The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-14
OLYEEPIC CLUE
 WINS A. A. MEET


 A. A. U. meet which was won hy the Club of San Francisco with | 30 points.
 owing to Q gale that was blowing l officials decided that records would not stand. but the performances were, nevertheless, imposing.
 The Irish-Americon A. C., of New York, stacking up points in the weight events. finished second with a score of 24. Illinois A. c. was third, with 2l and Chicago A. A. was fourth with 17. noslng out Boston A. A. by one point
 Two big surprises came in the meet when Norman Taber, the record hold CT for the mile. was beaten in the mile and Alvah Meyers Of the Irish American A. c. was beaten in the 22O by R. Morse. 19year-old spripter of the salem Crescent Club, of New York
 J. W. Ray. of the Illinois A. A. took the measure of Taber as well as of Abel Kiviat in the mile and toppled off his days wordk by taking fourth place in the five mile
 Mucks of Wisconsin threw the dis GUS 146 feet, 9ls inches, exceeding any other mark by ten feet
 In the 40 hurdles, the last event run, W. II. Meanix of the Boston A. IA. covered the distance in 52 S-5 sec onds, seemingly almost impossible Meanix is now the recognized record holder, but his official mark is 57 4-5.
 In the five mile race, H. Kohle- mainen was pushed to the utmost by To. J. Willard of the Olympic Club. Af- ter their long grind they came into the stretch shoulder-to shoulder and the former won by inches only by a burst of speed.
 Ted Meredith, the Pennsylvanian, ran true to form in the i4O-yard dash and won in 47 seconds flat, equalling Maxey Longs worlds record.
 In the 12O-yard high hurdles F. Mur- ray of the Olympic Club won in 15 seconds flat. K. Kelley. of Los Am geles. had been disqualified If 1t had been allowed this would be at the record of 16 1-5 held by young A. Kraenzlein, which has been equalled but never beaten in years.
 Danny Hearn of Chicago broke his own worlds record in the hop, step and jump, by one-eighth of an inch, when he leaped DO feet n 1-S inches.
 The worlds record in the 220-yard low hurdles was equalley by x. Mur- ray. of the Olympic Club when he stepped the distance in 23 S-5 seconds.
 Kohlemainen and Willard furnished the most sensational race of the day in the five mile event and brought the crowd of 15,O0O to its feet cheer ing madly as they reeled off lap after lap with only Q few feet separating them. Then came the heart-breaking finish.
 Another champion. who failed to live up to expectations and was a fizzle, was Howard F. Drew, the sem sational negro sprinter Drew barely qualified in his trial heat of the 1O0- yard dash and quit after running about seventy yards of the final. Drew said he simply did not have anything today" his recent illness from tonsil- tits having sapped his vitality
 A. Mucks, of Wisconsin University and Murray of Los Angeles were the big individual point winners. Mucks won the shot put and discus throw. Murray took the 12O and 22O-yard hur- dies.
 The scores by teams followks;
 Olympic Club. 30; Irish A. A. U., 24; Illinois A. A., 21; Chicago A. A., 17; Boston. A. A. 16; Kansas City A. A. IS; Wisconsin U. II; Multnomah A. C., 10; Los Angeles A. C.. 10; New York A. C., 9; University of Chicago z; Salem Crescent Club. N. Y, 2; Mo- hawk A. c. 5; Meadowbroolc Club, Philadelphia, 8; Missouri University. 4; Caledonia Club, 4; Boston Irisb- American, 8; Brigham Young, 8; Lond Island A. C., 8; Y. M Gym. Club. New Orleans, 2; Millrose A. C., Brooklyn, b.
 SSO.yard run-Leroy Campbell, Uni yersity of Chicago. first; D. S. Cald- well, Boston Athletic Association, sec. ond; J. T. Higgins. Irish-American A. C., third. Time minutes. 1 second.
 Three.mile walk-H. Renz, Mohawk A. C.. New York. first; W. Puant. Long Island A. C., New York. second; F. w. Fitzpatrick, Young Mems Gym nasium Club, New Orleans. third. The time was 23 minutes, 10 1-5 seconds (Only three starters)
 1OOyard dash-J. G. Loomis, Chica- so A. A., first; A. T. Meyer, Irish American A. C., New York, second; .R. Morse, Salem Crescent A. c. Brook lyl. third; Time 4-5. (This equals the Senior A. A. U. record, but is not allowed because of the wind aiding the runners)
 Putting 16-pound shot-A. Mucks, University of Wisconsin, first; l.. T. Talbot. Jr., Kansas City A. C., second; Reg Chaughey Olympic Club, San Francisco. third. Distance, 4S feet, n 3-4 inches.
 Broad jump Fl F. Worthington, Boston A. A.. first Platt Adams, New York A. C.. second; w. P. sisson, Olympic Club, San Francisco, third. Distance. 2S feet, 10 inches.
 44O-yard dash-J D. Meredith, Mea- dowbrook A. C.. Philadelphia, first; F. Sloman. Olympic Club. San Fran cisco. second; B. Desmond. University of Chicago Club, third. Time 47 sec onds. Equals worlds record, but not allowed because of wind.)
 12O-yard hurdles-F. Murray. Olym- pic Club. San Francisco. first; R. Sim son. Missouri University, second; H.. Kirkpatrick. Los Angeles A. C.. third Time 10 seconds. (Equals worlds rec ord and breaks senior national A. A. U. record of l5l6. (Not allowed be-