Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
OLYMPIC
CARD FULL
AMERICANS PROMINENT AMONG
ENTRANTS
Coming Greek Sports at London AS
sured Success-ControVer Over
Manager Brings Forth
Many Names

Several interesting things have devei-
oped from tie controversy over VINO
should act as manager of the American
team that will compete in the LONDON
Olympic games next year Taking the
performances OF the Olympic team OF
1906 at Athens as a comparison, II Will
readily be see. that the marks made by
American athletes have been frequently
surpassed at subsequent games In this
country both in American Athletic union
and intercollegiate competitions Pract-
cally all the new men who bettered the
Olympic figures VIII be available at the
tryouts next June an are willing to. go
with the American combination to Lon
don in case they are selected. Apparently
there are plenty of college and club ath-
letes who can easily surpass the Olympic
performances of two years ago. For this
reason it is not too much to expect that
next years american Olympic team
should prove in every way superior to thu
one sent to Athens two years ago.
Not all the events on the Olympic pro-
gram of 1906 are capable of being used in
making such comparison, owing to their
peculiarities. With certain contests OH
both track a: d turf, however compari
sons are possible These are the 100
metre, 4O0-metre, SOV-metre, l5O0-metre
runs; n0-metre hurdle race; running
broad jumr, high jump, pole vault and
shot-put. All these events closely re-
semble contests found on the regulae
Amateur Athletic union and intercollegi.
ate athletic programs.
For instance. the 100-metre run exceeds
by only nine and one-thrd yards tia
usual 1OO-yard dash found on ali Ameri.
can championship track meet programs
Archie Hahn won this event at Athens
IN II 1-5 seconds. Last June at the inter
ocio % Ill a
captured the l00-yard dash in 10 second,
flat, while at tie Conference meet in Chi
cago on the same day May of illinois
covered the distance in As seconds ON
September z Huff OF the University of
Iowa and Chicago Athletic association
took the Amateur Athletic union senior
title in the same event at the jamestown
exposition games in 10 is seconds
The 11O-metre hurdle event at Athens
was won by Leavitt for America in l6 IL
seconds, the distance being equivalent TO
about l2Oh yards. AT tn last intercollegi-
ate meet Garrels of Michigan did the l20
yard hurdles In 10 seconds, while at
the Conference meet Smithson, then a
student at Notre Dame. was but fifth
of second slower. Shaw. in the New
England intercollegiate meet reeied Off
one trial heat i'll 10 seconds flat Later.
I'm the summer Smithson captured the
Amateur Athletic union championship at
Jamestown in 10 3-5 seconds
The 44O-yard 'un found on all American
track cards exceeds by 2-3 yards the 400
metres run at the Athens games paul
Pilgrim captured the latter event in SO 10
seconds. Taylor of the University or
Pennsylvania won the intercollegiate 4iO
ards IN 4S 4-5 seconds, while Merriam
of Chicago took the Conference event in
81 seconds flat Taylor also won the
Amateur Athletic union title for the 44O
at jamestown in 81 seconds
Coming to the longer distance, it was
found that Pilgrim took the s00-naetre run
In 2:01 is. The nearest event among
American athletes at home is the half
mile run. which rs 5 1-3 yards longer
Haskins of Pennsylvania won the inter-
collegiate half-mile championship in
1857 4-5. while Myers of Wisconsin cap
tured the Conference title for the event
in 2:0i fiat Melvin Sheppard won the
jamestown event in 1:S5-1-5
The 1500-metre run, reduced to yards,
equals 16401a yards. The American one
mile race is its nearest equivalent, ex-
ceeding tho Olympic race by about 120
yards.
Lightbody won the event at Athens in
4:12. At the intercollegiate games last
spring Haskins of Pennsylvania ran 100
yards further in 420 3-5, with Lyons of
Chicago taking 4:37 for the Conference
title. ]. r. Sullivan won the jamestown
mile event in 4:29
A comparison of the Grecian and Amer
lean field events shows that four events
are identical. They are the pole vault.
shot put. running high jump and running
broad jump. Martin Sheridan won the
shot put at Athens with 40 feet inches
Kruger of Swarthmore did DC feet
inches at Cambridge last spring. Bur-
roughs of Illinois put the lead out IS feet
1.
Ralph Rose made ne worlds record at
jamestown on September with put
of 40 feet 61s inches, and Coe of Boston
was second with a toss but little
shorter
The Athens pole vault was won by
Gander of France with II feet 6 inches.
Glover the best American vaulter, Sc
cured third with an 11-foot leap. Gray
OF Yale vaulted II feet 113f inches at
Cambridge and later cleared IL feet
inches in an exhibition. The Conference
title was won by Iddings of Chicago with
II feet 4 inches, At the Jamestown
games e. T. Cook and Claude Allan coll
legians competing for the Irish-American
club. tied at IL feet inches.
The best the American high jumpers at
Athens could do was to tie for third place.
while Leahy of Ireland won the event
with jump of feet inches. NIofftt of
PENNSYLVANIA cleared the bar at feet
81 inches at Cambridge. Leahy won the i
jamestown jump with feet 1 inch and
Slaght of Grinnell took the Conference
title with 3 feet inches.
In the broad jump Myer Prinstein won
the Olympic event for America with 20
feet IL inches. Knox of Yale did % feet
10 inches at the Intercollegiate. Jenkins
did q feet inches at the Conference
meeting and d. j. Kelly of Oregon leaped
20 feet II inches at the jamestown con-