New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

ought TO win. and experts believe Lightbody 10
as fast as the American champion. Both Lieu
tenant Haswell the Scotch champion, and Corn
wallis, the Oxford runner. have bettered 80 sec
onds. and are speedy enough and SOOd enough
eonPet1tors 70 give any man race. Malfait.
the brenchnan, has the best European mark,
covering the distance IN so As seconds. which
ought not TO worry any Of the American lot.
X is IN the distance runs that England figures.
however. In Parsons. LightbOdy and Valentine,
America has the strongest lot OF runners she
mas had in the middle distance Every one on
THIS side of the water believes that all threa
men can better their mark of Sc. LightbOdy.
particularly, having never been really extended
out there are men against them who Of the
phenomenal Myers. Fitzpatrick and Holltster
stripe. Corvallis for instance, has a mark OF
i.of 80 Anderson, the Scotch champion. Is be-
heVed 70 De capable OF l:55 though ne has not
recently done better than 1853 while the other
English runners at the distance are better than
tWo-mtnute men The Continental runners are
far behind them. Running the 500 metres Runge.
the German crack, is credited with 1859 2-5;
Soalbat- the French runner. with 300 Is, and
Macy. the Hungarian, with only 2:O6 2-5 though
he Is believed to be much faster.
In tho $500 metres the superiority Of the
Englishnnen is even more marked. There are two
4:20 men and two who have made better than
424, besides several others almost their equals.
beat 4:2O, and LightbCdy has never shown a
4:2O possibility, remarkable as his running has
been. Take the work Of Welsh. the Cambridge
runner. IN the recent OXford-Canlbridge games.
where in a snowStOrm he ran I'm 4:21 2-5; if that
is not phenomenal going il Is hard 20 md it, He
has a 4;2O mark, and MCCfOugh the Irfshr1an who
holds the Scotch championship ia credited with
the same, and easily disposed OF Schrubb, the
Cornell runner. who is the equal OF either OF the
best Americans. Edwards and Crabbe Of Cam
bridge, and CORVALLIS. Of Oxford all have done
4:24 and better. The Continental runners ara
far behind these figures. Runge. tha German.
nas mark or 4:ll for 1,5OO metres. which is
II seconds behind Lightbody's record. and soal-
bats French mark Is ALB 2-5.
So, too. in the dve-Tntle NIcCough and Churchill
J easily lead the field. Both are better than
minutes for the distance which Is a minute
faster than any form any American runner at
1 "a aTlrH aaf f6a ENrnTQ Aye-
miller Is also credited with better than any time
the Americans can reasonably be expected to
snow. In the Marathon race the distance is so
unusual as to be most uncertain. The best
ngures are held by RagUeveau, who has both
the ten mile and the hour record In France and
| oy Aldridge and Pearce, the Scotch distance
runners.
! In the hurdles the Americans are better off,
/ the fact that the best English hurCIer Stro-
mach will probably not run enhancing their
chances still further. StrOnach, though only
credited with 154-5 seconds over the sticks
beat ATnsler the Pennsylvania hurdler. twice IN
England last year, and Amsler IS the superior
Of both Friend and Leavitt. and probably OF
not nearly in Stronach's class.
The weights are very uncertain. although
| there Is reason believe thar the Americans
/ VIII be successful in spite OF the withdrawal OF
Sheldon. The best English representatives are
/ Nicholson, the SCOtChm man. Barrett, the Irish
man. and Robertson. the oxford weight thrower.
| None Of the three are good for better
/ than 42 feet. DOerr. the German. has put a 2S-
| pound weight over 80 feet. and Radglovitsch.
the Belsian, has record Of over Il feet for thu
/ 36-pound weight.
/ In the discus. Sheridan is confident OF wiz
/ ming, though It VIII take good throwing OF ac-
\ curate direction 10 beat the Greek at hts own
K game. GeOrgantes is credited with over 149 feet
| and Eynard, the Frenchman, and Eothy, the
| Hun, have records Of about 140 feet. What
Sherfdar's chances are IN the Pentathluul Is IN
certain. IN this. beside the discus throw. he has
20 run 182 metres. compete in the standing broad
I Jump and wrestle and throw the tavelin Sui
ltvan's capability IN the latter event gives him
4 rather a better chance than Sheridan has. all
\ things considered
Finally, IN the Jumps the excellence Of Lsahy
and O'Connor. the Irish jumpers, makes Arneri-
can success here doubtful. OConnoTs world
| record IN the brOad-2t feet 11A fnches-is of
! course. by far the best record performances. and,
while hs has not equ "a "a feet in couple OF
| years he bettersG 2$ last year Prtnstein 81 N
much the same position as OConnOr, unlfkaly
! 10 approach his best figures Neither Friend
nor Kerrtgan are better than % feet and LeanS
has recently made hat
J Leehy also has kerrigan beGSen N the high
Jump performance. his feet 8 inch record
/ being superior to Kerrigan's best by nearly two
4 inches. Ray Ewry ought to take care Ot the
\ Irishman in the standing broad Jump II he is
] in shape for Leahy has never beaten 10 feet -
| inches. and E,wry ought also 10 wiz n the hop.
/ step and Jump. although Leahy has done so feet
J az tt. With EwTy. Connolly and Prfnstefu IN
\ this contest, America IS " ell provided Finally.
70 the pole vault. there is only one man whom
Glover need fear. This is Condor. the French
l inches. The European, however. can clAnb the
pole. which is prohibited in America. and Glover
! may be able TO add something To his II feet 0
inch record by reason Of this trick
: From these figures it will be apparent that
| America viii have her work cut out for her IL
the foreign athletes begin 70 equal their best
I performances and the chances OF their being
adversely affected by the climate are decidedly
| less than the Yankees VIII have 70 su1Tsr whils
| the long sea voyage the American team han to
| undergo. during which time the men are de-
/ prived of the opportunity OF training, handicaps
/ IT the more