The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-07
Every One Selected Well De-
serves the Honor That Is
Given Him
KOLEHMAINEN BEST
OF DISTANCE RUNNERS
Halpin Selected for Quarter mile
Event Because He Holds Indoor
RecOrd-Team Selected Best
to Meet Foreigners

New York, January 6.--Every athlete
CHOSEN for the all-American athletic team
of 1915 well deserves the honor that has
been given him. They have been selected
principally on the performances they
made during the year, and not on their
previous record. Some of them are en-
titled to as many as two places, some
three, but they were given only one
apiece. so as to make the team truly rep
resentatives.
Hannes Kolehmainen, the phenomenal
Finn. could be placed in all of the dis
tance events, as he has proved that he Is
In class by himself in all of the events
over the one-mile. William ]. Kramer
of the Long Island Athletic club, who
was the cross-country king for many
years, is removed from that place and is
giyer the two-mile honor. He is entitled
to this place because he broke the indoor
record and also wears the outdoor crown
No doubt the followers of the game will
be greatly surprised that Melvin w.
Sheppard, the veteran middle distance
crack, was not picked. Sheppard has
dropped back peg, and during the past
year he did not perform as well as he did
in previous years. Every one who has
been selected for the places that Shep-
pard might fill has beaten him during
the year. Sheppard, no doubt, is the
greatest middle distance runner In the
world, considering the time he has been
in the game, but he lacks the speed that
the honor boys have.
L. j. Halpin of the Boston A. A., who
Is an in-and-out runner with more speed
than knowledge of how to run, Is selected
for the quarter mile principally because
he holds the indoor record and was a
good runner-up in most all OF the races
h. started in.
Due to winning the junior national and
metropolitan championship Sid Leslie of
the Long Island A. C. won his spurs
for the hill and dale iaurels. Because of
this showing he is entitled to the place,
although 1t is believed that he will not
be a champion, long, because he is not
strcng physically.
This honor team could be sent against
tie best that could be gathered together
by any country, and beat them by as
much as two points to one The accom-
panying table shows those who have been
picked:
Howard p. Drew, 20 yards.
Alvah Il. Meyer, 100 yardsh.
d. f. Lippincott, 220 yards.
Patrick Ryan, 16-pound hammer.
Z. J. Halpin, 440 yards.
j. E. Meredith, 600 yards.
Abel r. Knaut, $50 Yards.
J. p. Jones, one-mile run
F. w. Kelly, 130-yard hurdles.
James l.. Wendell, 220-yard hurdles.
A. l.. Gutterson, running broad jump
G. J.. HORNE. running high jump.
S. B. Waggoner, pole vault.
Plat Adams, standing high jump.
Z. L. Eames, standing broad jump.
Leo Goehring, three standing broad
jumps.
John Carlson, marathon run.
Richard B. Clifford, one-mile walk.
Fred Kaiser seven-nile walk.
Dan Abern, hop, step and jump.
l.. A. Whitney, shot-put.
Fat Mcdonald, shot-put, both hands.
Mat McGrath, 56-lb. weight for distance
Jim Duncan, discus.
I'll. G. Lott, javelin.
Harry J. Smith, five-mile run.
+. c. Thompson, all-round.
Hannes Kolehmainen, l0-mile run.
Sid Leslie, cross-country.