The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08
4. DUFFEY SAYS
TEAM is WEAK
Famous Splinter Does Not Believe
the Americans Can Win
at Athens.
CINDER PATH MEN SLOW
SHERIDAN STANDS CHANCE TO
TAKE PENTATHLUM.
BY Arthur puFEEY.

Sailing this week on the steamer
Barbarossa is the American team OF
athletes who are to uphold in Greece
the prestige Of this country in the
forthcoming international Olympic
games. The athletes are accompanied
by the good wishes Of all true Amer
leans, but whether these wishes will
be realized by the teams remains to
be seen.
The expected consensus Of opinion
upon the part of the American athletic
world outside of some interested indi-
Viduals, Is that the team as a whole is
not only not as strong as it might be
but that in some instances at least it
contrasts most UnfavoTably with the
team sent to the Olympic games of
1896.
Let us take the makeup of the team
in detail. First as to sprinters. Amer
lea will be represented by Archie Hahn
w d. Eaton, w. y. Schick @. II.
Queyrousee and Fay MoultOn. But
with the exception Of Hahn and Ea ton
the others have not shown any public
form Of Il notable nature Eaton is
unquestionably one of the greatest in
door runners we have ever had. but he
Is liable to be otherwise outdoors
Each one of the trio. Schick Quey-
rousee and MOulton, is a big man, and
into condition. So upon the whole /
think it is to Hahn that we will have
10 look TO uphold the honor of the
Stars and Stripes in the sprints.
Champions for Opponents.
Pitted against the American runners
will be J. ". Stark. the Scotch cham
piOn. and i. Deb. Reed and possibly
although not probably J. W. Morton
the present British champion. In ad-
dition to these there viii be Nigel
Barker of Sydney university, n. s. w.
one of the greatest sprinters Australia
ever produced. So that altogether the
American men will find il pretty hard
work to achieve victory. NeVerthe-
less. il is my opinion that Hahn will
win, with Schick second. Barker third
and MOultOn fourth This prophecy is
made upon the superstition that Morton
viii not run.
The 400-metcr should prove a most
Interesting ana boLE contested event
: Il competitors are equal to fifty sec
%~1s or better. L am afraid that the
confidence America IS repOsing in Har-
~ Hillman in this race will not be
justified, for 1 think Lieutenant Halls
well, the present British champion,
who won the Quarter-mile event last
year i'm O:5O As. will defeat the man
Of the Mercury foot. Barker may prove
surprise. but my belief is that If
Halswell wins Hilman viii be second.
The half-mile at present showing
seems to be anybody's race. but if
were asked To pick across the beard
] would make this selection: Cornwall
lis. the English varsity man, first;
Parsons OF Yale second. and W. 4.
Wheatlev of Australia third.
No Hope of Winning Mile.
In the I,50O-meter event if Melvin
Shepard had accompanied the team [
he oh
As q probab BILE but not certain winner.
but he does not 90 and I do not think
we have any hope Whatever of win
ming, for Britain has plenty of miIerS
who are better than 4:25 Without
Shepard. Butterfield. The present Brit
ish champion at the distance. ought
10 win. with NJcGouSh OF the Scotland
Harriers second, and LishtbOdy of the
G. y. y. third.
As a rule American athletes have
made but poor showing in the Mara
thOn races held abroad 1t is true that
i'm this instance in Mike Spring and
Forshaw we have two fine representa-
tives for the Marathon. Yet I feel il
in my bones tha. even with their help
we shall win no Ia.reIs in this event.
Need AmsIer for Hurdles.
As far as the 110-meter hurdle race
is concerned il i9 greatly 10 b. re-
GREETED that Amser of Pennsylvania
could not arrange to join the team .
As il is. I select Stomach of the Scot !
land HarTiers to win. with Hugo /
Friend in second place
I look upon Ray Ewry as a sure win /
her in the standing broad jump. lie
is in fine form and there is no serious
opponent for him in the foreign en-
tries. Rega rdinS the running bread
5"mp Meyer Prirstein has in my Opin-
ion a good chance to win against