New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Title Meet Promises To BE
a Real Test for the
First Time.
TABER WILL TRY TO
SET NEW RECORDS
Thrilling Contest Promised
When Crack Runners Toe the
Mark for Ouarter-Mile.

Panama Pacific Exposition IN san
Francisco on Friday and Saturday OF
this week. Never before has the ma
tional title meet promised to be in fact
what il has always been in name, be-
cause for the first time it may be said
that the greatest athletes from all
parts of the country will compete
against one another. In the past the
meet has been sectional In its nature
TO a greater or less extent. for the SIM
ple reason that few clubs at any DIS
lance frcrn the scene of competition
were sufficiently we'll equipped hnan-
cially to send more than one or two
individuals. mucn less :=ll team.
The greatest interest IN the forth
coming championships centres without
doubt in the f@ct that Norman ).
Taber. of Brown and Oxford universI-
ties and the Boston A. A, maker OF
the worlds one-mile record. Will run IN
the one-mile and probably also in the
half-mile contest. Taber will endeavor
to bring down his one-mile record
even nearer four minutes nat than II
now stands. and if he runs IN the half-
mile race he will try to cut under ed
Merediths record. To accomplish the
latter he will probably have to beat
Meredith himself. because although
the great Quaker runner is entered
only in the ouarter-mile race there is
more than an even chance thaI ne Will
run in the half, too.
Not even an Olympic meet Of inter
national proportions could boast the
performers who will take part IN the
national title meet. From the sprlnts
right through the track and field events
the greatest athletes the world mas
ever known will participate. In the
sprints there is a wonderful heId com
posed of Alvah Meyer, OF the lrlSh-
American A. c., former national cnah-
pion; Irving I. Howe, OF COPY CoIeEe'
iunior champion last year; II. l.. Sml'h'
81 the Tniyersitv of Michigan, inter
collegiate champion; J. LOOMS, OF the
chicago A. A., champion in three events
last wear; A Booth, also of the Chlcago
cInb: Howard Drew, of the University
of Southern California, joint holder OF
the worlds 1OO-yard record, and George
Parker. Of the Olympic Club, OF san
Francisco. If Smith and Drew are
fortunate enough not TO be drawn
against each other until the final he&ts
he battles between the pair should be
worth travelling miles to see.
Quarter for Meredith.
Tho world has never seen better quar-
ter-milers than those who Will malch
strides in the title games. lea MeIe,
ditb Of the University OF Penns yIVai'ia
and Meadowbrook A. C.; Davlo >. CG iiu
we'll. of the Boston A. A, lhteI0oIle-
o;ate balf-mile champion last year
81 Dismond. of the University OF
Cbieeqo. Charles Osborne, OF the Chl-
cogo a: E. NJ. Bonnet, Of Los An
clos and c. J. Hoenisch, OF the Caie-
donian Club of San Francisco, are inc
men who will face the starter. mere
d,tb because of his experience ana RS
racing sense. is the favorlte, and snouiu
- bu+ there is not the slightest douD'
that he will be forced out 10 MS I'M
Meredith. too, tops the list IN lne
balf-mile run. There again ne meets
Caldwell, and possibly laber, togethei
with Joe Higgins, the Holy CIoss i"u'
yrbo has run several corklng races III
Tho last two months; lie Roy campbell
Of the University OF Chicago, western
champion and holder Of the western
record: J. Myers and T. Ebv. OF the
Chicago A. A., and Z. K. bennett OF
Leland Stanford University. The race
on the Coast will probably be between
Meredith and Caldwell, with higEi'S
not far behind Where Iaber Will run
Is problcmatical. because IN running
the mile in addition to the hall ne "iIl
have quite a task on his hands.
In their recent race at Celtic Park,
Long Island City, Meredith outran both
Higgins and Campbell. and should be
able to repeat. -
Taber seems to have everything his
own way in the one-mlle run ADel
Kiviat, of the Irish-American A: g,
appears to have been slipping back
fast if his race against Iaber IN the
Stadium at the tryOuts for tie Eastern
team is a criterion Indeed, Await VIII
be fortunate if he beats joe KAY. the
Illinois A. c. miller, who tdrned OH
mile in 4:l6l-5 at the western try
outs. If Ray and Kiviat are able to
furnish the pace to push Tabor in the
first three-Quarters Of mile there IS
little doubt that Taber will be able to
race through 10 a new record. +. Mar
ceau, of the Chicago A. A.; c. Nlught,
of the Olympic Club; p X. Wilson, Of
Leland Stanford University. and l.. '.
Windnagle. Of Cornell University. are
the only other entries TO date for the
mile. Marceau did .:2l l-5 in the
Western championships and IS not TO
be considered out Of tn reckoning so
lar as StCOIO OF ti4AN plsiAt NpNEf
Hannes Kolehmanen. of the Irish
American A. c., outclasses the field in
the fve-mile run. Kolehmainen will
rot have to run even close TO record
time to capture this race for the East
Vilar Kyronen, who will run unat-
tached; II. Honohan, Of the New YORK
A. c.; Charles Pores and Nick Glana-
kopulos. Of the MillrOse a. A; Joe
Organ, Of the Pittsburgh A. A; Joe
Ray. Of the Illinois c. A.. and $. Mil
lard. of the Olympic Club. Of San Fran
cisco. are the men Kolehmainen will
have TO beat Kyronen is the Only one
who is likely 20 give him much trouble
Two Dominate High Hurdles.
Fred Kelly. of the University Of
Southern California. and Robert Simp-
son. of the University of Missouri,
dominate the short hurdle races. Both
have run over the l2O-yard hurdles IN
10 seconds fiat. When they met al
the Pennsylvania relay carnival on
April "a Kelly beat the Missourlan by
yard These two are in class by
themselves, and new record IS not
out of the question when they meet.
Others who will race over the hurdles
are Walter Bursch. New York c.
II. NJ. Martin. Smart Set A. c.; II. Bos-
took. Of the Pittsburgh A. A.; Joe
LOOMS. Of the Chicago A. A; II.
Geolitz, Of the Chicago A. A; W. Nc
Keown, Of the Chicago A. A.; +.
Lighter, of the Illinois A. C.; William
Lewis. Of the Southern Association;
f. Murray. Leland Stanford Univer-
sitv; c. Case. Leland Stanford Uni