The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-09
FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES THE AM-
 ERICAN TEAM.
Meets at Aster House and Picks scven- ty-sfx of the Best Athletes in
 the United
 States

New York. June s.--To represent the United states in the Olympic Games. which will he held in London next month. seventy-six men, the pick of the country's athletes. were tonight selected as the American team by the American Olympic Team committee at a meeting in the Astor House
 The committee. with its unlimited range of selection. picked what is be- lieved will be team of track and field men that will bear the American colors worthiiy.
 Dearbord, McGrath, Rose, Sheridan and Coe are some of those selected to compete in the heavy weight and dis GUS events. Sheppard. at middle dis tance, Hil1man for the hurdles and Ewey in the high and broad jump are some of the other selections which are regarded as safe event winners for the team.
 While the team selected tonight win be the main reliance of America in the various events to be contested. the committee has also formulated sup elementary list of athletes, including the more promising of the younger element, which may be drawn upon to complete the entry list in some of the events. Tonight's list. however. iE. likely to be the guide of the commit
 
 various events. which will be am nounced in detail tomorrow.
 Following is the selected list: Blatt Adams, New York. A. C.; J. c. Atlee. Princeton University; c. J. Ba- con, Irish American A c; C. H. Beliah, Stanford University. California; c. Bell lairs New York A. C.; J. A. Biller, Brooklyn Central Young Mems Chris tian Associations; George V. Bonhag. Tvsfa .-t, A ~ V<&f.s rl~a~x Marquette University. wisconsin Joseph Bromilow. Jr., Irish American Athletic Club; William Burrows. Chi cago A. A.: J. c. Carpenter. Cornell University; N. J. Cartneli, University of Pennsylvania; H. l. Coe, University of Michigan; W. w. Coe Jr. Boston 4. A.; E. T. Cook, Cornell University; c. M. Daniels. New York A. C.: A. M. Dearborn. New York A. C.: c. s. Dole. Yale University; W. R. Dray. Yale Uni versity; c. A. Duh, University of Mich c. Ewey, New York A. C.; John J. Flanagan, Irish American Athletic Club; Joseph Forshaw. Missouri Ath- letic Club; Robert B. Foster. Chicago A. A.; George W. Caidzik, Chicago A. A.; J. c. Garrells, Chicago A A.; H. A. Gidney. Boston A. A; A. c. Gilbert Yale University; A. M. Goessling, New York A. C.: J, F. Halstead, New Missouri A. C.; l. Budd Goodwvn, York A. C.: William P Hamilton, Chi cago A. A.; Sydney H. Hatch, First Regiment A. A.. Chicago: John J. Hayes, Irish American Athletic Club: Harry J. Hebner. Illinois Athletic Club; Harry l. Hillman. New York A. C.; A. Leroy Holmes. Chicago, Illinois; l. V, Howe, Yale University; H. J. Huff, Chicago A. A; F. E. Irons, Chicago A. A.; Clark s. Jacobs University of Chi cago: I. P. Jones, University of Penn sylvania; D. J. Kelley, Irish American Athletic Club; J. J. Krug, National Turnverein; J. D. Lightbody iUniver- sity of Chicago; M. F. Mc5rath, New Illinois George M. Menhert, NatinoaI Turnverein; N. A. Merriam, Universi- ty of Chicago; T. Moffit, University of Chicago; T. P. Morrisey, Mercury A C.; Frank Nit. Pleasant, CariIsis Indians Club Fred Hargens, New York A. C.: J. F. OtClonnell. New York A. C.; John IL Patterson, Chicago A. A.; Paul 1T. Pilgrim, New York 4 C.; Harry F. Porter, Irish American Athletic Club William c. Prout, Boston A. C.; B. H. Pramey, Chicago 4. A; J. A. Rector, University of Virginia; ]. c. Rich, Brooklyn Swimming Club: Dawson Robertson, Irish-American Athletic Club; Ralph Rose. Olympic Club, San Francisco; F. 4. Rowe, University of Michigan: A. B. Shaw, Dartmouth Uni- versity; Melvin W. Sheppard, Irish .Am- erican Athletic Club; Martin J. Sheri- dan, Irish American A. C.; D. B. Sher- man, Dartmouth; F. c. Smifhson, Mutt nomah A. C.: J. P. Sullivan, Irish American A. C.; J. B. Taylor, Irish Am erican A. C.. Lee J. Talbott, Irish-Arn- erican A. C.; H. I. Tube. New York A. C.. c. D. Trubenbach. New York A. (; ; J. D. whitman, University of Pennsyl- vania.
 Resolutions passed by the executive committee of the American committee after the selection of the team made it plain that the men on the selected list as given are those whose places as members of the team with expenses defrayed by the committee. are assured.
 The sending Of athletes from the supplemental list. the committee states, is dependent upon the subscrip- ton of further funds for the specific purpose of sending one or more of the men there named.