New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
New Records Probable IN
National Championship
Games Saturday
Nv 4. c. CAyAGNARO

Stars of track and field. many OF
whom eovet international honors' VIII
compete in the annual indoor senior ma
tional championships of the Amateur
Athletic Union at the ed Regiment Ar
mory. 16sth Street and Broadway next
Saturday evening.
The list of athletes scheduled IS the
greatest ever received for the contests.
Competing in the various races VIII De
club representatives and colleglahs
from all over the United States. WIN
these speed merchants afoot entered
in every event it is safe 10 predict tnst
many new marks will be established
The list of prominent runners Is
long beginning with the superhuman
Ted Meredith. holder OF Olympic ma
tional and collegiate records, and end
inc with the athlete who IS 10 make MS
first try for an American title To men,
ton ali of the champions entered would
consume considerable space. but among
The field are 10 LOOMS, the chicago
GREYHOUND: Earl Thomson. Fred ,.
Murray. Billy Moore. Sherman Landers'
Ioie VI. Ray. John W. Overton, Dave >
Caldwell. Arlie Mucks. Willie kyroneh'
Hannes Kolehmainen, Dick Kemer'
Earl Ely, Pat Mcdonald and Homer
Baker.
Expect New Team Champion
A new team champion appears likely
This honor is now held by the New
York Athletic Club. which trounced the
Irish-American Athletic Club last year
by a IN point margin. The meet ias'
season ended dramatically. Up TO the
final event-thc running high Jump
the Irish members led, % TO q points
However. when Donald Walker captured
third place and Emil Loescher tied for
fourth, adding 2i7 points for their team
while the Irish went scoreless, the
New York men gained the advantage.
In this competition Wesley Oler. oil
Vale. a consistent siX-foot jumper, was
tied with Loescher. and when he failed
10 clear better than feet 10 inches
il created cons dersble criticism.
The Irish band is out for revenge
end are determined to obtain 1t. Ihey
have added Joe Higgins and Homer
Baker. not 20 mention others. 10 then
SQUAD. and these two champions, VINO
arc now showing their best form, should
gather some valuable points. Egon
Erickson. in the high jump; Sam kron'
man, William II. Taylor and Joe troe-
lick are also 20 be prominent com
petitors for the Celtic cause.
While Bernie Wefers. lr.. Edward
Riley and several other new faces Will
be in the New York squad, It appears
that the team has not been sufficiently
balanced 70 overcome its opponents
Platt Adams will also be missing, W me
three other clubs-the Chicago Atm
! letic Association. Illinois Athletic Clut
aud Boston Athletic Assoclation-wil
strive for the title. they VIII be com
PEELED. according to indications 20 tax
I runner-up positions 20 the local CLUBS
Many of the individual entrants are
certain to win points, thus making
closer and more interesting hgh
among the Irish and New YORK teams
for the point honors.
So evenly balanced are the runners II
| the different events that It is folly "a
/ pick out a special feature. While the
record crowd that is expected 10 attend
will eagerly await the effort Of Joie W
Raw. Of the Chicago Athletic Associa
ton. 10 break his recent new record Of
9:ll2-5, they will find many other bit
terlv fought contests. II Is the opinion
of many enthusiasts that Ray will find
il hard 10 accomplish his wish, as or
this occasion he will have TO contend
with a hard armory floor, which does
not give the springiness that is en-
loved when competing on the Madison
/ Square Garden or other improvIsed
/ tracks. However. Ray will keep 10 a
| schedule in his effort. Although a fast
/ field of rivals-includin Sydney Leslie
unattached; Haywood Holden, New
York Athletic Club. and John W. Ryan
Boston Athletic Association will start
they will not be able to set the pace
that viii! be called for in the Ray time
table. Therefore. the Chicago boy
should blaze the trail himself for the
greater part of the journey.
1,000-Yard Spanking Race
Another spanking race is looked for.
ward to in the 1,000-yard runs wher
Johnny Overton. Of Yale; Dave Cald
we'll of Boston: lie Roy Campbell, Uni