The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-02
ALL-AMERICAN
ATHLETIC TEAM
Has Been Selected By Secretary F. w
Ruben of the Amateur Athletic I'm
ion-Every Section of the Coun-
try Is Represented.

Try is Represented.
| New York, Jan. Following the Gus
tom established by the late James L
Sullivan, Secretary f. w Ruben OF thu
Amateur Athletic union has selected all
American track and field teams from
among the A. A. T., college and schoast
ic stars for the season of 1916. Every
section of the country is represented and
the list furnishes remarkable indica
| ton Of the increase of athletic prohcien
cy among all classes of competitors. .
Secretary Ruben in his article outlin'
ing the various combinations for the
A. A. U. records writes in part as fol
lows:
"In selecting an all-American team, no
double selections are made, one man be
ing chosen for each event The list in
cludes the backbone of the team which
would have represented this country in
/ the 1916 Olympic games had they been
held at Berlin as scheduled One of the
most difficult positions to select is the
| name of the man to head the list for the
| l00-yard run. My selections are LOOMS
for the 100 and Ward for the 800. Ward
was the sprinting sensation of the year,
winning both the 100 and 800 at the ma
tional championships. Loomis proved to
be the fastest indoor Splinter during the
winter, winning the national champion
ship at go yards and in the record time
Of six and two-fifths seconds. During
the summer his high jumping and broad
jumping slowed him a trife, but after
his defeat in the national 100 he won the
n. Y. A. G. special in 10 seconds and de-
feated Ward in every start in Sweden
and Norway, doing the 100 meters in
10 9-l0 seconds.
-. r. Meredith created worlds records
for the quarter and half mile, but had
worthy opponents in E. c. Riley, B. Dis
mond and T. j. Halpin in the 440 and
W. j. Bingham, Don Scott, /. Scudder
and l.. V. Windnagle in the $50. Mere
dith is selected for the quarter and Scott
for the half. Scott is wonderful run
ner, winning the intercollegiate confer
ence and national half miles, and is com
paratively a beginner. Bingham won
the national indoor 600 and 0verton the
900 and are added to the team for these
popular distances. L. V. Windnagle ran
the fastest mile of year which produced
many good milers. At two miles, D, f.
Potter, j, S. Hoifmire, c. j. Stout and
j. Ray were the fastest Joie Ray was
the best five.miler, although H. Holden,
H. s. Weeks, O. Willard and T.. Stout ran
well.
The final heat of the l20-yards high
hurdles at the national championships
brought the four best hurdlers in the |
world together and they can be ranked |
as they finished: Robert Simpson, first; !
Fred w. Kelly, second; Earl Thompson,
third, and Fred Murray, fourth. Simp. |
sons hurdling was the sensation OF the |
year and his worlds record OF l4A sec
onds is a remarkable performance. Fred /
Murray was easily the best 220.yards |
low hurdler The 440-yard hurdles go |
to w. A. Hummell, although w H.
Meaniz is close up- In the walks, Rich
ard Remer's closest competitor was w.
Plant
Sherman Landers was sensation as
| pole vaul!er. s. X. Foss, d, Newsletter,
f, w. Floyd, Chester Fee, Fred A. Wat
<ins and f. Knourek being the best of
he field. Avery Brundage won the all
around championship, being hard pressed
~ A. w. Richards until he was disquali-
led in the hurdle event through displac
ng three hurdles. This team is I'M
the strongest track and field
cam America has ever produced and
hows the great progress being made, for
very section OF this great country is
represented"
The complete selections are "a follows:
team--l00 yards run, j. G.
soomis, Chicago A. A.; 200 yards run,
\. f. Ward, Chicago A. A.; 440 yards,
:, f. Meredith, Aleadowbrook club, Phil I
delphia; $50 yards run, w. A. Bingham,
Harvard university; $50 yards run, Don
T. Scott, Mississippi Agricultural col
age, 1000 yards run, J. w. Overton,
ale university; one mile run, L. V.
Cornell university; two-mile
un, ID. f. Potter, Cornell university;
We mile run, Joie Ray, Chicago; 10 il
lille run, H. Kolehmainen, New York; e
=, New York; steeplechase, NJ. Devaney, t
Iillrose A. A., New York; marathon, o
/. V. Roth, Dorchester club, Boston; "
20 yard hurdles, Robert Simpson Uni d
ersity of Missouri; 220-yard hurdles, y
red Murray, Stanford university; 440 o
ard hurdles, w. A. Hummel, Multno- h
Iah A. A. c., Portland; walking, R. R
emer, New York A. c.; standing broad il
mp. Platt Adams, New York A. c.; g
inning broad jump, II. T. Worthington, Il
oston A. A.; standing high jump, w. b.
. TAYLOR, Irish American A c., New in
ork; running high jump, w. NJ. 0ler, IL
:, New York A. c.; running hop, step Il
nd jump, ID. F. Ahearn, Illinois A. c.,
hicago; pole vault, sherman Landers, re
hicago A. A.; putting the l6-pound o,