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forced toIay off because Of injuries
I Gissing, Prick and Bergman, Of the
/ New YOrks; BOrland and TerWilliger,
Of the Pastimes, and Jim ROsenberger
y of the Irish -Americans. If Peerless
, Mel Sheppard is allowed to compete,
| he will of course be the favOrite in
these events, but his recent dishonor-
/ able discharge from the 2Zd regiment
/ is likely to cause his disqualification
] by the A. A. o., and II is even possible
/ that he may be forbidden to represent
America in the Olympic contests at
Sweden.
VIII Be Easy for Kramer and Daily.
George BOnhag having retired from
the game, it seems that the races over
a mile Will be easy for Frank Kramer
Of the Long Island A. c., and john
DAILY, Of the Irish-Americans, with
Louis Scott, Of the New XOrks, as the
dark horse
The EIler brothers. Jack and Bob, of
Z the Irish Americans. seem to have the
hurdles between them In the jumps
and pole vaults. there are such stars
as Oler, Jennings, Grumpelt Fielding,
Porter, EWry, Aherne and Platt ADAMS,
ali Of the New York A c. The Mer-
curry Foot club seems to have a cor
ner' on the good jumping material
Each one Of them is an Olympic pos
sibility. The weight events viii call
out men the Calibre Of McC4raths Sherl-
dan, Duncan, Mcdonald. Walsh, Elliott
and Bredd, all strong nominees for the
Olympic team
Big Crop In Practice.
Truly a great crop Of spiked shoe
artists are being conditioned Tor the
big indoor occasion of the year, and
It is more than likely that the winners
in all Of the events viii be included
in the personnel of the American
athletic army that invades stockholm
But there are others. Many college
Of EnfHa
are unable to make the trip 10 New
York for the indoor champs have
qualified themselves for consideration
by their recent achievements
Ira Davenport the Chicago univer-
sity quarter miller and half miller, can
not be denied. He is practically
certainty for the team, having made
better time in the two turIong event
than anybody since Maxey Long,
DIVINE Henry. Of Texas, national
outdoor champion in the hundred two
years ago; and r. c. Craig, the MichI-
gan university flyer, viii prove stiff
obstacles in the sprint tryouts- Billy
Hayes and Mercer, of Pennsylvania
and HOugh, Of Boston, must be reck-
oned with in the short distance runs
Jones and Berna, of Cornell are GER
tainties in the mile and two miles.
While the Ellers are about supreme
as hurdlers in the club class, they
will encounter Titans when they meet
the cOllegianss Shaw, of Dartmouth,
Smithson. of Oregon, Nicholson and
Kirksey, Of Missouri and Chisholm, Of
Yale. any one OF whom would be a
fit representative for their country.
Jumps Present Good Men.
The jumps also present several good
men who viii not compete in the in
doors. They are Burdtck, Of Pennsyl-
vanfa: HORNE and BeesOn. of Cali
fOrnia; Irons, Of Chicago, and Thorpe,
the Carlisle indian. In the weights,
there are Ralph Rose, the worlds /
champion, Of San Francisco, Lee Tai
bot of Kansas; and Jack HOrner, of I
mOnopOlized by the cOIlegians. Card /
ner, of Harvard, Scott of Leland Stan I
ford, and Cook and Wagner of Yale.
The only event left is the Marathon
and here is where America stands a ]
good chance Of being lambasted by [
the foreigners, no matter who is
selected, unless some tOpnOtch new
conner DObs up. Tewanima, the indian, ]
seems about the best just now, but |
he has never proved his ability over |
the 20 mile route as he has at the 10 |
and u mile distance. ErXlcben, Of |
St. Louis; Pillivant and Hatch, Of Chi
cagO; and Clarence DeMar Of Boston,
seem to be the only others likely to /
develop. All Of the old time star Mara I
thOners of this country have turned 1
professional with the exception of Joe Z
FOrshaW, the st. LOuisan who finished I
third in the London race and he has I
retired.
Two things that viii be Of great I
Importance in deciding the personnel
of the Olympic team are the place and Z
date of holding the tryOuts. 1t is prob
able that there viii be separate sets I
of tryoUts in the middle west. south I
and on the Pacific coast, with certain I
number Of men to be elected from the /
winners at each However, this meth !
cd has its shortcomings, but so has ]
every other plan that has been devils /
ed. In fact it looks impossible to Sc
lect perfect methOd-On which abso- !
lutely the best men could be picked /
out. But leave it to the Olympic com 4
mittee. It is to 1 that they find @ /
way to get up q team that can beat {
the foreigners