Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

held primarily to select the American
Olympic team. the settlement of the
struggle between these two factions VIII
be watched with just as much interest.
The events on the program are the same
as will be contested in the Olympic meet.
All of the distances will be the resula-
ton Olympic distances
Leading Sprinters Attracted.
There will be no event on the program
that will attract as much attention as the
1O0-meter dash. 1t will bring together
three men the athletic world has long
wished to see in a race. They are n. ].
Cartmell Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, the intercollegiate 100 and 22o yard
champion: Dan Kelly, formerly of the
University of Oregon. who holds the
world record of $50 seconds, and Rector
Of the University of Virginia who has
twice been credited with phenomenal rec
ords the past month. The first time ne
was given 92-5 seconds and later was
credited with 93-5 seconds. Of course.
the athletic experts do not believe that
the timing was correct. but it is fact
that Rector has lots of speed. When he
was student at Lawrencevlle Academy
he was several times credited with 10 sec
onds. Naturally he would be faster now,
but it is doubtful If he can beat 10 sec
onds. These three men will have a chance
to test their real speed against each other.
AS the records of both Kelly and Rector
are open to suspicion they will have an
opportunity to make good in this meet.
and If they lose to Cartmell their phe
nomenal times will never be believed.
These three men will continue their
struggle in the 2oO-meter dash, in which
Cartmell should have much less opposi
ton.
The 4oO-meter dash will have very
strong collegiate flavor. with Taylor of
Pennsylvania the likely winner. Carpen
ter of Cornell. Atlee of Princeton and
La Montague of Yale are the strongest
of the other college men. There is only
one club man who has chance with
these He Is Harry Hillman, who holds
the record of 40 1-5 seconds for the dis
lance. a record he holds because he had
no strong college competitors at ST. Louis
when he made 1t.
In the 500 meters Melvin Sheppard OF
the Irish A. c. looks to be the likely
winner. He is one or two seconds faster
than the best of the collegians. Two
years ago he ran the half in l.53 80
only one-ffth of a second outside the
world record. His strongest competitors
will be Coe of Michigan, Sheehan of Bos-
ton. French of Cornell and Whitley of
Princeton. 1t is not likely that the Olym
pic committee will pick many men for
the 800 meters event. Coe and Rowe
OF Michigan. Sullivan of the Irish A. A c.,
Sheppard of the same team and White
of New York A. c. are the men who Will
fight 1t out In this event. but hardly
more than two or three will make the
team. There is five-mile run on the
program. but. outside of Bellairs OF the
n. Y A. c.. this country has very few
men who stand chance of being con-
sidered.
In the no meters hurdles the college
men look to be supreme. with Shaw Of
Dartmouth, Robbins of Yale and Gard
ner and Rand of Harvard. The club men,
apparently realizing the superiority of the
collegianS in the short hurdles. have been
training solely for the 4OO meters hur-
dies For this event Hillman of the New
York A. c.. the present champion. looks
to be the best. but some of the college
men may spring surprise here.
Jumps and Weight Events.
The broad jump will undoubtedly en-
phasize the strength of the collcgians
with such men as Kelly. the former Uni
versity Of Oregon and Michigan man
who. however. will compete unattached:
Cook of Cornell and Heath and Violin
of Michigan. The high jump should see
great fight between Mofftt the former
Pennsylvania record holder of 6.o3i4. and
Porter, the ex-Cornell man. who did 6.o3
last winter. The other contestants should
be HORROR of Williams, Palmer Of Dart |
mouth Rossman of Cornell and Pope of
Harvard.
In the weight events it looks though |
the COlieSe men Will De IItiibeItb VIII /
the "also rams" For the hammer throw |
both McGrath and Flanagan of the n. Y. |
A. c. and Irish A. A c.. the present and |
former world champions, should BE- first |
and second. Both of these men can throw |
several yards farther than the best of the |
collegians. Horn of Syracuse. FolNen OF |
Pennsylvania and Baker. Pew and Hook |
er of Cornell are the best of the col |
legians.
The pole vault should see CLEAN sweep |
for the colleges. with such men as Dray, |
Yale's world champion: Gilbert and Mel |
son. also of Yale: Cook Of Cornell and |
Parker of Pennsyl vana. Martin Sheridan |
of the Irish a. A. c. ought to have things |
pretty much his own way in the discus /
throw. though this would not be the case
If Garrells, the former Michigan star. |
were among the competitors.
Colleges in American Regatta.
The very generous representation of the !
college crews in the American regatta at |
Philadelphia last week and the large
number OF victories they scored makes 1t |
evident that this regatta is to be more |
and more collegiate rather than a club |
affair. When the regatta was first or
ganized the college competitors were very
few. but since then more have been add !
ed year by year. and this time the col |
legiate and scholastic entries divided hon |
ors with the clubs.
the part of the colleges. for it email les |
them to give their second and class crews |
a chance to get rowing experience which |
they would never secure elsewhere. 1t is I
for this very reason that Harvard and |
Yale send down their crews year after
year. Within the last two years there
has been started a movement to send
varsity elSltS to the regatta, and this