The Denver star., 1914-11-14
PROGRESS IN ATHLETICS.
Four Titles Won by Coiored Boys at
Recent Championship Meets.

Recent ChamptonSnip meets.
New York-Recent performances of
colored athletes III the metropolitan
district of the Amateur Athletic union
have attracted widespread attention.
and should a corresponding progress
be made by them in the next three or
four years many laurels now worn by
white athletes will pass into the keep
ing of Negroes. says the New York
Times. This success has been more
noticea bic this fall than at any other
time. and the facts that four titles
were won by colored athletes at the
recent small clubs championships. and
Negroes were prominent in the point
table of the metropolitan title meet.
have caused Il hutter of excitement
among the registered athletes in the
Amateur Athletic union.
Nor is the present crop OF Negro
runners likely to cease suddenly. for
there are many promising colored boys
in the public schools of Greater New
York. Up to the present the colored
athlete has devoted. his attention to
track events especially in the sprints
and middle distances. but with the
growth of colored athletic clubs capa-
Bile trainers will be secured and with
systematic development in long dis
lance events will be certain to bring
out long distance runners and candi-
dates for field honors.
From the days of William Morris of
PENNSYLVANIA. who was one Of the best
milers in college ranks twenty years
ago. up to the present time number
of the best athletes in the A. A. U.
ranks have been representatives OF the
colored race. John B. Tayler of Penn
sylvania was the greatest quarter miller
in his day. Cable. the colored weight
thrower at Harvard. enjoyed a nation
al reputation.
Howard Drew. formerly of Spring
field High school. now student at
the University of Southern California.
is regarded as probably the equal OF
Applegarth of England. Dismond. for
merly Of the Smart Set Athletic club
of Brooklyn. is one OF the best quarter
milers in Western college athletic
ranks. while many others of lesser
note have earned prominence by their
speed on the cinder path.
Due to the efforts of the late James
E. Sullivan. secretary-treasurer Of the
\. A. o.. there has been great revival
Of athletic interest in the southern
schools. and with those in the east the
struggle for athletic supremacy in
few years hence may be between white
and colored men.
Many Of the colored athletes promi-
nent in athletic circles were graduated
from public schools in Greater New
York. but unlike former years. when
promising colored athletes received lit
tie consideration or encouragement.
the student upon graduation can now
join a colored athletic organization.
There are three Negro athletic clubs
in the metropolitan district. which are
making rapid strides in the athletic
world. and scarcely an open meet Is
now held that does not find representa-.
tives Of these clubs in the list OF com
petitors. These organizations are the
Salem Crescent Athletic club and ST
Christopker's club OF New York and
the Smart Set Athletic club Of Brook
lyn.
One Of the most important indoor
athletic meets Of the winter season Is
held under the auspices Of the SmnC
Set Athletic club. which IL n growing
and important organization.