Evening star., 1912-06-16

Chicago, and did Courtney at Leland
Stanford in May. Practically all of the
other sprinters selected represent what
might be called chances. They may make
good and they may not.
There will be three other first-class men
in addition to those just mentioned for
Of Syracuse. who did 81 2-5 seconds for
the 220-yard dash at the recent l. c. A.
A. A. A. meet. D. B. Young of Amherst.
a consistent 22-second man, and e. X.
Mercer of the University of Pennsylvania,
who can likewise beat D seconds.
In considering the sprints it should be
borne in mind that this country cannot do
any worse than it did in 1908. when every
body expected the Americans to take both
the 100 and POO meters dashes At that
time. the United States lost the 100 meters
to South Africa and the 200 meters to
Canada. Then the, American team had
but two consistent sprinters. They were
Rector of Virginia and Cartmell of Penn
sylvania. Both men failed when the final
test came.
The United States will be unusually
strong in the 400 meters run. Without
question the best man on the team for
this distance is Reidpath of Syracuse.
The ease with which he did 4S seconds
for the 40 yards at the I. c. A. A. A. a.
meet indicates that he can do Al seconds
for the 400 meters if he retains his form
and is pushed. Next to him the best men
for this distance are Ira Davenport of
Chicago and D. B. Young of Amherst
Reidpath has never competed against
either of these men. but both of them can
run inside 40 seconds. Of the other selec-
tions for this event Meredith of MERGERS
burg Academy. Haff of Michigan and
Sheppard of the Irish American A G..
can all equal or better 40 seconds.
Strong in Middle Distance Runs.
In both the 500 and 1900 meters runs
AZ,
than it was in 1905 when Melvin Shep-
pard won both of these events for this
country. Sheppard has been picked and
entered in both, but. splendidly as he
ran at Boston a week ago, Americans
will not have the same confidence in him
that they did in 1905. The chances for
his repeating in the phenomenal manner
that he did four years ago are very much
against him. At the same time, unless
J. P Jones Of Cornell can beat him,
Sheppard Is the best half miller on the
team. OF the two men Jones has done
the best work this year, his record OF
SO 4-5 at the intercollegiate meet hav-
ing been equaled only twice by Sheppard.
Sheppard, however, has never shown the
ability to equal this speed within the
last two years, while Jones has never
been pushed. The verdict of most Of the
critics is that II Jones were pushed he
could run the distance in close to Isl.
Putnam of Cornell. Meredith of MERGERS
burg. Edmundson of Seattle. Davenport
Of Chicago and Meredith of Mercersburg
Academy all can do 1.57, and several of
them can do 1.55 or better. This group of
men ought to take most Of the prizes In
this event.
There are three men Of unusual ability
In the 1.5O0-metef run. First. of course
Is John Paul Jones of Cornell, holder OF
the world record for the one-mile run.
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run the mile. for the reason that he has
never been put to the test. His trainer,
John F. Moakley of Cornell, thinks that
he can do 40
The next most dependable man fs A. 4.
Kiviat of the Irish-American Athletic
Club. In the Olympic trials at Boston
Kiviat established a new world record
of 3.55 % for the 1,5O0-meter run, this
being the third time he has broken the
record within two weeks. OF more i'm
portance to Kiviat than the breaking
of the 1,5O0-meter record was the estab-
hshing of new world mark for the mile
run. For his especial beneht a second
tape was set at the mile mark, ana, after
aching the ], 1,500-meter tape first kiviat
continued on to the mile, but there was a
fatal hesitation at the end of the 1,5Uo-
meter mark and 1t was 40 30 when
the Irish runner finished the mile. This
was just one-fifth of a, second behind
Jones' present world record, and kiviat
was a very much disappointed man when
the result was announced to him. At
the present writing there Is no question
but that Jones is superior to kivfat, but
it Is question which man will prove the
superior under the climatic conditions
which will exist at Stockholm
In addition to these two, consideration
must be given to Taber of Brown and NJ.
w SHEPPARD. Taber has the distinction
of running a dead heat in the mile with
Jones at the intercollegiate. while he
was only a yard and a half behind Kiviat
in the 1,5O0-meter run at Boston. Taber
is capable of any amount of hard work.
and may prove the surprise at Stock
holm. Sheppard himself must not be over
looked because of his great speed and ex-
perence II Sheppard has been pitted
against Jones in the one-mlle run at the
in n.ercolieg.ate championships, and the