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Black and white photo of Frank O'Hara's legs running
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FRANK P. O'HARA 
WINNER OF 100 YDS! 
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The annual field day and athletic carnival of the Suffolk county A. O. H. was held on the Locust-st grounds yesterday and brought out a record-breaking crowd. The field was in good condition 'and the games were well contested.
The committee in charge consisted of County Pres Richard Dwyer of South Boston, chairman, William T. Fleming of South Boston, secretary, Cornelius Coughlin of Dorchester, sec- 

SHRUBB BEATS 
TOM LONGBOAT
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Wins Ten-Mile Match
Race by 20 Feet.
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Indian Ahead in Eighth, But Cannot Keep the Pace
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Biggest Crowd For Years
at Oak Island.
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REVERE, Sept 4 -The biggest crowd seen at oak Island grove in a dozen years crowded the field today to witness a 10-mile match race between Alfred Shrubb and Tom Longboat, run under the auspices of the Progressive athletic club of Boston. Fully 8000 cheered themselves hoarse when the little Englishman flashed in a winner by about 20 feet in the fast time of 53m 28 2-5s. 
The race had the crowd at the pitch of excitement all the way. Both the runners were in splendid shape and not more than five yards separated them at any time in the hard-fought contest till the finish. 
Longboat drew the pole, but Shrubb jumped into the lead at once, setting a fast pace. The first mile was covered in 4m 50s, on a slow track. In the second mile the Englishman developed a decided limp, due to a recent injury to one of his knees, and in the third lap of the third mile the Indian passed him. Shrubb held on, however, and after a few laps he ran off the leg trouble so well that he took the lead again in the fourth mile.
At the finish of the eighth mile Longboat made his effort, took the lead and held it for five laps. The Indian fought hard to keep in front from that time,
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tween teams representing the Cork club and the Waterford club. The County Corks won by two goals and seven points over the Waterfords.
There was an exciting hurling match between the Tipperary team, the champions of New York, and the Wolfe Tones of South Boston, the champions of Massachusetts. Each team had many victories to its credit. 
The Wolfe Tones won five goals and one point to one goal and two points for the Tipperary team.
The track and field events, under the direction of Joseph McNamara, resulted as follows:
100-yard dash-Won by F. J. O'Hara. William C. Prout second, H. Pree third. Time 10s.
440-yard run-Won by J. Malcolmson of Seattle. A. C., Washington, T. H. Guthing second, J. F. Finnegan third. Time 52 1/3s 
880-yard run-Won by L. A. Barrett. B. C. A. A.; J. Powers. B. C. A. A., second; C. Sullivan, B. C. A. A., third. Time 1m 58 4-5s.
One-mile run-Won by O. F. Hedlund, B. G. A. A.; J. Martus, S. B. A. C., second; L. G. Young, Fore River A. A., third. Time 4m 31 2/3s.
Three-mile run-Won by J. Silva, S. B. A. C.; T. Lilly, N. D. A. A., second; J. J. Chisholm, N. D. A. A., third. Time 15m 45 2/3s.
High jump-Won by L. S. Hall, M. I. T.; J. O. Johnstone, B. A. A., second; N. K. Emerson, S. B. A. C., third. Hight 5ft 10 1/2in.
Shotput-Won by L. A. Whitney. B. A. A,; J. Comerford, B. G. A. A., second; W. W. Coe. B. A. A., third. Distance 47ft 7 1/2in.
Late in the afternoon there was a special football match between the county Kerry and the county Tipperary, which resulted in a victory for Kerry, three goals and three points to two points for Tipperary.
Dancing and other amusements were provided for young and old.

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but Shrubb was his master at the game and after taking the lead again the Englishman kept his eyes on his opponent every second, answering spurt for spurt and finishing with an apparent easy grip on the honors. The time was remarkable under the conditions, indicating that on a fast track the record would have been in danger. The last mile was done in 5m. 17 2-5s.
It was a popular victory, the crowd carrying Shrubb off the field on their shoulders.
A first class program of amateur handicap events preceded the big race. The best of these was a three-mile run which was won by Hugh Maguire of Wrentbam in 15m. 19s.
In a ball game the Eagles of Chelsea defeated the Hustlers of Melrose, 2 to 1, in six innings. The score:
Innings........... 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Eagles.............0 0 1 0 0 1-2
Hustlers...........1 0 0 0 0 0-1

Batteries-Haydock and Morrissey;
Williams and McDonough. The summary:

TEN-MILE MATCH RACE
Mile Leader           Time
1-Shrubb...............4:50
2-Shrubb...............10:03 3-5
3-Longboat.............15:22 3-5
4-Shrubb...............20:43 2-3
5-Shrubb...............26:12 2-5
6-Shrubb...............31:46 2-3
7-Shrubb...............37:21 3-5
8-Longboat.............42:55 4-5
9-Shrubb...............48:11
10-Shrubb..............53:28 2-5

100-yard dash-Won by James Menales Jr. Brookline gym, 3ft; W. L. Powell, South Boston A. C., 2ft second; E. Teschner, Lawrence, third. Time 10 1-5s.
440-yard dash-Won by B. F. Bower. South Boston A. C. scratch; James F. Menzies Jr. Brookline gym, 19yds, second; B. Sullivan, South Boston A. C. 30yds, third. Time 53 3-5s.
880-yard run-Won by J. Burke, South Boston A. C., scratch; E. T. Marceau, M. I. T., 22yds, second; R. A. Burrage, Harvard A. A., 36yds, third. Time 2m 3 2-5s.
Mile run-Won by W. S. McVicar, South Boston A. C., 15yds; W. H. Doggett. South Boston A. C., 40 yds, second; E. McLeod. South Boston A. C. 100 yds. third. Time 4m 3-3s.
Three-mile run-Won by Hugh Maguire Pas time A. C., Wrentham, 40yds; George Kimball, South Boston A. C.; scratch, second; E. Piggott, Brookline GYm, 90yds, third. Time 13m 19s.
Running broad jump-Won by L. McLaughlin. South Boston A. C. (4ft 1in). 21ft 3in; F. Becker, South Boston A. C. (scratch). 21ft 2in; George Otto, Lynn Y. M. C. A. (3in), 20ft 7in.
Hop, step and jump-Won by M. J. O'Malley, unattached (3ft), 45ft 7 in; J. L. McLaughlin, South Boston A. C. (2ft 8in), distance 45ft 2in; J. Becker, South Boston A. C. (scratch). 44ft 2in.

Austin Wins In Texas League.
DALLAS. Tex. Sept 4- The Texas league closed the season of 1911 today, with the clubs standing in the following order: Austin, Forth Worth, San Antonio, Dallas, Waco, Houston, Oklahoma City, Galveston.
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to a mile ahead of the Pioneer throughout and doubtless could have increased her lead any time.
The Pioneer held true, but apparently she did not have in those waters the speed that she developed abroad.

RACES ON MERRIMAC.

Two Power Boat Events at Lowell Furnish Good Sport-27 Entries in Handicap.
LOWELL, Sept 4- In the special 14-mile power boat race on the Merrimac river today from the old Vesper club landing to the center of Tyngs Island twice and return, A. E. Brooks beat Leon Flint. The time of Brook's boat was 1h 8m 55 4-5s.
In the handicap power boat race over the same course, J. Littlefield did not leave the Lowell landing until 22 3/4 minutes later.
Winners of other prizes in the race were: Carey, Bradford, Walters, Parker, Rice, Luce, Durrell, Crysler and W. Adams.
There were 27 entries and J. Riley scratch, was not among the prize winners. 
Charles E. Goulding was manager of the races and Paul O. Kable starter and timer. The prizes were presented at the Pawtucket boat house.

BUZZ BY SMALL MARGIN.

Hobo Second In Fall River Y. C. Power Boat Race.
FALL RIVER, Sept 4-Power boat races were held this afternoon in the Tiverton basin under the auspices of the Fall River yacht club. There were four series, the Buzz being the winner by a narrow margin, with the Hobo, Guess Again and Guess finishing in the order named. The course was about 10 miles, or six times around the basin.
On the second lap engineer Chase of the Buzz fell overboard and was picked up by the Hobo, following directly it its wake.

CHAPIN IS HIGH GUN.

Lawrence Association Opens New House With Clambake.

LAWRENCE, Sept 4-William H. Chapin of New Haven was high gun at the shoot of the Lawrence fish and game protective association today with a score of a possible 150. W. J. McDonals secured a leg in the Sullivan cup with 90 out of 100, Dr N. B. Russell a leg on the Bancroft cup and W. N. Hamel. G. W. Piper and E. H. Archibald with 88 each were tied for a leg on the Dublin cup. J. M. Archibald won a special match, breaking 45 out of 50.
The association opened its new club-house with a clambake to which about 100 sat down. The summary:
For 150 targets- W. H. Chapin 137, W. J. McDonald 129, J. M. Archibald 129, Dr.N. B. Russell 127, G. W. Piper 126, Boynton 125, A. G. Spencer 124, Roberts 119, E. H. Archibald 118, W. W. Bradbury 118, Morse 117, A. A. Gray 115, Francis Rogers 97.
For 100 targets-P. Bancroft 67. William Clegg 63, C. G. Reed 61, J. Judson 60. Houghton 60, L. O'Neil 58.
Special match, 50 targets-J. M. Archibald 46, A. G. Spencer 44, N. B. Russell 40, E. H. Archibald 40, W. W. Bradbury 40, Roberts 37, A. A. Gray 36, Francis Rogers 36, W. N. Hamel 32, F. A. Butland 26, George Dudley 25, P. Collins 22, Henry Freeman 20.

F. GAY WINS TROPHY.

Boston Gun Club Holds Last Shoot at Clarendon Hills.
HYDE PARK, Sept 4 - Highland gun club of Boston at its Clarendon hills traps today held its last shoot for the Dupont trophy, 150 birds, which was won by F. Gay.
Other matches and the scores were as follows: 50 birds, H. Laugstroth 38, J. Lander 38, E. Gay 36, H. Mortimer 36, Dr McFarlane 33, F. Gay 28, D. Mahony 28; 25 birds, H. Laugstroth 22, E. Gay 21, J. Lander 21, F. Gay 20, D. Mahony 20.
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good clean sculling. The senior e [[??]]
oared race was the third victory this club in which the ex-champion [[??]]
New England from the Riverside
club were the contestants. Union was at all times master of the action and rowed better and faster [[??]] its opponent.
There were four doctors in the Union boat, one side of the boat being known as he medical side, in which Medical Examiner George B. Magrath was [[??]] spicuous.

Prizes for Halifax.
Next in point of victories came visiting Northwest Arm oarsmen Halifax, N. S. who won two events association single and senior Hart of that club, who won the [[??]] ciation single scull race, ran up against big Paul Withington in the intermediate race and never had a look in [[??]] they got warmed up. Turner of Halifax shaped well in the senior single and participated in a sensational [[??]] with Cary Faulkner of the Rivers [[??]] but the veteran sculler, Everett Pope of the B. A. A. who appeared to be outclassed in the earlier part of the contest, came back with a vengeance and cleaned up the river in an impressive and highly sensational finish.
It remained for Halifax [[??]] win the senior four oared shell [[??]] from the Unions, the last named being outclassed owing to lack of [[??]] tice work in this style of boat. 
The winning streak of the De [[??]] boat club four in the canoe race [[??]] stopped by the plucky little [[??]] the Cocheco canoe club, who [[??]] a new style of paddling that earned victory over Dedham.
Cocheco ran its stroke up to [[??]] the minute and just nipped a little [[??]] the top which kept the bow of the boat up, while Dedham buried [[??]] blades deep and paddled its bow up with deeper and harder strokes. Dedham won the war canoe race from [[??]] Crescents and Walthams.

Win for the Columbians.
In the intermediate eight-oared the Jeffries and Columbians of 

FALL RIVER SETS TITLE

Boston Beaten by 46 to 37, and tucket by 43 to 41, in Bowling the Green Matches

FALL RIVER, Sept 4-The Fall [?] bowling green club won the championship of America this afternoon o[?] local green, where the teams from [?]ton an Pawtucket, R I, were beaten by the Spindle city aggregate. This was the most important [?] that has bee rolled here in years [?] it attracted considerable attention over New England.
Fall River won from Boston [?] total of nine points, and from Pawtucket by two points. A large g[?] saw the play. The final innings rolled by lamplight, the members of both teams being desirous of finishing the series.
The players were badly handled by the use of artificial light, b[?] fact that Fall River had show [?] better form in the early inning [?] that team enough confidence [?] later stage to roll the bowls to [?]derful degree of accuracy.
In the Boston-Pawtucket match Boston won easily, 58 to 36. The sum[?]
FALL RIVER

[[center]Rink 1[[/center]]
E F Cook P[?]
F M Fairtile R E[?]
H G Anson E[?]
W L Canfield, skip Dr Pr[?]
Score, Fall River 22, Boston 22. 

[[center]]Rink 2[[/center]]
M A Buffington Hy[?]
M Thompson E C en[?]
W Bains [?]
J Kershaw, skip J W [?]
Score. Fall River 24, Boston 15.
Totals Fall River 46, Boston 37.

FALL RIVER PAWTUCKET

[[center]]Rink 1[[/center]]
E F Cook R[?]
F M Fairtile [?]
G H Anson A G[?]
W LL Caufield, skip J C Pot[?]
Score, Fall River 18, Pawtucket 23. 

[[center]]Rink 2[[/center]]
M A Buffington T Hampson
M Thompson W Potter
W Bains W Lee
J Kershaw, skip R McFarlane 
Score, Fall River 25, Pawtucket 18
Totals, Fall River 43, Pawtucket [?]

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started in the junior [?]
hurried the others along very fast at the  start, Manning hanging on closely, followed by Homans and Gardner. May was several lengths ahead of Manning at the turn and had 10 lengths to spare at the finish. 
The entries for the club four canoes were the Dedham B.C. and Cocheco C.C. The Cochecos sprang a surprise on Dedham by sprinting right away at a very rapid pace and striking the water so rapidly that many expected to see the crew collapse. They won, paddling 70 strokes to the minute. 
Mathew F. O'Hara, St Alphonsus B. C., F. R. Hart of Halifax, Guy L. Belcher of Gardner B.C. and I. F. Emery of the Metropolitan B. C. of New York were the starters in the association singles. Emery and Belcher got a shade the better of the getaway. Hart began to gorge ahead and his sculling was far better than in his race against Withington. O'Hara was the first at the turn, however, but the Halifax  man made a quicker turn than O'Hara and came away with a slight lead which O'Hara soon regained with a fine spurt. The pair raced ahead of the others to finish and Hart won by a scant length.
The Union and Riverside crews were the only starters in the senior eight oared shells. The Unions had a task to get away from the up river crew, but showed about half a length gain at the bridge and won by two boat lengths. 

Fast Rowing by the Shawmuts.

Columbian, West Lynn and Shawmut appeared for the junior eights. Shawmut rowed right away from the two other crews. When close to the Harvard bridge No 6 slipped and fell over backward, demoralizing the crew. He soon regained his seat and the crew held the lead. The coxwain nearly lost the race by steering wide, but his attention was called to this matter by the referee and crowd and he finished in bounds, winning the race from West Lynn, which was coming hard at the finish.
In the senior singles, Everett L. Pope, B. A. A., J. F. Turner of Halifax, Cary Faulkner of the Riverside

BOSTON VS PAWTUCKET.
Rink 1-Boston 31, Pawtucket 12.
Rink 2-Boston 27, Pawtucket 14.
Totals, Boston 58, Pawtucket 26.

LOWERS WESTON'S RECORD.

John Henry Mooney Walks Across Continent in 79 Days and Wins $10,000 Purse.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4- Seventy-nine walking days from where he started to lower Edward Payson Weston's record across the continent, John Henry Mooney, a member of the New York fire department, arrived last night in Oakland, practically completing his task and winning the $10,000 prize, contributed by members of New York's fire department. 
Mooney bears credentials from the mayors of the cities through which he has passed. He said he suffers no ill effects by reason of his long tramp. Weston's record was 105 days. 

Charlot Races at Brockton.
One of the big attractions at the Brockton fair this fall will be some real hair raising charlot and roman standing races. These sports of ancient Rome will be featured as they never have been in this country before. All have seen charlot races put on by some circus where the finishes have been drawn fine purposely. but the charlot and roman standing races at the Brockton fair will be for blood and open to the world. and the purses offered should prove attractive to hoursemen all over the country. Entries enough have already been guaranteed to assume the races.

Emerson A. C. 5, Sodallty A. C. O.
The Emerson A C. baseball team defeated the Sodallty A. C. at Wood island park, East Boston, yesterday afternoon, 5 to 0. The score:
Innings.....1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R  H E
Emerson A C.1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0-5 15 2
Sodallty AC.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0  0 6
Batteries-Kennedy and Boyle; D[?] and MoMahon.
 
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A. Jackson of the Unions were the entrants for the novice single. Pike was faster on the start and got to the turn many lengths ahead, winning handily.
The Jeffries Point and Columbians set a killing pace in thier intermediate eight duol, but the Columbians drew away steadily and won by nearly three lengths. The summary:
Intermediate singles- Won by Paul Withington, Union B. C.: F. R. Hart, Northwest Arm R. C. [?] second. Time 10[?]
Junior singles- Won by Ralph Moy, Union B. C.: John Hem[?], Union B. C., second: J. Manning. [?] B. C., third: ARthur [?]. [?] B. C., Spring[?], fourth.
Time [?]
Novice singles- Won by Henry C. Pike, Atalanta B. C. Spring[?]: H. A. Jackson, Union B. C., second. Time 11m 45s.
Club four canoes- Won by C[?] C. C. (W. G. [Sch?], W. C. Powers, E. P. [Sch?] O. C. [Sch?]); Dedham B. C. second. Time 4m 3s.
Association singles- Won by F. R. Hart, Northwest Arin R. C. Hallfax; Mathew F. O'Hara, St Alphonsus A. A., second: Guy L. Belcher, Gardner B. C., third; L. J. Emery, Metropolitan R. C., New York, fourth. Time 10m 50s.
Senior [?]- Won by Northwest Arm R. C. of Hallfax, N S (J. H. [H?] G. P. Power, F. R. Hart and J. F. Turner): Union B. C. second (S. Sargent Jr, J. B. Ayer, P. Withington and F. R. Maxwell). Time 9m 37s.
Intermediate eights- Won by Columbian R. A. (C. J. Shaw [?], J. J. [?] 2, D. Collins 3. J. Gardner 4. J. B. Cashman 5. F. Hargunister 6. E. Stall 7. M. J. Cashman stroke, T. Higgins coxswain); Jeffries Point R. A. second. Time 8m 13s.
Senior singles- Won by Evertt L. Pope. B. A. A. J. F. Turner, N. W. A. R. C. of Halifax second: [Cary?] Faulkner, Riverside B. C., third. Time 11m 5s.
War [?]- Won by [?] B. C. (G. Merritt, C. Hatton, J. Shaughnessy, E. Cartwright, R. Wardie, S. Merritt, O. Sukanski, F. Brodbeck, C. Clapp); Waltham second, Crescent third. Time 6m 38s. 
Senior eights- Won by the Union B. C. (R. May bow, 1. Brooks 2. Dr G. B. Magrath 3. F. R. Maxwell 4. Dr. C. S. Derby 5. Paul Withington 6. Dr J. B. Ayer 7. Sullivan Sargent stroke, F. W. Palfray cox); Riverside B. C. of Cambridge second, Time 8m 31s.
Junior eights- Won by Shawmut R. C. (W. J. [?] bow, J. F. Thornton 2. J. P. [?] 3. T. J. Griffin 4. J. D. [?] 5. [?] [?] 6. W. J. Halpin 7. W. Griffin [?]); West Lynn B. C. second: Columbian B. A. third. Time 8, 42s.

WAIT FOR VANDERBILT.
Agassiz, Loew and Tailer, Polo Players' Committee, Visit Grounds at Newport. 
NEWPORT, R I, Sept 4- Rudolphe L. Agassiz of Cambridge, William G. Loew and T. Suffern [?] of New York, of the polo players; committee who were appointed with full power to act by the polo players for the improvement of the polo grounds [here,?] visited the grounds this afternoon.
The committee have plans for the building of a practice field and to improve the track outside the playing field for racing or hunt meetings next season. 
Before plans for the improvements of the lands are carried out the committee awaits the arrival of Alfred [Vanderb?] from Europe in October, as he is president of the Westchester polo club and is interested in the sport. 

WATER CARNIVAL AT NAHANT.
Watched by Large Crowd.
NAHANT, Sept 4- The annual water sports, for which silver cups were given as prizes by Arthur S. Johnson, were held on Wharf beach this morning and were witnessed by a large crowd, many of the summer residents being in the gathering. The weather was all that could be desired and the water just the right temperature.
The program consisted of swimming races, rowing races and a rub race, and an effort was made to have a water baseball game, but this was not finished, as some of the players were unable to carry it through. The summary:
Rowing race, juniors, quarter [?]- Won by Philip [?], [?] [?] second.
Rowing race, seniors, half mile- Won by Richard [?], John [?] second.
Swimming race, seniors, 50 yards- Won by John Lavelle, G. Byron Goodell second.
Rowing racem juniors, 25 yards- Won by Clarence Matherson, John [?] second.
Tub race, for boys under 19 years of age- Won by Carl Palmer, Lavelle second.
Double rowing race- Won by Solomon Alley Jr and Herbert Wilson.
 
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record, but she is 12 miles behind Chas. [?] best American record.

It took three years for the Eleven Thousand Dollar Lemon to ripen, but John McGraw would go through the same experience again to obtain such perfect fruition.

In games on by a first division club in the national league against the other clubs of that division, the Pittsburg Pirates are trailing far behind. Even Philadelphia, which only four wins over Chicago, leads the Pirates. New York has won 30 games from the other three clubs, Chicago 28, Philadelphia 25 and Pittsburg 21.

Connie Mack picks the Giants to win the National league race, largely on account of McGraw's competency as a manager. "In a close fight," says Connie, "managerial brains count for much, and this gives New York a big advantage. McGraw is not only a big-brained manager, but he has the inspiring style to keep a team at fighting pitch. McGraw makes few mistakes, and give him half a team and he'll about win the pennant. He is always in the pennant running, year in and year out, and this season he out to land first honors."

John Bray should have taken every precaution to five publicity to his Boston light swim. He was himself to blame that doubt is raised that he made the distance.

Ed Walsh will have a record in games pitched this year that will compare favorably with the work done by "Kid" Nichols and by Cy Young in the days when two or three pitchers on a club did nearly all the pitching. 

Ty Cobb has passed his second "century" of hits.

Yale's new rowing regime will be in active working order on Sept 18, when head coach Jim Rodgers will look over the candidates for the first time. 

Now Harry Gissing adds his testimony to the promise of the Germans to take a leading position in international athletics. "Germany has more good looking athletic material than any other country I have been in," says Gissing, "and the day is coming when they will outdo the English on track and field. In fact, I saw in Germany some of the most promising athletes I've seen in many a day."
Gissing thinks thatPassemann, Braun and Rau are sure of places in the next Olympics and says the Germans have a discus thrower who can do 139 feet easily and who, in a javelin competition with Temming, the Swede, who holds the world's record, was beaten only nine inches. 

Peter Frazier, a Scotch athlete, who has been competing for 50 years, was the marvel of a set of games held recently at Sugar Island near Detroit. Frazier confesses to 67 years and yet in these games he threw the hammer, put the shot and jumped better than many of his youthful opponents. He won the first prize at a Caledonian meeting in Toronto 50 years ago and was a competitor at Caledonian games on the Elysian fields in Hoboken some years before there was an amateur definition and before the New York A. C. came into existence. Frazier is an extraordinary athlete for his age and is doubtful if his equal can be found the world over. 

Chicago's Woman's Athletic club has a swimming pool that rivals anything in the country in the beauty and luxury of its decoration and appointments. The natatorium is set in an