Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-07
SIXTH FIELD ARTILLERY TEAM.

be a world beaten. 1t is q fact that this
country is represented by the fastest
collection OF men for this distance ever
| gotten together on single team or In
any year In our athletic history. The
| best OF the lot appears to be Reidpath
of Syracuse. He is the intercollegiate
| record holder with a mark Of 48 seconds,
which he made this year. OF course, no
| one can tell how he will perform here,
| but in the United States he could prob
| ably beat any man, with the possible ex-
| ception of Davenport Of Chicago Uni
| versity. Davenport has a record Of
| 4S 40 seconds. but there Is no telling how
| much faster he could go in company with
| Reidpath.
/ Young, the former Amherst runner,
| not seem to have the strength he did a
year ago. Still another fast man is
Meredith of Mercersburg Academy This
youngster did 4S As this spring and
seems to be in good shape now: OF the
| others there Is not much to choose be-
tween Han Of Michigan. Ldndberg OF
Chicago, Rosenberger of the Irish-Amer-
lean A. c., and NJ. w. Sheppard Of the
| same club, who has his eye on this race.
In the 500 meters run it is hard to tell
who is Americas best man. In this
event the effect Of the climate is sure to
have much to do with the running. The
| race is certain to be a duel between NJ.
w. Sheppard, who won the event in 1908,
and J. p. Jones OF Cornell. Jones and
Sheppard had never met previous to this
trip and on the boat q favorite topic for
conversation was their relative ability.
The majority inclined to the belief that
Jones is the better man when both are
In their best condition. Each man has
a record OF 1.53 As for $50 yards. But 1t
should be said that Jones made his rec
ord after having run the mile, whereas
Sheppard ran but the single event. There
isn't any doubt that Jones is capable Of
doing 1.52 in America.
Other half-milers on whom America
counted strongly were Meredith Of Mer-
cersburg. with a mark of 1.o5; Caldwell
OF Massachusetts A. c., who surprised
the experts by getting second to Sheppard
at Boston; Davenport of Chicago. with a
record Of 1.56 4-5; Putnam of Cornell. who
has beaten LOO. and Edmundson, who
comes from the University of Idaho.
In the 1,5OO-meter the college men once
moro pin their faith on Jones to beat the
best Of Americas club men. His two
strongest competitors will be kiviat and
Sheppard. both of the irish American
best work. At the Boston try-outs he
ran the 1,5OO-meter in the world record
time of 3. 55 2-5. and, continuing on to the
| mile in an effort to break that record
| also, he did 415 3-5. just one-f1fth of a
second slower than Jones world record.
Kiviat firmly believes that he can defeat
Jones. In America it would be des-
perate fight, with the chances in favor of
Jones. But over here it will depend large
| ~ upon the condition of the two men.
As for Sheppard, this is to be the last
| year of competition for him. and his fond
dream is to win three events, the 400,
800 and 1900 meter. II he succeeds 1t
| will be performance hitherto unheard Of.
| In addition to these three men America
| win be we'll represented by Mcclure of
| San Francisco. Anderson OF Nebraska.
Patterson of Chicago and Madeira of
Pennsylvania.
Not much is expected of Americas rep
| resentatives in the 5000 and 10000 meter.
Berna Of Cornell won the first event at
| Boston, beating out scott and Bonhag,
| who finished in this Oruer. All, however,
| are evenly matched, and it would be folly
| to predict which of the three would prove
| our strongest man, OF that any of them
could hold the English or Swedes even.
In the 1O, 600 meter Kramer Of the Long
| Island A. c. seems to be the best man.
| but he will be lucky to beat out the best
| of the foreign runners here.
AS for the Marathon run no expert here
| considers that he knows half enough to
| pick either the winning country or the
| winning athlete from the American team.
The United States brought along eleven
| men for this race. Three of them, For
shaw, Tewanima and Ryan, were mem
| bers of the 1908 team. 1t is hard to tell
which of the three is best this year. For
shaw finished third in 1908. Tewanima
second and Ryan failed to finish. OF the
three Tewanma looks the most promising,
but Ryan has improved lot since 1908
| The chances are that one of the newer
men on the. team will do the best work
! for the Americans. OF the lot, De Mar
he won the Boston marathon, but did
not compete in it this year. He COM
planned on the trip across that he could
not get enough work, although ne ran
and walked between twelve and eighteen
miles a day Lilley and SOckalexis are
both members Of the same club as De
Mar, and equally fast apparently. Still
| this is such an uncertain event tnat II
may be won by an outsider. This was
the case in 1908, when John Hayes took
| the prize Then not only were the Amer
leans surprised to win it, but they never
considered the possibility of Hayes being
the victor.
In the hurdles America may prove
strong or very weak. Not man Of the
| 1903 team made this years team for this
event There are two men on this team
who have records of ID 10 seconds. but
they are looked upon with some doubt by
| the experts, who first wish to be shown.
The two men referred to are Nicholson
of the University of Missouri and Case
Of the University Of Illinois. or the two.
Nicholson appears to be the more likely
man to show the doubters; In many re-
spects he resembles A. C. Kraenzlein, the
greatest hurdler this country ever pro-
duced. Nicholson is fair Splinter, but
he clears the hurdles well. He and Case
| have met six times. and each has won
three races.
There are four other men who confident
lly expect to beat Nicholson and Case.
They are Kelly Of the Southern California
University. who won this event in the
Pacific Coast try-outs: Blanchard Of Bates
College who won it at the Boston try
OUTS Wendell Of Wesleyan. the inter-
collegiate champion. and Eller Of the
Irish American A. c. What makes the
Americans nervous over the hurdles Is the
fact that England has Anderson OF Ok
ford University. man who was credited
with having done Is 1-5 seconds this
spring, in addition to X. Powell, who has
been hurdling for half dozen years.
There Is not a field event In which the
United States is weak. In the high jump,
for instance. every man entered has a
record Of better than feet inches. Most
is expected, OF course, Of HORNE of Le-
land Stanford University. He has q rec
ord Of 8 feet inches, made In comDeti-
ton. Whether he can duplicate 1t here
/ or not Is another matter. but II not the
United States has other men good enough
to win Among these are Ericsson Of
New York. Thorpe Of Carlisle Indian
lSchool. Enright Of Dartmouth, Oler OF
1.-THE Paving School, and Burdick Of the
University OF Pennsylvania. In fact. the