The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-10
Ira Davenport Wins Right
to Be Selected for the
Olympic Team.

tnlcago. June lO.--FlNe thousand
athletic fan %journeyed to Northwest
"rn field Saturday to watch the trials
Tor the American Olyn1ic team. One
hundred athletes. the best of the col
leses n athletic clubs in the central
states, struggled for the honor of rep
%reSenting America in the worlds
ame which will he held at Stock
holm next month.
+. e. Brown, president Of the Cen
trail A. A. L., is chairman of the com.
mittee which will make the selections,
In all probability the winners of the
different contests viii lie chosen. es-
p~crlally those who registered good
performances.
Every contest Was featured by keen
hard-fought competition, and the
winners of the different events real
lied they had been in hard struggles.
The weather was conducive to record
.~tfeakinE performances and the ath-
letcs put forth their best efforts in the
hope of gaining recognition from the
American Olympic committee which
Will make the final selections.
G. I. Wilson of Coe college. who
won both dashes in the conference.
was the first performer to register Il
good performance. winning his pre-
l%inlinary heat in the 1O-meter dash in
10 4-5 which equalled the worlds
record.
\. j. Patterson. who ran under the
.Colors of the c. 4. A.. was the first
record breaker, He set the pace all
the wav in the 1.500-meter run. n
crossed the line in 4:o2 IS which is
one second tasted than Melvin Shep.
lard's Olympic record.
Wilson. the tlier from Coe college.
took the final heat in the 1o-meter run
il q close finish With Belote of the G..
\. \. Wilson equalled the worlds
rccodd of 10 +-5 in his premilinary
heat.
Ir" Davenport OF Chicago earned
the rich to he selected for the team
10y winning the sO0-mcter run in easy
fashion. Mermond of Missouri gave
the Maroon q race for most of the
way. but when Davis cut loose on the
last lap he pulled ava from the rest
of the field with ease. The time was
"a ID.
went the honor of breaking the first
Olympic record when he won the
l.5o0-meter run after a hard fight
with Anderson of Nebraska. The To-
cal runner covered the distance in
400 -. beating the old mark of
20" -, held by Melvin Sheppard.
made in London in 1905. Patterson
led all III. way and finished strong.
L. +. Lindoerg, the former Univer-
sltv of Illinois unner n is the ma
I,lcnal a. "A. L. auarter-m1le cham
pion. won the 4O0-meter run in the
fast time Of AS Ga which is is of a
second slower than the Olympic rec
ord held by I1allswell of England. The
Cherry Circle star led all the way and
crossed the line ten yards ahead OF
Curtis of Illinois who secured second
place.
q. Wirknft the ohin state university
wen the 5."oo-Yneter run. a new Olym-
vi" event. TIL. Buckeye runner set
the pace all the way and crossed the
Lille fifteen Neards in advance of Durey
OF Des Moines college. Wirkoff step
cd the distance in 1857 10. which is
fast time for the distance.
Philhrook Of Notre Dame was an
easy winner of the javelin throw. The
Hn"sier threw the pole l47 feet 10i2
inches, ten feet better than Brundage
LOT tn" G. A.. a, who vas second.
Summarizes.
500 Netars-Davonrort. Chicago
university. nrst: l.. FerMond. Missouri
|, University. second: II. osborne. North
western. third; time, ISL As: Amerl-
can record
100 Meters (finalp-C. I. Wilson.
Coe. first. +. \. Eelot. Chicago Attn
letic club. second; j. Fasser, Notre
Dame, third; time. II 50 seconds.
HOO Mot"rs-N. j.. Patterson, Chi