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Show ATHLETIC CLUB GOSSIP. ' George R. Gray, the champion amateur shot putter of the world, who lives in Cold-water, Cold-water, Ont., intends to take part in games in New York city and make a record for putting tto twenty pound shot. He holds nearly all other amateur shot putting figures. fig-ures. George Riddell, the well known shot putter of the Wanderers' Cricket and Athletic Ath-letic club, of Chicago, is considerably heavier than he was last year when he did so well, aud thinks ho will do better than ever during the coming season. His style at the game is very good for an amateur. The New Jersey Athletic club are trying hard to induce W. D. Day, the cross country coun-try champion, to take a trip to Kngland to compete nt tho English championships on July 12. Day says he would like the visit, but he would prefer delaying it until one season latei; . George Miehling, so long connected with the Varuna Boat club, of Brooklyn, but who is now wrestling instructor of the Olympic Athletic club, of San Francisco, has made many friends in that city, and says that he is thoroughly satisfied and will stav. W. O. Jownes. of the New Tort Atnletlc club and Harvard college, the intercollegiate intercollegi-ate champion half mile runner, recently lowered the Harvard record at the quarter mile run, doing 50 l-5s. and supplanting Mtfs. mado by Wendell Baker, of the same college, May 16, 1SS5. A. H. Green, of the Manhattan Athletic club and Harvard college, col-lege, at the same games that Downcs performed, per-formed, broke the Harvard re-.rd for the running broad jump, doing 21 feet 7 inches and suppUutinu alter Syren's old fi"ures of 20 feet 10 inches... |