The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-30

\" lIHOCT a doubt this will be the
wv greatest athletic year the world
has ever known. Historic Greece
Sas mighty In athletics. hut after all
oAly the Greeks were concerned in the
olympic Games. They were q local In
Ht1tution. with those not OF pure Greek
blood rigidly excluded from competi ion.
The Greeks held their oiympiads for
Fourteen hundred years. They produced
sarvellous athletes. hut they were the
Athletes OF one small part Of the world.
To-day the olympic Games bring out
representation from every spo, on the
tlebe that IL big enough TO run q hun
Nrpd yard race or huri 4 Javelln In
fe-day the champions are the cham
bions. not Of Greece. but OF the whole
world.
Naturally. with such tremendous COM
petition. all countries are making mar
telleus progress In athletic sports. I
tahe no risk In predicting that when
the season Of 1912 In ended not a single
- OF the old time records In any
ot4Adard event will remain on the rec
oro books. See the performances OF our
oshlstss during the past year! ! renem-
~ we'll when Mitchelrs record OF l<S
eose - inch was considered absolutely
DISQUALIFICATION wise prophets pre-.
0ietsA that no llvinG man would ever
41Spass Il. To-day McGrath holds the
&eeerd for throwing the sixteen pound
tamtnes. and II 10 more than forty tee;
tott6e than Mitchelrs best. American
eollsGe boys BY the dosen are throwing
Setter than Mitchell did when he was
D. great and invincibie champion. And
charlie kilpatrlck-hs was the marvel
q the decade when he made q worlds
oaif.miis record that stood for many
bag years afterward. only to fall at
last. like al the others. There are
many half-milers trying for our Olympic
liam IT, year who will undoubtedly
Sua faS than the great fitzpatrick
Ovoe di6 Most notable OF them 10
4erslith. the eighteen-year-old school,
boy, who has already run within q
toupis OF seconds OF Kiipatricks old
0uo, and on the Same day has come
Slose to Maxey Longs old quarter mile
1orformsAcs.
Nihs sweeney was invincible In the
high Jump In his time. His record has
lAlisn TO HORNE. from far away Cali
f6vNls, who has beaten Il twice with an
sass that promised further record break
ias.
- NE old record has withstood the
assaults Of ali-the running broad
jump made by Peter O'Connsr Of
y1elAnd. ~ feet iik inches. That will 20
Aio year. 0utterson Of Vermont viii
upook II. In practice he has cleared the
oPVAt distance 81 % feet . inches. No
90 ever Jumped twenty-hve feet be-
1pro since . steel tape was invented.
noes o. California can Break his own
6ot-puttng record any day. That rec.
- 10 far beyond the old marks Yet
~ Mcdonald and Beatty are both put.
til within inches OF Rose. And either
% likely to be 4 new record-holder be.
feso the year u out.
cfst much has been said about our
xnDothcasrs. and there has been a no
~ .arovnd that America would hav.
- - content With . recollection Of what
ootedAG Of Canada and Johnny Hayes
az 70 the worlds best distance runners
i6.ths last tvo Marathoners Hut there
9 ~ named Nuke Ryan. who runs In
The Marathon to-day. finishing At Celtic
Yart. shsrs the Irish Americans srs
hnsAtng their spring meet. ana II any
sbsn' IN the world can beat Mike over
tho Marathon route he'll break all rec.
ords AolRg II. Mike has worked his
~ 70 the front. dossediy keeping on
v10ninS or losing. running faster and
faStss month by month. until to-day hs
Il the ss1ftest Marathoner we ever had
eAAtevr or professional.
Vt's the same In all events. Americs
has taken up amateur athletic, witt
= tremendous enthusiasm. So has IN,
wAels world. but America stili Lead
ASA will lead for many years 10 come
On Sunday there will be a great NEE
4 a. Celtic Park. the proceeds OF while,
| Wi 20 10 help out the Olympic Fund
I VAich has not yet come UP to IN,
standard, The champions who will vii
their titles saturday In the Intsrcol
iekiats games at Philadelphia will n
there TO do their share Of the work
An Of the hest athletes around Nev
Yivh viii compete. 30 will HORNE. tn
grbat jumper. and many western ath
ieee1 who have come 10 New York I
try for places on the American team
Asnistes from Boston, Philadelphia, an
other sthletie centres, will run. jun
ana throw the we!sht. II viii be IN
+ saeee interesting athNtie meet eve
seen In America. for the winners Q
y svUats there will be practically assure
n o. . place on the American team this
h sails in two weeks for Stockholm.
II Yes. America has taken up smateu
II athletics. The interest Ia the spor
4 f6ptsrsd by the Olympic meets, hs
Ingpvn 90 strong that II comIetes on a
NGasi footing with baseball and footbsl
lt&smeriy the two American sports thu
yh8yactsd and held all attention.