Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
BY H. c. BYRD.


three weeks. The idea will not be to
teach the game to men in order that
they may get right out and make liv-
ing at the game, but the subjects of the
lectures will be members of the Boy
Scouts and boys from the different play
grounds.
The idea is being set forth by Mr.. Martin.
director of the Fairgrounds. While in
middle western city last year Mr.. Martin
conceived the purpose Of getting as many
| boys as possible interested in that de-
partment of base ball, and to that end
he secured two American Association
League umpires to teach them the gen
eral methods and articles OF the pro-
fessional umpires.
The two men who did the work last
year in Columbus were Bierhalter and
Handiboe. Yesterday Handiboe was the
recipient of letter from Mr.. Martin
stating that he would attempt to estab-
lish the same kind of an institution here
provided he could secure tutor. Han
diboe has agreed to give the boys some
of his ideas to how an umpire should
conduct himself on the ball field. what he
must do to hold the game well in hand
and some of the peculiar decisions which
he is liable to have to make.
The classes will start the early part of
next week and will be held as often as
possible.
There is much trouble expected among
northern athletic circles when 1t comes
time to pick the men who are to compose
the American Olympic team. AS matters
stand at present among the northern
athletic institutions 1t is likely that there
is going to be whole lot of dissatlsfac-
r,nft tnpc aY0
finally selected. Already there are sew
eral clubs which are coming across with
statements to the effect that they want to
send men to the games, even though they
are not chosen by the committees.
One instance of a rule, unless there are
exceptions made to it, which is likely 10
work harm to the team itself, is that
which is against any man being member
of the team unless he completes IN the
trials For instance a letter has been re-
ceived by the chairman Of the committee
from Gym Henry, the American sprint
champion, saying that he Will be apsolute,
~ unable to make the trip to the Harvard
stadium to compete In the trials. 1t is
certain that if he is not allowed to be-
come a. member of the Olympic team the
team itself will suffer. Henry is recog-
nized as one of the best sprinters In the
country, and under the tutelage of Mike
Murphy for a couple of months, he should
be a formidable competitor for hrst
honors in both dash events. At any
rate, he is almost sure to score polnts IN
each of the sprints. and II the Reports OF
the roings Of foreign athletes are to De
credited this country is sure to be IN
greater need of TALES than ever before
All the nations of the world put to-
gether cannot produce such an array OF
high jumpers as can the United states.
There are many men in this country VINO
can do bette rthan six feet and 1t Is likely
that any one OF them WIZ De ape ~
infc tn, hof
meet. There are about twenty men In
this country who can clear the bar at
six feet or over. and probably more.
Here are some Of the men VINO nave
done some mighty creditable work in the
Jumps in the past two or three years:
S. c. Lawrence, H. ]. Grumpelt Esgon
Erickson, w. c. Fielding, G. F. HORNE,
T. Momt, e: jennings, W. qler' r.: n. a
W. Burdick. Platt Adams. P. w. Dalrym-
pie, G. C.. Farrier, j. Andromedas, f. l.
Beeson, Ben Ward, James Thorpe. W.
French, ]. e. McDougal and James john
son.
There are men, too. like E. R. Palmer,
the old Dartmouth jumper, now compet-
ing for the Chicago A. A.. and Walter
Thomassen, who is in the northwest, VINO
are capable Of doing six feet.
In commenting on the Olympic situa-
ton in this country a man who Is closely
concerned with athletics In the north
had the following to say:
sAthletics today aren't what they used
TO be-" said an old-time follower of the
game. Nowadays" continued he. there
are too many amateur rulings made by
the parent body, and there is too much
red tape in the selecting of the athletes
that make up an Olympic team. Back in
the old days we had no such rules formu-
lated for an Olympic contender. Any old
follower OF the game, providing he could
raise the necessary price and thought ne
had chance to make a showing In the
great games. could make the trip There
was no committee that could say that ne
should make the trip or that he should
not
I'm 1895, when the B. A A. started the
ball rolling in the revival Of the modern
games, they selected a New England
team and paid all its expenses. AT
that time there was no mention of any
outside athletes not being able to make
the trip. AS matter of fact, Jimmy
Connolly then at Cambridge, wanted to
make the trip, and in spite of expense
and everything else, Jimmy hiked to
Athens and we all know how he scored
points for Uncle Sam in the jumps.
Then again, in the Olympiad of 1900
there was no real American Olympic
committee appointed to pick team, and
there was no talk about trials and the
like for American champions. All ath-
letes were eligible to make the trip. AT
that time many OF the colleges sent over
their crack performers, and the n. Y. A.
C. did likewise. 1t was Dick Grant, the
old-time Harvard plugger. who beat his
way over on his own hook that year on
a cattle boat, and although Dick did not
win any premier honors in the great