Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
STAR ATHLETES
IN A. A. j. MEET
Meadowbrook Men Leave
Tomorrow for Great
Lakes Carnival
TWENTY-ONE IN SQUAD
Rv ROBERT r, PAJr,

Fifteen athletes of the Mea .uwhrook
rc sponshilty of bringing the Nattona'
a. \. L. track and field champ onshir
to this city. together with four officials
, of the Meadowbrook club and two un-
attached athletes, will leave this city to.
| morrow afternoon on the :03 from
North Philadelphia. for the Great Lakes
naval training station, where the titular
games will be held. The junior cham
pionsh'ps will be decided on Friday. the
senior on Saturday and the relay and
all-round honors on Monday.
The majority of Samuel Dallas's
sterling performers will compete in both
( the junior and senior events Charlie
: way, the Penn State star: Lowell
Gildner and Elmer Smith. former Penn
athletes. and Winfield Trout. the local
furlong champion. will compete in the
lOO-yard dash and 220-yard events on
both days. while Bill -GanzenmuIler. the
, intercollegiate century title holder, will
represent the local club in the senior
events.
Star Quarter.Milers
! flash and present Penn star: Marvin
| Gust afson. also of Penn. and Trout will
! compete in the junior and senior 44O-
| yard run. W. y. Cummings the eX-
Penn athlete. is the only entry in the
iuriC~ half mile He also will start in
the senior event, along with Walter
klcinspehn. of Lafayette. and Joe
Schwartz, This trio will also be found
on the starting line in the one-mile run
Gustave Schmonn. of Lafayette. to-
gethsr with Harold Barron, the present
national indoor and outdoor champion.
and his brother. Clifford Barron the in.
terscholastic hurdle champion. will rep
resent the Meadowbrook Club in tht
hurdle events. Harold Barron. who
with j. Howard Berry, is stationed al
Camp Hancock. has kept in condition
by competing in the meets at the can
tonment.
Berry in Field Events
Earl Windhovel and Charlie Way. tn,
first named the present Middle Atlanti,
I Association champion, will take care o
the high and broad Jumps. In addition
to competing in the hurdles Schmonl
will try to pick up few points in tn,
jumps and the hop, step and jump.
j. Howard Berry, the former inter
collegiate penthathlon champion will no
|
He will confne his activities to tn,
senior contests in throwing, the discus
and iavelin Berry won the javelii
title last season and has written t
Dallas that he is in fine shape. In add
ton Berry will be a member of th
half-mile and mile relay teams
1t is in the relay events that tn
local clubs expect to make fine show
ing They will compete in the quarter
mile. one-half mile, mile, two and foul
mile relay events. In addition to thu
Meadowbrook athletes, Samuel j. Dallas
secretary of the organization. Loui
Spealer, physical director of the club
and Louis Goldsmith. of the Middle At
attic registration committee. will make
the trip.
In addition to the Meadowbrook part.
Joseph J. O'Brien. of the League ISLAND
Navy Yard will compete in both th
quarter and half-mile events on junior
and senior day, and Joseph Bartels, th'
former University of Pennsylvania s'al
and present intercollegiate all-aroun'
champion. will compete for Ho.
Island Athletic Association in the all
around championships, which take plac
Or Monday next