Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-15

of the increase of athletic proficiency
among all classes of competitors.
| Secretary Ruben in his article out
lining the various combinations for
| the A. A. U. records writes in part as
follows:
In selecting an All-American team,
no double selections are made, one
man being chosen for each event. The
| list includes the backbone of the team
which would have represented this
country in the 1916 Olympic games
had they been held at Berlin as sched-
uled. One of the most difficult POSI-
| tions to select is the name of the man
to head the list for the 100 yards run.
My selections are LOOMS for the
100" and Ward the "220". Ward
was the sprinting sensation of the
'-220' at the national championships.
Loomis proved to be the fastest in
Door Splinter durin gthe winter, win
ming the national championship at 60
yards in the record time of 2-5
seconds. During the summer, his
high jumping and broad jumping
slowed him trifie, but after his de-
feat in the national 100, he won the
N. Y. A. c. special in 10 seconds and
defeated Ward in every start in Swed-
en- and Norway, doing the 100 meters
in 10 9-10 seconds
IL E. Meredith created worlds
records for the quarter and half mile,
but had worthy opponents in E. G.
Riley, B. DESMOND and T. J. Halpin
in the "440' and w. J. Bingham, Don
Scott. L. Scudder and L. "; Wind
lected for the quarter and Scott for
the half. Scott is a wonderful run
ner, winning the intercollegiate con-
ference and national half miles, ad is
comparatively a beginner. Bingham
won the national indoor 5000 and
Overton on the 1000" and are added
to the team for these popular dis
tances. L. V. Windnagle ran the fast
many good milers. At two miles. D.
F. Potter, J. S. Hoffmire, c. ]. Stout
and ]. Ray were the fastest. Joie Ray
was the best five milers, although H.
Holden, H. S Weeks, Q. Willard and
Stout ran well.
''The final heat of the 12o yards
high hurdles at the national cham
pionships brought the four best
hurdlers in the world together and
they can be ranked as they finished:
Robert Simpson, first; Fred w. Kel-
Iy, second; Earl Thompson, third and
Fred Murray, fourth. Simpsons
hurdlirg was the sensati ton of the
year and his worlds record of II 3-5
seconds is a remarkable performance.
Fred Murray was easily the best 220
yards low hurdler. The 440-yard
hurdles go to W. A Hummell. al
the walks, Richard Remers closest
was w. Plant.
Sherman Landers was a sensation
as a pole Vaulter, s. K. FosS, D. New
setter Ered wa w F sSS G R1orek bae
ing the best of the field Avery
Brundage won the all-around cham
pionship, being hard pressed by A. w.
Richards until he was disqualified in
three hurdles. Tis team is undoubted-
ly the strongest track and field team
America has ever produced and shows
the great progress being made, for
- I'D ,fr-wr t.
sented." |
The complete selections are as fol- |
lows: All-American team: 100 yards |
run, Joe G. Loomis. Chicago A. A
A. A: 40 yards, J. E. Meredith. |
Club, Phila-; $50 yards |
run, W. A. Bingham. Harvard Uni |
versity; $50 yards run, Don M. Scott, |
yards run, J. w. Overton. Yale Uni J
one mile run. L. ". Windna- |
gle, Cornell University; two-mile run,
D. F. Potter. Cornell University; Ave-
nile run. Joie Ray Chicago; ten
A. A, N. Y: Steeplechase. M. De-
yaney, Millrose A. A., N. z; Mara
hon. A v. Roth. Dorchester Club.
Simpson. University Of Missouri: 22o
yard hurdles, Fred Murray, Stanford
University; 440-yard hurdles, w. A.
1ummel, Multnomah A A. c., Port
and; walking, r. Remer. New York
\. c.; standing broad jump. Plat
Adams, New York A. c.; running
broad jump. H. T. Worthington, Bos-
on A. A.; standing high limp, w. H.
Taylor, Irish-American A. c., n. Y;
-unning high jump, w. M. Oler, Jr.,
Y. Y. A. c.; running hop. step and
Jump. D. F.. Ahearn, Illinois, A. c..
chicago; pole vault. Sherman Land
rs, Chicago A. A.; putting the 1s-