Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-05
ANDERSON ENTERS
TABS COMPETITION
Junior A. A. U. Champion viii
Measure Strides With Nc
Hugh, Rival Speedster.
TRACK AND FIELD NOTES

The t. A. b. s. athletic meet on
January IA at the First regiment
armory will show the usual gal
axy of champions in action. William
Anderson, Junior A. A. u. champion
for 1000 yards, who won his spurs
on Saturday night in the A. A. U.
junior championship at the Thir-
teenth Regiment Armory, Brooklyn,
has sent in his entry for the three
quarter mile event, and will measure
strides with Myles Ntzhugh, metro
politan half mile champion, who has
also entered the three-quarter mile
race. McHugh was delighted to learn
that Anderson was to run against
him as he seeks revenge for the de-
feat handed to him on aSturday night
by Anderson.
games will be the 300-yard special,
which will show Mel Sheppard, Hal
Holland, Joe Meyer and William
Kelly. Kelly has been doing daily
training at 1900" under the careful
eye of his coach, and claims that he
will make "Shep" and Holland hus-
tie as they never have before. Hell
land is somewhat downcast at his
failure to annex the Junior A. A. u.
'220' title, but Is confident he can
win this special Meyer says he in
tends to surprise Newarkers in his
first appearance, 80 the smashing race
of the night is assured.
For the followers Of the bike game
the T. A. B. s. announce that Harold
Dibble and Van der Dries will come
to Newark on Tuesday to lay out the
bike track, and will carry with them
entries Of all the good men in the
bike fiat racing game.
Boxes and reserved seats go on
sale at the T. a. B. Club, Hudson and
Hartford streets, tomorrow night.
Junior Champ" winners have signed
entry blanks to compete, In the Elks'
Diamond meet on Wednesday evening,
January 21, at the Paterson Armory,
and as a result stirring races are an
ticipated in the various events. James
Ravenell, who won the sixty-yard
event last Saturday at the Brooklyn
games, will meet Drew, the Springfield
colored speedster, over the sixty-yard
route. The Manhattan colored boy is
going with wonderful speed at pres
ent, and the race ought to be worth
going miles to witness. Another
"champer" who was secured by Louis
Kirsinger, the manager of the games,
is Dave Remer, the walker. Rener
toe and heeled home first in the mile
event at Brooklyn, winning by COM
X
the others r. B. Clifford, the crack
all-round walker of McCadden Ly-
ceum; j.. N. Ross, the New York A. c.
hurdler. willie Kramer, the Long
Island A. C. cross-country runner, and
Eddie Jordan, the Xavier A. A. har-
rier, will also appear at the Silk City
Armory.
Edward Payson Weston, the famous
pedestrian, is arranging walking
contest that will attract universal
interest. The old walker is anxious
to pit four of the old van-Dan
O'Leary, John Ennis, Harry Schmel
and himself-against some of the
younger element, whose age limit Is
to be forty-five years. The veterans
are to walk fifteen hours q day to the
youngsters nine hours of action. A
S., 900 purse is to be awarded the team
having greater total mileage for six
days.
Jean Bouin has been invited again
to race indoors against Kohlemainen
in the Millrose A. A. games on Janu-
airy % at Madison Square Garden. The
influence of the foreign branch of the
John Wanam aker business is being
brought to bear upon the French
Olympic athlete, and 1t is said
that he will accept the Wanamaker
employees bid. If the Marseille dis
lancer will not attempt to run on a
board track the Millrose A. IA. will
ask him to start In the ten-mile road
race.