Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-31
A. A. u. TITLE TILT
WILLBEGIN TODAY
Junior Athletes to Star To-
day, While Seniors Will
Be Feature Tomorrow
MANY CHAMPIONS ENTER
ST Louis. Aug 81.

ST. LOUIS Aug 81.
Under the auspices OF the Amateur Ath-
10 ''"io" Of the United states and the
Missouri Athletic Association. Of this city.
O., "",rouM track and field championships
Of the y, \. T. opened here today at the
athletic stadium Of Washington University.
Despite the fact that the country is at
war the entry list for Junior senior and
al-round championships this year is large.
and many champions of tract, and field will
defend their titles
Junior track and field athletes held the
center Of the stage today, and will be
followed tomorrow by the running off Of
the senior events. The an-round champion.
ships will wind up the meet on Monday
Among the entrants in this years meet
who have national and worldwide reputa-
'ions is George GouldinE. Of Canada, the
worlds champion walker. who will defend
his laurels in the senior games Don Scott.
the brilliant southern athlete. who holds
the national championship for the half
mile, will also compete. Scott has been
in training with one Of the army di-
visions Mt Little Rock, Ark
Joe Ray the star distance runner of
| the Illinois Athletic club Of Chicago, and
| Willie kNronen, of the Milrose A. G., of
New York, are entered in the five-mile run.
Kelly to Star in Hurdles
Fred Kelly. Of Los Angeles. the sensa.
| tional hurdler winner of the last olympic
| hurdles championship and runner-up last
| year in the all.around championships, will
| appear in the hurdles events this year.
| while w. A lIummel, of the Multnomah
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miller Of the northwest division, viii COM
pete in that event. IIummel is also enlisted
| III the army.
| In the field events the athletes of note
| who Will compete are Dan Ahcarn, Illinois
| ~ g., the national champion in the running
| hop, step and jump Pat Ryan. Irish h-Amer-
| lean a. G, worlds champion hammer
! thrower; Matt MCfrath. unattached cham
| pion hfty-siN.pound weight aud hammer
! thrower. and Jim Lincoln and George
! Brondcr. javeln throwers. Bronder is the
| champion. and Lincoln was the runner-up
| in last years games.
clint Larson, of Brigham Young Uni
versity, salt Lake city is entered in the
| high jump. Larson has been in training
| for the last two months, and has been doing
better than six feet seven inches
Host of Champions Entered
Tine Chicago \. a. and the Illinois A. G.
| of chicago. will send Il majority Of athletes
t. the meet. many of whom hold Western
| Conference and Central A. A. L, cham.
| pionships. The University of Chicago has
| entered Stout and curtis, star miller and
| uuarter-mlcr. respectively, while Ted Mere
| dith and Howard Berry, two of the fore
| most athletes in the country have secured
| furoughs from their duties in the army tc
! compete in the games.
| The events in the junior and senior cham.
| plonships. the al-arOund events and the
| RELAYS are as follows:
1O0-yard rum 200-yard run, 4i0-yard run
| SSO-yard run. onc.mile run, 120-yard hur-
| die race, 22O-yard hurdle race. five-mle
run three-mle walk pole vault for height
running high jump. running broad jump
| running hop. step and jump; 4i0-yard hur-
! die race. throwing 5G-pound weight, throw
| ing l6.pound hammer putting 16-pound
| shot throwing the discus. throwing the
! iaveln.
| /, lO0-yard run: 9 putting 16-pound shot
| 3, running high jump; T. SSO-yard walk 8
| throwing lG-pound hammer; Gpoe vault
| for height: Z, l2O-yard hurdles co flights
| feet t inches high; 8, throwing 56-pound
| weight for distance! 2, running broad jump
| 10, oue.mle run.
! 4lO-yard-Teams of four men, each man
| TO run 10 yards: -yard--TeamS of four
| men, each man to run 22O yards one-mile-
| Teams of four men, each man to run 440
| wards; two-mile--Teams Of four men, each
| man to run $50 yards four -mile-Tearhs of
! four men, each man to run one mile.