Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-02


during the weekend, the athletes COM
peting in the Amateur Athletic Union
championships should lower several A.
A. U. records with the added possibility
OF wiping out American or even worlds
figures. Not in some years has a field
Of contestants. eQualling in ail-round
ability that scheduled for the Exposition
games. competed outside an Olympic
meet. The standard of performance that
may be reasonably expected at San
Francisco. under proper conditions, has
been shown in the various tryout games
held during the past month.
Taking the Eastern and Western trials
the Central A. A. U. championships and
July II. it will be seen that if the ath-
ietes perform up to the standard dis
played in these various meets. new rec
ords may be expected in the following
events at the Amateur Athletic Union
title games on Friday and Saturday of
this week: 40 yards; dash, $50 yards
run; one mile run; five mile run: 44O
yard hurdles; running broad jump: run
ming high jump; javelin throw and dis
Gus throw.
The records made by Norman Taber
in the mile; Meanix in the 40 yards
hurdles: Meredith and Diamond in the
$40 yards dash; Simpson in the shorter
hurdle races; Butler, Worthington and
Ahearn in the broad jump; kolehmainen
at five miles; Oler, Richards and LOOMS
in the high jump and Bronder in the
Javelin throw would appear to indicate
that these athletes should have little
trouble in establishing new A. A. U.
times or distances to say nothing of
Drew, Kelly and a number of other Pa
cif1c Coast track and field stars who
have been training for these games with
out going under the watch or tape in pub
lie contests during the past two months.
While the athletes are competing on
the Pacific Coast the yachtsmen of the
Atlantic states will be participating in
one Of the biggest aquatic events of the
year, the annual cruise Of the New York
Yacht Club. This season the feet will
gather at New London. proceed as far
east as Gloucester and returning to Mar
blehead disband after a cruise of some
10 days. One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the cruise will be the passage of
the feet through the Cape Cod canal. In
former years the yachts have frequently
encountered boisterous conditions OF
Cape Cod and in 1910 they were so badly
scattered by a northeastern, that it was
several days before the fleet was reunited
at Portland. Commodore George F. Ba-
ker. Jr., who is in command of the feet
for the first time this year. will lead the
e
with his flag on his flagship Viking. 1t
is expected that the greater part Of the
day will be necessary to tow the yachts
to an anchorage for the night in Pro-
vincetown, 10 miles north of the entrance.
The feet will rendezvous at New Lon
don tomorrow afternoon, leaving tomor-
row for Newport. where the annual race
for the Astpr cups will be held on
Wednesday. This race is one Of the old
est in the annals Of the club. being In
stituted in 1888 by Ogden Goelet and con-
tinued after his death in 1898 by the late
Col. John Jacob Aston. The Acct will
run up into the Buzzard's Bay on Thurs
day starting early the next morning for
Provincetown.
Three racing runs. will be held in
sachusetts Bay. from Provincetown
to Marblehead on August Z, from Marble
head to Gloucester on August 8. and
from Gloucester to Marblehead on Au-
gust 10. The annual race for the Kings
Cup. an event begun in 1905 and usually
sailed off Newport, will be held this year
OFF Marblehead Neck. 1t is one Of the
few yachting races open to the large
boats of any organized yacht club. with
sloops and schooners and sailing in one
class. Owing to the war the race was
not sailed last year.
Story from Connie Mack's camp has
Nap Lajoie spending his spare time
coaching a recruit to take his place at
second base for the Athletics. In view
of Lajoie sterling work with bat and
glove this season. the new conner must be
a wonder If he is going to replace Nap
in the near future.
Cornell football players and substitutes
are reasonably sure Of opening the sea-
son in new uniforms this autumn due
to a recent fire that wiped out the Ithaca
university gridiron supplies. Sponta-
neous combustion is blamed for the fire,
which broke out in the athletic stock
room in Schoelkopf Memorial hall and
destroyed more than $1,000 worth Of foot
ball uniforms, blankets and other equip
ment before it was extinguished.
Preliminary announcement Of the
plans for the Grand American handicap
trap shooting tournament at Chicago
August is to % indicates that this annual
event will be conducted upon q larger
scale than ever before. Purses and
prizes will exceed 5000 In value with
more than 100 entrants shooting over 10
traps. The tournament win Be head a.
Grant Park and will open on Monday.
August 1e. with the Grant Park Intro
ductory. Tuesday win be featured BY
the Chicago Overture and the National
Amateur Championship at double tar
gets. On Wednesday the Preliminary
Handicap will be shot and on Thursday
the Grand American event will be
started.
". J. Cwheezer) Dell. the young pitch
er Of the Brooklyn Club. whose excellent
twiriing has been q big factor I'M the re-
cent climb Of the Superbas to the fore
rank OF the National League, says that
he became a pitcher by accident. Nine
years ago when Dell was playing anna
teur ball In Butte his regular place was
on the first base bag. One day the team