Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
RECORDS SHOULD FALL AGAIN
IN TRYOUTS FOR OLYMPICS
Greatest Meet Ever Held in This Country
Likely to Be Seen IN Harvard Stadium
Saturday-Other Sport Gossip.

year the Farmers secured victory over
Western Maryland, Washington College
and st. Johns. and the same has been
accomplished this spring, the first time
since.
1t was mainly through the work of
Honecker that the game with st. Johns
was won, though he did some excellent
pitching In each OF the other two cham
pionship contests. Against Washington
College yesterday and Western Maryland
four weeks ago he twirled superb ball.
but 1t was not needed In those contests.
as the Farmers scored enough runs to
allow most any kind Of a pitcher to win.
The st. Stephens team Of the Mar
quette League will meet the Cherrydale
nine tomorrow at 2:3O o'clock on the Mar
quette League grounds.
some of the present-day champions will
put past Olympic records away back
when they meet in Stockholm this sum-
mer. AS matters stand now, there Is
every indication that the marks that were
made last year in several of the events
Will fall and by a wide margin, too At
present there are men in this country
who are capable Of doing much better in
several races and field events than has
ever been accomplished in any Olympiad.
In thegames recently held in ew York
three Olympic records were bettered.
Kiviat beat the former mark for the 1900
meters run, Duncan buried the discus
farther than 1t had ever before been
thrown. and Scott ran faster 5000 me-
tiers than has ever been coursed in an
Olympic race. When these three men get
into competition In which they will be
pressed to the limit it Is likely that they
will not only equal their own marks, but
better them. Conditions will be such in
the Olympic races that the men will be
able to put forth their best efforts, they
will be keyed up to q nerve-breaking
point by one Of the master minds OF the
track world, and the result should be bet
an Olympic, or any other kind Of a meet
for that matter
The failure Of two of the men on whom
Cornell depended to win first places for it
to accomplish the expected lost that
school the intercollegiate track meet yes
terday on Franklin Field. Neither John
Paul Jones nor Tel Berna, who were con-
coded first places in the mile and two
mile events, were able to win. Berna
lost to a Harvard man In time that broke
the record previously held by him, while
the best that Jones could do was to run
dead heat. 1t Is not SO surprising to
learn of the defeat Of Berna, because the
time made in his event would Indicate
that he was simply against better man,
but that Jones should not do better than
40 in the mile was unexpected. It was
generally thought that, while his mark
would not be as good as the one made
in the Harvard Stadium last spring, lie
would cover the distance in faster time
than was the case Almost anybody would
have wagered that he would run the dis
lance In better time.
1t might have been expecting too
much of Jones to cover the mile much
faster than he did after winning the
half in record breaking performance
The heat and the fact that he ran hard
heats in the trials yesterday probably
affected him to the extent that he did
not appear at his best. One thing,
though. that may have happened is
that Jones. thinking that he would not
run the event any faster than was alb
solutely necessary to win. In order that
he might be In the best possible shape
for the Olympic tryouts next Satur-
day. miscalculated and was unable to
stall off the man who had more sprint
left in him than was expected.
There is apt to be some wrangling
at the meeting of the amateur COM
mission tomorrow night Mr.. Cornell
says that he will fight the proposed
dissolution of the Capital City League
to the last, ard 1t is well knewn that
others will do their best to have the
season In that circuit officially ended.