The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
ATHLETES ID ATHENS
 FOR LYMPIAN GAMES
America Will Send Strong
 Team to Compete
QUEYR0UZE MAY MAKE TRIP
Committee Now Obtaining Necessary Expense Money and Arranging the Many Detalls-List of
 Probable Entries.

Julian W. Curtis, chairman of the f. nance committee of the American com nhttee on Olympian games. has appointed a committee in nearly every city in the United States. whose purpose and duty it is to obtain the money needed to pay the expenses of the team which will be sent from this country to take part in those contests. The games are held at Athens, and a formidable team will reprtp sent the United States. according to the plans of the committee.
 W. D. Nesbitt, president of the Bir- mingham Athletic club. is the local rep resentative of the committee, and is work ing actively in behalf of the fund. He is meeting with success. as there are many persons in Birmingham who are taking a deep interest in the contests this year.
 The team to represent this country will be selected from the following athletes
 100 metres sprint-C. l.. Parsons, Olym- pie club, San Francisco; W. A. Schick Harvard university Clyde Blair, Univer- sity of Chicago; Eaton, Boston. George Queyrouze, New Orleans.
 40 yards run-F Waller, University of Michigan; Harry Hillman, New York Ath- letic club.
 800 metres run-E. B. Parsons, New York A. C.; James D. Lightbody, Chica- go Athletic association; H. V. Valentine, New York A. c.
 15O0 metres run-James D. Lghtbody, Chicago university; D. C. Munson, Cor nell university.
 The Marathon raee-Joseph Forshaw of the Missouri A. C.; Fowler, who finished second in the Boston Marathon race and the winner of the Chicago Marathon race.
 120-yard hurdle race-Hugo Friend Chi cago Athletic association; r. s. Catlan, Chicago university
 Standing broad jump-Ray Ewry.
 Running broad jump-Hugo Friend, Chi cago Athletic association; Ray Ewry; j.. A. Biller, National Turn Nerein of New ark; L. W. Simmons, Princeton univer- sity.
 Running hop, step and jump-Tryouts will be held at certain parts of the coun- try and the best men will be selected.
 Running high Jump-H. W. Kerrigan, Multnomah A. C., Portland, Ore. J. w.. Marshall; c. Barker, of the University of Iowa.
 Throwing the dlscus-GaTrels of Michi- gan Coe of Boston, and Mitchell of New York; also Parry of Chicago university and W. A. Plaw of San Francisco.
 Throwing the stone (with run and fol- low)-J. s. Parry of Chicago university, Mitchell of the New York A C., w. w.. Coe of Boston. John Flanagan of New York, and A. W. Plaw of San Fran cisco.
 Putting the shot-W. W. Coe of Bos- ton r. J. Porter of Cornell, C. Dunlap of the University of Michigan, J. S. Par ry of Chicago university, and A. w. Plaw of San Francisco.
 Pentathlum Consisting of the five fol- lowing events)-First, flat race, one Olym- pic stade Q92 metres); second, broad jump (standing); third throwing the dis cus( Creek style) fourth. hurling the javelin; fifth wrestling (Graeco- Roman style) Competitors must take part in all of these five events. For this series of events the committee has not, as yet, decided upon who they will invite, owing to the fact that the athlete who enters must compete in the five events but ex- perts in Boston seem to think that Ellery Clark Is the one man who Is an amateur that can represent America in these events.
 In the weight Hitting events and the wrestling event no selections have yet been considered.
 Walking race-The most likely candi- date to be sent for the walking contest is William Young of Portland, Ore, who is the only walker who created a new record last year.
 Tug -of-war (teams of eight)-J. s. Par ry, Chicago; W. ". Coe. Boston; A w. Plaw; San Franciscoi John Flanagan, New York: Mitchell. New York; F. J. Porter, Cornell; c. Dunlap, University of Michigan, and Ellery Clark of Boston.
 For the gymnastlo competitions team of eight gymnasts will be sent to repre- sent this country. They will be the pick of the Amateur Athletic union, the col leges and the turner's.
 The entries for the three swimming events 100, 400 and 1900 metres, will be se- lected from the following: Daniels Han dy, Loughlin and Leary
 The most prominent candidate for the diving competition is Dr. Sheldon of the Missouri Athletic association.
 As these men have been selected from the Amateur Athletic union champions, Intercollegiate Athletic association cham pions and conference champions, and some of them may not be able to make the trip, the committee dn such cases) will select from all sections of the country local champions, who are not national champions, to make up the team. In many cases the local champions are bet ter performers than the college or Anna teur Athletic union champions, and in some cases prominent athletes who have been performing well during the past year