and field championships OF America at
Madison Square Garden tomorrow night.
Twenty nine mon in all who competed
in the games in Stockholm in 1912 will be
seen in action. OF these twenty-elSht
were members OF the victorious American
team. The other is Hannes kolehmainen
OF Finland. who showed his heels to the
feetest distance runners in the world.
The complete list OF the men who rep
resented the United States and the events
in which they are entered is as follows:
Lippincott and Meyer in the 75-yard
dash: Rosenberger and Holland In the
3Oo-yard run; Meredith Sheppard, Halpn
and kiviat I'm the 600 yard race; MADEIRA
I'm the l,0oo-yard event; kolehmainen'
Kramer, McCurdy, Hedlund and Smith In
the two-mile race; Wendell, Prltchard
and Eller in the 70-yard high hurdles
Kaiser. REM and Voellmecke in the two
mile walk; Ben and Plat Adams and
Goehring in the standing nigh and broad
jumps; Erickson in the running high
Jump: Mcdonald and Brickley in the
shotput: McGrath in the 6-pOund weight.
and Babcock and Dukes IN the pole vault.
In addition 10 this galaxy Of stars there
are a number Of the younger set who
have been dsshing TO many victory in
the last year and who hope to force their
way into championship circles.
Among the more prominent of these are
Hugh Iirshon, the junior 600-yard cham
pion; Tommy Lennon, the junior sprint
champion. Patterson. OF the University
Of PENNSYLVANIA: Frank Brady the crack
young hurdler Of Columbia University;
Pat Ryan. the giant weight thrower of
the Irish-Amerlcan \. c., and host OF
others Yale. Pennsylvania. Harvard and
Brown have entered teams.
And few shall win where so many high
grade performers meet. and the victors IN
the various events will be we'll worthy of
the title of champion. II is more than
likely that several records will be shat
tered before the last worsted has been
broken and the last shotput made.
According to the critics. the present
standards for 600 yards, 800 yards and two
miles are in danger, while many freely
predict a new mark in the shotpu' with
Paddy Ryan and the mighty Babe Me- /
Donald pitted against each other.
Keenest interest centres about the run
ming OF the l,0Oo-yard race. With Homer
Baker of the New York Athletic Clno'
whose sensational running has won him '
many friends this season. pitted against
Ted Meredith. worlds champion and re-
ord holder at half a mile. Tom Halpln' &
the lean greyhound Of the Boston Am .
letic Association; the one ana only Mel
Sheppard. whose work in the London
OLYMPIC will never be forgotten; Abel
Kiviat. Ollie De Gruchy. Horace Hooking,
Billy Anderson. e. Madeira. l.. \. Cross,
of PENNSYLVANIA, and s. ID. Burns. o.
Boston. a battle III for the gods may be
expected.
In the minds Of the majority, the race
lies between Halpin, Baker and Kivat, /
with preference toward the first named
pair. Kiviat has not fully recovered from
a heavy cold and may find more than
ordinary difficulty in leading his field
home Halpin.. because OF his wonderful
work in his recent starts, is a strong
favorite.