The sun., 1919-06-08
UNCLE SANS TEAM
APPEARS INVINCIBLE
Yankees Should Sweep Boards
in Interallied Games in
Pershing Stadium.
WELL BALANCED CREW
Have No Outstanding Weak
ness in Any Event on Either
Track or Field.
WELL BALANCED CREW
BY GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.

1906 and successfully defended his t,t,a
OF worlds indicated and undisputed
athletic champion in the Olympic meets
at Paris in 1900. ST. Louis in 1904.
Athens in 1905, London in 1908 and
stockholm in 1912. so is the old GENTLE
man with the goatee. star spangled vest
and striped pants expected to clean mn
IN the big fnterallied athletic meet in
me Pershing Stadium at Joinville- la
font near Paris. next month
america is not throwing it's sull
strength into the fray. for only the
athletes from the land branch OF the
"rvice are eligible. and many OF the
countrys greatest athletes sport the
navy blue. But the team that will wear
the Old Glory emblem in the great carni-
val at Joinville-le- Pont looks strong
enough to outclass the representa- tives
OF Great Britain. France, Belgium. Italv
and the other allied nations
the Yankees appear invincible in the
neld events and in the track events up
TO 1900 meters. 1t looks as II Uncle
Sam will make a clean sweep in the
100 and 200 meter dashes. ITO and 400
meter hurdles, the running high jump
ana broad jump. America should furnish
the winner In the 400 meter run. the
200 meter run, running hop, step and
jump. standing broad jump, standing
high jump. discus throw. shot put, ham,
mer throw, 5avelin throw. pole vault and
pentathion. The 1900 meter run. cross
country and modified marathon appear
TO be the only events in which the
British. French or Belgian athletes may
nose Uncle Sam out OF first place. but
II would not be at all surprising to see
an American flash to the fore in those
contests also.
Eight Have Done 'Evens."
Uncle Sam has eight men in the 100
meter dash who have done "evens" or
PETER Tor 100 yards-Butler Of Du-
ouQue, Kelly OF Holy Cross and the
New York A. c., Teschner and Moore
OF Harvard, Hass OF Grinnell. Paddock
OF the University OF Southern California.
Torkelson of Exeter and Carroll of
Illinois 1t - hard to see how any of
the French. British or Belgian sprinters
can prevent the Americans from finish
Ing one. two and three in the 100 meter
dash In the Pershing Stadium.
The same fleet Yankee sprinters also
appear to have a strange hold on the
200 meter event Kelly and Paddock
each have done FL 3-5 seconds for 22O
yards and the others have records o.
~ seconds or better.
With the great Bob Simpson. worlds
record holder; Fred Kelly, former title
holder. and Ames in the 10 meter
hurdles, and good reserve strength in
Barron, Sylvester. Lewis and others,
Uncle Sam should capture frst, second
and third places. Another clean SWEEP
IL looked for In the 200 meter low
hurdles, when the same American entry
will be strengthened by Meredith House
Clinton Larsen Of Brigham Youns
University, with an exhibition record OF
feet 7 inches and a competitive tumr
OF feet inches, and Alma Richards
Carl Rice and r. L. Temple ton, with
records OF feet 3 inches or better
should keep all foreign rivals out Of
the point scoring in the running high
Jump. America also has splendid re-
serve material in the high jumps.
Butler. - feet; Simpson and Worth
ington, 20 feet inches, and two Other
Americans with % feet jumps to theii
credit apparently have a sinecure in
the running broad jump and the running
hop step and jump
Ebey May Win Two,
Earl Ebey of Chicago Is looked fol
by the experts to be returned the winner
in both the 400 and 500 meter events
Apparently the only ones who can ques
ton his supremacy are Americans-Jo,
Higgins, Larry scudder, the Campsei
brothers and H. T. Torkelson.
Billy Taylor. worlds record holder FOL
both standing high and standing broad
Jumps. looks invincible in both of thos'
events, as also does Pat Ryan in thu
hammer throw.
1t is not expected any foreign vaulter,
will keep Harwood. Floyd, Templeton oil
Johnson from capturing first place fol
Uncle Sam in the pole vault, or prevent
Ing Bronder. Higgins. Liversedge oil
King from taking the tavelin throw, oil
Byrd. Duncan, Sutherland or Massapus
from landing first place In the discus
throw. Were the Swedish or Finnish
javelin and discus throwers entered Their
would be another story. II was thu
Films and Swedes who defeated tH'
Americans In the javelin and discus com
petition at the Stockholm Olympiad.
America would feel safer in the shot
put II good old Pat Mcdonald were ell
gible, but Uncle Sam will have SOM
fair to middlin'" weight mon Owe
There and will figure pretty strongly II
the shotput anyway. America has no
any great strength in the 1900 metei
run, cross country run and modified
marathon, but is pretty certain of fig
urng in the points at that Stout. Nee
han. Hgnigan. Kennedy. Giannakapulo
and Faher may come through with un
man in fthe pentathlon.
Good Enough TO Win.
While lie Gendre Fred Kelly. Butler
Haddock. Vidal and Hammond are no
second Martin Sherldans or Jim Thorpei
In versatility. they are strong enough 4
make 1t mighty interesting for the Brit
ish. French and Belgian all aroun'
men In the Pentathlon.
Norman Ross will give the European
something TO talk about In the swim
ming events. Ross undoubtedly will b.
the individual aquatic star OF the car
nival The other American swimmers
Biddell, Allen. Biersach, Montgomery
Hincks and James will furnish stTonl
opposition to their British. French ant
Belgian rivals.
America apparently has not any tire
mendous strength In the wrestling ant
boxing events. For some reason o.
other many OF the best boxers ant
wrestlers declined 10 return 10 France
There are several good mat and RIM
men among the Yankee soldiers still
Over There. however. America 10 likel!
10 make a strong showing In the ring
hut probably will not accomplish any
thing out of the ordinary on the mat.