New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
A. .A.U. tile
Meet Not to
Lack for Stars
Champions Ready for Chi
caeo Cames-New York
Entry Is Strong
By A. G. Cavagnaro

Although thousands Of athletes are
now aiding Uncle Sam In France, an
entry chat compares favorably with the
memorable games at Newark In 1915
has been received for the annual out
door track and held championships of
the Amateur Athletic Union. which
take place at the Great Lakes Naval
Araining Station. Chicago, next Friday.
Saturday and Monday. September 2S.
According to the officials Of the Chi
cago Athletic Association. who are
conducting the games for the beneht
of the Windy City sailors. every as
sociation member Of the A. A. U. and
st least rs per cent Of the army and
navy camps in this country will be
represented. The entry has now passed
the 500 mark, but this is sure to be
augmented by several hundred more
when the first day of the carnival ar
Iives.
The games will be three-day af
fair, beginning on Friday with the Jun
Tor athletes striving for the titles.
Then comes the important senior meet
ing on Saturday, in which many ath-
letes OF world wide repute WI! FORM
the greater part of the 800 entries ior
honors. The all arounGs and relay
championships close the meeting on
Monday, and it is said that the entry
for these titles Is the largest ever re-
ceived.
Contests Will Be Close
Athletes representing the assocla-
tions in the A A. L. Will surely have
a difficult time wrestling these district
honors from the team of men that
will represent the Metropolitan Asso-
citation. Among the local men are sew
eral who have earned olympic honors'
and with their ability to compete
equally as well in two events 'nese
points will come in handy IN van
ouishjng teams from other parts OF
the country.
New Yorks roster TO the Chicago
meet numbers thirty-eight men, Oh
which sixteen Will carry the coiors OF
the Pelham Bay naval training station
This naval unit is a well ba anceo ohe'
and their thousands of followers pre-,
dict that they viii return with several
tities. Another local naval STATION to
be represented vii be the Federai
Rendezvous, Of Brooklyn, with Connie
Shaughnessy as tneir captain and star.
Roy Morse, Salem Crescent Athletic
Club, winner of the senior lO0-yard
title in 1915, will again so after the
cham pionship. Morse has been trou-
bled by an old injury TO his leg re-
Gently. and it is feared that he Will not
be able to withstand the strain OF com
peting IN the trials and hnal heats IN
a short time It is possible that Morse
at the last moment will elect to start
in only the century dash, instead of
both the 100 and 220 yards, for which
he is entered, and if such is the case
ne will be hard proposition to beat
Among the Met Men
Among the other metropolitan men
co storm the Windy City is Pat Nc
Donald Matt McGrath, Jim Lincoln,
Jack Sellers and Jack Frtts, VINO.
although members of the New York
Athletic Club. will compete "unat-
tachcd," owing to the stand of their
club being against any representation
in title games during the war; Peter
j. White. Sandy Evans and Lionel La
Beet, Salem rescent A c.; Louis La
bowitz and John Hellum. Pastms A.
c.; Edward Traung, Swedish American
A. c., and Dave Politzer, Mohawk A. G.
Then there is George Bronder.
Princeton Naval Aeronautcs Schoo!;
c. Shaughnessy, Phil Hauser, J. f.
Olsen and j. S Seibert. Fedora! Rem
devious. Earl Johnson and B. Bis
sett will both represent Camp Upton.
IN trc QaNSS dullouuCeU Uy lIS SHI-
cago officials to represent army can
tonments are many athletes who have
competed in previous national meets
Particularly familiar is the team Of six
from Camp Fremont, California, OF
Lieutenants Alma Richards. Eddie
Becson. Meredith House Lloyd " elsh
Charles Hunter and Captain ]. NJ
Read. # the officers should be in their
prime athletic condition they should
score many valuable points.
Kelly Field, of aviation, at Waco,
Harold Buck the former the running
high jump sensation Of last year, and
Buck prominent as an all around per
former at Cornell University for the
last several years. Camp Zachary Tay-
lor, Of Louisville, will send John K.
Norton. the clever hurdler, among
others. while Joe Stout, of Chicago, the
miller, will come from Carruthers
Field, Texas.
Largest List of Starters
The largest list of starters from a
service camp will be that Of the Great
Lakes Station, which expects to have
almost fifty members in the games.
With this naval station getting the
best of athletes from TIE Middle West
and some from the East it appears a
hopeless task for rival naval camps to
defeat them for the honors. In the
Great Lakes entry are the stars from
the Chicago, Illinois and many other
strong clubs about Chicago and they
should score heavily.
Philadelphia will send a contingent
Of fifteen runners. while the SoutIe Iern
Association will pin its hopes for sew
eral championships on eight fast ath-
letes, while the New England Associa-
tion entry will be decided upon the re-
suits of the annual district games
which were held yesterday in Boston.