The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-10
Iryouts for Olympic Team Show
This Years U. S. Team viii
Be Strongest Ever Sent to
Historic Meet. asl.L
Copyright, 1912. by the rres Publishing Go.
lThe New York World.l

Cepynsa. 1912 by the rress Publishing Co.
CThe New York world.l
~ HE great Olympic trySIts held
at Cambridge Saturday show
q ed the necessity Of sending a
good list OF second and third string
athletes on the team that starts for
Stockholm next Friday on the Fin
hand.
The performances OF the day were
q . high class. but not all Of the
record breaking was done by those &
athletes who had been picked out BY |
he athletic sharps. Some Of the
touted record breakers fell of from J
their usual form. while athletes from !
whom nothing great was expected
turned out wonderful performances.
This shows how uncertain the game
4, consequently how necessary II 10 |
1or America to be represented BY
several nrst-class men In each event.
Many people expected to see HORNE
\
Mag high jump. lie had beaten 1t with
- two days in practice. and had jumped
we'll II two meets Within . week Of the
tsyouts.
Dut HORNE fell nat He didn't get q
p1aos. He failed to clear 8 feet ~
lashssi And two days before the, meet
- made . practice jump OF feet SA
Inches! HORNE 10 from California. Tho
8astern climate has struck him and has
tomporariiy knocked him out. IT Is
oSoo likely that he has jumped too much
Glnce his arrival. and 20 has become
stale. He was out Of shape. at any
rate. and couldn't jump at Cambridge
any more than man with q wooden
that's thing tina. may happen to any
champion. Duncan broke discus record
~ days before. and svo days before
tnrsw IA feet In practice. His best
enf0W In the tryouts was less than 1879
49, 0Vtterson has been jumping over
tUeoty.nve test In the running broad.
ooaunG the wo-Sds record. lie took
epeonA place Saturday with a Jump OF
feet ~ inches. In the warming up
Nv him clear . distance thai looked
~ fsst better than that-sut he didn I
- u IN the competition. These are Just
ID onnU,ss: many other stars fell far short
q sxpsetattons.
nCT whore they dropped back for
ID the day others jumped into their
places. No one. for instance
1seamsd that Wright OF Dartmouth
would smash that phenomenal new pole
vaul,ing record made by Gardner oil
Tale In ths intercollegiates. Yet Wright
eDoared u feet 2 Ia inches. and cleared
q With more inches to spare, Nelson
cane within an ace OF clearing the SAINT
hoight ] remember certain heated srgu
meats. not many years ago. as t,
whsthsr or not II would ever he posi-
- for Q pole vauiter to clear " feet.
Thsn there was Drew. a Springfield
Uigh School boy OF African descent
vAe squaiied the olympic record 70
~ 100 mstre dash. 10 40 seconds. an
uipped Craig by a few inches while do
aae II. !. was expected that Craig woul
oQuai tbs record. as he did In u tris
hat
Ana there was Lott Of the Mohawk'
vho. quite unheraided. broke the Amer
lean record for jayel.n throwing. driN
tag the spear through the stmospher
10 Q way that suggested possible al
=
end Olympic record holder.
And little Kramer IN that iooV-met'
race! OF course. he's been running we
but Who expected 10 see him streak
away from the rest Of the field. Gni'
alone, breaking worlds records for Il
Aistancs and Incidentally for everyth,r
from nvs and quarter miles OF
Kramer finished apparently as fresh
Il al 4
track smlllng, stopped to chat with
fsW friends. stood up while the sna
ahot brigade volleyed at him. a
vaiksd over 10 sec the finish OF the
metre race before leavlns the he!o.
-EL BERNA. the Cornell distar
runner, made good In Va
= thorough way. HIS race. the 0.
4 metres, was supposed to be little
yond his best distance. Tel Der
Jagged behind the leaders Scott a
Bonhag, the club champions. repu'
best three-miiers In the country. fouI
n out for the lead. Berna stayed ba
about twenty yards. He lolly-gag.
along In q loose. stridlng. careless IA
Ton. Bonaag started his squirt. Sc
managed to head him and keep
lead. They probably thought Bel
vss out OF It But suddenly Bel
A veke up and began TO swins his Il
4 isgs faster. He caught the leaders
fairly galloped past. going tive
yards into the lead without an appar
effort. and finished so, Close to
4 rscord. he might have broken 1t II
II had cared to.
IN The star race Of the day, howe
n was Kiviat's. and that was one of
4 expected things Kiviat was known
y b. IN rd-breaking condition. and
u 10 . sturdy. stocky. strong and St
II M Z hoarted youngster Of twenty years,