The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
RIVALRY KEEN FOR
SMALL CLUB TITLE
Minor Organizations VIII
Have Their Chance To.
morrow.
LONG LIST OF ENTRIES

There will be many more athletes to
toe the mark for the small club cham.
pionshlps Of the Metropolitan Associa.
ton tomorrow than there were At the
national championships last Saturday.
In most Of the events class may not
be quite as good, but the spirit OF rivalry
among the small organisations 's just
~ keen as among the big nsh In the
athletic pond and extend, over many
more clubs. This portends q stirring
he hello In the Second Field Artillery
armory Al 1S6th street n Franklin
avenue.
The exclusion Of the New York n
Irish American A. &. does not remove
all the men Of championship class. ana
In fact there IL a feeling In some quar-
ters tina men who have won their spurs
against champions should be oarreo'
None NJ the clubs engaged has \ mo-
nopoly Of the championship material.
and II is likely that a club which does
not boast "A champion in It's ranks may
carry on the team honors by virtue OF
all around strength In the different
events.
In the 10 yard dash there are such
we'll known sprinters as Roy morse.
tho national ego yard cha NIPPON. ana
Frank stephenson. who has been max
ing the best OF them step this winter.
Tie 800 yards has a large entry. IN.
Gliding many runners who have proved
factors In relay races In fast omnshy
Among them ARE Fisher. Holmes. Myer.
White. La Rose. Farrell. Johnson. Eos.
ter. Buh,er. Mcdonald. Hauser. Bona
parte. Safarow.c. WilkenS, Cough, Hus-
sey. Wright and Uni.
The 600 has another fine entry list,
among the best known being Leslie.
Baiestier. D~cvanney. Kelly. Mciiugh
and Gilmore. The mile Is likely to pro.
vide II great battle between Leslie and
pevanney II they are reserved Tor that
event. while a number OF the best known
distance men are In the three miles,
som. OF whom have o. titles. kyro-
ncn, Gianakopulos. Leslie. Schener.
Pores. s%prings,een. Scott. Plant and
Messler are among the leaders for the
long distance event. The w mile walk
also may produce a good race, although
Eddie REM is entered. The way In which
". Plant stuck TO him In the national
championship last Saturday gives prom.
Use tina, the Mohawk champion will not
have matters all his W way.
There seems to be some doubt about
the reported retirement OF Dave Cald-
we'll. the middle distance crack OF the
Boston 4. A. When asked o tho
truth of the report after the champion
ships last Saturday Caldwell qualified
the statement with a large II Cald-
we'll said that if he went oil the farm
he would have no time for running and
would probably race no more. but he did
not say positively that he had made up
his mind to devot the rest OF his time
to agriculture. Another contradictory
step vas taken by Caldwell when ne
sisnsd an entry blank for the games OF
the New York post office clerks, TO
Ice held In the S!Nty-n,nth Regiment Ar
mory on April /. That means that
he may come out; OIL April FOOLS day
20 play a practical joke after hts sup
,,os-d retirement by defeating such
cracks 49, sid Leslie, lomer Baker and
Joe Higgins, who also are catered for the
special half At the pos, office games.
Their. also will he 4 scratch sprint
at the post office meet, and In this
MAYNARD White will make his first APP
pearanco for Brown University. White
Is training under Archie Hahn. the old
Michigan Splinter, who has worked =
wonderful improvement IN the former
S,uyve.ant High School lad. Since no
mas httls w hihN n'Ab
has .cngthened his stride by about ten
In, hes. In the post office race White
will meet. among others, Roy Morse
The national go yard champion. and
Frank Stephenson. the Trinity Club hier.
Thomas Geary Of the 81. Joseph
Young Mems Association. who tattled
his way 10 the Ina round Of me los
,,ound metropolitan boxing champions
ship at the New York A. 4. on Wednes-
day night. was ruled out by the regis
tration committee yesterday. Informa-
ton was received that ,;eary had taken
part In IA professional bout at the Olym-
pie 4. &. on October is. 1913. when
he boxed Max Wetsky. The champions
shin committee decidc to allow 4. Gold.
stein, who was beaten by Gcary. "a take
his place In the final tomorrow night.
Frank Sicbert OF the Grace A. c. IL
one OF the first of the gyinnastic cham
pions to enter the lists for he metro
politan championships 10 he held at the
New York Turn verein early mex,
month. S!-ber; won the rope climbing
a year G and has been doing " well
In practice hat II Is expected he will
give the record a jolt on April IL.