The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

Jump, EWry, or Athens, won the standing
broad with 10 feet and 10 inches. Priu-
stein. the running broad. with . feet ~
inches. and Leahy of Ireland won the
running high, with ; feet g7s inches.
O'Connor. of Ireland taking the hop.
step, and jump. with As feet . Is inches.
Gouder. OF France. took the pole vault.
with II feet 6 inches. Glover. an Ameri-
can. being third, with II feet.
With the selection Of the American
team we are sure TO De strong. in the
sprints the contestants upon whom
America will count are Cartmell OF Penn
sylvania, with Q As seconds, Rector. Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, Robertson, Whit
ham, and sherman. They will, however.
be opposed by good men, notably. Nor
ton. possibly Roach. of Great Britain.
Kerr OF Canada, and probably the Bel
gian Konings.
In the ll0-meter hurdle. Shaw. of Dart
mouth; Smithson. Of Portland Garrells,
OF Michigan. and Smithson OF Oregon.
are probably the best America has to-
day. and our hurdlers are superior to
those of any other country
keaulg will probably represent Amer
lea i'm the 200-meter run. and his strong
est opponents on the present rating would
be Kerr. Canada. Konings. Belgium
Fl
that sterling Quarter-mner OF the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, Taylor ought 20 be
sure OF a victory, If he is I'm good condi-
ton. He can do close to 0:4S for the guar
ter II he should have 10. Then there is
Hilman. Of New York Athletic Club. and
Townsend. Of Cornell. Atlee Of Prince
ton. Halswell, who did well az the Olym-
pic games az Athens Will be their prin-
Cipal competitor
In the SO-meter run. NJ. W. Shepard
can do the half I'm 1888 3-5. and possibly
viii bear the American colors against
Halsweu. Ashley, Crawford, and Murphy
Runge. Of Germany. may prove danger
Gus. Hllman ard Pilgrim will assist, as
viii Lightbody. of Chicago
When 1t comes TO the longer distances
We are likely 10 fall behind England has
in Butterdeld man who can do AIS.
while Murphy the Irishman. runs In 4.22.
which is the best Sheppard or Coe. Of
Michigan. Of our men, can do while 10
get under 4.25 viii finish the others al
though they may improve before the
time comes.
In the hve-mic Hawtrey. Of England.
has the best chance with Appleby. al
though Sweden, with her development in
athletics, is going 10 be heard from. and
It anu mas 4 HtDA SA1 AtA AlA nus
Longboat the Canadian Indian. II he
ran. would wear English colors. but this
is not exactly his distance anyway. He
should prove far more effective in the
Marathon run.
America strong in Field.
In the field sports. Flanagan. McGrath,
Sheridan. Mitchell. Dray, Rose. Coe.
Ewry, and Kelley make strong Amer
lean aggregation.
In the shot-putting and hammer-throw-
ing. and in the free style of discus. as
well as in the standing jump America
should come Off well, although Jardin. Of
France. can do 10 feet 10 inches in Jump.
Rose and Coe can hardly be matched by
any one on the other side in the shot-put.
and McGrath and Flanagan are equal 10
both Nicholson. Of Scotland. and Ryan.
Of Ireland. in the l6-pound hammer.
Again. Flanagan should win from Kirby.
the Great Britain representative in the
56-pound weight Sheridan won the discus
free style at Athens and viii probably
meet Jaervinen. OF Finland and Year
gantas the Greek, again in this event.
The Finlander should win the Greek
style and the Swedes. with Lumming.
Lindberg. and SOderstrom. should take
the javelin throw. but Dray or Gilbert
should bring the pole vault 10 America
O'Connor, the Irish champion will have
TO work for the broad jump. although he
has a record within a quarter Of an inch
OF twenty-five feet But he will have no
difficulty In winning the hop. step. and
jump
Ewry and Sheridan. in the standing
broad. win face some good men in Cree
con. Of Ireland. and Jardin, of France,
nd Ewry will have 20 work 20 beat him
In the high jump there is more Of an
open event. especially if Leahy remains
in this country and does not represent
Great Britain.
Altogether, Americas chance looks very
fair, especially considering the possibility
of the development of further good men
from the try-outs particularly among
the younger and college contingent.