New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-11
Athletic Teams Which Will
Clash at Exposition Are
Evenly Matched.
TED MEREDITH AND
LOOMS CHIEF STARS
Comparison of the Contestants
Shows That Each EXce,S in
Nine of Nineteen Events.


not be chosen.
Although the try-outs for the Middle
Western team will not be held until
July II, the results of the Central A:
A L. championships which were held
at Chicago last week afford a splendid
line for drawing comparison between
the men who Will represent the Middle
West and those selected 10 compete for
the Atlantic Seaboard at the recent try
outs in the Harvard Stadium.
If winning performances were the
only measure by which this comparison
could be made, the two teams are at a
stand-off. In the nineteen events each
excelled in nine and in one their efforts
were equal What the actual competl-
ton at the Coast games will bring out
is another matter, but 1t IS certain
that it will be conducive OF perfor-
mances of the highest class, and rec
ords will probably go cIatterlng down,
enc after another.
Honors in the track events are ap-
parently with the West, and this handl-
cap the East overcomeS by having men
of better calibre IN the field contests.
Where the West has shown its supe-
riority is in the 10O-yard dash, the 20
yard dash, the quarter mile, the halt
mile, the 220-yard hurdles, the high
jump, the discus throw, the hop, step
and Jump and the pole vault.
The East has Offset these by sterling
performances in the mile run, the five
mile run, the L40-yard hurdles, the
three-milc walk. the broad jump, the
hammer throw, the shot put, the Javelln
throw and throwing the 56-pound
weight. In the 120-yard hurdles honors
are even.
Each team depends largely on one
man. the East on Ted Meredith, and
the West on Joe LOOMS. Based more
on his triumphs in the intercollegiate
games than on his performance IN the
try-outs, Meredith swings the balance
toward the East, but he viii have TO be
at the top of his form TO overcome the
oppocition he Will encounter IN Roy
Campbell, of the University OF Chl-
cago in the half-mile and Ben DIS
mond, also of the University Of CHI
cago. LOOMS, too, will have to extend
himself, but his path TO success is not
crossed by such opponents as loom up
for Meredith.
In Loomis and Smith in the sprints
the West has two men who appear 10
be the superior Of Meyer and Howe,
the best men the East Will produce
against them. LOOMS is consistent,
and his 94-5 seconds for the hundred
last week was not extraordinary for
him.
Alvah Meyer, of the Irish American
A. c.. of New York, however, has not
run so consistently as Looms, nor has
Irving Howe, the Colby College negro
lad. and Junior national champion In
the furlong. Smith is the University
of Michigan track captain, double
winner in the sprints at the INTERIOR
legiate games, and a consistent per
former at even time or better IN Dotn
spirits.
Meredith, although his showing in
the quarter was slower by 45 of sec
ond than the time made by Dlsmond, IS
by far the better man of the two, and
should have little difficulty in defeat
lCc the Chicago athlete, especially as
lie will have the able assistance OF Tom
Halpn. of the Boston A. A.
Osborne, who was placed second to
DESMOND in the Chicago games, is a
little out of his class. Dismonds AZ
seconds is the best time he has made,
while Meredith beat that by full
second in the Eastern intercollegiate
at the end of May.
1t may be that the withdrawal OF
Homer Baker, Of the New York A. c.,
last years international halt-mlle
champion, will cause the Eastern com
mittee TO put Meredith in the half-mlle
to face Campbell, the Chicago hyeI.
Campbell's half in 1885 As last week
reduced the Central Association record
by four seconds, and he will give Mere
dith a grand battle.
Myers, the De Paw half-mller, who
is now running for the Illinois A. g.,
was only fifteen yards behind Camp
bell. Joe Higgins, the Holy Cross Col
lege lad, who is slated 10 run the half
for the East, will probably not better
his mark of l: SO 35, so that the last
must have Meredith unless Dave Cald-
well, the old Cornell champion, decides
to make the trip.
In the mile run everything points to
a sweep for the East with Norman
Taber, the former Brown student, and
Abel Kiviat, Of the Irish American A. Z.
of New York, showing the way. Taber S
AIS So on d poor track is one of the
high lights of the 1915 season to date,
and he should have no trouble IN de
feating Marceau, the Western record
holder, and Ray, who ran second to
Marceau.
The fye-mile run should be easy for
Hannes Kolehmainen, the little Finnish
wonder of the Irish American A. Z.
The comparative times show ne IS al
most two minutes faster than Ray, the
Illinois A. c. man.
The keenest battles will probably be
in the hurdles. LoOmis looks 10 be the
best Of the lot in the shorter distances,
but in the quarter-mile race MeanlX, of
the Boston A. A, maker of the new
record, will probably repeat on the
Coast.
McKeown, the Illinois youth, who
won the 12O-yard hurdles at Chicago,
will have TO be at his best to beat
Martin. the colored hurdler from the
Smart Set A. c. of New York Both
did 10 seconds in their meets. In the
furlong hurdles Loomis beat Savage,
the Bowdoin College freshman, by a
fifth Of a second. LOOMS, the more
experienced of the two, Will probably
be the winner when the pair meet.
Rem. the Mohawk A. C., New York,
walker, has more than shade on
Nppe, of Chicago.
WorthingtOn, of Dartmouth College,
is the most consistent broad jumper IN
the country to-day, and his % feet AZ
inches, gives him commanding han
dicap over Stiles of the University Of
Wisconsin. LOOMS and Alma Rich
ards stand out as real opponents for
Wesley Oler and Harry Barwise, the
two Eastern high jumpers. Oler has
been the better man Of the lot all
spring and unless he shows q reversal
Of form will probably capture the
event, despite the fact that his jump
of feet 2 inches is an inch and a
half short Of the best jump made by
LOOMS last Saturday. Oler, however,
is good for 6 feet inches when at his
best.
Pat Ryan, Pat Mcdonald and J. C..
Lawlor, the weights men Of the East
ern team, are the ones on whose broad
f.txyINlG