New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-07
A. A. u. Can't Afford to
Send Many Entrants
to Exposition.
TRY-OUTS, THEREFORE,
MORE THAN LIKELY
Meredith's Race in 300 at
Newark One of Best Perfor-
mances of His Career.
By ABEL X. KIVIAT.
National one-mile champion.

As predicted in this column niue
over a month ago, the Panama Expo
sition officials are none too well sup
plied with money. With no money in
sight. the Eastern Amateur Athietic
Union officials will have to have try
outs. New York City would be the
best place, because of its central 10
cation. and by holding them in Cei'ic
Park, Long Island City, a good bit OF
money would be realized. This wouIo
90 a long way in helping to pay INC
expenses of the athletes. ,,-.oli-
The chances are that the Metropoh-
tan Association will hold its senior
cbamnionships in the middle OF June
RIGHT after these games, the follow
inc week. trv-outs could be held. Inc
IA. u. could in this way pick inc
men whose expenses it would pay
Ont in Kansas City the local cup
ordered all its athletes to be present
at its annual indoor carnival on %o.
urdav evening, February "a -
I,nowing what was wanted, many OF
me athletes were in no condition 70
compete. After the games, Rlley'
coach of the Kansas City Athletlc
Club explained that he wanted TO get
. line on his athletes for the eXposl-
ZION Games on the Coast. All the boys
Who made good showing were or
dered to report for training on May
"a at the expense of the CLUB.
O,o If the greatest 1900" races ever
seen was run by Ted Meredith last
Saturday night in Newark. TED ran
% anchor for the An-Philadelphla
team against Lagay for All-NewarK
ard Never OF All-New York. Meyer
started off with a twelve-yard lead on
Meredith and Lagay. When they mn
ished Never won by a scant yard over
Ted. and Lagay was about hVe yaro'
in the rear Of Meredith.
The first two legs were seesaT
oYair, with New York in the lead;
Here Hirshon took up the gong anu
lost the other two. handing over 10
Never a twelve-yard lead. The time
was very slow min. 10 40 sec.
The last workout for the military
etbletic cbampionships of April VIII
no the 14th Regiment A. A. games on
March 81. The events closed to l4th
Regiment A. A. members are ~ YARDS
500 yards, low hurdles. haI-mlle inter
company relay and one-mlle rum All
handicap. and 6OO-yard novice ana
A.
To all registered A. A. Y. athletes IS
q medlev, one-eighth, one-quarter, one
half and one-mile relay and two
milo novice. Other events Will be an
,ounced later The twOmlle novice
vill nrobablv draw more than sixty en-
tries. as ali novice events have IN the
MAST The NJ. A. L. wall-scallng con-
fest. two men. will be the most spec
tacular event of the programme: Inc
1Ath Regiment A. A. holds the military
championship. and its team VIII start
Against this team the I"th' zoo' 4'.n'
Goth. 7lst and 8th will send two teams
apiece. The 14th Infantry has always
led in this game.
The champions got theirs last
Thursday evening at the indoor cham
pionships. One after another was
bowled over. In the track events Tom
Halpin was the only athlete TO retain
his last years title at GOO yards. In
the field events most of last years
title holders got hard jolt
Adams retained his pole vault for
distance. but lost the standing high
!. and broad Jumps. Running high jump,
IN last year. Jennings; this year, Oler, OF
vi Yale University The weight event
" titles were retained by the same
"wbales" Of the Irish-Amcrican A. {.
Quite a few Of the out-of-town ath-
letes complain that they get Jostled
all over the track when they run IN
New York City. This is fact. Take
the two-mile in the nationals, the
humping given to Ray, OF chicago Also
the elbowng throughout the early part
of the race of Ray and Weeks, of Bos-
ton. took the snap out of them.
Last year in the same two-mlle cham
pionship event Kramer and KOlehmaln-
en- were knocked all over the track.
When they entered the dressing room
Kramer was black and blue around his
body. and the Finn had to be attended
by a physician.
At other athletic meets the same
things happen. More disquallhcations
are needed. Another thing plainly seen
and Kissed by many of the spectators
at the recent Nationals was the cutting
off at the turns on the backstretch OF
the Garden. Athlete after athlete took
a "Brodie" and got away with II. AT
the head of the backstretch the in
spector was always missing when a
race was going on. Why not have in
spectors who will be on the job.
The championship games were a
huge success in regard to competition
ing the games, that's a different story,
Entirely too many officials on the floor,
not TO speak Of the numbers OF ath-
letes What's the idea OF having so
MANY "parlor athletes" officiating these
days? More than half of those used
last Thursday night could have been
done away with. They got in each
others way.
Ii was stated last Thursday that w.
II. Taylor is an unknown. As matter
of fact he won the Junior Nationals
standing broad jump last December
at the 18th Regiment. Brooklyn. lay
lor, who represents the Illinois A. c.,
of Chicago, in open competition did
10 feet s inches last December. Here
in March he does IL feet inches. AT
meeting in Chicago he jumped 35 feet
for three standing broad jumps, which
alone is a wonderful performance. He
has been competing a little less than
two years, and is a product of Dan
Ahearn. the worlds hop, step and jump
record holder and champion.
The Chicago youth is much smaller
man than those ne beat, Platt Adams,
Leo Goehring, Ed Eames and Ray Ewry.
In fact Taylor is the smallest man who
ever competed for standing jump titles.
Ewrv's record Of IL feet rs inches in
the standing broad jump and Goehring' S
record of feet 81 inches in standing
high lump are both in for an awful
tumble the first time Taylor goes after
them.