The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-26
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assembled In the netropo offs today and
i will sail to-norrowsfo for England. there
70 compete next month In the London
Olympic games for the Championship
of the world. The pick of the best
4 track and field performers OF other
nations Will meet In Shepherds Bush
stadium In the series OF Competitions,
and 1t will virtually be u America.
against the world since the athletes
OF Europe have combined in an EFFORT
to wrest from Uncle Sam the honors
he won at Athens. 3 -s 3Is-3
Secretary James e. Sullivan. OF the
American Olympic Committe is al.
ready In London and has about com
pleted arrangements for. the reception
and final training of the team. IS Tho
boys will not be allowed to do any
sightseeing or Indulge in any recrea.
ton until after the games are over.
when what IS expected to be tour
OF triumph viii be undertaken. y
The team Is thoroug hly cosmopoli.
tan In its constitution. The only quail
ifcations that govern the Selecting
Committee were citizenship and abil-
ity. Two full-blooded Indians, Frank
Mount Pleasant and Lewis Tewanlna.
Of Carlisle Indian School. are includ-
ed. while two negroes have also foun.l
places. They are J. B. Taylor, Uni:
yersity OF Pennsylvania, and F. LIE
Roy Holmes. Chicago University
Germany will be represented in
George N. Mehnert, NATIONAL Turn
Verein, while .1reland's former sons
form no inconsequential part OF the
list, bnt, In spite of the nationality of
these contestants. they are now all
citizens Of the United States.
Collegiate institutions have reserved
full recognition. in the selection OF the
team. PENNSYLVANIA, Princeton. Yale,
Cornell, Dartmouth, Michigan. Chi.
cage, Marquette, Illinois, and Virginia
will be represented. Harvard AMI
Columbia are the only two UNIVERSE.
ties OF Importance that failed to con-
tribute to the athletic ranks, although
several Crimson athletes are nameI
on the supplement list. Among the
athletic clubs New York occupies tho
center OF the stage. Fifteen members
of the New York Athletic Club have
been selected. while the Irish-Amerl.
can Athletic Club is only one behind
It's local rival. Brooklyn will have two
representa- tives, Chicago twelve, Bos-
ton & three. Newark two. Brookline,
Mass. one; st. Louis two. San Fran,
cisco one, aud Portland, Ore. one.
The worlds record holders will com.
pete on the team. They are Melvin
w. Sheppard. A. c. Gilbert. w. r..
Dray. Martin J. Sheridan. Ray Ewry,
A.: *. Dearborn, Matt J. McGrath, C.
J. Bacon, Forrest c. Smithson and C.
NJ. Daniels. With the exception Of
the walks and long.llstance runs.
America should win every event won
at Athens in 1906. with very brigh.
prospects iof landing (: several others.
The tsnrints should be safe with such
men as Rector, Cnrtmel. Robertson
and others of almost equal speed
Forrest smithson and Shaw will be
able to account for the hurdles. i. p.
Taylor and his quarter-milers should
hold everything safe in the 4oO-metrc
event. Melvin w. Sheppard and sew
cral other men will place the So0-metre
run in the American column OF vic
tories. and a clean sweep will likely
be scored in the pole vault ana 1G-
pound hammer. The running high and
broad jumps and the other events are
likely to be won BY Americans. p
In HnlstenJ the wonderful mile
runner. America has n possible winner
In the mile. America was not expect.
cd to secure u place In this event at
Athens. but Lightbody pulled or the
event, and Halstcad Is better than
Ltghtbody ever was. II Halstead
stands the climate, 1t will require 4:1s'
ito beat him. and in spite OF the re.
ports of good times made in England
this summer will require a very
speedy man to take Halstead's meas
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After the Olympic games are over
the Irlsh-Amerlcnns will travel to
Scotland for a. dual meet In Edln.
bursh. the date OF which will be an.
nounceds later. On August 1 the
wihnged.foot team will compete in
Dublin against an all-Irfsh aggrega.
ton. This meet is expected to be one
lsofs the most important ever. held in
Ireland. Leaving Ireland August 2
the team will make It's way to Stock.
holmn, Sweden where the 1. "A. A. c.
team will meet the best of Sweden,
At Stockholm the Americans Will:
meet with a novel experience, as they