The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-24

being the most likely player to re- | place Whitney. He is rated at six in the United States list. which would give the American team an average of s 1-4, while the English four under the American system would have an average of eight. just 1-4 point below the United States four.
 The arrangement of the English four clearly indicates the fact that it will be stronger on defense than ot- fense. The placing of Cheape and Barrett at No. and back respective ly, is in accordance with the English system of play where the best play CTS erayitate to the rear line in order to better direct the attack and de- fense of their team mates of less eX- perience, yet reserving the privilege of rushing to the fore when the pos abilities appear to favor score by concentrated attack All the players are experienced poloists even though not the best four that might be se- lected from the Birmingham list. Every one has an excellent record as army team players, although Captain Cheape is the only members of the combination who has figured ill in- ternational cup play. He was a.mem- Der of the 1911 and 1913 English teams. Major Barrett was a subsi- tute on the 1911 four but did not se- sure an opportunity to play in the matches of that year.
 Another United States delegate to the International Athletic Federation and International Olympic Games Congress sails for France today in the person of James F. Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Unlon According to Mir. Sullivan the A. A. U. will be represented at Lyons France, by five delegates to the International Athletic Federation meeting June 1, and following days, and the American Olympic Commit tee by twice that number of dele gates at the Olympic Games Con gress at Paris, June 13. These con- ferences, which are those of separ- ate and distinct organizations, have a direct bearing, however, on the tu- ture of all Olympic and international track and field sports. One of the principal features of the I. A. F. schedule is the completion of an Olympic Games program which the Federation hopes the Olympic Con gress will adopt or at least, incor- porate in it's program for the 1915 games at Berlin.
 Commenting on this feature of the work, Secretary Sullivan said:
 "I expect these two meetings to have a most important bearing on the future of international athletic competition. l know that the general plan for the Berlin games will be adopted at the Paris meeting and ] hope that it will in a part at least agree with the program drawn up by the l. A. F. delegates. One thing is certain, however, and that is that future Olympic teams will be small CT in number than in the past.
 Under the proposed plans it win not be possible to enter more than 90 per cent of the athletes who com peted in Olympic games of the past for this country This means that we vii have to hold more elimination meets than in other years and re- duce the American team of 1916 to uhe very cream of our track and field talent. Athletes like Howard Drew, the sprinter and Fred Kelly, the hurdler, will have to forego com peting in the board jump and other events of like type and stick to the,r regular events if they expect to make the team Under the old con ditions there was room for men good in several events. In 1916 it will be the best men in each event that will make the team and l am sure that even such remarkable per formers as Kelly and Drew cannot continue to compete in several events in an afternoon as Drew did at the Pennsylvania relay carnival and retain their form for 1916.