New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
WILL DEPEND ON THORPE
Indian and Sheridan Americas
Hope in PentathlOn.
BOTH WILL SCORE HEAVILY
Combinations in Olympic Games
Will Furnish Severe Test of
Athletic Ability.

IN James Thorpe. Of The carlisle Indian
school. and Martin Sheridan, of tho Irish
American ftt.ctc club. Of this city. Tho
Unitcd S.atos VIII have at least two men
on its Olympic team who should score hcay-
Hv In hto rsntathlou and the deoathlo0.
the two all-around competitions at tho
games I'm stockholm Of the two sheridan
IS tho more experienced. but n is "a question
whether or not he IS as capable as the
indian. The events for the pentlthlon arc
the running broad jump. throwing the jaNe-
lin. 2N-mctre dash. throwing the discus and
the I5Do-metre run. This combination Is
not likely 10 prove as popular as tho
decathlon. which is held one week later
and extends over two days The ten-event
competition consists OF the loo-mctre dash.
running broad jump. putting the shot. h!gn
Jump. iro-metrc dash. ll0-metre hurdle race.
throwing the discus. pole vault throwing
the jayelin and the l.5oo-metre run.
In the dccathlon Thorpe will have few
peers in the lOo-metre dash. the broad jump
putting the shot. the high jump the 40
metre dash and 1lO-mctrc hurdle race. In
tha remaining four events he has yet TO
shov what he can accomplish But he *
good for II seconds for the loo-mctre dash.
nearly p :ect for the broad jump. - feet
for the shot put. feet or inches for the
high jump. - seconds for the 400 metres and
better than Is seconds for the 1l0-metre
hurdles. In these six events he has com
b.ration Of speed. skill and strength which
at this writing no other man In America Is
known To equal. He is a fair pole vaulter
and certainly Is skilful with the discus and
javelin.
Sheridan T. fair broad Jumper "A fair
hurder. unusually capable in the weight
event and OF more than ordinary ability IN
the others. He has had more experience
than Thorpe. for the Indian has never at
tempted anything that will he SO great a
strain on his strength as the decathlon
However. he IL magnihcenty built athlete
and in the prime OF his strength.
Followers of the American team are
much elated over the news that Ralph 6.
Craig. the University or Michigan's inter
collegiate sprinter. has reconsidered hls
determination not 10 try for the American
team. and has already begun his prelim-
mary training Without Craig this coun-
try could hardly expect to win the sprint
ing honors from England against such men
as Mcmillan, Of Cambridge University.
Without him this country has not in view
n single consistent l0second sprinter.
Craig's double performance Of ? 10 seconds
FOR 10 yards and 81 l-5 seconds for ~
wards at the last intercollegiate meet
stamps him as the best sprinter this coun-
try has had since the days OF NeIers.
There IL no reason To fear that ne VIII
have lost his form by his brief absence
from the track. because he was just round
ing into his prime last year.
This country now has five men, all col
lcgians. who have done feet Inches or
better In the high jump They are Horlne'
of stanford: Harry Porter formerly or
Cornell Lawrence. formerly of Harvard;
Burdick. of Pennsylvania. and Sargent, OF
Michigan. In addition. Grumpelt and
Ericsson, OF New York. have done feet 8
inches.
Not satisfied with this country's already
pronounced superiority in the shot put tue
University OF Michigan has produced an
other man In the F-foot class. lie Is kohl-
er, who In the dual meet with Cornell last
week put the leaden ball A feet inches.
This country now has five men who have
done better than Al feet In this event They
are Rose OF San Francisco: Horner. of
Michigan, Kohler. OF Michigan Beatty, of
Columbia, and Mcdonald. of the Irish
American Athletic Club.