Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
AMERICA TO WIN OLYMPIAD
Martin Sheridan Reviews Chances Of
the Several Competitors.
POINTS TO SPARE FOR YANKEES
Runners, Jumpers and Weight Throw
era from America Lead the world
on Published Records Of
Actual Performances.

says: In looking over the respective
ords OF the athletes. selected to represent
America and London in the Olympic games
and comparing them with the records OF
the athletes OF England and other nations,
America feem to have good chance to score
more points In the tack and ell than all
the other nations combi1ed. Starting with
the 100 and 2Oometer dashes, America ems
TO have one. two. three places cinched with
Robertson. Rector, Cartwell, Huff, Camp
bell and Cloughan, all good for ten and
four-fifths and twenty-five seconds in both
sprints. and there is no mar on the other
teams that can beat eleven seconds fiat for
the 100 or twenty-five and three-fitths sec
onds for the 200.
.'Tsklng the 400 meters, with HI Imam,
Taylor, Meriiman and Atlee, all CT them are
sure to do better than fifty seconds fiat,
and II driven to a hard finish one OF th3
four may do forty-nine seconds or better.
In the so meters, with Shtppard ana
Bromi ow, who ran in one m mute ttty-
four seconds Fl Fhla clip "a, sheppard nav
ing had only one wees lat.ils, ght-
body. sheehan, Pig m md Garner all
can do better than one minute h-ly-siN Sc
onds, will make tie b.st tDe Bli.ons or the
other foreigners can pu, In Tie teld hustle
for a place in this event.
For the Long Runs.
"ln the 500-meter the tOrslBhers seem W
have q shade the best OF It, tut with shep-
pard able to 90 tho distance and Hllstead'
who local experts think is the greatest
mile runner since the days OF Cannot;
L1ahtbody. who trimmed the Britons in
Athens. aid sullivan, Spider Coe and
Riley. Unoie sam seems TO nave a bstter
chance Of scoring in this event than he
ever did before. In the tive mile there is
a poor chance for our boys to score. Judg-
ing from time comparisons the Biitons and
Swedes seem to have this contest all TO
themselves. Since Bonhag's foot Is In
danger of giving out at any lime, BellAis
seems to be our best man, but judging
from his race at Travers Island on June H.
the chances are poor Of his doing clos 10
twenty-five minutes, watch he VIII nave
to do to get I'm the money.
"In the Marathon race Morrisey' hayes
and Byan are the men who ian first, sec
ond and fourth in the Boston race. and
the winners Of western and middle west
Marathon races, and Leo Wilton ran a
recoi d-brc a1iag race for the first sixteen
miles I'm tho Boston Marathon; so me
chances OF I'D Glory's being carried TO VIC
tory in lhls historic event looks Very
bright. In the 110-mete hurdle race no
such field Of hurd ers has ever faced a
starters gun as America has to represent
her in Garre.ls, Shaw and Smithson, each
man being capable of running fifteen MINI
utes one-fifth seconds, or better. America
is sure OF all three places In his even
tne best tne foreign hurdlers can 40 ID &
e.tee.i M nutes three-fifths seconds. In
The 4C0reter hurdle, with Bacon and Hill
man, WHO can do fifty-iive seconds or bet
ter. ai. a second string of men who a:e
caoatl. OF running better than the old
record, America is suIe of first and second
places. ana als1 has the best chance Of
third place.
In the Field Events.
Coming to the field events, starting with
the hammer, Flanagan. brimful of con-
fidence after his mountaineering feat at
Torrington; McGrath. whose lame knee is
rapidly improving. and who expects to
be alright when the time comes to step
in the ring in Shepard's Bush, and ellis,
Talbot and Horr, who can do better than
100 feet. the hammer looks won for
America. Rose in the shot-put-well, it's
q shame for him to take the prize. He is
good for forty-eight feet and better at all
times. WAh Coe, Garrells, Burroughs.
Horr and myself, Americas interests will
be we'll taken care of for second and third
place. In the discus throws, Greek style,
Horr will be an easy winner. being able
to -outthrow any man In the contest by
five to ten feet, the fight for second and
third being even between Garrells and
Dearborn and myself, OF America. Jaer-
vinen of Finland and Georgantas and his
club mate of Greece. In the javelin throws
Sweden will get all three places in those
two events, the javelin being a toy for the
Swedish youth as the base ball is to the
American. The first time an American
athlete ever competed in this event or saw
a javelin was two years ago in Greece.
The swedes can throw $50 feet or better
IN this event, while our best American
can't beat $50 feet. In the broad jump Dan
Kelly. II jumping in his Jamestown form,
looks the winner, with Cooke, Mount
Pleasant and o'Connell. all twenty-three
feet or better, their strongest opponents
being Ahearn of Ireland, who is doing
better than twenty-three feet and Milander
Of Sweden, who has a record Of twenty
five feet. but, judging from his jump IN
Athens. he has little chance OF getting a
place: America looks good for two places
In this event.
jumper Are strong.
In the high jump are Porter, Gedney
Patterson and Moffitt, all good six feet
and Porter, who may possibly create a new
record under favorable conditions, theil
strongest opponent, being Con Leahy Of
Ireland, the Irish and American champion
who is always good for six feet two inchei
OF better. His points w!l score foi
England. Undoubtedly Con will protes
and insist on his points being counted sep
arately for Ireland. America looks gooC
for two n1ore places Ia this event. In tn,
pole vault, Gilbert Cooke, Ballah and Mel
son. America viii hold its own or better
in this event, all being good for twelvl
feet or better, The HOP, step and jump J
an Irish game, but the Irish prac
tice-two hops and a jump-not being al
lowed. viii place the Irish Jumpers at
disadvantage, and viii he In the Amcri
cans favor. With Adams and O'Conne
they should get an even break, Adams
good for forty-seven feet The standin
jumps are easy for EwTy. Keller, Adam
and myself. OF the twenty-five events tn
team completes In on track and field
America Is sure OF winning fourteen.
Paul Pilgrim will travel all aroun
Europe after the London games, and wi
possibly compete in Sweden, Germany an
Austria. He plans to return to Amerc
about September 20.
IRISH REBELLION IS sERIOU