The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-05
AMERICANS WHO
/ HAVE MADE GOOD
iecOfds Show Our Athletes
Easily Excel All Those
of Europe.

The eyes and thoughts of all the anna
eur athletes are turned across the At
antic' for next summer the Olvmpic
anes will take place in London.
The first record we have of any Amsri-
an athlete competing abroad is of the
erformance of George Seward of New
iaVen, Conn, who went TO England in
s44 and beat every man who dared RIM
eanst MIN al all distances up to a uuar-
IT OF mile. offering long starts TO anv
Hial IVlng beat all existing records at
uhnlng Short distances, at skating and
y jumping On skates, and finally re-
urned TO America, the acknowledged
pruning champion Of the world.
Ran in Moecasins.
Deerfoot the great Seneca Indian rum
CT, went 70 England in 1868, ran many
1VeS at distances near ten miles beat
n the best English runners and estab-
Lshed Lhe hour record for q tWelve-miIe
un- Inc latter still stands as the fast
~ III the world lie ran I'm mOccasIrs,
Win an awkward stride ana a rvIiing
falt, outraged all civilized ideas of train
4 his day.
The first American amateur TO eomnete
England was probably Richard II
ludgeon. New York boy He was a
ennlne amateur and an enthusiastic con-
ssteh1 ever ready to run against any
ody, on short notice. for anV prize from
ldnlond medal to a bunch of tooth
leks, his death left big gap in the
allhS OF tne old-fashoned amateurs who
'Ned sport for sports sake
Organized Invasion in 'st.
The first regularly organized invasion
Ssreat Britain by American amateur
sthletes was in the summer Of 1881, when
I. II: MYERS, Manhattan A. G., and T.. L.
lerrlll, Union A. c., Boston. Mass went
england and competed in several
ieetingS. Including the championships
.lerrilL 'l6n several races and established
'eWf-zngfish walking records at one mile
two miles Myers was beaten but
face-the lW-yard championShip-but won
ne quarter-mile championship and estab-
shed new worlds record for that dis
anee and several fresh English records
Or various distances.
A combination of athletes consisting Of
y II. Meek, F. p. Murray, A A Wal
ron and Fl. Fredericks, went to England
: the summer OF 1854 to attend the
eVen-nile championship and established
eVeral new records and was unanimously
oted the fastest fast walker ever seen
England. Myers won everything in
ght. astonishing his critics and estab-
shing new records by the wholesale.
Two Teams in 1888.
In the summer of 1883 Great Britain was
fVaded by two armies of American ath-
ties. The Manhattan Athletic club sent
NJ Banks, n. p. Coneff, C " 4.
lark and +. Westling, while the New
ork Athletic club squad included E G.
after. w. c. Dohm. G. r. GRAY. A. A,
9rdon, w. L. Koos, c. NJ. Smith and
2. . White. Banks. White and Koos
nothing worthy of mention. Smith
on twice. running high jump and Il
ilf-nile run. Dohm was quite. success
Il in the quarter and haIf-miIe runs.
lrdan won four firsts, including a cham
ublin.
Gray was an easy first in every shot
ltting contest he could find, winning the
ternauonaI championships and beating
ie worlds record five times in one aft
noon Clark and COneff were also big
inners, but as their birthplace was un-
r the English flag their performances
mot very well be accredited to Amer
Again. in 1891. the Manhattan Athletic
ub sent team to England and france
In Paris, at the international meeting
ctor Mapes of Columbia university
On the long jump, while the Manhattan
-hlet1c team took every other first prize
Yale VS.. Oxford.
A team OF Yale athletes crossed the A.
ntic in 1894 and competed against OK
rd university. They lost the contest
the score OF So to 3la. The training
ID management of the Yale teams were
verely criticised, and were undoubtedly
sponsible for the failure.
n the winter of 1S94-9J arrangements
ere made for match between the Lon
Athletic club and the New York Atm
&c club. Each club was allowed TO
engthep its team by additional mem
ssesP r9r this match, thus making the
contest between the best Eng
Id American amateur athletes.
ne result was most extraordinary The
ans were fairly representative of the
lletic strength of their country and
smed likely to make a good fight, but
New York City Athletic club won
cry event. And still more wonderful
the fact that if the performance of all
New York's eleven winners had been
regarded and the score made up
they had not been present America
uld have still won the match by a
| pre- Of to )
Clean Sweep at Athens.
April. 1896 several American attn
es competed in the revived OlYmpiau
mes at Athens. Greece. This delega-
included no amateur champion AM
/ ly one record holder. but they proved
much better than their opponents THAI
~ won almost every event entered.
L. Burke won the 100 meters and the
meters. with II. s. JamisOn second.
rtis won the 1l0-meter hurdle race
iile H B. Clarke took the running high
MP. with r. Garrett second Clarke
rrett and Connolly took the first three
ices in the broad jump. W. w HOyt
n the pole vault and Connolly the hop
and Jump and Garrett took the dis
throw and shot put. The revolver
/ rifle shooting contests went 10 the
0 sons of General Payne, the renowned
chtsman.
.ftsr long negotiations a match was
4-anged in 1s9g-Oxford and Cambridge
ne off victorious in this match win
ig by a score of to 4 Americas de
was due to the i'll health of 7. F.
rke, who, il was conceded would win
half-mile but finished last instead
first
1.-The Greatest American Team.
a the international games in Paris IN
there were tWenty-fOur scratch con
Efs and the American team took eigh-
A of them. This was perhaps the
4oneest team that ever left the United
NtaS ia invade a foreign land. Among
4 snrinters were such men as the great
| sffI Jarvis Tewsbury and Burroughs.
IN there was MaXey Long, the great
orarter-rniler that ever lived, who
- quarter I'm AZ seconds.
sraenzIeia, the champion hurdler. whose
Il fcrds for the lie and 30 hudles still
/ Ia was also on his team. He was
y Ereat broad jumper as we'll as huTd-
n and also holds the amateur record
that event MalOney and Mclean.
II n turdlers and jumpers. were on this
an Prinstein. the broad jumper. who
EtilI in the harness. was also a COM
ktor and so was Baxter, the high
hper In Paris he did feet inches
tthe high jump. Sheldon and Flana-
l. the weight men, astonished the for
hers and won as they pleased. In
bdon at this same time this team swept
EngIishmen off their feet, winning
l,,f everything in sight.
= fbe last Olympian games in Greece