Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-28
CRACKS ONLY in THE FINALS
Stockholm Officials Will Have Sys-
TEN Of Wedding Out.
THE PLAN Is MADE SIMPLE
scheme May not Mean Gloss
Contests In All Of the Heats,
hat a AZ . Desirable
Mefhod

NEW YORK. April z.-The Svensks
ldrottsforbandet-io use the official It'll
Of the association which will have charg,
Of running Off tho games at Stockholm
has announced that the heats In all race
whsrs trials win ba found necessary. vii
BE- rsssdsd.e that -. the crack men from
shs different teams viii be drawn as "a
apart a. possible with the Idea that thu
tppnotehsrs will only come together IL
the finale. The plan was adopted for the
purpess u assuring good racing in the
trails and semi finais and that only the
really good men win find their way into
tina final round.
Hop tbs sxedsa propose to make thu
draw ID simple enough. When the official
entry has been well Strengthened out.
each country VIII be asked for a list Of
ifs men, GRADED with the best men al tina
ton 20 that II win he possible to know
the cracks fsom each team at a glance
and there viii be no trouble In arrang-
Ing them apart. There Is a rumor also
from Stockholm that the swedss may
walt Until all the teens arrive and at a
meeting OF The representatives Of each
team make the draw.
ah@ plan o. seeding tho draw may not
mean close contests in all the heats. but
~ i q more desirable method than the
ehaaes draw. which On mora than ions
Important. occasion turned Q fitst class
sonsess iHto : fiasees In using tina chanc'
dssws shsrA sss slvets tina possibility o
hrinxing the very best men together Il
the first heat and leaving only one goot
man. who coiild sallop through 70 victory
There was slsring example Of thu
chance draw IN the olympiad AT London
four ysara ago. II was particularly so n
the 1.soe meters. where Sheppard and Hal.
stead. two OK the best men on the United
States team. were drawn against each
othar. and were first and second. respec-
lively IN the sscoad heat which was By
FAR the beat contest Of the lot Sheppard
won BY yard after terrific struggle
on the home stretch, q fact that showed
that Haistead was little inferior 10 the
champion. Halstead was knocked out Of
tbs eompetstien then and there. as only
the winnsrs qualified for thu final Had
b. bsen Ia the final he would surely have
scored At least . point for the United
STATES Lightsody aud sullivan met In
tina first heat with the latter thu winner
and the former In second place
''saei<dg drav would have placed them
well apart. for Sullivan was an ex-na-
tianat champion miller and Lightbody had
besn the victor Tor the i.soo In the Ameri-
can olxmpiad al 81. Louis In 1906 When
the easnss ssse hsid at Athens In 1906
James E. Sullivan, who was then thu
American commissioner, suggested 20
seed the draw Of the sprints at the FRS
meetinE of the international jury and
there was ali sorts az nlrprise on the par
o. tbe Europeans. The English and ths
Bwedee we're shs only members whs
exreed 70 the proposition of tina American
xhleh waz lost on the VOTE. Prince Georg'
Of oreecs could not SEQ The advantage %
szeeding' the draw and. as he bad mat
fers al his own way As referee, ths
chance methed Of draxing prevailed. hui
for oues Il turned out that the best mer
xers well separated In the snrints.