The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
WESTERN ATHLETES
WILL Be. DANGEROUS
East Will Have to Look to
Its Laurels in Coming
Title Meet.
BANNER ENTRY RECEIVED

The national track and field champion
ships OF the A. A. U. will be staged at
Franklin Field, Philadelphia. on Friday
and Saturday. September IL and Is
Team entries have been received from
San Francisco. Portland. Seattle. Spo-
kane, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City,
Kansas City. st. Louis. New Orleans,
Pittsburg, Baltimore, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Buffalo and New York and many
other large cities.
The intersectional battle between the
East and West promises to he very hit
terly fought The West will have the
Olympic Club OF San Francisco, Multno-
nah Club Of Portland. Los Angeles Ath-
letic Club. Chicago A. A. Illinois A. C.
and Chicago University stars % pit
against the champions from the Boston
A. A. New York A. c., Meadowbrook
Club and Pittsburg A. A.
The Multnomah Club will be repre-
scented by an exceptionally strong team
OF eight men, The most prominent aU
Ralph Spearow. who cleared ~ feet 9
inches or better in the pole vault five
times this season and on July 1 did 10
feet y inche, and We're Windnagle. who
while student at Cornell forced Ted
Meredith to create the present worlds
record for the half mile at Franklin
Field in dual meet between Pennsyl-
vania and Cornell In 1915. windnagle
has been doing :5S consistently for the
half mile this year.
Other good Multnomah men are Ar
thur Tuck. who captured the Pacific
Northwest Association javelin champion
ship with throw of 1S1 feet; Wallace
Cadderly, a 4S 80 seconds man in the
quarter; Floyd Payne, a five miller who
never has been beaten, and John MUIR
ply. winner OF the Pacific Northwest
high jump title with a mark OF feet
IA inches.
Henry N. Williams. who is represent
ing the Spokane Athletic Club, has run
100 yards In 3 As seconds twice this
season and feels confident that he can
do better in the nationals.
Paddock Is Coming.
The stars of the Los Angeles Athletic
Club will include Charles Paddock,
whose remarkable performances in the
sprints at the interallied games In France
recently are fresh in the minds of all
followers of track and field sports and
w. Yount an all round performer, who
will compete in the high and low
hurdles, broad jump and hop, step and
jump. His best performances are: l20
yard hurdles, Is Is seconds: low
hurdles. 25 seconds; broad jump. rs feet
5h inches hop, step and jump. 46 feet
2 inches.
Colin Kilby, a 40 2-5 seconds man in
, the quarter mile, who also has a mark
OF "a 35 seconds in the low hurdles,
also will represent the Los Angeles A
c. George Schiller. the fourth member
of the Los Angeles A. C. team. has run
the 100" in 10 seconds, the 220 in %
seconds, and last year won the inter-
scholastic championship In the 440 yard
run in 40 3-5 seconds.
Two of the athletes who scored points
for the United States in the interallied
games in France will wear the winged
20" Of the Olympic Club Of san Fran
cisco. They are "Ric" Templeton
who tied for second place IN the run
ming high jump, and Reg Coughey
the winner of the 16 pound shot put
championship. Another Olympian COM
ing East with a fine record is NJ. NJ
Kirksey, who is credited with having
covered 100 yards in AS seconds.
Famous ChicHEoans.
Many sure point winners are listed
among wearers OF the cherry circle Of
the Chicago A. A. and the tricolor Of
inc llllnOlS Slup' IHOSb
prominent of these are Joe and Frank
LOOMS, Floyd Smart, Frank Foss.
Avery Brundage. Sherman Lapders and
Eddie Fall of the Chicago A. A., and
Joie Ray. Dan Ahearn, Il. w. Feuer-
stein, Eddie Knourek and w. Angler of
the Illinois Athletic Club.
New Orleans is sending team on
twelve men. Southern A. A. u. Of
ficials say one OF them is another Gwin
Henry In the dashes. Chicago Univer-
sity contemplates sending four or five
men. Prominent among them are Joe
Stout. winner OF the 1900 meter cham
pionshlp at the interallied games; Tom
Campbell, present national half mile
champion. and Charles Higgins. a weight
man and a javelin thrower.
The New York A. c. will enter team.
The Meadowbrook Club OF Philadelphia
also will be we'll represented. Frank
Shea, Kenneth McCutcheon and John
Switzerland will represent the Pitts
burg A. A.