Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19

Schmidt, Widmayer. Bullock. Barr. Shepherd.
Among these were Coe. who saw some
service at Yale and Harvard: Burroughs
of Illinois; Garrells of Michigan and
Mount Pleasant. the famous Carlisle In
dian quarterback Mount Pleasant d.
rected the play of one team. and there
were some lively scrimmages
AS may be imagined. the athletes found
plenty to amuse themselves. and in doing
SO they amused the other passengers as
we'll. One of the favorite congregating
places was the music room, which was al
ways well filled whenever Frank Mount
Pleasant. the Carlisle Indian quarterback,
could be induced to play the piano. This
young Indian. who is the premier quarter
back of the American gridiron, as we'll as
one Of the best broad jumpers and sprint
ers on the team. Is a really remarkable
pianist. and played from memory many
difficult selections from well known operas.
Then glee club was organized. and every
night entertained the passengers with all
that was new in college and vaudeville
music.
Not Many Games.
There was not much time or room for
games. but Manager Halpin did succeed
in getting UP Switchboard tournament
for the Olympic championship. Every
man on the team was pressed into serv-
ice and thirty-seven teams organized It
took three days to finish this tournament
One Of the features of the voyage was
the concert given Friday night. There
was an unusual supply Of musical and
other talent on board and 1t was all
utilized. The Olympic team contributed
four numbers, all Of exceptional merit
These consisted Of a piano overture by
Mount Pleasant. some remarkable sleight-
of-hand performances by A. c. Gilbert Of
Yale. the champion pole vaulter; songs
by Harry Porter. the high jumper, and a
monologme by Joe Rudy. the New York
swimmer. w. c. Bum Of Philadelphia
PERMISSION made a most appropriate
Fourth Of July address, which brought
forth deafening cheers. The athletes
ended the program by singing Justify the
Star Spangled Banner" america and
"God Save the King
Many of the athletes wanted to land at
Plymouth in order to take a train and
thereby reach London during the after
noon. But this would have entailed an
additional expense Of S4O0: and 1t was
decided to remain on board until Sunday
morning, special train carrying the team
from Southampton to London.
Team Taken to Brighton.
1t was the original plan to quarter the
American athletes at the Hotel Morton,
in Russell square, and to have them train
at the Stadium or the Stamford bridge
grounds. The team was not able to dis
embark from the steamer at Southamp-
ton until Sunday morning. and 1t was
nearly noon before it reached Russell
square. 1t took five omnibuses to take
the athletes and their trunks to the hotel,
but so inadequate were the accommoda-
tons at the hotel that 1t was two hours
before the boys could get their baggage
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cramped that only portion of the team
could be kept at this hotel. This made
the business of training the team so diff
cult that at the close Of the second days
training in the Stadium the men were
hustled down to Brighton, on the Eng
lish channel, where Trainer Murphy was
able to put on the finishing touches. Had
the men remained in London any longer
they would have been seriously handt-
capped.
Best Part of the Program.
The best part of the program comes the
week beginning July 20. with the heats
and finals of all the sprints, the 800 me-
tiers, the hurdles and the jumps. The
program for the week follows:
. MONDAY. JULY 20.
1GO-meter swim, semi-1nal.
i idstn aa DASH h heats.
400-meter dash. heats
4OO-meter hurdles. heat.
20O-meter dash. heats.
Standing broad jump.
TUESDAY. JULY 81.
2OO-meter dash, heats.
4O0-meter DASH heats.
300 meter run, final.
Running high jump, final.
High diving, heats.
100 meter swim, heats.
WEDNESDAY. JULY %.
20o-meter dash, semi finals.
1O0-meter dash. final.
4O0-meter dash, semi final.
400-meter hurdle final:
Running broad jump, final.
High diving, heats.
Water polo. final;
THURSDAY. JULY %.
110-meter hurdle heats.
20O-meter dash, final.
400 meter dash. final.
Standing high jump, final.
1.5O0-meter swim, sem-fnA.
FRIDAY. JULY "a.
110-meter hurdles, heats,
Pole vault. trials and final.
1.mile relay race heats.
Marathon race. f1sasE
Swimming, team race.
High diving. nnal.
SATURDAY. JULY Is.
Hop step and jump.
l1O-meter hurdles, final.
1-mile relay race. final.
Grand distribution Of prizes.
Four Important Events.
The four events which are attracting
the greatest interest this week are the
100 meters. 400 meters, 500 meters and
Marathon runs. In each America is one
Of the most important factors. with Eng
land and Canada her greatest rivals. 1t
should be noted here that the fight for
premier honors in the sprnts is expected
to be between the United States and Can
ada. rather than England. For the first
time on record Canada has developed a
truly remarkable Splinter. He Is Rob
ert Kerr of Hamilton. Ont. He aston
ished the English in their annual cham
pionships by winning the 100 yards in 10
seconds fiat and also took the go yards
with ridiculous ease. America has a
quartet OF sprinters in Cartmell, Rector.
HUFF and May, with records quite as
good as Kerr. but the British critics look
with suspicion upon all sorts Of Amer
lean marks. especially in the sprints.
They are like the man from Missouri and
have to be shown" Kerr has already
shown them. The Americans will have
to do as well before they will be as much
feared as the wearers of the maple caps.
Morton four times the English cham