Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-08-09 | Page 8 | Championship Games Will Start Friday

CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Will START Fill Best Field and Track Athletes in America Will (Jonineto at Seattle. SEATTLE, Aup. 8. Tho national clinmpionship games of tho Amateur Athletic union will be held in the Bta-dium Bta-dium of tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition ex-position nest Friday and Saturday, and a largo number of the best men in the country nro on tho programme. With perfect conditions of track and climate, cli-mate, it is expected that world's records rec-ords will bo broken. Among the celebrities entered are Forline of t ho Missouri Athletic club of St. Louis, who holds tho world's indoor record, five nnd one-fifth seconds, sec-onds, for tho fifty-ynrd dash; Ilillmnn of the New York Alhlotic club, who holds tho 1908 championship for the quarter-mile run, and Gissing of the New York Athletic club, who won the junior championship of 1908 for half mile. In the fivo-mile race Bellars of thj Now York Athletic club, tho present champion, is entered, as is also Osn C. Smith of Lifctlo Rock, Ark,, who holds the indoor record. In the 120 yard hurdles Smithson of Portland, tho world's record hurdler at 110 meters, will contest in tho 120-ynrd 120-ynrd hurdles with Shaw of Chicago, holder of the world's record for the distance. dis-tance. Smithson will also compote with Hillman in f ho 220-yard hurdles. Leahy of New York, who holds the world 's record on the broad jump, will meet a distinguished group of rivals. President Presi-dent James V. Sullivan of tho Ama- j tour Athletic union will referee the I contests.