New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
STARS OF TRACK
And FIELD WILL
GASHSATURDAY
Holders of Worlds Rec
o,ds Enter Games To Be
Held by IriSh-AmericanS
p. 4 c. CAvAGNARo

-,s,rs Of worlds records will be
be athletes who will match
stll In the several special races
. m,l feature the programme of the
y. al games Of the lrish-Ameriean
go club 10 be held at the list
ss~ent Armory next Saturday even
r.9e The meet will mark the first
~ one Of the season, the specta-
~, assured Of some fast perform
The dfth running OF the 1000
IA event for the MeAleeuan trophy
ao.yard run and the 6o-yard low
~. handicap stand out as the star
,..rs,hons.
lar ;r ,hc 600-varo event The com
..,rs oHl include Ted Meredith and
-. S,rJ5er. OF the University OF
p.,..,-'.y'ysr.a; Tom Halpin, OF the Bos-
I-tti,.., Association; Homer Baker,
.te Irsh-Amcrican Athletic Club;
.,- ARRAY. now 40 Georgetown UNI
Dtv and probably William j. blng-
..~ or Harvard University.
Meredith Training Hard
u,~s1.t1 has been training diligently
s.- .bs las. three weeks 20 put himself
y tte bes. shape possible for his meet
.- ,.;,t Ha,pia 1t will be remem-
- tt.- the latter wrested the MAJ
..,,l or door llO-yard title from
v.-.5,tb the Newark championships
S,rtsmter and the former Pennsy.
-.-;s stu. mt is anxious TO aycuge tnis
,,f,et ~.uddcr Is another youngstct
~, vH1 demand considerable atten-
.or. Will. If Bingham can compete ne
In be r the thick of the hghJ me
r.,.sr Won the national indoor honors
+, me distance last year.
1oe H.rrrs. now ~ FOrdhaN Uni
-.-..+v Law school. is expected 90 score
.-stbcr leg on the NcAlconan trophy,
~b,,b rae. he won last year Opposed
a. him viii be Earl Eby, of the ILLINOIS
l,bis-c Club and University OF Penn
.r'var.s. Mike Devancy, of the Mil
-.ss Athletic Association, and poss ihly
III, w. Overton. Of Yale University.
Overtou IS the holder OF the marx OF
oIF2-5. made under the new. track
niles and he is expected to FURNISH
considerable trouble for has rivals.
Inv is another sterling performer
Mile Dey ney is always dangerous.
Close Race Promised
In the e0-yard low hurdle race the
,ssrtato~s will doubtless be ON their
80 no watch the struggle between the
rsterau Jack j. El.cr and Bob simpson,
The Star OF the younger generation. OF
trbsr-toruers. Many local track tol-
DIVERS of the sport are skeptical as 10
The ability of Simpson to hold Eller az
tis distance Other starters OF note
,.s Fred S.. Pollard. the negro star oil
Brown University; Fred S. Murray, an
fs- hurdle phenom; Sherman Lam
.r. Youngest all-around star from
Che West, and Arthur tngels, oil thc
rr fork Athletic Club.
The one-mile match relay race be-
.-ser .he four-man teams OF the bos-
..r Athletic Association and the New
York Athletic Club also should prove
thriller Eleven groups will compete
ia the in-erscholastic one-ml.e relay
race
Lan5ers viii start In two events aside
fror he hurdles. the 60-yard handicap
cash and the standing high jump. Ollie
Parry. @ former University Of Utah
i.el Jumper. who cleared 6 feet 3
nehes In the dual meeting between
Utah and Brigham Young University,
viii participate in his specially against
Egon Erickson and Ralph Runyon.
George Brouder, national record
holder and champion with the javelln,
win put the l6-pound shot, while the
Fre and Police departments are again
expected 10 put up a hard battle for
the bonors in the one-mile relay race,
closed to Federal, city and state en-
I.oyes.