The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-12
Some Surprises Are Looked
for From Austria and
Hungary.
us. EXPECTED TO
WIN MOST EVENTS
Others Concede That the Honors
Will Be Shared With Great
Britain-Enormous Stadium
to Hold 10000 People
Is Nearly Com
z pleted.

II is conceded that the United States
and Great Britain will undoubtedly
share the honors in the coming Olympic
games at London. In fact, many ex-
perts think that the Americans will
carry off most Of the events, as they
did at Athensin 1906 while the English
will come second France, owing to her
recent victories in cross-country and
track athletics over good British teams.
Is expected to win some points. Then
comes the question. Will the athletes
from the other nineteen competing ma
tons be caliber to occasion n sur
prise? Are there any dark horses"
among them?
Sweden, whose representatives did
comparatively well at Athens, has un-
dcubtedly some good men. One of her
best hurdlers won the 110-yard hurdle
race at the last English championships
in coed time. which he has improved
since. In the five miles and the Mara
tbon race the Swedes ought to win
points. and possibly in the pole-vault-
ing competition.
Belgium Will be more fully repro
scented this year than at the last inter-
national games, She has long jumper
who Is frst-class man: also couple
OF young sprinters.
Two clubs in the little kingdom have
been doing their utmost of late to pro-
mote the sport and science of running.
the Racing Clug de Bruxelles and the
Union st. Gilloise. They have particu-
larry tried to improve the standard OF
Belgian ng-distance men. but SEEM
ed to have failed. for In the recent trl-
angular meet between England. France
and Belgium, the last named were out
classed by the two larger nations.
Dark HOrne (,ornnetitors
The countries whose teams may fur
nlsh the dark horses are Austria and
Hungary. Both have taken kindly to
out-of-door exercises. owing. no doubt.
to the mixed blood of the population
II, Vienna there is one Of the finest
clubs IN Europe. to which most of the
aristocracy belong, This is the Cricket
and Football Club of Vienna, originally
founded by Englishmen, but now
wholly national society. In Budapest
is the Magyar Athletic Club. formed of
members of Magyar blood and Lam
guage. while in Prague is the Slavia
Athletic Club.
Gcrnany has one good Splinter, Dun
1ier. but otherwise she does not seem To
have runners of even moderate class.
Thu Greeks may score in the discus
tir0winS events and strength trials.
Italy has one or two fairly good long
distance mon and might earn place in
the Marathon race.
Keyser. of the Racing Club de
France. recently defeated Underwood,
tho English cross-country champion.
over ten-mile course. coming in ens
lily and not particular fatieucd, This
net. counled with other victories nf the
Gaelic distance runners, argues i'll for
the British representatives in the long
races at London.
Tom Longboat will go to England o
renrese.lr Canada in the twenty-five-
mile Marathon race In snite Of \. a. W.
o,rostion. In order that they may hava
in their hands documentary evidence of
tile Indians puritv the Canadian O'ym-
pic Comn,ittce asked the G., A. A. II.
for report upon the Indians whole
career Tho report says that after right
ly INVESTIGATING all affairs and connec-
tlons of the Indian, he committee was
urable to discover that he had profit
rG in tho slightest degree in any way
from athletics,
Enormous Stadium Euil..
The council of the British OLYMPIC;
Association, which is almost entirely
composed of representatives uppolnted
by the governing associations Of sports
lin Great Britain, has contracted with
the Franco British ENhibitionto erect
IN the exhibition grounds stadium.
capable Of accommodating 10000 spec,
tators This WaH begun in September
last and Is now rapidly approachinE
completion, Surrounded by tires OF
seats in a huge grass plot 2s5 yards in