El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
AMERICANS STAND TO WIN MANY
Of The OLYMPIC ARENA EVENTS

iLe1 - hack their favorite teams both
with statistics and money England,
France. Germany, sweden, Australia
sn5 ItaIv are all making claims for
gu rIiG 4ofLIe+es and on every side some
favored fatherland is touted as sure
"i sjffi1e this mass of dope, from the
iavelin throw, when IS Ine openInS
Contest to the S00-meter team race
which takes place on July 10, brings
America prominently to the forefront
however. and ii is ADMITTED Dy prac-
ficaIIv all contestants that the athletes
from the United tS4 t5s 0 UlI1 a9Stn carry
Tho first days events were heats IN
the IO0-reter dash and the 500 and
10 OOO-meter runs and the tlnal In the
javelin throw.
americans stand to Win
In the 1oO-meter race there are four
k-,arfcans who have equaled the
OIvnpic record of 10 40 seconds TINS
season They are Ralph Craig, OF the
Detroit Athletic CLUB; ID; r. Drew o. o.
fbe Springfield High school, Z =
Wilson. of Coe college, and Ira Court
new Of Seattle. Other American
sprfnters who can be reckoned among
the leaders are P {. GeDerharot' OF
san Francisco, who was six inches De
hind Courtney when the latter made
bie record. also r. r. Thomas, OF
princeton. and AIvah Meyer, of New
York who have crowded the record
Ran of Germany, may get place IN
fbis event but America looks certain
to garner at least two places, ana II
would not be surprising If she got all
rbe outlook in the sOO-meter race
is inst as favorable TO the Americans
as i'm the 100, for no European run
ners of the 500 are known to nave
come even close to the American try
out records in this event.
The JaveIin Throw.
That there is a distinctly weak spot
on the American team is not generally
known at home, but this is fact. 1t
unfortunately happens that this weak
ness will be shown in the very Ilrst
contest In the javelin throwing event
the hopes of America departed when
it was announced that 5. H Lott, the
best man on the team, was unable 10
20 TO Sweden, for the only others who
Philbrook. of the University of Notre
Dame. and J. Menaul, Of the Unlver-
sity of Chicago, and their records are
many feet shor- of the record OF the
Swede, Leming, who got 119 feet 10 IL
inches in 1908 In the discus throw
ing. J. H Duncan, of New York, has
a record OF 145 feet 9 II inches, and
can be depended upon to throw furth-
er Is it is required. There Is a most
OF .thers on the team in the second
event.
The Running Races.
None Of the men named for the 500
meters has this yesr equalled the
Olympic record of 1852 As, set by N.
W. Sheppard in 1908, but Sheppard
hSs done 1853 2-5 and can go faster.
John Paul Jones, Of Cornell, ran the
half mile. which is five yards less, at
the intercollegiate on June l in rec
n Of
same university, was only three yards
behind him on that occasion, so both
may be considerd aes contenders, Then
J. E Meredith, of Mercersbur- academy,
ran the 500 in SO IS and Ira y.
Davenport. Of the University of Chi
cagO, did "a As on the. same day at
Chicago.
The 1O.00O-meter event is another in
which the boys who wear the shield
bid fair to make Il clean sweep. The
best Of them in this event appear to
be W. J. Kramer, of the Long Island
Athletic club, who ran the 10000
meters in 21:42 S-5 on Saturday, and
L. F. Mcclure, of South Attleboro,
Kramer, while Joseph ErxeIben. of the
Missouri Athletic club; NJ. J. Ryan and
Louis Scott are good mes at their dis
lance
The javelin thrw is the only one Of
the opening events in which the finals
Spectacular Conditions.
On the program for July Z the run
ming high jump and pentathlon prom
Use to be spectacular conditions.
In these evcEts. as in all Others with
the exception of tie iavelin throw, past
performances put the Americans out
of the class Of all Europeans.
In the pentathlon and decathlon Gall
around) contests James Thorp bids
fair to be the best man from America
although others are named. This ma
tive American Indian from the Car
Isle school is far and away the great
est all around athlete in America, N
both track and field, and II will have
TO be a great performer who can beat
him
Relay Races start July s.
The relay races, which start on July
S. will see the best of the 400, 1900
and 3,-0O0-meter- men at the scratches,
and the sprinters. quarters milers, and
half milers Of the American team
should have little difficulty in winning.
In the cross country race Of 5000 |
meters the American team is strong in
Berna, Bonhag, HalloWel, Fitzgerald, !
Kramer, Scott and Jones
In the running high jump the Olym-
pic record set by Porter in 1908 at
feet inches is pretty certain to go,
for several of the team can beat It |
At the top of the list is the phenom-
email jumper, G. l. HORNE, Of Leland !
Stanford university, who made a (
worlds record of s feet inches this /
spring. and in practice early in June |
cleared the amazing height of feet |
S IA inches
Some Past Records.
As a second string are H. B. Enright. |
Of the Boston Athletic association, |
with a mark of feet 4 inches J. W. |