Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-17
TO WIN OLYMPIC.
Experts Look for Uncle Sam to Garry Off Sixth Consecutive Trophy in 1912 Games at Stockholm.

Off Sixth Consecutive Trophy in 1912
 Games at Stockholm.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the Olympic games of 1912 are a long way l off, track experts are already engaged
 in dor ing out the comparative chances of the athletes who will wear the 1 stars and stripes with those of our l brother nations. and it seems to be ! the general consensus of American 1 opinicn that when the sun sets July l IS in the stadium at Stockholm it will | see old glory again flying in triump ph 1 Yankees grant that Germany, Finland, l Canada and Sweden are to be consid- cred in the points, but should not in ! any way prove dangerous rivals, as l the American team 10 Sweden will | contain the greatest bunch of athletes | ever entered in tEe Olympics. "Sprin- | ter" in an article in the New York Press, gives an interesting account of a recent meeting in Sparrow Robin sons quarters in which the athletic possibilities of the coming Olympiad were discussed, prospects of other na- ticns being given every consideration. ''Of course, there is a possibility of surprises, being sprung" says Sprint CT. Tn fact, it looks as if there are going to be bunch of surprises next summer. South Africa may spring another one like Reggie Walker To a man up a tall tree it looks as if the prophets had better keep their eyes peeled for the Youth Africans and Aus tralians, as well as the Canadians. From all indications, Great Britain
 need rot be feared so much as in the
 past. But look cut for Britannia's col
 onies. In Howard of Winnipeg, Cam
 ada has a sprinter who is well wor-
 thy of testing the mettle of Uncle
 Sans best Howard should improve
 greatly in the next few months The
 same car be said of the quarter -miier
 FoliIsbee, and the half-miler, Knox
 of Toronto. Howard certainly will be
 able to take the place of Bobby Kerr,
 who won the 200-meter championship
 at the London Olympiad. Knox will
 be mighty dangerous contender in
 the S00-meter event. The boys across
 the border have some pole vaulters in
 Happeny. Cameron, Archibald and Langsraff, who are not to be sneeZed
 at. Frank Lukeman of Montreal will
 be dangerous in the penta thlon, the hve-eyent aIl-around competition, and Dunesn Gillis of Vancouver will prove to be a worthy foeman of the great Sheridan and Fred Thompson in the decathlon- the 10-event ail-around |. competition
 Spr;nter also has enough faith in Ernie Hertberg, the Swedish trainer, to l believe the Swedes will throw a bat | tie front into line at Stockholm that | will make Uncle Sam fight his hardest |
 Erny always was a foxy old cove and | a master at hiding his hand until he | next summer the Swedes will not be | found wanting. The fans in Sparrow's ! nest seemed to think that Uncle Sam | would make a cleaning up in the | sprints with such flyers as Craig of ! Henry of Texas, Rosenberger | and Meyer of the Irish-American ath- 1 letic club; Throop of Los Angeles and | Beloit of Chicago. Rau of Germany culations, however Not only did the | nestlings think that Uncle Sam will | score strong in the sprints, but that the old fellow with the goatee will | rla2r1 in a c fn i 500 | meters. Braun of Germany was con ceded to be a decidedly dangerous | chap in both the 400 and 500 meter events.
 Uncle Sam will probably select his 400-meter candidates from Davenport and Lindberc of Chicago; Gish of Se- attle; Reidpath of Syracuse; Hayes of Phila delphia; and sheppard, Gissing and Rosenberger of New York; Jones Of Cornell: Edmundson Of Seattle: Da- venrort of Chicago, and Sheppard, Gis- sing and Prick may be the lead men for Uncle Sam in the S00-meter event. From Uncle Sam's 400 and 800 meter men team can be picked that would have little difficulty in winning the l, ,600-meter relay race. From the Am erican sprinters a flying four can be chosen that will stand the other teams T. the 400-meter relay race on their heads. With John Paul Jones of Cor nell, Bill Hannivan of Michigan. Mel Sheppard and bel ESiviat of the Irish f1lIiSAlCttH dttli-t tlC -luos oscar 1eQluH4 of the Bro. 'klyn gynlnastic association and Arthur Baker of the Cleveland athletic club, Uncle Sam looks to have the 150O-meter event cinched. Great Britain certainly cannot match that covey, and in former years John Bull always had a blue chip for the 15U0- meter event. Wide of Sweden ana MacNichol of Scotland look to be the mos. dangerous foreign 1530-meter 
 Uncle Sam will not be so strong in " should regain his old-time form, all would be well, but Sprinter does not think Ray will come back to his old form. Platt, Adams. Dan Hcaly. Ben Adams and other American standing
 Jumpers cannot be classed with the 1ld Ewry. Ray probably never again will be able to attempt the sts 7dirg nigh jump, and he will have to pos sess most of his old prowess to win again the standing broad jump. It wouldn't be surprising, however to winning form again. Everybody hopes le will Lee and Scott. Sam Belahs, Harry Babcock, Eddie Coyle and Ernie Cooke look good for Uncle Sam in the pole vault, although Passeman of Ger many and the Canadian vaulters will De exceedingly dangerous. With Matt McGrath, Paddy Ryan, Con Walsh and he hammer chrowing Iaurels all bound -oInd with a woolen string. If John Flanagan should compete he will have 10 huri for the good old U. s. A., for John is an American citizen. The l 1nly other mon who has a chance to | squeeze a point in the hammer throw l s Nicholson of Scotland