East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-13
GREATEST ATHLETIC EVENTS THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN BEGIN TO-DAY

champion, VIII carry EnglandS cOlOr
in both the half and mile. He is in
eligible to compete for the United
States, and should he win anything
for the Australasian colonies his vic
tories will be credited to England
Henderson Henderson, who has 9
record OF SIT 3-5, and Butterfield
who has Travelled a mile this spring
in 5:1S 4-5 and has done even better
in practice, are a dangerous pair
while ]. McGough, e. Deakin and
Murphy are all good for 5:22 or bet
ter. There are eleven English dis
tance runners who have done 5:25 or
better this season. Halstead Of Cor
nell won the 1500-meter event IN the
American tryout in SOL 1-5, while
Wilson of England did the distance
in 1859 AS, winning by 20 yards.
England's Sure Thing.
The five mile event looks to be a
sure thing for England. A Duncan,
Kendall Harriers; Aldrlch and Pearce,
Highgate Harriers; Underwood, Bir-
mlngham Harriers; Deakin, London
Athletic club Lieutenant Hawtry and
T. Jack, Edinburgh HarrIers; Holda-
way, Polytechnic Harriers; S. Weld
ing, Sutton Harriers, and Ashby, God
iva Harriers, are faster than any of
the American long-distance entrants.
e. r. Voight of the Manchester Har-
riers captured the five-mile event In
. England in 25:26 3-5, and Bellars
took 26:44 for the distance at the
Philadelphia tryouts.
Con Leahy of ireland, who won the
high jump at Athens in 1906, is a
dangerous man in this event. Mich
olson Of Scotland and Walsh of Can
ada must be reckoned with in the
hammer throw, and Mcdonald, an
other Canadian, is a capable man at
the hop, step and jump. With these
exceptions, England has no one of
any serious moment able to extend
the Americans in the field events.
In the German tryouts, which were
held in Leipsic. while resulting in the
smashing of four German records,
produced nothing which should cause
the Yankee athletes to worry. In
Sweden and France, however, the Uni
ted States and Great Britain may
catch one or more Tartars, Sweden
in particular has made great athletic
strides during the past few years.
Sweden's Strong Man.
In the 100-meter event Sweden has
Knutt Lindborg, a consistent ten-sec-
ond century flier, who has two vic
tories over j.. w. Morton, the English
champion. Lindborg may create a
surprise in the sprlnts. In the mid
dle-distance runs Dahl and Bjorn will
carry Sweden's colors. Both of these
athletes have victories over the Brit
ish runners at this distance, while
Kristian Halstrom will bear watch
ing in the 500 and 1900 meter events.
In the distances above mile Sweden
will depend upon John Svanberg. who
is capable of giving any man in the
world a race at five miles Svanberg
and Lundberg will carry Sweden's
hopes In the Marathon race.
'Firhand wiz probably figure in
the weight events with Jarvinen. who
feet inches, although he is not
credited with the mark in America.
SAUL, Niklander Wilkman, and the !
brothers Jacobson showed good form
in the Finnish field events, but not |
enough to raise any undue hopes at
the London games. Jacobson may
score in the javelin throw, however
Niemenin will start in the Marathon
race, and may cause some trouble.
France has produced some of the
greatest distance runners in the
world. Ragueneau of Lyons has re-
peatedly beaten the English cracks,
and only once has tasted defeat on
English soil. That was last year in
the international cross-cOuntry, when
he finished eleventh after a bad fall
1T one Of the jumps. Pouillot defeat
I'd Montagu in the recent dual meet
between the South London Harriers
md the Racing club of France. The
Frenchman Keyser at that meet won
both the 1900 and 1900 meter events.
L. de Fleurac has held his own with
he best British milers. In Jardin
France has a good standing jumper,
md Goudes, with Dvorak of Michi-
gan, is the joint holder of the Olympic
record. At the recent
Stade Francais games Gouder as
,aulter could do no better than IL
eet 6 inches.
With the records of the recent try
'uts in America, England, Germany,
sweden, Finland and France, the
of the Stars and Stripes
hould capture at least IA out of the
Q Olympic diplomas and gold med ,
Is.