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Show The American Union national championship ten-mile run at the Polo grouuds, New York, wa won by John P. Daly of the I rish American club, New York. Thomas P. Collins of the? same club wus second, and John I, Gallagher of Philadelphia was third. Fifty-sevevn athlttea competed, Dennis Den-nis Horgan, champion shot-putter; Con Leahy, tha Irish champion high jumper Dennis Murray, champion cham-pion sprinter of Ireland, and Denis; Kiely, champion cham-pion all-round athlete, witnessed the race and cheered the runners to victory James E, Sullivan, president of the Amateur Athletlo Union of America, Ameri-ca, has written to the chairman of the Olympic games, to be held In London next June, askiDg if the Irishmen, Leahy and Murray. u.-,. ,.. ..,., der the American flag. These J American names are enough to nnu- ,.S:,-. r'-ought r'-ought to be barred from all athl.-ii,- the Hi rams. Lyman, Ihvighta and I , :.;,'!;,, ' hae a show. " |