Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-09
Racing, Boxing, Baseball
NAME TEAM FOR
OLYMPIC GAMES
Dearborn, Coe, McGrath, Sheridan and
Rose Are Among More Prominent
Athletes to Represent
America

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June S.-To represent
the United States in the Olympic
next month seventy-six men, the pick
of the country's athletes. were tonight
selected as the American team by the
American Olympic team committee at
the meeting in the Astor house.
The committee, with its unlimited
range of selection, picked what Is be-
lieved to be team of track and field
men that will bear the American colors
worthily.
Dearborn. McGrath, Rose, Sheridan
and Coe are some of those selected to
compete In the heavyweight and discus
events. Shepherd, at middle distance;
Hillman for the hurdles and Ewry IN
the high and broad jumps are some
of the other selections which are re-
garded as safe event winners for the
team.
While the team selected tonight will
be the main reliance of America in
the various events to be contested, the
committee has also formulated a sup
Elementary list of athletes, including
the more promising of the younger ele-
ment, which may be drawn upon to
complete the entry list in some of the
events.
Tonight's list, however, is likely to
be the guide of the committee in maxi
ing up the entries for the various
events, which will be announced in de-
tail tomorrow.
Following is the selected list:
Platt Adams. N w. A. C. c.; j. c. Attle.
Princeton university; C. J. Bacon, Irish
American A. c.; S. H. Bellah. Stanford uni
versity; F. G. Bellars. N. Y. A. c.; j. b.
Aller Brooklyn Central Y. NJ. c. A: George
v. Bonhag. 1. A. A. c.: John J. Brennan,
Bromilow, jr.. l. A. A. c.; w. @. Burroughs.
Chicago A. c.; J. C. Carpenter, Cornell uni
versity; N. ]. Cartmell, University OF Penn
sylvania; H. L. Coe. University of Michigan;
w. W. Coe, jr., Boston A. c.: E. l.. Cook.
Cornell university; c. NJ. Daniels. N. Y. A.
c.; A. NJ, Dearborn, ". Y A. c.. A. c. Dole.
Yale: w. R. Dray, Yale; G. A. Dull. Mich
igan; j. L. Eisele. N. Y. A. c.; Ray c.
Ewry, N. Y. A. c.; John j. Flanagan, /. A.
A. c.. Joseph Forshow, Missouri A. c.;
Robert b. Foster. Chicago A c.; q. w.
Caidzik Chicago A. c.: ]. c. Garrells. Chi
cago A. c.; II. A. Gidney. Boston A A.; a
c. Gilbert, Yale: A. M Goessling. Missouri
L. L. Goodwin. N. Y. A. c.; ]. P. Halstead
N Y. A. c.: william +. Hamilton. Chicago
A. A; Sidney II. Hatch. First Regiment A
A.. Chicago; John ]. Hayes. l. A A. c.;
Harry j. Hebner. Illinois A. c.: Harry L.
Hillman, N. Y. A. c.; F. Leroy Holmes.
cago A. A; F. C. Irons. Chicago A. A;
Clark s. Jacobs, University OF Chicago; L.
p. Jones. University Of Pennsylvania; Daniel
]. Kelly. 1. A. A. c.: John ]. Krug. 1r..
National Turverein; J. ID. Lightbody. Uni
versity of Chicago; NJ C. McGrath. N. T.
A. c.: w. w. May. University OF Illinois;
George M. Mehnert National Turnverein'
N A. Merriam. University Of Chicago; T.
Moffit, University of Chicago; I. p. Nor
rssey. Mercury A. c.: Frank Mountpleas-
ant. Carlisle Indian school: Frederick Har-
ganes N Y. A. c.: ]. F. O'Connell, N Z.
A. c.: John II. Patterson. Chicago A. Al;
Paul H. Pilgrim, N. Y. A c.; Harry F. Por-
ter, /. A. A. c.; W. C. Prout. Boston A. A;
H. p. Ramey. Chicago A. A: j. A. Rector
University of Virginia; L. G. Rich Brook
line Swimming club; Lawson Robertson, l.
A. A. c.; Ralph Rose, Olympic CLUB. san
Francisco; F. A. Rowe, University of Chi
cago; A. B. Shaw. Dartmouth university;
M. w. Shepard. /. A. A. c.; Martin ]. sheri-
dan, l. A. A. c.; d. r. Sherman Dartmouth'
f. c. Smithson. Multnomah A C.. Portland
Ore: j. p. Sullivan, /. A. A. c.; j. b. ray
lor. l. A. A. c.; Lee j. Talbot, I. A. A. C.;
H. L. Trube, N. Y A. c.; c. d. Trublenbach.
N. Y. A. c.; ]. d. Whitman. University OF
Pennsylvania
mittee of the American committee. after
the selection of the team. made II PLAIN
that the men on the elected list as given
are those whose places as members OF tue
team with expenses betrayed by the COM
mittee are assured.
mental list, the committee says is depend
ent upon the subscription OF furtner tunos
for the specific purpose OF senolng one or
more OF the men there nameo' Ing suPPie
mental list follows: ~,
J. r. Armour, First Regiment A. A.. chi
cago; Claud Allen, I. A. A. c.; z. u. beard
Ames university, Iowa; John b. Magic, U, OF
ward p earn. Xavier A.. A.; r. J.. carr,
Michigan Agricultural; C. s. Campbell. Yale;
Geo. c. Cameron. I. A. A. C.; Harvey =.
cchn, L: A; A. c.; rd soha *, TsI French Cor.
nell; Herman Geris, German A. A. C.; M H.
G;ffen Chicago A. A; 8. p Gillis, N Y. A.
c.; II. A. Gosnell. Baltimore A. C'' n. a.
Grote, Missouri A. c.; James B. Greene Greene
Brookline A. c.; B. Haggard. Drake univer-
sity c. L. Hall. 1. A. A. c.; J. l.. Hart
ranft. Pennsylvania; M. F. HeTr' |; A; A, c.;
Cornell; E. q. Kiralfy. London. Eng; w. A
Kruger, Srawthmore; James J. Lee, Boston
A. A.; Fred LORE. Mohawk A. c.; Richard
Mahon, Vanderbilt; j. l.. Mahoney, N, z A.
C:E C. Mercer, George school. Philadelphia;
J. C. Miller. Stanford; II. Miller. Indiana; s.
Muenz, Pastime A. c.; F. A. Natwick. u OF
Wisconsin; E: S. Nelson. faIe' W psrslns mara
Pennsylvania; w. M. Rand. Harvard; Frank
II. Ritter, I. A. A. c.; w. G. Robbins, Cam
bridge. Mass D; Eoosins, SnhonmsE Ya,e cScsSo MI Co.
University; F. p. Sheehan, South Boston A.
c.; r. A. Spitzer. Yale; l.. B. Stevens. Yale;
f. f. Sherman. Harvard; B. l.; Stephenson.
Harvard; Lewis Tewania, Carlisle Indian;
Alex Thibeau. First Regiment A. c.. Chicago;
William Van Bris N. Y. A. c.; L. +. Weintz.
N. Y. A. C.; Roy A. Welton, Y. M. G. A.
Lawrence, Mass. w. w. Wood, Somerville,
Mass. NJ. c. Young. Cornell; F. w. Young.
South Dakota.
A review of the entry lists indicate that in
all departments of sport, with the exception
of rowing, the United States looks to have an
excellent chance of capturing creditable
share of events. Indeed, the outlook In the
opinion of many prominent athletic authori-
ties tonight is that nothing but sickness or
injury to star men can prevent the Americans