Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-16
Neale
MAKEUP OF oLYMPIAD TEAM
Speculation ms 10 who VIII Repre-
sent America at the Great
London Meet.

NEW YORK, Feb. l5.-Speculation is
rife about the probable makeup of the
team that will go to London to represent
America next July in the Olympic sports.
Picking the men on past performances is
but guess work at this stage, and like as
not the bright particular stars Of the
American team are way back in the
shadow now Such was the experience Of
Paul Pilgrim at the Athens meet He
went abroad as a second-rater and came
home a two-time worlds champion.
Now, there is many a youth in the met
ropolitan district today capable of re-
peating Pilgrims feat II given only half
chance. and many now in comparative
obscurity will almost surely land the COW
eted trip. OF course, everyone has heard
Of Fred Bellars, for he is the cross
country champion. but at that Bellars is
new force in the athletic world. The
brightest part of his career lies ahead
and not behind the Jersey youth. Bel
lars need not improve a whit TO make the
London team He has only to repeat
the races he ran at Celtic park last fall,
when he beat Bonhag. DAILY, Carr. Has
l1ins. Collins. Joyce and Cohn TO secure
berth on the London team.
Frank Sheehan of Boston, who won the
town last summer, is also capable OF
making the team quite easily. Sheehan
is consistent around 1857 and his great
race in the juniors" proved that at his
best he is very close TO two seconds
faster than that He has only TO take
the trouble to train faithfully,dn order 20
be one Of the lucky ones. Celtic park has
a likely candidate in r. Cloughan, the
Fordham sprinter With every qualifica-
tion that makes up a really great sprinter,
save possibly a little more campaigning,
Cloughan will almost surely develop into
a corker He looked just about right 70
do things" last summer, when ptomaine
poisoning almost KILLED him and effect
lively stopped his athletic work for the
rest OF the year.
George Ford and A. T. Bailey. at Trav-
ers Island. also look good to the experts.
Both Of these lads took 44O-yard honors
outdoors last summer and have been rest
ing all winter with their eyes on the
London trip. Ford and Bailey both
found 81 seconds easy going last sum
mer and will have the advantage OF
long winters rest which counts some in
a hard campaign. Fifty seconds should
find them close up when the Olympic
trials come off IN June.
Princeton has a likely Olympian in
George whiteley, the Orange and Black
star half-mileF. As a schoolboy in 1876
Whitley ran as fast as 1874, and his
showing in the intercollegiate eross-coun-
try races last fall told the story Of ad-
ditional strength he has gained since then
Princeton men not only hope, but expect
to see whiteley flash the Orange and
collegiate half-mile championship next
spring.
The latest to show promise is Thadde-s
White. the young Twenty-third regimen.
White has jumped from the novice clsss
runner. Under H1ertberg's coaching
to that Of the near champions in a few
weeks and even mis- riVals ooneede that he'
will be a wonder in the mile next sum
mer. At Boston recently White ran rings
around the best man IN New England
and men like J. p. Sullivan and Harvey
Cohn as well.
Frank Riley, one OF the best juniors on
the Irish-American string, with a record
OF An for the mile, Is a likely candidate
for the team. too. Because OF his size
Riley has never shown UP very well in
doors but on the einders he can run with
the best OF them He has repeatedly run
the best men IN the metropolitan dis
triot TO a standstill