El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-07

Of the Salem Crescent A c., OF this
city. are available
Whether they Will enter or not IS.
OF course. another matter. but 30 is
reasonably probable that at least half
Of them viii be on the track. There
is some doubt as 10 the whereabouts
OF Andy Ward. the present spriu-s
champion. He is reported by some to
be in France. and by others 10 BE-
stlll IN a training camp here. Tn
coubtedly. II he IS in this country. he
viii make every effort 70 compete
Many Good Ones.
For the other events there are a
similar number Of good men available
Frank Shea. Of Plttsburg. now OF the
naval aviation corps. has It within his
power TO compete, and IL Is under
stood he is making every effort 10 OBJ
tain a furlough. II Shea should run.
the quarter mile race viii be well I'D
TO the standard OF other years The
present national and intercollegiate
champion, lacks little Of being as fast
as Ted Meredith ever was az his best
and IL he has been able 20 train at al
consistently. there is little doubt that
he should run the course in record
time or close TO It. Tom Halpin. OF
the Boston navy yard. who won the
Championship at Wesquahic PARK.
Newark, two years ago this fall, By
defeating Ted Meredith. viii probably
enter the race. as viii George Der
nell. OF the Boys club, OF this city
and James O'Brien. OF the Loughlin
lyceum. 900 and 600 yard champion
Last Years Champs.
OF last years champions. IN add
ton to Shea, Frank LOOMS OF The
Chicago A c.; Joie Ray. OF the
Illinois A C.; and Dan Ahearn. OF the
same club: Mike Devaney. OF the Mill
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Charles Pores. Of the Millrose A s.
and Pelham Bay; Clinton Larsen. Of
the army aviation section; Arlic
Mucls. OF the Chicago a A. and I'a-
Ryan. late OF the Irish-American 4.
@ and now a private in the army. are
all In the country and most OF them
are expected TO be on hand to defend
their titles
LOOMS is not yet IN the service.
although he expects TO be soon. Ray.
the one mile champion Is a machinist,
having given up printing as a trade.
and is living in Chicago Devanev is
an Instructor in athletics at the II j..
7. aviation ground school Pores. the
five mile champion. is ar Pelham Bay
and in good condition 10 run Larsen
is still at Kelly field. Tex. and ex-
poets 10 be there until after the
championships. while Mucks IS farm
ans IA AAAE " 11- anu Is AEaAI 70 CUM
pete at any time Pat Ryan may be
unabel 10 obtain furlough, but II lie
isn't. Matt 1IcGrath VIII take his
place on the Metropolitan team. and
should have little difficulty in re-
gaining the laurels he lost several
years ago
Franz Aarceau, the former Dart
mouth distance runner. who Is now in
uniform. is coach OF the track and
field team at the naval training sta
ton So optimistic IS he OF the
chances OF the team IN the national
A A. c. championship meet that he
has predicted his team would win the
title Among the star athletes in his
team are Edward knourelz. the ma
tional pole vault champion: Loren
Murchison. OF st. Louis. junior 500
yard champions Dean LETTER. one OF
the best hurdlers in the middle west.
and Earl GilGllan. the big Notre Dame
al around athlete. Narceau himself
VIII run in the half mile and one mile
races