The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-06-21


at present time. Athletes
Chedited to this Country hold all but
three of Olympic Records. old Worlds
best Jockeys are boys from United
States, May sutton Outclassed all Wo-
men Tennis Players, Hoppe lis Undis-
puted Billiarm Champion Travis Golf
Champion, Jay Gould just missed land
ing Court Tennis Championship of the
World Martin J. sheridan is Worlds
Greatest Athlete, and Kramer Inter
national Cycling Champion. Many of
these American Champions are still
hardly more than youngsters.
The American sportsman now has the
world beaten.
In secarcely any branch of sport, in
door or outdoor have the experts of the
old world succeeded in holding records.
In every game, not distinctly local.
as for instance cricket, which being
safely an English game, naturally finds
its champion opponents in the 1ht
little isle the skila and dexterity Of
Uncle Sam. allied to his plulI and dar-
ing. have given him the victory.
The recent triumph of the Americans
Willie Hoppe has just established as
absolute a mastery over the billiard
world as Frank Ives ever enjoyed;
horsemen on the other side have their
choice of getting American jockeys or
losing their races; Travis holds the
amateur golf championship of England;
James j. Jefferies is so far above any
fighter the old world could produce that
it would be suicide for the man they
attempted to put against him; Frank
Kramer has just defeated the pick of
Eurpes cyclists in the international
matchesin London; Jay Gould. though
only mere boy, beat every court ten
mis- player in England save only the
champion, and the latter admits that
it is only a question of a shirt time be-
fore nobody can cope with the grandson
of the famous fnancier; Miss May SUIT
ton outclasses the best women tennis
players of England, and 50 straight
down the Inc it will be found that the
other side cannot produce the kind of
material necessary to beat Uncle sam.
The American victory in the games at
Athens was particularly satisfying.
Barring half a dozen of the Britishers,
the other athletes i'm the competition
fell laughably behind those who crossed
the Atlantic to get in the competition
OF the twenty-five Olympic records
nineteen are now held i'm this country.
The only exceptions are the hve-mile
run held by Hawtrey of England; the
Marathon race where Sherring, of Ca
NADIA. is the premier, and the pole vault
a / ,.ft !,
Dvorak, of Michigan. on June 8, lie
10y Samse of the University of In
diana pole vaulted u feet 4 ga inches
or 10 ga inches higher than the French
mans record
The Olympian games have now been
held for four times, and every case
brought an American victory. The first
games i'm 1896 say the United States
represented by an American team sent
out by the Boston A. A., and made up
principally of Harvard and Princeton
athletes
At Paris in 1900, a greater team en-
joyed IA still more notable triumph.
This was followed by the American
walkover at St. Louis i'm 1904, where the
home men captured every event on the
program, and now this year sees the
games again held at Athens once more
the prowess of Americans gave the
event its distinction.
The two victories that furnished the
most pleasure to Americans in the
Athens meet We're those of Sheridan
and Lightbody The latter took what
had been conceded to Britain-the dis
lance run.
British supremacy in this eN ent had
so often been manifested that every
body expected to see Johnny Bull vic
tor, but the Chicago Athlete would not
be denied and romped to the fore with
new record to hi credit
The mau whose prowess most aston
ished the Greeks was Martin j. Sheri-
dan, undoubtedly the greatest athlete
in the world today. The form he dis
played in making a new record for the
discus throw, 1876 feet and 2 inches, was
no surprise to his American friends,
for ever since he took the all-round
championship from such men as Ellery
Clark and Martin Dunn, he has been
rated as among the first athletes Of this
country.
An Irishman by birth, Sheridan has
been I'm this country ever since his sew
enth birthday, is a naturalized citizen
and will admit no disput on the COM
pleteness of his Americanism.
His victory in the American all-round
championships proved his general skin
and strength better than could any test
like the Pentathlon, since the events
were more numerous and require a
much more diversified talent to make
strong showing. And Sheridan set a
new mark for the contest with his win
ming point score SURPRISING that Of
such all-round champions as Malcolm
w Ford, A. A. Jordan, L. p, sheldon,
lEllery II. Clark, w. II. Gin, Adam Gum