The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08
New Athletes Spring Into Lime Light
as Result Of the Big A. A. U.
Meet at San Francisco
Yesterday.
NEW YORK A. G. WINS
Big Surprises Over Poor Records
Made by Norman Taber and
Howard Drew, Negro
Splinter.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. j
STADIUM, EXPOSITION GROUNDS.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, Aug. T.
Old champions gave way to new and
worlds and American records were
toppled this afternoon in the champ
lonship A. A. U. meet which was won
by the Olympic club, of San Francisco,
with thirty points.
owing to young gale that was
blowing, officials decided records
would not stand but the performances
We're nevertheless imposing
The Irish American A. c., of New
York, stacking up points in the weight
events, finished second, with score
of "a. Illinois A. c. was third with
81. and Chicago A. A. fourth, with II,
nosing out the Boston A. A. by one
point.
Taber Beaten in Mile.
Two big surprises came in the meet
when Norman Taber, the sensational
distance man and record holder Of
Boston, was beaten in the mile, and
Alvah Meyer, of the Irish American A.
c.. was beaten in the 220 yard by r.
Morse, a 10 year old sprinter of the
Salem Crescent club. of New York.
IJ. w. Ray, of the Illinois A. A., took
the measure of Taber as well as Abel
k1riat in the mile, and topped off his
days work by taking fourth place il
the five mile.
Another champion, who failed to
live up to expeditions and was an
emphatic fiZZle, was Howard Drew,
the sensational negro Splinter. Drew
barely qualified in his trial heat of the
100 yard dash and quit after running
about seventy yards of the final. Drew
said he Simply didn't have anything
today" his recent illness from tom
silitis having Slapped his vitality.
Mucks and Murray Star.
A. Mucks, of Wisconsin University,
and Murray, of San Francisco, were
the big individual point winners.
Mucks won the shot put and discus
throw. Murray took the 12O and 22o
yard hurdles.
| Mucks threw the discus 146 feet,
i9A inches, exceeding any other mark
by ten feet.
In the 40 yard hurdles, the last
event run, W. H. Meanix, of the BoS-
ton A. A., covered the distance in
80 3-5 seconds, seemingly almost i'm
possible time. Meanix Is now the
recognized record holder but his Of
iticial mark is 81 As. Meanix wonder
full speed in this event resulted from
the fact that high wind was at his
back, fairly carrying him along Be-
cause of this, his time today will not
be recognized and his original record
stands.
In the five mile race, H. Kohlc-
mainen was pushed to the utmost by
%. J. Willard, of the Olympic club
After their long grind they came into
the stretch shoulder to shoulder AMI
Kohlemainen won by inches only by
a marvellous burst OF speed
Finish Was Sensational.
Kohlemainen and Willard furnished
the most sensational race Of the day
in the five mile event and brought tho
crowd of $4,000 to its feet cheering
madly as they reeled off lap after lap
with only few feet separating them.
Then came the heartbreaking finish.
Ted Meredith, the sensational Penn
syEpania man, ran true to form in the
44O, winning in Al fat, equaling Maxey
Longs worlds record.
In the 100 yard high hurdles, F.
Murray, of the Olympic club, won,
after F. Kelly, of Los Angeles, had
been disqualified, in Is fiat. If it had
been allowed. this would beat the rec
ord Of Is is held by A. Kraenzlein,
which has been equaled but never
beaten. g'E.H .
Danny Hearn, Of Chicago, broke his
own worlds record in the hop, stop
and jump by 1s Of an inch, when he
leaped 50 feet, 11H inches.
The worlds record in the 220 yard
low hurdles was equaled by F. Mr.
ray, of the Olympic club, when he
stepped the distance n c3 3-5.
The scores by teams follows:
Olympic club, 80; Irish American, "a;
Illinois A. A.. 81: Chicago A. A. II;
Boston A. A, &c: Kansas City A. c.,
13: Wisconsin University, Il; Multi
nomah A. c., TO-; Los Angeles A. c.,
10: New York A. c.. 9; University CT
Chicago, 7; Salem Crescent club. N.
Y. 7: Mohawk A. c., 5; Meadowbrook
club, Philadelphia, 5; Missouri Unt-
versity. 4; Caledonian club, A. Boston
Irish American, 5; Brigham Young u,
3: Notre Dame University, 3: Long
Island A. c., 3; Y. NJ. Gym club, New
Orleans, 2: Millrose A. c., Brooklyn, !.