Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-25
PR|TCHARD IN FORM
FOR 44O HURDLES
Jack EIler Not Certain to Com
pete in This Event at
Baltimore.

From the excellent form that he is
showing in practice at Celtic Park,
everything points to an easy victory
for Eddie Pritchard, of this city, in
the national senior 440-yard hurdle
event at Baltimore. Lawson Robert
son, the Big Chief of the Irish-Amer-
lean Club, confidently expects Eddie
to shave a few fifths from the present
record. and only hopes that the going
will be fast from the sound of the
gun, so that Pritchard will be forced
to extend himself all the way.
Robertson is undecided as to
whether Jack Eller, the other Irish
American, will start in the long hur-
die race. Eller will take a flier in the
120 and 220-yard hurdles, and Robert
son thinks this work will be more
than enough for him. Pritchard is
built for the long race, and under the
careful eye of his coach he is round
ing fast into championship form.
Frank Lagay, of this city and Dart
mouth, hopes that Desperate" Dis
mond, the colored runner of Chicago
University, will compete in the ma
tional Junior euarter-mile event.
OlELLlDIl4 has sRE4 QAEA A4AE A-aAcAAN0 IL
IS 3-5 seconds, and, while Lagay has
not covered the course in that time,
the local lad strongly asserts that he
will not let DESMOND lead him 10 the
tape. Val Wilkie. of Yale, will doubt
less be a competitor in the event, so
Lagay will have his work cut out for
him x
AIvah T. Meyer, the crack sprinter
of the Irish-American A. c., who was
looked upon as the probable winner of
the national sprint championship
titles. was injured in an automobile
accident last Saturday. Meyers
chauffeur lost control of the machine
while II was hitting up a forty-mi .
clip and collided with a tree. Me5t
was thrown In the air and sustained
two fractured ribs and a bruised face.
The surgeon in charge said that the
Winged flstite would not be able TO
compete either In the Baltimore meet
or in the metropolitan championships.
W. c. Weber, the Elizabeth Z. NJ.
c. A. half-milef and holder Of the
metropolitan junior championship for
the distance, will try for the national
title next month AT Baltimore. Web
Der is said to be going like the wind in
practice, and has favorable show of
annexing the title.
CASTOR strobino has announced in
writing that he is through for all
with the running game. The plucky
little Paterson man says that he in
tends to devote his time in the future
to business. The Long Island A. c.,
Of which he is a member. is making
a strong bid TO retain his services for
the national championships, but Stro-
bino says that he will have none of
II, as his future endeavors will be
confined to his work. The browning
achievement of Strobino's career as a
runner was In the Stockholm Olympic
games when he finished third in the
Marathon race.
W. r. Potter, the star hurdler Of
the New York A. c., is stranded in
Germany, and Paul Pilgrim. the
coach Of the club, is using every
means at his disposal to bring Potter
over from the scene of conflict 10
the national championships. Homer
Baker, the bespectacled half-miler Of
| the winged-foot organization, knows
what trouble Potter is having to find
! accommodations, for he only returned
\ last week from the other side after
q strenuous time to obtain passage.