The Washington herald., 1908-07-20

New York. July 1s.-What remains %
the Olympic games programme in Lon
don should favor the American athletes.
but whether they can pull out ahead OF
the Britishers only the end Of the week
viii show
As the score stands now for the track
and field events, England is fourteen
points ahead. and it viii mean three frsts
for America before the boys are on level
terms Meantime. perhaps the British
may clip a point here and there and be
stiIl in the van The sprints. middle dis
tances, and jumping events are the strong
points Of the Americans. and il looks as
II they would command sway in these
particular departments, that is. provided
no dark horses turn up.
To Judge from what is known OF the
athletes public form. # strikes the ord
nary observer that the main result VIII
hings on three events-the 30 and SO
meter runs and the pole-vault-
Tie whole nine points should 70 20
America IN the 1a0-yard hurdles. with
Shaw, Snlithsou, and GarreIs-
The ruling in the pole vault. that the
Americans cannot dig a hole for their
poles perhaps vii bother them. and
the chances Of first places are slim.
II the Americans can defeat the Cana
I dian. Kerr II Hulmau or Taylor can beat
HalesweiIe in the 419 meter and II Shap-
pard can come home in front or Just
in the So meter. then America will vla
the principal championships by several
points.
The Probable Outcome
But should these events result other
wise America viii lose. but only bv the
narrow margin Of three points A guess
at the events to come shows that America
VIII make forty-eight points 10 thirty
seven for England, and this. added 10 the
tally Of lssA week, would leave the grand
total United Kingdom. 81: United states.
.SS
The British have a lead OF . points.
anu there are four aquatic events 70
come three OF which they are REGARDED
as sure 20 capture The points possible
from these. with what can b gathered
from the cycling and The chances in the
track and field. give EnglsHd the why
hand OF the situation
However. James Z Sullivan. the Amer
can commisSioner. has said that Ameri-
ca brought over a team 10 contend only
Tor the track and field events. Against
that the Englishmeu point out that the
cycling and swimming events are in the
Stadium and rs they have been houored
with American entries they ask why
cycling and swimming should be ex-
cluded from the main count
Prior 20 the advent Of Kerr. the Cana
dian champion sprinter. in England. tbs
Olympic sprints looked 20 be at the mercy
Of the United States.
CartmeH in Bad shape.
a report has it that CartmeITs knee is
bad and he viii be a loss for the -
meters. as in the best OF health he prob
ably could take the Canuck's measure
For out-snd-out speed Rector seems the
only American equal to Kerr. but Il IS
doubtful il Rector Is as good repeater.
On public records. neither HiIimsn or
Taylor Is equal 10 HallsweIle for the -
meters The latter-S IS - seconds for. the
40 yards in Scotland. and his - 2-5 sec
onds for the English championship quar-
ter are ahead OF anything done By the
American pair this season
The two standing jump events look &c
be sure things for Ewry. with some fel-
lows from the Continent dividing I'D The
places In the broad jump there Is a
crack from Ireland on the English team
iidiilFu T. - A4le1lEIl- ana ne IS good for
about . feet s inches. which should
prove a little TOO far for anybody on ths
American side Ahearn for the hop. step.
and jump has q record OF IS feet inches
and Leahy Is good in the event. too.
Brennan or Milwaukee. on the Ameri-
can team. is a quiet tip for the event.
and is touted 10 be a 49-foot man This.
OF course and much less. viii win
VIII Reduce Prices.
The executive committee or the Oiym-
pic games has finally come TO the con-
clusion reached by the Americans here
some time ago that the prices charged
for seats in the Stadium are altogether
too high for the general public. and an
noUnces a reduction OF - per cent in the
prices OF 35.olo Of the seats II is hope5
that this VIII result in the drawing OF
a much larger attendance than has hith-
erto marked the progress OF the games.
MORE COMPLAINTS HEARD. N