The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-04
Americas Eight Athletes
ON Grecian Soil.
Joint Team From Boston Ath-
letic and Princeton.
Records Of Men Representing the
United States at Athens.

The Oympian games, the pride Of the Hell
lenes will begin Monday and last for 10 days.
As near possible the sports Of the ancients
have been preserved The revival has met
with more success than was anticipated. and
nearly every civilized country will be repre-
ssnted. The meeting will be one OF the
greatest ever known.
Though the American team Is small in
quantity, stili.it is select in quality, and rep.
resents the amateur athletic and collegiate
contingencies OF the United States. In that 10
is composed of athletes from the Boston Ath.
letic Association and Princeton College.
Namely. the men are: Burke. Clark. Blake.
Curtis. Garrett. Tyler. Lane and Jamison.
The fret four are Bostonians. and the remain.
der sons of sold Nassau.
Thomas K. Burke. who was born ,n Boston,
July 2l. 1875 made his first athletic appear.
nnce at the suffolk Athletic Clubs games, held
on July 4, 1898, where he won the 4ao yards
novice race on poor track in IS as seconds.
He was then pupil in the English high
School Of Boston. and at the Interscholastio
"A. A. championship games March IL. 1894. he
represented his school and won the 600 yard
run in the record time OF 20 25. He now
holds the international 440-yard cham piouship
Ellery II. Clark Of Harvard, has been moro
years, and is well known as an all round sth-
lete. At the New England Amateur Athletic
Union last season he scored 56a5 points,
against Carpenters $3.50. and in she champion
ship games Of the maritime provinces this
past summer he did some creditable work by
winning five frat prizes. and breaking sever
al records. Clarke will be entered in the hop.
step and Jump. the broad and high Jumps, and
the hammer throwing. IL the latter Is added
to the lists, as is proposed.
The third man OF the Bos:onians Is the cross
country and long distance runner, Arthur
Blake. He holds the mile indoor record of
s:39 As, made at the indoor cham pionship
games OF the N. e. A. A. u. in 1893. il is
manager Graham's intention TO enter Blake
in the star event Of the Grecian games. the
S0-mile run from Marathon TO Athens, and
also in the 1000 and 1900 metre runs.
Thomas p. Curtis, the hurdier, Is compare
lively a new man. Practically speaking he
has only had one chance to show his prowess,
and that was 80 the b. A. A. games, where
he won the s5-yard high hurdle handicap dash
from stephen Cbace. the worlds champion.
Manager Graham took WV Hoyt promis-
ing young athlete, with his Boston aggreea-
tion. Hoyt is a Harvard '9S man. and has
made a speciality OF pole vaultina.
or the Princeton men. captain Robert Gar
rett, Jr., is another all.around athlete, and
holds the college record for putting the l6-
pound shot and for high jumping. He has en-
tered the pole yaulting. shot putting and dis
Gus throwing events.
Albert @. Tyler is well-known by college
men as the right tsckls of Prineeton's g last
year football team. He is q brawny chap,
and holds the record for pole vaultiug, 10
feet, 10 inches. He has entered this event
with the expectation Of breaking his own
ord.
Francis A. Lane is the fastest sprinter at
Princeton, and has repeatedly crossed the
tape in the l0O-yard dash In 10 seconds fat.
lie is entered in the l00-meter race.
The last of the Princetonians. Herbert b.
Jamison. '97. was substituted in Colfelts
place, as the latter was unable to accompany
the team. He is meroury-footed sprinter,
and should prove of considerable assistance
as a running partner to Lane. He has been
entered in several Of the dashes and I00-me.
tor race.
From the records 10 may be seen that Amer
ica's chance of winning a considerable per-
centage.of the prizes very bright. despite
the fact that her Representatives are but few
in numbers.
Bowling.
Teams No. and Of the Providence Ath-
letic Association bowled one Of the most inter
estiDg games of the season on the club alleys
last evening. The aggregate total of the first
two strings resulted In q tie, but the final
brought No. out winner by a margin OF
60 pins.
The summary:
p. A. A.. NO. 2.