Four Great Contests at National Track Meet in Newark
New York July 22 five weeks ahead of the event reports that the Amateur Athletic Union national championships will stage four top contests at Weequahic Park Newark on August 20. The events include two hurdles and middle distance races plus a remarkable 120 yard high hurdles featuring Kelly Thompson Murray Simpson and others racing for world marks. Ted Meredith leads the 440 and 880 fields with contenders like Dismond Sloman Wilkes Higgins Caldwell Bott Campbell and Loomis in a meet shaping to crown speed records and thrilling trials on a historic day.
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Amateur Athletic Union
Great New Stadium
Weequahle Park
Newark
Houndldg
New Jersey
Metropol
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Bietary
Alrin Kraschein
Fred Kelly
University of Southern California
Stockholm
Earl Thompson
Kelly
Cy Fr Murray
University of California
Hon Simpson
Universiy of Missouri
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Jack Miller
A. A
Joe Loomis
Chicago
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Eller
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John Morton
Ted Meredith
University of Pennsylvania
Atom
Ted
Harvard Stadium
Minga Dismond
University of Chicago
Son Hobertson
Frank Sloman
Helden
Rome
Wertmore Wilkes
Starvard
Tom Hatpin
Toston
East
Meredith
Dismond
Bleredith Biot
Maxey Long
Abbout
Tton San Teal Meredith
Cambridge
Haford
Mereditt
Flomer Baker
Joe Higgins
Dave Caldwell
Noston
Don Bott
la Roy Campbell
Police Athletes Train for Games Amid City Club Ties
Police and college athletes compete in local events with many officers affiliated to city athletic clubs and YMCA programs. Notables include Patrolmen SteGirath Erickson Eller Jennings and Schulka, all tied to Olympic teams or national records, reflecting a strong department tradition of athletic participation and interdistrict sports.
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Nona
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Matt SteGirath
Oak Street
Patrick “Babe McDonald
Traffic C
Post
Porty-third Street
Broadway
Ban
Exon Erickson
Trafic
John J. Eller
161St Precinct
Brooklyn
Han Jleen
Eugene Jennings
William Melunh
John J. Nilon
True A
Frank Schulka
Sheepshead Way
Schulka
World's Record Smashes at North Randall Harness Meet
New York police athletes shine as Russel Day wins opening heat in 2:00 14, tying the first mile, and Single G leads with 2:01 14 in the final heat. The three heat race averages 2:00 32-300, fastest 2:01 14, with Murphy and Directum among notable rivals. Detective Sheridan, famed pacing star, retires after a storied career.
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Russel Day
Murphy
Rtand Effeult
Directum
Willain
Apala
Avseon
Russel Boy
Ahleten
New York
Hell
Mitra
Bish
Notch
Martin Sheridan
Hke
Sheridan
Animany
Joan
Mike Moelewitz
Joan of Two
Cas
Clay
Charles W. Valentine
Cally
Chi
Beester
War
Prince
Football squads begin practice in eastern universities
New York July 22 Coaches and managers prepare for the coming gridiron campaign as football squads start preseason work. Yale and Pennsylvania name new coaches Tad Jones and Tod Folwell respectively plus assistants. Harvard Princeton Cornell and Dartmouth also adjust staffs. Yale Bowl progress lifts interest with costs near 738000 spent and 150900 more needed to finish the project.
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New York
Pennpyi- Fania
Yale
United Universities
Tad Jones
Mika Sweeney
Arthur Dildes
Waller
Camp
Bor
Jones
Moses
Pennaylyn Pla
Todort Folwell
Franklin Pield
Flory
Blue Elevens
Folwell
Ka Jones
Charley Wharton
Ty. Dickson
Fol Iwell
Lafayette
Washington and Jefferson
Fulton Names New Manager Under Force Guidance
Fred Fulton parts with former manager Mike Collins and now trains under Frank E. Force, a former Minneapolis sports writer who discovered Fulton in 1912. Fulton opens an anti-door training camp near Rochester Minnesota and plans to watch fights with Freak Moran or Nan Cotter in Minneapolis on September 2. Interstate rail and street accident total 15,000 for the year ending May 31, 1916, in Tennessee.
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Minneapolis
Min
Fred Sulton
Mike Collins
Hudson
Win
Frank E. Force
Minneapolis Eport
Fulton
Rochester
Ming
Freak Moran
Nan Cotter
Immense Stadium Under Construction at Borden Camp
Toronto July 12 An athletic stadium to seat 15 000 to 20 000 is being built at Borden Camp under Captain Z C Flanagan known as Tom Managan adviser of Jack Johnson Sports for 50 000 Canadian soldiers. Flanagan, paymaster of the 186th Sportsmen Battalion of Ontario, directs the camp program as athletic director of Canada’s Second Military Areas. By month end 60 000 men are expected to assemble making Borden Camp the continent’s largest voluntary camp with a grand stadium and high class program.
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Ont
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Horden Camp
Z. C. Flanagan
Tom Managan
Jack Johnson Sports
Flanagan
186Th Sportsmen's Battalion
Ontario
pSecond Military Ares
Canada
Seals Walloped by Vernonites in Parade Misfire
In San Francisco July 21 General Patrick Patterson and the Vernon fusiliers routed the San Francisco club amid parade tensions. The dispatch offered little inkling of marching aims whether to intimidate rivals or align with national defense. Vernon pitchers were brought in repeatedly to steady the onslaught while the home team struggled at the plate.
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Ceneral
Patrick Patterson
Vernon Fuslers
San Francisco
Uy Coe
Dispatchex
Tigers
Seare
Noings
Vernon
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