Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-08

OLYMPIC TRIAL
TRYOUTS TO-DAY
Crack Athletes To Partici-
pate in Meetin Big Har-
ward Stadium

Boston Mass. June An ar
tangcments are perfected for the
Eastern tryouts for the selection of
the American Olympic team The
trials will take place tomorrow al the
Harvard Stadium and will bee partici-
pated in by nearly 200 athletes who
are ambitious 10 become members OF
the American aggregation that Is eN-
pected TO grab off a peitudc of
firsts, seconds and thirds In the great
contests this summer at Stockholm
The competitors tomorrow will
represent the cream of the amateur
athletic talent OF the United States
The best OF the college men and the
pick of the club athletes will be in
cluded In many of the contests II
will be- champion against champion
The sprint race. for instance, has
among its entries three men who
have records OF 9 - seconds for the
100 yards. while title-holders also
will be scrn in the quarter. hall and
mile races
Gissing, Sheppard and Riley of the
Irish American \ \ OF New York
will try for the 500 meters There
Is no question that they will qualify
for the team. as they are recorded as
the greatest half milers In the coun-
try. Sheppard especially is consid-
cred the peer OF anyone in the world
at that distance He figures that the
Stadium track will be- the fastest In
the world, and he and Gssing are
going 10 try TO break the worlds half.
mile record tomorrow
Other notable entries In the $40
meter race are Abel Kiyiat of the Tr-
ish-American \ C.. Eli - Parsons.
the old Yale half-miler. and Wylic
Cook OF the University of Virginia
Representatives Of the New York
Athletic Club I'm the tryouts will I'm.
cludc such noted performers as l..
C. Carey. the old Annapolis sprinter.
and G. + Kinds, formerly of the
University Of Pennsylvania in the
sprints r r Edwards and T.. G..
Macarthur, formerly Of Cornell. In the
900 meter run Eddie Frick in the
500 meter run, flavens I'm the ! 10.
meter hurdles Willie Fitzgerald I'm
the '0oo-meter run. Fred Bellairs
and n H. Hallowell in the 10000
meter run. n j. Grumpet Wesley
{. Diner and W. G. Fielding in the
4igh jump, Plat Andrews in the
running broad jump. the running hop
step and jump and the iavelin throw.
Ben Adams and Ray e. Ewry I'm the
standing high and standing broad
jumps, Gillios and Childs in the ham
mer throw. Beatty in tho shotput ana
Bob Edcron Boo lhc discus EWry
won the standing jump az th, Oym-
Pads held af ST. Louis Paris. Athens
and London
The Cornell University entries are
headed by John Paul tones. the crack
miller. Tel" Dcrna. the tVo-mile
champion. aud Capt Putnam of m,
varsity track team
Other crack athletes who WIlI boz
seen in the tryouts are Matt Nc
Grath. the New York policeman. u
the hammer throw Pat Mcdonald
another New York policeman in tho
shOtput. G.. 4 Chisholm iut,rrollc-
gate champion hurdler. formerly %
Yale. but nov wearing the ,olors of
the Boston \. \. T. Manson and "
). Wright. of Dartmouth 900 no.. pole
vault, Robert Mlcknas OF tho Mo-
hawk \. G.. New York. Zoo tho stand
INK broad jump 4 ~ Till,g of bart
mouth, iu the hammer throw Dan
oConnell OF pitistou. Pa boz the
l00-metcr race. Woudall of Wesley
an, who Won me hurdles Boz the New
England iuterUol'oria'cs this spring
Geore" HORNE. hp wonderful hieh
Jumper Of California IS S Taber OF
Brown winner OF rho miI. event 100
the New England lntcrcollcEiates. x
g GoOch OF the University of Viz
ginia, who Is credited sith doing
more than g3 f,,t in the running
broad jump & D Rcidpath captain
OF The University OF Syracuse track
team and one OF rho best collegiate