The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-21
FOURTH COMPANY TRIES
TO OBEY A. A. A. EDICT
Busy Calling In Posters That
Announce Race as for
Worlds Title.

Emissaries of the Fourth Company,
Thirteenth Regiment. were busy yesterday
trying to call in the posters for the games
next saturday which announce the race
between IIanues kolehmainen and Abel
<iviat as for the worlds championship.
capt Robert Altman was surprised when
he read in the papers that the company
unwittinglN had violated the rules of the
International Federation of Amateur Ath-
ctes by placing its attraction before the
public as an event for the worlds title.
He Immediately called up Lawson
Robertson who is managing the meet and
asked that steps be taken at once to
comply with the rules The movement
against the indiscriminate hawking about
of worlds titles IL SO recent that the cap
tain considered II sufficient excuse for
him not knowing the rule Secretary
James T.. sullivan of the \. \. L. was
entirely satisfied with the explanation
made by the officers NJ the Fourth Com
pany and no effort will be'made to with
draw the sanction or interfere with the
main event of the games
Lawson Robertson tried to- get Willie
Kramer To- enter the two mile special so
that it ut least might h" styled the three
Ks championships" The Long Islander,
however. had a previous engagement to
go out of town next Saturday and the
race probably will be between the Finn
and i<iyiat as first announced
Yale has begun its campaign of indoor
competition in preparation for the inter
collegiate meet next May. j. +, Bryan.
manager of the track team had Lawson
Robertson on the long distance phone
Yesterday trying to arrange for "A relay
race fur the two mile team Of the Ellis at
the games Of the Fourth Company.
I Robertson Informed the Yale manager
that there was no team In this district
L. A. 10. Ito
did not end the matter. for Bryan said
that he would try to get Colgate or
Rutgers to compete In relay event
against the Yale half milers. This looks
like an attempt to get even with Colgate
! for what happened on the football field
! last fall. There are a fine lot or half
milcrs at New Haven at present. headed
10y George Brown, who defeated the mighty
John Paul Jones In the last intercollegiate
! meet. The others are Scotch, Bayne
I iouCher and Smith.
Whether the relay is arranged or not
/ Yale VIII send "A team uf nine men to the
| games In the Thirteenth Regiment Ar
/ mory next Saturday. All III. half milers
| will compete in the three quarter mile
| handicap. Ia which there is no doubt that
| Brown will be placed on the scratch
| mark.
! The athletic revival has spread to the
/ NlilIn REGIMENT, winch lot n iOtle
! has been inactive so far as athletics are
! concerned At a meeting OF the athletic
association of the regiment held last
! night i was decided TO hold set OF
4 games IN the armory some time this win
/ ter. For this purpose an athletic COM
/ mtt,e was appointed consisting Of Billy
] Heating, j. ~. Murphy, W. J. Salon, J.
| Callahan. George Flanagan and George
| Feather.
Addresses were made Mt the meeting
by members OF the regiment who have
| been prominent in athletics. including
I Johnny Hayes the London Marathon
/ winner Bily Heating, the Irish American
: \ g. Splinter. and Julian Murphy. former
. 500 ward champion OF the VI. A. l.. Col
/ William Morris IL interested In the move
I meut and has promised his support OH
. GERS were elected as follows George
| Kraft president; william Hayes. vice
president; Frank Foley, secretary-treas-
! urer.
| Paul Krimmel, the New York Turn
| Nerein man who won the all round gym
! nastic championship OF the A. A. L. a
. year ago, has decided to turn profess
! sional He turned in his registration
| card TO the committee yesterday and Is
now open to give exhibitions for coin or
TO teach the young turner's how TO turn
There Is a possibility that the depleted
| ranks OF the Irish American field brigade
| may be strengthened by the latest star
| in javelin throwing, John Phillips OF the
| University OF Idaho. Phillips recently
, wrot. TO the officials Of the |. 4. \. G.
| that n. contemplated coming East, IN
| which ease he would like to become a
member OF the club. Phillips Is know
| littl. In, N. East. but he IL credited witt
throwing the iavclin l1y feet in compe'
| tition in the far West, which is nearlS
ten feet further than the American rec
! ord of Bruno Brodd.
good field will start in the l,00'
yards Elks' Derby tonight al the game
Of the Paterson Eiks Those entered ar,
oscar Hedlund OF Boston. Abel kiviat
Nyies McHugh william Anderson
Homer Baker. Ollie De Gruchy and WIN
lam and Louis Gordon. The 500 vii
10 almost as big feature, with Halpin
Mel Sheppard and Avah T. Meyer amons
the starters Another item OF interes
In the Paterson meet will be the attcmp
of Jack Filler. the former champion hurd
Ier to come back. He will try the sprin
and the sixty yard hurdle event Eller
has been training and is said to hav,
reclaimed his Old form.
TO stage wrestling Tourney.
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