El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-08
TEAM
PLANS ON
WINNING
Olympic Games Tryouts
Give Boys Under Union
Jack Hope for Events.
SEEDHOUSE MAKES
GREAT RACE 2ECORD

London. England. June S-British
] sportsmen are greatly pleased over the
/ success of the Olympic games tryouts
/ held at Stamford Bridge. This citation
I was not due so much to the records,
v hich in the main were not startling,
} but because the games We're mark ed by
a large entry list. and were attended
] by 10000 spectators, in striking con-
t~ast TO the meager entries and attend
ance OF the tryouts which preceded the
1905 Olympiad- Critics declare that
there has been a real revival OF inter
est in track and field sports. and while
they are still hopeless of seeing the
Union Jack flying at Stockholm in a
majority Of the events, they feel that
the British team viii make good
showing.
Good Records 1Iade.
In the spirits and middle distances
several good records were made,
notably tie time OF SeedhOuse in the
400 meters. He covered the distance in
. ~ 10 seconds, thereby equaling Hill
mans Olympic record II the Black
heath Harrier can improve his finishing
qualities he viii be the man the Amer
lean quarter milers viii have to beat at
Stockholm.
Jones World SPOIL their Chance.
II JOnn Paul Jones, OF Cornell does
not appear as a member of the Amer
lean team the English runners may
nave a chance OF breaking the tape in
the half and mile runs, as the records
made in these events compare favor
ably with the best American perform
ances over these distances. Mann, Of
the Polytechnic HarrieIs, took the half
and COtrriu, of tho Hallamshire Har-
I1ers, was first in the 1900 meters, the
distance closest TO the mile
IN oh --aa--
sTrinters, who were Kept out on ac-
count of examinations were missed, and
IL is quite likely that Macmillan. OF
Can bridge after a private trial viii be
the mGlnstly Of the British team in the
SPrinLs. his 10 Ilat over a wet track
Ia the annual O2fOrd-Cambridg field
day stamps him as formidable Op-
pCnent for any Splinter
No Notable HccOrds in Long Distance.
In the longer distances no records
Marathon was run in the excellent time
Of two hours, SO minutes, 80 % sec
ends, but the winner was Cookery, a
young Irish Canadian. and the second
nan across was @. ". GitSham q. dusky
member of the South African Olympic
team.
Any. average college team in the
United States could have beaten the
entries in the field events The only
consolation which the critics can draw
II ON this division is the fact that
Baker jumped six feet in the high az
Ter tying Tor urSt place with leap Of
i've Ieet II inches, but that was before
they heard that sIN feet was not even
sood Tor third place in the recent Pa
CHIC Coast COLES. conference meet
VIII BE Third ut Stockholm.
Ine best that tIaSman could do with
the hammer was toss Of 154 feet, s IL
lhcheS, which IS not likely 10 take bet
ter than third place at Stockholm.
Quinn, of Dublin, put the shot Al feet
10 II inches. but the news received
mere that Rose recently heavcd the iron !
pail % feet, indicates that he win have Z
terEen1ng before the games Henderson. [
with discus throw OF l24 feet. 8 II 1
inches, made good impression by his I
style, and he is looked upon as a sure .
point winner
The trials did not develop any new
material for the British team, but they !
Win the exception Of the university /
stars kept out by examinations. the I
pest athletes now performing on track /
and field were numbered among the en-
tries. This is fortunate, for when il is 4
all over the critic viii have no oppor- /
tunlty to declare that the judges did 1
not make the best possible selection /
from the material at hand
Desert Into Paradise.
The plans for turning the desert
regions Of MesOpOtamia into an agri-
cultural paradise are being pushed by
the Turkish government in spite of its
external troubles. The irrigation
scheme which originated in the brain
Of sir William WlucOckS viii involve I
the expenditure of $15O,OOO.000 before I
ii is complete The dam which is TO I
control the flood waters of the River /
Euphrates IS under construction by a I
British company, and the Turkish gov
eminent is now anxious to proceed with .
the initial stages OF the irrigation l
works.
The success Of the plan viii enable
enough grain to be grown to affect the I
cereal markets of the world. In ancient
times the whole Of the Euphrates delta
was irrigated, and the rank growth OF I
grain excited the wonder of Greek
travellers. According to the sometimes
7eraciOus HerodOtus, the land yielded
three hundredfold, and there is no
doubt that at the time of the Greek
sranary of the world But If tradition
IAN berelied upon, its fertility was Of
even greater antiquity, for il was here
hat popular belief located the Garden
IF Eden. 1t is a matter of history, I
moreover, that from the delta wheat. Z
'ound here in its wild and uncultiyated Z
state, was taken and gradually trans
planted all over the world.
The land which gave birth to the
worlds staff Of life is now barren (
vast threaded with the ruins of the
great dikes and bitches built with stu
lendous pains by the Chaldeans. The
ruin of the greatest of ancient irriga-
ion works was accomplished in the /
18th century by the fOrebears Of the
Turks who are now seeking their res I