New-York tribune., 1916-02-06
Champions from Far and
Near to Compete in
Tuesdays Meet.
LOOMS DETERMINED
TO GET REVENGE
Raw and Leslie Will Clash IN
Baxter Mile-DreW Faces
Hard Test.

Track and field champions from near
d far will compete IN the annual m
door games Of the new YORK Atnletic
Club. which are 10 be held az the 22d
Regiment Armory, Fort washington
Avenue and le8th Street, next TUESDAY
evening. The athletes will come from
a. far west as Los Angeles, from Toron-
10. Canada, and from the south.
As the senior national championships
are 70 be held in the Washington
Heights Armory next month, the -. 4.
a {. meet wi.l give line on the
chances for establishing ne" champion
shin marks. The track Is the largest
Of those IN the National Ouard ar
uories. and has wide sweeping lliHs'
ONLY thirteen events Will be decided
the committe.. deciding to cut down i'S
former list Of nineteen. The BAKER
mile and the "Buermeyer 5OO' WI. De
the feature races.
Athletes of world renown Will toe the
starting marks. Jo boOmis, the chicago
Athletic Association greyhound, VINO
Jared badly in two OF his three per-
formances ut the recent Millrose AT
lett, Association games, Is de.elm1heu
TO avenge his defeats. He Will make
an effort 20 turn the tables on Howard
F. Drew, the worlds record holder az
100 Yards. In the special century dasn.
Joie Ray. national one-miIe cham
pion. will start in his ftvorlte event,
while George Goulding, Of the ~aiHers'
Club. Of Toronto, will be competitor
in the two-mile walking event.
The "Buermeyer 800" wall BRING TO-
getber the best middle distance runners
In the East, including James /. Mere
dith, Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vanig; Ton Halpin and Dave Caldwell
from the Boston Athletic Association;
lack Tressider, from Toronto, Canada
regarded as the fastest 44O-yard run
ner in the Dominion, and BiAy Moore
of Princeton University. The distance
is particularly well suited 10 Aa1pin
and MEREDITH.
In the Baxter mile, the spectators
will see Joie Ray or the starting lae.
His opponents will be sydney Les iie,
from the Long Island Athletic CLUB;
Mike DeyaRney, twO-mile indoor ma
tioral champion OF the Mi!lrose Atm
letic Association; james ". Ryan, oI
the Boston Athletic Association. ana
Willie Gordon, of the New YORK Ato-
letic Club. the junior metropolitan out
door champion.
In recent performance IN Cnl-
cago armory, Ray covered the distance
in 4:20 2-5, aud with the advantages 20
he gained By the big track, i - prob
able that he will be clocked IN better
time. Rays showing in the one mile
race at the fall games Of the winged
Foot club at Travers Island, when ne
ed home a field in All l-5, Will live
long in the memory OF those VINO
watched .he race.
The l00-yard invitation race Will have
az entrants Drew, Loomis, Frank /.
Stephenson, Roy +. Morse and Arthur
J.. Engels. Drew is fearful Of has
chances. as the contestants VIII be
compelled TO run in fiat shoes. How
ever, board will be nailed behind the
starting line. and this should ala Drew
in getting or his mark.
Gouldng will be the lone scratch
man in the one-mile handicap event.
lie holds the indoor worlds record Of
G:2s, made at the Save Home-Fund
games. and If he is able 20 show the
same speed. the figure sho..d %" low
cred Eddie REM. American champion;
Dick Remer and Joe Pesrman, will be
some of those who will oppose the
champion.
The l2-pound shot put Wi. End in
action Nike Dorzias, the strong man Of
the University OF Pennsylvania, and
Wallace Maxie.d. OF LAFAYETTE -ollege,
touted as the next intercollegiate cham
pion. LOOMS will again face Harry
Barwise, Of the Boston A. A., In the
running high jump.