The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-02

whether or not he viii hold his form
for two more years. He is nearly 30
years of age and experts say he will
lose his great speed before the next
Olympics. Dave Caldwell of Cornell
Ted Meredith of Pennsylvania, Don
aid Lippincott of Pennsylvania, Speid-
en- of Cornell and Madeira of Pennsyl-
vania are middle-distance runners
who are expected to he on the next
American team. All of them showed
great form this, spring. and each is
likely to improve with training and
competition. Us ra
In California Edwin Beeson seems
to he improving i'm the high jump. He
recently established new figures in
this event and reports from the coast
say he will continue TO improve.
other collegians who have shown
Olympic form are Beatty of Columbia
in the shot, Bailey Of Vermont i'm
the hammer throw Richards Of Cor
nell in the high jumps. Whitney of
Dartmouth IN the hammer and discus
throws, Hoffmire of Cornell in the
distance runs Nichols OF California
and Oler Of Yale in the high jumps,
Ferguson of Pennsylvania i'm the low
hurdles. Cline of Colorado in the mid
die distance runs. Brown Of Vale in
the half mile. Longbridge Of Yale in
the hammer. Barron Of Harvard in
the pole vault Nordell Of Dartmouth
in the broad iump. Preble Of Califor-
mia in tho hiph hurdles, Bingham ri
Harvard in the Quarter-mile dash
Mackenzie Of Princeton in tho mile
run and Kohler of Michigan in tn
discus.
Others Who Show Promise.
There are score Of other COLLEGE
men who are likely to earn places OF
tho teaw. They have not shown cham
pionshp form yet. but their trainer
are confident they will improve great
ly during the next two years.
While tho collegians undoubtedl'
will he in the majority the clubs hav'
many youngsters who promise e
make records before the selection %
The tcam. 4 few of the veterans. sucl
rs Pat Mcdonald Matt McGrath an'
! Abel Kiviat. are likely to retain thci
| form on their specialties. hut most o
the contenders for places on tho team
arc likely to be youngsters.
Some of the Youngsters who shoul'
| round into great champions befor
1916 are the three Gordon hovs-Lou
is. Fred and william: lin Powers o
| :he Roston Athletic association: Sid
ney Leslie, the young distance runne
of the Lone Island Athletic asso"ia
ton. and Homer Baker Of the New
York Athletic club.
The Gordon boys are three athlete
who. experts say, will soon car
world wide fame Louis is half
miller who can cover his distance i
l1:56. Fred and William are miler'
| and both can beat 4:20 for the milk
| II was William who defeated Abe
Kiviat in the Baxter mile. Since tho
Fred has beaten him. They belong {
no club and it is their intention I
| form an organization of their own an
| call IL the Gordon Athletic club.
| OF course some of the present da
club champions will hold their forr
until the next Olympics. Tom Halpi
of Boston is a sturdy fellow and seem
To improve in the middle distanc
runs with every race. Emil Miller G
Paterson is improving with the dis
Gus; Mucks of Wisconsin IL n youn
man and should improve throwing Oh
discus. Shattuck of California is bet
ter now than ever with the weight
and should continue to improve.
OF the distance rupers. Ray of Chi
cago is a likely candidate for olympi
honrs. Tie defeated Hannes Kolch
4 mainen, and those who saw him rae
say that he will increase his spec
several seconds before the Berli
games.
Besides these men, there are hur
dreds of school boys who arc shown
good form and are likely to devclo
into champions.