The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-09
AMERICA BEST
ATHLETES NAMED
Team Selected to Uphold the
Country'S Honor at
Olympic Games.

New York. June $50 represent the
United States in the Olympic games
which will be held In London next month
---s<-nty-slx men, the pick of the countrys
athletes, were tonight selected as the
American team by the American Olympic
team committee at the meeting In the
Astor house. The committee with its
unlimited range of selection, picked what
is believed will be a team OF tracE ana
field men that will bear the American
cOlors Worthily. Dearborn, McGrath,
Rose, Sheridan and Coe are some OF
those selected 10 compete IN the heavy
weight and discus events. Shepherd al
middle distance. Hillman for the hurdles,
and Ewry in the high and broad jumps are
some of the other selections which are
regarded as safe event winners for the
team
While the team selected tonight will be
the main reliance Of America in the var
ious events TO be contested, the commit
tee has also formulated a supplementary
list of5athletes. including the more prom
Using of the younger element which may
.(be drawn upon to complete the entry list
y IN some of the events. TOnignts list.
saowever, is likely TO be the guide of the
committee ia making up the entries Tor
the various events, which will be an
nounced in detail tomorrow.
Following is the selected list:
Makeup of Team.
Platt Adams. \. ". A. A. c.. J. c. At
tie, Princeton university; c. J.. Bacon.
Irish-American A. C.; S. H. Bellah, Stan
ford university; F. G. Bellars. New York
A c.: j. B. Alter. Brooklyn Central Y Nj.
c. A: George V. BOnhag, lrish-American
A. c; John J. Brennan, Marquette uni
versity. Wisconsin: Joseph Bromilow, it.,
Chicago A. A.; J. G. Carpenter. Cornell
university: y. j. Cartmell. University Of
Pennsylvania; IT. L. COe, University of
Michigan; W W. Coe ir Boston A. A;
" I NJ
Daniels. New York - C; A. NJ. Dearborn.
New York A. C; A. c. Dole. Yale. W. r.
Dray. Yale; G. A. Dull. University of
Michigan. J. /. Eisele New York A. c.;
RAY c. Ewry New York A. C. John J.
sFanagan. Irish-American A. c; Joseph
&orshsW. Missouri \. c.; Robert b. FOs-
ter, Chicago A A; George W. Gaidzik,
Chicago A. A; J. Q. GarrelS. Chicago A.
A; II. a. Gidney. Boston A. A; A. c. Gil
bert. Yale; A. NJ. GOessiing, Missouri A.
C; 7. Dudd Goodwin, New York A C.;
J. .. Halstead. New York a. c; William
F Hamilton, Chicago \. A; Sidney II.
Hatch. First Regiment A. A, Chicago;
John j. HAYES, ITish-American A C.;
Harry J. Hebner, Illinois a c. Harry L.
Hiilman, New YORK A. g; r Leroy
Holmes Chicago; L. Y. Howe Yale; II.
i. HUFF Chicago \. A; F. c. Irons, Chi
cago \ A; Clark 5. Jacobs. University OF
Chica-b. J.. p. Jones. University of
PENNSYLVANIA. Daniel j. Kelly. Irish
American A. c.; John J. Krug, r., Ma
tiO1al Turnverein; j. D. Lightbody Uni
Nersity of Chicago: NJ c. McGrath. New
York A. G: W. w. Nav, University Of
Illinois. George y. Mehnert. National
Turnverein. \ 4. Merriam. University of
Chicago: T. Noffit. University of Chi
cago: T. p. Morrissey, Mercury A. C.;
Frank Mount Pleasant. Carlisle Indian
school; Frederick Harganes. New York
A c: J. r O'COnnell New York A. G.;
Holm n. Patterson. Chicago A. A, Paul
II Pilgrim. New York A c.; Harry F.
-S~1Tter. Irish American A. C; William ..
\
cago a. A; J. A Rector. Univ ersity of
Virginia. Z. =. Rich, BrOokline Swim
ming club; Lawson Robertson. Irish
American. Ralph Rose, Olympic club.
San Francisco; F. A. Rowe, University
al Michigan; a. r. Shaw, Dartmouth
suuiversity; NJ. W. Sheppard, Irish-Amer-
American \. 9; D. r sherman. Dart
mouth university: r. c. SmithsOn. Multi
nomah A. c.; j. p, Sullivan, Irish
american A c: J. B, Tailor; Irish
American \. g, II. l. Trube. New York
A. c.; q. u. Truhenbach, New York A.
g. j. y. Whitman, University of Penn
sylvania.
Committee Needs More Funds.
Resolutions passed by the executive
committee Of the American committee af-
ter the selection of the team made il plain
that the men on the elected list as given
are those whose places as members of
the team with expenses betrayed by the
committee are assured. The sending Of
athletes from the supplemental list, the
committee states, is dependent upon the
suhscriptO-- of further funds for the spe-
cific purpose of sending one or more OF
the men there named The supplement
tai list follows:
J. r Armour. First Regiment A. A.
Chicago; Claude Allen, Irish-American
A. c; c. b. Beard Ames university.
Iowa; John Blankenagie. University Of
Wisconsin; F A. BOrneman. Illinois 4.
e; Edward p. Carr. Xavier A. A; r j.
Carr, Michigan Agricultural college; c..
s Campbell. Yale university; George G..
Cameron. Irish-American A. c.; Harvey
C. COhn iTish-AmeTiCan A G.. John r.
Craige. New York City; F. NJ Deseling,
Howard university; c. NJ French Cor
nell university; Herman Gerig. German
American A. c.. NJ II. Giffen Chicago
A A: 6 p Gilli7. New York A. c.; H. 4.
Gosnel Baltimore \. c.: Fl. q. Crote.
Missouri A. C.; James b. Greene. Brook
line A C: b. Haggard. Drake university:
c l. Hall, ITish-AmeTican A. c.; j. l..
Har,ranft. University Of Pennsylvania. NJ
r Horn. lrish-American A. c.. NJ. l.. Hur-
lev. New York A. c.; r. NJ. jackson. Cor
nell university, +. G. Kiralfy. London.
Eng; William A. Kruger. SWarthmore
colleges James j. Lee, Boston A. A; Fred.
LORI Mohawk A c.: Richard MahOn.
Vanderbilt; J. l.. Mahoney. New York
A C.: f. c. Mercer. George school. Phil
adelphia; J. c. Miller. Stanford univer-
sty: II. Miller, Indiana; 5. Muenz, Pas
time A. C. F A. NatWick University OF
Wisconsin; F. S. Nelson, Yale university
W. O'Nara. Cambridgeport gymnasium
A G. Parker, University of Pennsylva-