The sun., 1916-09-24
Only 3 Clubs Have More
Than One Representative
on All American.
WINGED FIST A
WITH FOUR CHOICES
~ SPLINTER.

has been the time honored custom for
the football fans to cynicaliy query,
why IL an All American teamr'
They point out the fact that there are
thousands Of football teams in the
United States and at least a hundred
nrst class ones which boast n or more
stars. They say that inasmuch rs most
Of the teams do not play more than one
game a week during the short gridiron
season II Is a physical impossibility for
an expert TO see ~one-quarter Of the good
teams or one-tenth Of the stars in action.
Therefore they say the selection of an
All American football aggregation is
more or less Of a Joke.
1t Is much easier to select an All
American baseball or an All American
track and field team. however. In base
ball one has the batting and fielding
records to go by In athletics the watch
and the foot rule. But even then, despite
the ancient axiom, Figures don't lie.'
one encounters incongruitles.
On the diamond q Meanwhile may be
outbatted by a nan VIC In real value to
a team does not compare with the Rab-
bit. A Chase or a Daubert may be out
nel0e0 AT uISt Dy BeCOUO TateTs, db Tar
as records show. h old system Of
computing games won and games lost
would make Nap Rucker a third string
twirler II the fans had to depend solely
on the dry and musty figures. The new
system OF compiling earned u n offers a
much better test Of n pitchers worth.
The watch and the foot rule In athlet-
les. however. furnish convincing proof
for an expert to back up his opinions.
But even carefully regulated stop
watches and certified steel tapes may
be handled wrongly. In the last ten
years probably 100 s%pr!nters have been
credited with doing . As seconds for the
100 yards dash. but It Is a question that
u out 81 that number ten men actually
did accomplish the feat. When one sees
repu,ed 3 As eeconds %sprinters repeat
edly beaten In 10 l-5 seconds under com
pe,ent timing one cannot be blamed for
doubling the watches or watch holders
who credited the same man or men with
hanging up "nine-four."
weather and Track Conditions.
Weather, track and competitive condi-
tons play such a prominent part ina
they often nullify the apparent dispar-
ity in the timing Of event A phenom-
email runner may not show as fast by
the watch on a muddy track or slow track
a. a second rater might on a dry. fast
course. -..,
There are many things about the tracN
and field sport which make me TASK o,
picking an All American track ana helo
team a rather easy one Tor the expert
In the first place almost every tru.,
grea, athlete in the country IL orousn'
under observation In the four big meets
snnua,iv beld-the National Track and
Field championships Of the Amateur
Athletic Union, the I. c. A. A. A. a
CHAMPIONSHIPS Of the East. the CONFER
ence CHAMPIONSHIPS Of the Middle Wes'
and the Penn relay carnival.
Few OF Americas great athletes
North. South, East n West-were
missing AT the recent National Track ant
Field championships In Weequahic rark
Newark. Some Of the cracks VINO aia"
compete at Observation-Disclosures and fos'
OF Cornell. II. l.. Smith OF Michlsan
L!yersedge OF California and Moore o.
Princeton. for instance-showed theil
PAGES at the intercollegiate champion
ships at Cambridge. Others III binsf
plsmond Of the University OF Chicago
and Carmann Smith OF the Unlvers't.
OF Wisconsin competed at the Confer
ence meet In Chicago.
Several years ago the late iamehtes
James f. Sullivan. than whom no ma
ever was better qualified as an athiet,'
expert. followed Walter Camps example
OF picklng an All American football
team by ~inaugurating the selection o
an All American track and field team
In announcing his selections Mr.. sullivan
begged the sports followers not to INN,
that lust because n selected an athiet'
FOR an event he thought the athlete wa
the best In the country for that even'
1.-THE first thing to be remembered san
Mr.. Sullivan once in speaking or an Al
American track and field team, rs U
know the selections are based on Jus
what a man has done In the seaso'
brought 10 a close not what he did tn
year before or what he Is expected u
Do a month or a year hence.
THE next thing Is to remember IN
team idea. 1t Is a team as a whoi
which must be selected, not a COLLECTION
OF the hest individuals at the various
specialties.
No Double Selections.
Pat Mcdonald may beat all compett
tors at putting the shot and thrown
the 80 pound weight, but | do not sc
lcct Pat for the two positions. l choos'
him for one Of those positions and CIV
the other to some one else. No matte
how plain a mans superiority Is a
several events. he only can be selecte'
for one berth on the team. The idea o
az Al American team is one, say. tina
m.:ht represent this country at q
Nlymplad wherein this country onl.
could AFFORD TO send one man for eacI
event Several OF the men might be abl
N compete in one or more contests, bu
10 make the team as strong as possibl
and right up 20 the limit allowed b
The funds We choose a different man ~
each event. II twenty-five events ar
considered then there must be twenty
two men on our team no more. no les'
NJ athlete may be selected for NOR
Than one event"
Following the Sullivan idea Sprinte
hrs made Andy Ward OF the Chlcag
Athletic Association the 100 yard seleC
tion and Billy Moore OF Princeton Uni
v"rsity the eco yard selection. thong
L j. u question II Moore Is Wards su
letJor At EGO yards. Ariie Mucks of tn
Ct'y'is.ty OF Wisconsin is chosen IA
ior the discus throw and rat McDonal
Ior the shot put. though many doubt
M"b'nald Is a better shot putter tina
Muoks.
Four Winged Fistites Chosen.
Glrnclng over the selections one ca
zee that no one club has a monopoly g
me Candidates. The Irish America
A'h,"'io Club has won the greatest nun
n"r u selections. having four men O
tAe 'cam, The Chicago Athletic Assc
cation Is next with three and the Ne
York Athletic Club 10 the only oths
run u have more than one represents
i've. Eleven clubs are represents
among the other selections. joey Ray