Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-19
sNE DEs PROBABLY.
WILL SEND TEAM
TO THIS COUNTRY
Meet Probably Will Be Held
Under Rules of the Interna-
tionaI Amateur Athletic Fed
GRAFTON,
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New York, Feb. 1S.--If the propos-
cd invasion of Swedish athletic
team for a series of international
track and field meets eventuates, as
appears likely, the contests in this
country>will in all probability be held
under the rules of the International
Amateur Athletic federation At the
initial meeting of this body held at
LYONS. France, June 1912, 1914, both
sweden and the United States ath-
leuc associations weer prominent IN
the formation of the federation and
the drawing up of the rules. One Of
the subjects given much considera
lion was the standardizing of athletics
in all parts of the world and the es-
tablishng Of standard set of events
and record tables.
At that meeting. to which the late
James r. sullivan was the leading
American delegate. the list of recog-
nized worlds records was prepared
and a tentative program for the 1916
Olympic games promulgated. All the
running events were placed under the
metric system of measurement ana
until the war caused a halt in athletic
competition all the European coun-
tries conducted their annual Ncham-
piGnship meets in accordance with
these rules. At the swedish cham
plonships, held at Gafle, August 20,
1915, twenty-one events were sched-
uled, every one of which was con-
Quoted under the |. A. A. +. rules.
For this reason an accurate event
by event comparison of the work Of
the Swedish and American winners
last season is very difficult since it
involves recourse to mathematics and
much figuring to ascertain the APP
proximate time of l00-yard runner
as compared to the winner of a 100
meter sprint. Since a meter Is 3.3
inches more than one yard the |. y.
A. f. or metric system Splinter runs
lO9 1-12 yards against the 100 yards
flat of the American dash athlete
Ernie Hjertberg, the swedish Olympic
trainer, who is indirectly responsible
for the proposed international meets,
was able to give a list of his best
entrants in the various events but
declined TO attempt to figure out their
time or ability under the American
standards.
For the sprints Sweden has Smed-
mark and Ottander. both of wholn
are good for eleven seconds in the
hundred meters This is but one
fifth ~nf.-se -seeeRa slower than Craia's
time. when the American won a
similar event in the Olympic games
at Stockholm in 1912. Scandell can
do so "a seconds in the 400 meter
and Melen LIS in the 500. Zander
is good for 1910 in the 5000 and
Gilman $3.50 in the 10000 meter
races. Zerlng has won the 10 me-
ter high hurdle race in 10 80 seconds.
In the field events Sioberg has
cleared G feet . inches in the high
jump: Aberg 23 feet, 4 inches in the
broad jump, and Sahlin As feet in the
hop, step and jump. Gillee is good
for IL feet, inches in the pole
vault; Nilsson AZ feet inches in the
shot put; Lind 165 feet for tho 16-
pound hammer and Stromberg 81 feet
with the 56-pound weight
Some of thees marks compare IA
vorably with the records made by
Olympic winners four years ago and
if the Swedish athletes ara called upon
to meet district teams only in their
coming games in America the invading
athletes VII have an excellent chance
Of winning a fair share of the events
at the proposed competitions in New
York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and other
cities. Those who know Hjertberg
Will realize that the former American
middle distance champion has taken
this into account and that he would
not bring a team of his athletic pu-
pills to this country unless he was as
sured that they would make an eX-
cellent showing.
Three A. A. L. boxing champions
will sail this week for Denmark where I
they will compete In the international
amateur glove tournament in March +
The trio consists of John Karpinskf, +
Of Cleveland, o., Athletic club; Will +
liam Speneler, Of the Union Settle /
ment, New York, and John Maloney,
Of the Philadelphia st. Rita Catho-
lie church. Spengler is a light heavy |
weight: Karpinski is a lightweight and
Maloney Il featherweght.
The plans for the tour include the .
international tournament at Copen-