Evening star., 1912-06-16

Ithacan had run the sort OF race he did.
there is no question but that Sheppard
would have beaten him. This Is because
of Sheppard's phenomenal speed in the
last quarter mile Under those circum-
stances he should have travelled the last
quarter in less than a minute which
would have been fast enough to have
beaten Jones. Kiviat is very much the
same sort of runner as was w. G. PAUL.
the old University of Pennsylvania miller.
Kiviat is not sprnter and must have
his pace set from the very beginning.
This is why either Jones or Sheppard can
beat him out in a fast final quarter.
Reliance on Berna.
In the 5000 meters the United States
will have three good representatives in
Berna of Cornell. Scott OF the South Pat
erson A. C. and George Bonhag. Berna
was somewhat of a. surprise to the club
| men when he defeated them so handily
at Boston, but England in particular has
| SD many high-class disiknce runners
that it would be folly to make any pre-
dictions concerning the final results. The
same holds true Of the 1O.OO0-meter run.
| in which Kramer Of the Long Island A.
| c. is Americas best man.
| As was the case in 1903, the marathon
race is gamble. Four years ago the
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winning this great event. yet. to the as
| tonishment Of the athletic world, they
| furnished three of the first four men to
finish. And, stranger still. the .Ameri-
cans who did the scoring were not the
/ ones whom the experts expected to score
These results may be duplicated this year
4 and. again, some other country may
spring the surprise. In spite of the fact
that NJ ]. Ryan won the marathon try
out at Boston. he is not necessarily the
l fa nf the American candidates
| Ryan did not finish at London in 1908.
and unless he has improved a great deal
in staying qualities there are number
of men on this years team who can beat
| him out. A great deal is expected Of
Lewis Tewanimi Of the Carlisle Indian
| School, who finished in good shape four
years ago. With his experience and i'm
proved endurance Tewanimi should be a
| dangerous contestant from the start.
| The chances are that the United States
| will not be nearly SO strong in the hur-
dies as in 1905 Four years ago this
| country furnished men who scored first,
second, third and fourth, but it will be
| fortunate to do 50 this year. Unless Ii
ri. there is not a consistent 10 2-5 seconds
man on the American team. Blanchard
| of Boston, who won the event in the
try-outs last week, is not finished hur-
dler. nor are any of the other eastern
| men selected. Both Case and Nicholson
are credited with doing Is % seconds.
but they have yet to demonstrate that
| they can consistently do this. In view of
| that Anderson of Oxford University re-
Gently did Is 1-5 seconds is most dis
quieting.
In all Of the field events there is no
| room to question the supremacy OF the
| United States. With such men as HORNE,
Erickson. Enright, Grumpelt and Thorpe
! only a phenomenal jumper can secure a
point from the Americans in this event.
| There Is no reason to be alarmed because
| HORNE failed to qualify in the try-outs at
| Boston. The California high jumper is
| unusually consistent but IL for any rea-
| son he should fall down the Americans
| will have enough good men to take his
place.
Broad Jumpers Are Good.
In the running broad jump the United
States has a better group Of men than in
/, 1908 Adams OF New York, Bellah Of
Leland Stanford. Butterson Of Vermont
Thorpe of the Carlisle Indian School
Worthington Of Exeter Academy, Mercer
7 Of the University OF Pennsylvania and
| Irons OF Chicago all have records better
! than % feet Irons won the Olympic
a leap of "a feet 81s inches, though
he has not performed up to this mark
| since then OF the other men Mercer
Gutterson, Thorpe and worthington are
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| close to "a feet.
There was naturally some disappoint-
| ment that Gardner of Yale did not desire
| to make the team. His place. though,
will be ably taken by Wright of Dart
mouth. who broke the Yale mans world
record one week later with q vault of
| 13 feet pa inches. Babcock Of Columbia,
Bellah Of Leland Stanford, Murphy Of the
University Of Illinois and Nelson Of Har-
ward are all high-class men, and all
nearly foot superior to the best that
Europe can produce.
In the hammer throw and shot put there
is hardly any comparison between the
representatives OF the two countries. Nc
Grath of the 1rish-American A. c. is the
present holder OF the worlds record of
1SI feet or the other men selected Childs,
the former Yale man; Hooker of Chicago,
and Sherman. a former Harvard man. can
all throw 16O feet or better. In the shot
put, with such men Ralph Rose, r. L.
Beatty of Columbia and Mcdonald of
the Irish-American A. C.. there will hard
ly be chance for Europeans to score in
this event.
The American team is due in Stockholm
about June 26. This will give the men
about ten days in which to get rid Of their
sea legs and work themselves into con-
dition. No arrangements have yet been
made for training quarters similar to
what the American team had at Brighton
four years ago. The present plans of the
committee are to quarter the team on
board the ship, but the fear has been ex-
pressed that this will not be the best way
to keep them in condition. 1t is possible
that some other quarters may be secured
for them near Stockholm. where the men
can be kept until Ii is necessary for them
to compete in the stadium.
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