The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-02
CHANCES OF OLYMPIC TEAM.
FORMIDABLE OPPONENTS FOR
OUR MEN AT ATHENS.
Americans Strong in Aquatics. weight Put
ting, Standing Jump, Stone and Discus
ThrOwtnB-English FNvoriteS for Dis
tance R~uns-Crack Irish Jumpers.

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ting, Standing Jump, Stone n Discus
ThrOw1nB-Englsh FayOriteS for DIE
tance Rms-Crack Irish Jumpers.
The Olympic games In the Pansthenian
Stadion. Athens. from April ~ to May 2.
inclusive, will unqfeetionably rank as one OF
the greatest international athletic meets
ever held and will be far In advance of any
olympian gathering Of recent date. For the
first time In the history Of amateur sport
athletes from America, England, Ireland.
Scotland. France. Germany. Australia. Aus
tris and Greece will show their proves In
the one arena. Race and climatic adapt
ability will be exempll1ed, In the disposal OF
the different contests, BY the quick action
and superabundant nervous energy OF the
Yankee In the sprint races. jumps and weight
putting; the unwavering and logged per-
sietenoy OF the Saxon In the distance runs;
the 1.-the springlness Of the Celt In the field
games; the muscle clad Teuton In the elow,
methodical gymnasla, and the Greek typify-
Ing his ancient classic prototype Of the Milo
statue Of the discus thrower.
England and Scotland will be on land with
a small but first rate team Of middle and
dlsta nee runners and sprnters. Ireland will
be there with some jumpers, and at the present
hour they are the best on earth. while some
good men will be sent by Australia, Germany
and France. the latter country, 1t is said.
hd'iuB u CTaChtT LOT ln6 MaTdUuOu race.
Another thlng. too, to be taken into con-
sideratlon is the makeup Of the programme
this time. and at a glance 1t is seen to be I'M
favorable to the Americans. For instance.
there ID no 200 metre. go metre. standing
high jump. hammer. So pound weight or low
hurdles, at each Of which the Yankees would
SCORE with telling effect. But no matter
what might be the result. the team Is the
largest ever mustered in America for an
international meet abroad. 1t is a repre-
sentative team, too. as far as circumstances
and local conditions would permit. 30 1t will
be found interesting Ito discuss its chances
with the topnotohers Of other countries.
All the world over sprinting Is the most
popular end Of the programme. At Athens
the distance will be 100 metres. and America
will have a formidable array In Archie Hahn,
Milwaukee A. e.. William Sohick of Harvard.
the intercollegiate champion at the 100 yards;
w. D. Eaton Of Boston. G.. III. Queyrouze OF
New Orleans and F. r. Moulton Of the Kansas
City A. c. Each of the quintet has Q rec
ord OF 0 as seconds for the hundred, but as
to their exact rating Just now It Is impossible
TO determine. On past form Schick seems
to be the most reliable performer. but he has
done but little training since the interoolle-
giate championship last year.
Hahn Is a gritty little man and may be
relied upon for a plucky race, but Of late
and all through last year 1t was doubtful II
he was better than 10 seconds or 10 l-5 for the
century. When he met defeat at the hands of
Parsons, the Californian, at the A. A. q. cham
pionships at Portland, the Milwaukee boy
was more than two yards away, but then
Parsons did o As seconds and was moving
with rare dash. Queyrouze Is q new asplrant
to fame. and only q short time ago flashed
on the horizon with a record Of 0 AS for the
hundred. So far as cold facts are concerned
and the necessarily unbiased conditions of
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clear as to who held the watches or their
actual efficiency on the Southerner when he
was credited with the figures at the Southern
Association cham pionship at Birmingham.
Ala. last year. Still. the climate at Athen
will favor QueyrouZe and he may scquit him.
self creditably.
The fifth man, Moulton. will have a try for
the sprint, but he is not going with that In
%tention. his chief use being In the 400 metres.
However, when at Yale Noulton was sup
posed to be a 9 as seconds man, and he made
good showing In a couple OF the i~ntercol-
legiate meets. Word has been received
here that J. W. Morton. the English champion
Splinter, is not going to compete. so the most
dangerous opponent the Yankees will have
is Nigel Barker. the Australian who beat
Duffey during the latter's visit to the antip-
odes a year ago. Barker Is q strong even
time man and from the battle he gave Duffey
1t can easily be inferred that he will be a hard
man to beat. Coming from Australia, the
dead heavy atmosphere Of Greece will suit
him. while 1t will be a disadvantage TO the
Americans, accustomed to the light dry air.
The French champion Malfait has a record
OF II seconds for the 100 metres; Mezo the
Hungarian, has run the 100 yards In 10 lilo
seconds and for the 100 metres the best Ger
man record is IL seconds by B. Diebold, but
he lie said TO be not in the running at present.
Taking the foreigners all in all. Barker ia the
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dwelt on the more 1t is regretted that Parsons.
the Californian. could not make the trip. The
Olympic record for the 100 metres is 10 as
seconds, by F.W, Jarvis of Princeton Univer-
sity, made in one Of the trial heats at the
Paris Olympiad in 1900. Hahn made IL
seconds at St. Louis In 1904.
For the 400 meter the first string of the
Americans will be Harry L. Hillman of the
New York A. c.. holder Of the Olympic record
Of 40 is seconds, made at st. Louis In 1904.
and not alone may he be banked upon 10
repeat this feat in TIE Greeian amphit6eatre.
man win be schick and Moulton good Tor
around so seconds for the quarter mile. when
distance at this gait at the present time.
BY far the stiiest Spp29nent ne AMERICANS
RRelish and Scotch. champion for t RhrsSe aa6
yards. His. best championship record is
and as be is notable for his aggressive tactics,
even Hillman at his best, cannot afford to
take the Edinburgh Harrier lightly. A few
minor British lights may go down to Greece
for this event and those from the Continent
are not very speedy; Malfait, the Frenchman,
with a record of 90 AS seconds, being the best.
University president. may start and he ,is
but as he has lately been devoting his atten-
ton 70 the mile his appearance is doubtful
IN the 440 yards.
The 500 metres should be a cracking race,
the foremost Americans being H. Y. Valen-
tine OF the New York A. c, and E. B. Parsons
Of Yale. They will be supported by c. J.
Bacon OF the Irish 4. A. c., and J. D. Light
body of Chicago University, Lightbody'e
form lately indicates that about ! minute
So seconds would be his limit for the half mile
and this would not trouble Valentine much
and the latter should run in about l minute
81 seconds, or he should cover the 500 metres
In about ] minute Sc seconds, which is the
record made by Lighthody at st. Louis.
E. B Parsons OF Yale has a record of / minute
SIS As seconds for the half. and his decision
to the team greatly enhanced
Americas chances, Bacon should beat 2
minutes easily and he will be benefited by the
rest on the ship, as he has been rather over
worked for the last couple of years. 4 brace
Of British opponents bound to cause trouble
are X. CORVALLIS OF Oxford University
and W. y. Anderson, Belhoustan ,Harriers,
Glasgow. Scotland. the present half mile
champion OF that country, viii a native record
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