The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-07-22
FOREIGN OLYMP|ANS.
Feats Of Some Men Against
Whom Yankees Will Compete.
SWEDES ARE DANGEROUS.

SW6OES AnE UANuEnVUS.l
May Capture Many Running Events
With lindbors, svsnbsrs and Lund-
bsr9-Franes Has Some Good pis.
sanes Men-Jarvinsn, Finland's Star.
Now that the three tryouts are over
and the committee has selected the
I American team which Is to battle for
Old Glory in the London Olympiad
something about the men Of other ma
tions who are going to compete In the
big games win make interesting read
ing for athletic fans. Uncle Sam will
be represented by the biggest and best
team that ever carried the athletic war
across the big pond. Collectively the
men form the greatest galaxy Of stars
that ever was gathered together un-
der one emblem. There's not a weak
1 link In the chain, but there are few
places where the team might be
strengthened.
Sport followers are wondering why
Joe Forshaw was placed on the first
team and Alexander Thibeaux, who
has whipped Forshaw four times and
who won the middle west Marathon.
| received a berth on the supplemental
list; why Frank Riley was omitted
| from the first team after having run
| 1900 meters in faster time than either
| Of the western events was won In;
why Jacobs was chosen as a pole
vaulter when there are dozen men
in the country who have better records
than he has; why Manganese, the wres-
tier, got place on the team, and why
4 Harvey Cohn, who has shown himself
to be one Of the greatest distance men
in the country, and George Cameron,
the king Of the amateur cyclists, were
placed On the second team.
4 There are men on the second team
who have mighty good chance of
n scoring for Uncle Sam; When the com
mittee wakes up and gives Thibeaux,
Riley, Cohn, Cameron and others what
is due them, the old fellow with the
goatee, whether he twists the lions
TAN or whether his own whiskers be
pulled, will know that there was put
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America could get together.
England, Germany, Canada and Fin.
land are the only other countries which
have had their tryouts. The English
tryouts were held in the stadium al
Sheppard's Bush, where the Olympic
games are to be decided, ON May 30
With the exception Of two events, the
results were not gratifying to the Brit
fishers and certainly not worthy Of
throwing a scare into the Yankees
England's best men did not compete ii
the tryouts. One viii have to wait I'll
the northern counties, midland coun
ties and British national championship
are heard from before good line cal
be had ON John Bulls form. England
has few men in the field events VIII,
class with the cracks on this side O
the pond. In Con Leahy Ireland ha
a dangerous man in the jumps, ant
Nicholson of Scotland has chance 70
fourth in the hammer throw.
The German tryouts which were hell
in Leipzig few weeks ago, while re
sulting in the smashing Of four GEL
n man records, produced nothing whicl
should cause the Yankee athletes an,
worry.
Johannes Runge, who representa-
Germany at the Olympic games in 81
Louis In 1904 and at Athens in 100
and who till recently was undefeate
in his own country, was beaten b
Braun in both the 800 and 1900 mete
events, the records going In both IL
stances.
The Canadian tryouts were held O
June 6, some Of the events being bel
In Montreal and the others in Toronto
The boys across the border hung u
some great performances. Galbrait
won the five mile In faster time tina
did Bellars at Philadelphia. The pol
vault was won at II feet inches, til
1900 meter in 4 minutes 8 seconds an
the quarter mile In 40 As seconds. Co
Walsh. erstwhile member of the Irlsl
American A. @. Of New York, thre'
the hammer 161 feet inches, an
Bobby Kerr won both the dashes
good time. Bricker Of Toronto cal
tured the running broad Jump with
leap of % feet 21a inches. On such pc
formances the Canucks will take k
Of beating at London.
Sweden and France will be the hare
n est competitors Of the United State
and Great Britain. Sweden has bee
In the throes Of an athletic fever Il
the last two years. and her men al
showing such form as to warrant the
i being dangerous antagonists.
In the 100 meter event Sweden hi
Knut Lindborg, consistent ten secon
100 yarder, who has two victories owe
j. W. Morton, the English champion,
his credit. Lindborg may cause su
B prise in the sprints. In the distance
above q mile Sweden will depend q
John Svanberg, who is capable of 81
ing any man In the world race Il
Ave miles. Svanberg and Ivan Lun
berg will carry Sweden's hopes In IL
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