New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Pacific Coast Athletes Picked for
the Olympic Team.
CROSS AFTER BIGGER GAME
Out with Sweeping Challenge
to Box Any Lightweight
in the World.

A dozen athletes from the Pacific Coast
We're tentatively picked yesterday as MEM
bers OF the American team to compete In
the Olympic games at Stockholm, Sweden,
executive committee Of the American Olym-
pic committee. which recommended the
men to the team selection committee Fol-
lowing this James E. Sullivan autographed
the men to report to Mathew p Halpin in
this city not later than .Tune II. The
athletes thus notified We're:
Frederick II. Allen. broad Jumper Il. j.
Beeson, hurdler and high jumper; s. H.
Bellah. pole vauter and javein thrower;
}. |. Courtney, Splinter; James J. Donahue.
all-around man: Clarence S. Edmundson.
middle distance runner; Peter G. Gerhardt,
Splinter; NJ. w. Hawkins. hurdler; George
l.. HORNE, high jumper; f. W. Kelly. hur-
der: Walter Mcclure, 1890 meter runner,
and Ralph Rose. weight man.
This action was necessary in view of the
fact that the men who qualified I'm Calf
fornla would not have time to travel across
the continent before the sailing date after
committee I'm this city. next week, when
the final choices will be made of the men to
represent this country abroad.
II also was decided yesterday that for
the purpose of assisting the team selection
committee I'm picking "A relay swimming
team there he a tryout at 200 metres In
open water one turn, on Tuesday after
neon. June H. at Verona Lake. New Jersey.
The men likely to swim in this tryout are
Rich Brookline Swimming club: Huzzach.
Chicago Athletic Association; Reilly, Good
win and Nerich. New York Athletic Club:
Cross. Princeton University; Frizel. city
Club, and Shyrock, Argyle Swimming club
of Philadelphia
Leach Cross. who defeated Knockout"
Frown IN Madison Square Garden on Mon
DAY night. IS ont with n sweeping challenge
10 box any man of his weight In the world.
with a preference for Adj Wolgast. Cross
proved his worth I'm no uncertain manner.
and there are those who believe that the
East Side boy has more than n fighting
chance of winning should he ever meet the
lightweight champion ot the world for the
Of more than twenty rounds.
Not few persons asked when leaving the
Garden on Monday night. Has Brown gone
back" In the opinion Of a close follower
~ boxing. Brown has not gone back. but
the real trouble lies I'm the fact that he has
not come on. Three years ago when he
boxed as a bantdmweisht he used the same
style boring In and whaling away with his
left hand. ON Monday he used precisely the
Same method II attack-no variation hut
rush, swing. take a counter. and thcn rush
once more. In the old days ne had knock
out punch. Now II IS evidently gone Brown
has not knocked out a really good boy in so
long that his name has lost it's meaning.
There was ono side ~ the bout on Mon
day that stood out above all others, and
that WAS the unfaltering courage. the in
dcmitahlc fighting grit ~ Brown in the face
of the worst gruelllng lie ever took in his
lfo. Times there were when he seemed
about 10 be knocked ont. but he seldom
backed mp. and was always willing 10 try.
TIo has lost his place. however. for the time
and any chance of meeting Nolgast Cross.
who rarely. II ever, boxed so well. is now
the chief hope Of followers 81 boxing here.
Tho Cincinnati Reds. who cut such n
wide swath in the West before the Giants
gave them a push which sent them sliding,
Will invade the Polo Grounds to-day. They
are set on getting revenge but Mctiraw and
lis men VIII not bc beaten without a strug-
Rlo Matty is likely to pitch this after
noon. and the Reds have fallen before him
many a time and oft
Tho intercollegiate 'cross-country run
next fall will he decided a. Ithaca. Under
the circumstances Cornells monopoly on
the tenn championship Is likely 10 be CON
tinued
The ST Anselm Athletic Club won the
team trophy I'm tho Idle Hour road race in
Brooklyn last Sunday. and not the Glencoe
Athletic club, as published through mis-
take
Word came from Cambridge last night
tina. Sam FELTON,, Harvards best pitcher,
had suffered an injury and would be out
Of the game for the rest Of the season
This may he costly. with the Yale series
al hand.