The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
CHAMPIONS GALORE
IN MILLR0SE MEET
Athletic History Certain to Be
\ Made in Garden Next Tues
day Night.
LIEUT.. SIMPSON TO RACE
Famous Hurdler Comes All
Way From San Francisco
to Compete. y
LIEUT.. SIMPSON TO RACE
NY SPLINTER.


Athletic history will DO made in Madi-
son Square Garden on Tuesday evening.
when the athletic clans gather for the
annual indoor carnival of the Mlllrose
A. A.
The Millrose meet never has failed to
furnish stirring competition, record
wrecking racing and thrills galore.
Great as have been the past carnivals
OF the famous club organized among the
John Wanamaker Company employees
mono Of them boosted a more glittering
array of track and field celebrities than
has been gathered together for next
Tuesday nights tournament. Father
Time and the record book better had
take to the bomb proofs.
From Boston will como Tom Halpin.
Dave Caldwell, Harry Barwise, Walter
Whalen. Cecil Leath and string Of Bay
State hiers: Philadelphia Is sending
along Ted Meredith, Marvin Gustafson,
w. C. Raymond and Billy Gaenzmuller
Chicago will be represented by Joie Ray.
Tommy Campbell. Joe Loomis. Clyde
Stout and others; Loren Murchison Is
trekking here from St Louis. and clear
from the Preside in San Francisco,
where he has been serving Uncle Sam.
Lieut.. Bob Simpson. hurdler incompar-
able, Is coming to give New Workers a
glimpse of his fence flying prowess.
Athletic fans would not have been at
all surprised II the Meadowbrook Club
had chartered a sea crossing airplane
and sneaked over the less fortunate
athletes who still are marooned In Eu-
rope.
No champion worth telling about on
this side Of the pond will be missing
when the clerk of the course blows the
call to post for the opening event next
Tuesday evening. So wonderful an entry
has been received that almost every
event on the Millrose programme can
be billed as q feature and stellar at
tsation.
The Millrose COO will bring together
the one and only Ted Meredith. Olympic
champion and worlds record holder.
Tom Campbell. national half mile cham
pion and three times conqueror of Joie
Ray Homer Baker, former International
middle distance champion, who has been
displaying the speed that earned him in
ternational honors four years ago; Dave
Caldwell Of the Boston A. A., and Mar
win Gustafson Of the University Of Penn
sylvania, who Lawson Robertson says
will prove a worthy successor OF the
great Meredith.
The race for first laurels should be be-
tween Campbell and Baker with the WIN
ner breasting the worsted In near record
wrecking time
Against Lieut.. Simpson. worlds record
holder. in the hurdle races will be seen
Lieut.. Earl Thompson OF Dartmouth, ma
tional 100 yard fence flying champion
George Trowbridge OF Princeton, ma
tional Junior indoor champion Lieut..
Sherman Landers OF the Chicago A. A.,
who is showing almost as sensational
form over the hurdles as he did in the
pole vault Fred Pollard, the old Brown
star; E. F. Smalley of Pennsylvania,
and last but not least, the veteran Jack
Filler, who holds the record OF s 2L5 Sec
onds for the 20 yard low hurdles.
Joie Ray. with two legs on the cup,
will strive for the third and final pos
session OF the trophy in the Rodman
Wanamaker mile and half special. OPP
posing the sensational runner from the
Illinois A c, will be Max Bohland of
the Paulist A c., the Junior and senior
national cross-country champion; Clyde
Stout Of the University of Chicago.
Cecil Leath OF the Boston A. A. and
Gordon Nightingale OF the New Hamp-
shire State College. one OF the best dis
lance runners that has been developed
Down East in many years.
Capt. Andrew Kelly OF the New York
A. c.. the national 900 yard champion
and record holder. will break from the
barrier in the special 70 yard dash
against a field OF speed marvels.
Andy" will be opposed by such stars as
Intercollegiate Champion Billy Gaenz-
muller; Loren Murchson. national 100
yard champion; former National Cham
pion Lieut.. Roy Morse. Lieut.. Sherman
Landers. w. c. Raymond OF Penn and
Bernie Wefers. Jr.
Five flying fours-Dartmouth, Penn,
Columbia, NJ. I. T. and Fordham-wili
strive for the laurels in the one mile
intercollegiate relay race. Charley
Shaw. intercollegiate half mile cham
pon, will run the anchor leg for the
Blue and White aggregation.
The one mile service relay race will
bring together teams from the Boston
Naval Base. Pelham Bay Naval Training
Station, League Island Navy Yard and
Camp Upton. In tho interclub relay
which Will bo run In honor OF the late
! Ed Hussey. the Meadowbrook athlete
who met n heroic death in France,
| teams from the Mohawk A. c., Paulist
A. c.. Glencoe A. c., Knights OF st. An
tony Clark House A. A. Kings County
A. A. and Pennsylvania University will
| battle for the laurels.
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