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Show WEST MAY CARRY OFF A. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW YORK". June 11. There Is a good chance that the Pacific coast will lead tho country in point maklncr at the amateur ama-teur championships to be held in Pittsburg. Pitts-burg. Pn. . July 1. Two stroncr teams from the slope are to lake part In tho games and from 'the records of the men composing them It Is likely that the contest will not be as It has been, practicallv a struggle between be-tween tho two big New York clubs. California Is sending fourteen flrst-class athletes to Pittsburg, under the care of President Humphreys of tho Olympla club. San FranclECO, and with Walter Christie ns tralnor. The team. I understand, under-stand, is to comprise such men as Plaw. Snccdtcoor. Bceson, Rose. Lcland. Scott and Tliivcnsi besides others of tho championship cham-pionship class. These men should all be point makers In any company. Seattle, too. Is sending a strong team to comnelo. The Seattle Athletic club has selected soven of Its best men for the meet, including Martin, winner of tho 00-yard dash In 1900: Thomasen. national na-tional champion high Jumper at New Orleans: Phil Brock, shot putter and discus dis-cus thrower; Glsh. winner of the 110-yard dash two years ago: Malcolm, winner of the low hurdles In 1009; Edmundsen, one of the fastest mlddle-riislano? runners in tho country, and Edvards. a fine all-round all-round athlete. The men from the fat-west fat-west will take some beating and It will not bo surprising If the greatest number of points go to the Vaclfio side of the country. A matter of great Interest to the amateur, ama-teur, athletes of the country. Is now being those of the Pacific coast, is now being voted on bv the Amateur Athletic union. It Is tho application of Fred Thompson of Los Angeles, who won the all-round championship at Chicago last year, to compote as a member of tho New York Athletic, club. Thompson represented the Occidental college when he won the championship, but Is now studying for the mlnistrv at Princeton university seminary. It Is by no means certain that the A. A. U. will act favorably on his application lo go to tho New York A.- C If It should, California Cali-fornia will lose a grand athlete. There Is a growing feeling In the A. A. U. that the tendency of athletes who have won fame Is to flock to New York. Whether this feeling Is sufficiently strong to bring about a.n adverse vote on Thompson's Thomp-son's application cannot be told until the votes are all In. The outlook for the meet at Pittsburg Is most flattering. |