New-York tribune., 1916-07-07
MEDALS WANTED
FOR GAMES AT
wEEQUAHlC PARK
$4,000 Appropriated to
Help Defray Expenses OF
Senior Championships.
By A. c. CAVAGNARO.

The decision Of the senior track ana
/ field championship committee OF the
Metropolitan Association 20 hold the
annual title games at Weequahic Park,
near Newark, on August 26, was made
for the purpose Of bringing out any
defects in the different jumping pits.
/ II any errors in the construction are
observed the committee declares these
can be rectifed before the junior and
senior national championships, wnien
are 20 be decided on the same neld on
September < and 9. IL was also an
nounced that the receipt OF no oids
/ for the games did not influence the
committee in choosing the Newark
grounds.
The Committee Of One Hundred In
I charge Of the Newark 25Oth anniversary
celebration has appropriated sZo'oOo
/ for the American championships. hucn
Of this has gone towaEd the erection or
the new field. Many athletic followers
who have already seen the ground are
loud in its praise, declaring IT 10 be
the best athletic field in the country,
John F. O'Mara, a member OF tho
/ local registration committee and chair-
man of the Newark athletic committee,
contends that the field has no equal.
Every field event will be contested as
near the grandstand as possible. The
field was constructed by William H.
Robertson, a pioneer in this WORK
In order that the losses on the games
will not be great, as no admission can
he charged. the committee will en-
deavor TO have many of the nineteen
sets of medals donated. Half dozen
sets have already been promised the
committee, and any individual or club
desirous Of coming 10 the rescue or
the committee is requested TO COM
municate with Herman Obertubbesiag,
the chairman.
Sixteen athletes will contest In the
Pentathlon contest at the postponed
games Of the Monument Club az Celtic
Park next Sunday afternoon. Among
these are Jack Fritts, unattached,
capable all around athlete, who has
done we'll in similar competitions; Dan
J Shea, of the Pastime Athletic Club;
Pat f. O'Connor, another versatile am
lete. and S. Petander, the Swedish
American Athletic Clubs star athlete.
Cork vs.. cavan, and Galway ana the
Kings County boys will furnish the fun
in the Irish football sports.
William Goldman. the fast Brooklyn
Athletic Association sprinter, has gone
to Colby College for short time. lie
is expected 70 enter the Maine instltu-
tion in the fall. Goldman IS young
and promising youngster, and shouia
add strength to the Colby string OF
sprinters.
Jack Eller IS branching out as can
/ di6ete for all-around athletic honors'
/ He has entered the hurdle, high Jump
/ and lOO-yard dash at the games OF tne
! Jersey Citv Police Department, at west
/ Side Park, tomorrow afternoon. In
the sprint Eller will face Roy F. Morse
! and Sylvester johnson, both holders OF
national titles at the distance. Gene
Jennings and Egon Erickson. both con-
sistent six-feet men over the bar, are
two of Eller's rivals in the jump.
A total OF two hundred entries for
the six amateur contests, lncluded IN
which are all the best athletes now IN
this city, speaks well for the earnest
work Of Tom Cassidy, the director OF
the games.
Alvah T. Meyer, the Irish-A American
I Clnb's star sprinter. will make his re-
turn 20 the cinder path at the Jersey
City police games. IL will. be his hrst
effort in more than six months, and the
workout will give him an indication OF
how nearly he has reached his perfect
running form.
Meyer is priming himself for ms duei
with 10 Loomis, the Chicago sprinter,
who took his measure in the lO0-yard
rational championships at San Fran
cisco last August by a hairs breadth.
The decision Of the judges caused quite
a sensation, as spectators at the hnish
thought Meyer was the victor.
However, photographs Of the, fnish
show Loomis slightly in the lead, with
the tape few feet away.