Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

all sorts OF records. At any rate, Garreis
will have the satisfaction OF meeting sher-
idan and Dearborn, and for once a mooted
question will be settled. whether Garrels
or Sheridan is the better man. To capture
first place win be rather hard especially
in the face Of Jaervinen. the 'hig Finn"
and his worlds record OF 1913 feet four
inches made last year. Sweden has a good
man In John Falkenberg. who has thrown
10 feet two inches. and the Hungarians
beast Of another good one I'm X. Halmos.
whose best mark is 1S feet six and one
half inches. The Greek style depends
largely upon what the English officials
might term a fair throw. II the out ana
out Greek rule is enforced and Georgantss
Of Athens is on the spot he will win with
a throw Of about 10 feet, but should un-
restricted arm action be permitted It will
be a tossup between Jaevinen, Gsrreis,
Dearborn and Sheridan, first place most
likely going to the Finn.
For the Jumps.
To figure on the running broad jump 10
merely a guess. II Peter O'Conuor Of
Ireland is there and with any of his former
snap he will win, and the english champions
ship on July I will toll whether he is or not.
Mellander Of Sweden is doped for big things
and now supposed to be clearing twenty
four feet or Whereabouts. In this event
the Europeans will have the chance of see
ing a real live redskin In his war paint,
for Frank Mount Pleasant. the Carlisle
Indian, will be a contender and he should
be close on the winner. II his leg proves
strong Dan Kelly should win with O'Con-
nell. New York Athletic club, Cook.
Cornell, and the Indian fighting for the
places.
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for Con Leahy Of Ireland, who is said to
be clearing six feet five inches in practice
at his home in the Green Isle. Sweden has,
1t is said, a man who is getting over six
feet three inches, and between him and
Porter, who is good for the same height,
there should be the keenest sort Of a tussle.
The candidates for the hop, step and jump
from this side can hardly be rated good
enough for the Irish brigade II they turn.
out in force for the competition. Bresni-
han, the champion, can clear forty-nine,
feet under the poorest conditions. and II
Leahy and O'Connor, who were first and
second at Athens, should try they will shut
out all others.
Ray Ewry should land the two standing
jumps for America, though he is liable to be
well extended in the high jump by L.
Dupont Of France. At the International Il
meet at Stockholm last fall the Frenchman
cleared five feet one inch, so that Ray"
mond will have no soft thing, like at
Athens. Billers and Adams will be valua-
BILE second strings to Ewry. :
The Swedes should have a monopoly Of
the points in the javelin. Erik Iemming.
who won with a new worlds record two
years ago, has now moved the mark UP to
1870 feet two inches. At the German try,
outs it was reported that the winner sent
the spear 26 feet, and II this proves to-,
be correct and he repeats the throw in
England, Germany will surely be creditedN
with first place. Finland has a good man
in U. Aaltouen, who has a record Of l64
feet. .
To calculate the probable outcome Of the
points on the basis of five points for first.
three for second and one for third. thu
figures show a peculiar result. Allowing
that America will win all the points In
six events, that Is in the hurdles, shot,
hammer, pole vault. standing high and
broad Jumps, and with points In the sprints.
middle distances and other events, still
England shows to be a winner. The
margin in favor OF the Britishers is some
thing like ten points. or course II is all
guess work. but the dope figures that way
now.