Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11
HOW AMERICA MAY
STAND IN GAMES
In Field Events This Country's
Athletic Heroes Are Wholly
Reliable.
PERCENTAGE WILL BE GOOD
Followers of Track and Field Arc Fig
urlng Out the Olympic Meet
All Beforehand.

American athletes who viii compete
In the Olympic games have aroused
great interest in England. Many con-
lectures have been expressed as to
how they compare with the British
competitors.
Sizing up the matter In a few words,
America seems strongest IN the weight
events pole vault and standing jumps.
1t is distinctly weak in the distance
runs, has fair chance in the sprints
and middle distances, running broad
jump and discus throw, and seems
hopelessly out Of It in the walking race.
Moreover as none Of the athletes have
practised spear throwing Il seems as
II this event viii 20 By without Arnerl-
ca being represented.
ONE BIG HOPE.
One Illinois man stands out danger
ously in the lOO-yard dash. This Is w.
w. May Of Illinois university. who has
covered the 100 yards in AS seconds.
Rector has mark of 10 4-5 for the 100
meters, but his uncertainty al starting
makes him rather an unknown quanti-
ty. Robertson of the irish American
A. c. must improve considerably II he
is TO be q factor
Ireland u expected to produce ''phe-
nom" in the person OF r. j. Roche,
brother OF p j. Roche. The latter Is a
champion Splinter and his younger
brother is credited with going the 100
yards IN 8 3-5 seconds at Queenstown.
knut Lindberg, the Swedish champion.
ran 100 meters In 10 80 seconds at
Stockholm last fall, so seems a danger
GUS man here.
COLoRED BOY FAST.
Taylor, the colored sprinter from
Penn; yvnnia; Merriam of Chicasf1,
with has record of 40 80 second, and At
lee OF Princeton seem TO have the 400
meier race between them. as Halswell,
the English crack, and Bellin de Cou-
teau of France have not even equaled
Taylor's record OF 40 40 seconds made
IN practise. c. A. loren of Sweden COW
eieu the route in competition in 81 7-10.
) Runge of Germany and V. Jacque-
NUN of Belgium, with y. Mestocky, the
hungarian have outside chances.
DANGER HERE.
In the S00-meter run Sheppard of
America VIII have TO meet two danger
GUS men in II. Just uf Cambridge and
Fsfrbarn Crawford OF Dublin universi-
~, the present English and Irish cham
pions. Coe and Jones of America seem
reliable, while Krlstlan HelIstrom is
most dangerous for Sweden. Halstead
y CVlHsH may nave ohance In the
l5O0 meters, but H. A. Wilson of Eng
land has made better time over similar
routes than he has. G. Butterfield, who
holds the present record for one mile In
England, Is a strong factor here.
Bellais OF the New York A. c., Bon
bag of tho Irish A. c., Ttubc OF Cornell,
and possibly another American or two
may be contenders IN the distance runs,
where they seem at a disadvantage
compared to Noight the k,nglishman
John Svanbag Of Sweden may trouble
the Britons In this their particular
event
HURDLES SURE.
In hurdles America seems to hold all
three places moderately secure with
shaw OF Dartmouth. Garrels of Chicago
and Smithson of the Multnomah A, q,
Powell OF Cambridge looks most dan
gerous among tho Britons. shaw's
style of hurdling seemed to give him
an advantage over the British fixed
hurdles, but the decision to adopt the
movable hurdles used here reduces this
advantage
Walking events should be easy for
England. with such men as Larncr
Thompson Younans, Carter and Hart
son. IN the Marathon they have de-
cided advantage on account of the
number OF "harrier" clubs which fea-
turc lonR-distance runs, and also be-
NhhH' Ail'll lliNii are dNtllildilHtu ana
have been over the course before. Dun
can. Robertson, Appleby and several
Others are strong cards here for Eng
lan1
AMERICAS PRINCE ALBERT.
II is IN the field events that America
stands out strongly. In the pole vault,
for Instance Bellah OF san Francisco.
Jacobs of Chicago and Gilbert OF Yale
look 10 hold the foreigners safe Me-
Grath Flanagan and Talbot look dam
gerous IN the hammnr. while II Ralph
Rose is IN condition to compete he
should win the l6-pound shot put The
discus throw win be hard struggle.
for JaeVinen the Finn Viii line up
against Garrcls and Sheridan SWedel,
has "A good man I'm John Falkenbarg.
who has a mark OF la9 feet Inches.
Jaeyinen still holds the record Of ll3
feet 4 Inches,
Son Leahy OF ireland * said 10 have
cleared feet o inches with considerable
regularity IN high jump practise. IL
this IS So he looms up over the bar.
Ray Ewroy should win the standing
jump FOR America, although J.. DUPONT
OF France may give him a hard tusslc.
Sweden should hayu first place In tho
spear throw, as Erik Linnorlug Is
credited with a hurl OF 206 feet when ln
Germany.