The sun., 1919-02-25
CHAMPIONS TO RACE
IN GARDEN TONIGHT
Meredith, Baker, Campbell and
Caldwell to Match Strides
in Millrose 5000"
By GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.


When the gun cracks and the FIVE feet
hiers-Ted Meredith. Tom Campbell,
Homer Baker Dave Caldwell and Marvin
Gustafson--shoot out on the boards in
the Millrose 600 In the Millrose A. A. meet
In Madison Square Garden tonight ath-
letic fans probably will witness one of
tho best foot racing duels of the decade.
Few OF the experts accord the great
Meredith. fresh from the flying fields of
France. with less than a fortnights
training and stable worn from lack of
track competition. a chance OF capturing
premier laurels. The wise ones say the
tearing of the tape will be done by either
Homer Baker. the willy old veteran or
Tommy Campbell, the phenomenal
youngster from the Middle West.
Campbell. three times conqueror of
Joie Ray and victor over O. fleet field in
the last national senior half mile cham
pionship. comes East with the reputation
Of being an even greater middle dis
lancer than his brother Leroy, and Roy
ran in near record figures several times
before he hung his athletic toys In the
closet. donned khaki and went "over
there" 10 help chase the Germans back
to Berlin.
Campbell Looks Like Champ
Certainly no youngster ever stripped
more like a champion than does Tommy
Campbell. Along with Clyde Stout and
Joie Ray Campbell had a workout in the
: New York A C. gymnasium yesterday.
When he got of the rubbing table Paul
Pilgrim. double Olympic winner at
Athens. turned to Mat Halpin and said I:
Hes race horse every inch Of him.
Nature framed no man better for run
ming than this lad. He has a long
barrel chest with plenty Of lung space.
lean. sinewy greyhound limbs and
fighting jaw. He's got speed IN his legs
and stamina and stay in chest and chin.
He looks worthy Of testing the mettle
Of Meredith at his best"
Campbell truly will have to be a won
der to win the feature event-if any
| single contest in the splendid, long pro-
gramme can be termed as such-in to-
nights big Millrose meet Baker in his
former starts this season showed himself
to be at his best Dave Caldwell, so
his Boston friends say, Is At as the
proverbial hddle. Lawson Robertson has
been grooming young Gustafson and
may spring one OF the well known
Robertson surprises. And Meredith may
give an astounding wallop TO the of
repeated assertion-"They never come
back"
Twenty-seven Events.
Scattered In the twenty-seven events
one finds the cream OF the American
athletes. Bob Simpson. Jack El'er,
Sherman Landers, Earl Thompson. Joie
Ray. Max Roh'and. George Trowbridge,
Clyde Stout. Gordon Nightingale. Harry
Barwise, viller Kyronen, Walter
Whalen. Charley Shaw. Charlie Pores.
Billy Ganzemuller. Loren Murchison. w.
C. Raymond. Andy Kelly. Roy Morse
and Bernie wefers. Jr.. are only a few
Of the college and club track and field
| celebrities who will strive for the
laurels. Athletic history Is bound TO be
made in Madison Square Garden to-
night.
Many OF the stars who will be seen In
the Mlllrose meet to-nieht also will COM
pete In the annual senior national track
and field championships OF the A. A. u.
which will be held in the Thirteenth
| Regiment Armory on March 8. The meet
| will signal the first Eastern appearance
OF Matson Collier. the remarkable Uni
versity of Indiana Splinter. Collier ran
second 10 Howard Drew in the confer
ence championships last June and de-
feated J. V. Sholz OF the University OF
Missouri who took the Eastern hiers into
| camp at the Penn relays.
| Neal Shaughnessey, the Brooklyn tar
who showed his heels to the pick OF the
country's double furlongers in the quar-
ter mile national championship race las,
! summer. will be among the starters ir
the games OF the Osceola Club in the
Seventh Regiment Armory next Satur'
day evening. Many OF the out Of town
athletes will remain in New York fol
the big armo.y meet.