Evening star., 1919-12-28
j. s. HAS WEALTH
OF TRACK TALENT
Strong Team Available to
Compete for Honors in
the OIympics.

A glance back over the perform
ances of our leading track and field
athletes during the past year shows
that the United States has a wealth
of good material to draw upon when
the time comes to select the team
to represent this country in the
Olympic games at Antwerp. Belgium.
next summer. in the opinion of Dan
iel ]. Ferris. a recognized authority
on track and field sports.
The accompanying all-star team,
which includes one Washington rep
resentative, Bob LIE Gendre of George
town University, is selected on the
past year, and it forms the nucleus
around which the American Olympic
team will be built. No athlete has
been selected for more than one place
on the team, although in some cases
an athlete is entitled to such honor.
For instance, Joe Ray of Chicago
would be the choice for the half mile.
1000 yards. and mile and two miles.
If the policy of selecting athletes for
one place on the team only were not
adhered to, the idea being to select
a team that could score the most
points of it were opposed by a SINH
lar combination.
1t is believed that this all-star team
could come pretty near winning the
premier honors for this country in an
olympic meet
johnson for Short Dash.
Carl Johnson of the University of
Michigan is selected for the 60-yard
proved himself the best short-dash
man in the country during the past
year, although he won the conference
indoor championship at fifty yards.
and in so doing eQualed the WORLDS
record. but because it is felt that no
hA q q
without this great all-around athlete.
He is one of the most versatile ath-
letes in competition today. His spe-
cialty is broad jumping, and in this
event he hettered twenty-four feet IN
winning the conference championship.
However. the honors for the year in
this event go to Sol Butler. the negro
athlete from Dubuque College. who
won the interallied broad jump cham
pionship by leaping the remarkable
distance Of "a feet 9A inches: John
son won the eastern intercollegiate
broad jump title with leap OF 23
feet l0h inches, tied for second place
in the running high. at feet 1 lnch,
placed in the 10O-yard dash and quaI.
flied for the final in the '220-yard
low hurdle. but was taken SICK oues
before the final and was unable to
In the conference championships at
Chicago the Michigan an-around star
won the high and low hurdles, the
running high and running broad
two latter events His winning jump
in the high was feet IN inches. and
he set the record for the running
broad jump at "a feet~1 inch. In ad-
dition to his fine performances IN
these events he was the equal OF any
of the sprinters of the country at 60
yards, and is selected for that event,
his individual performances in the
other events having been bettered by
the men selected for the places on
this team.
is Charley Paddock Of the Uni
versity of Southern California This
young Californian has never com,
peted in the east. but defeated
world at the interallied games in
the Pershing stadium at Joinville-le-
Pont. France, last summer, when ne
won the interallied championships at
100 and 200 meters in near-record
time.
southern Pacific A. A. U. champion
ships at 100 and 22o yards in 3 AS
seconds and 81 3-5 seconds. respective
ly. Billy Hayes of the Boston A. A.
ran Paddock a very close. second Tor
this position on account of his per-
formances in the national 1oo-yard
championship and the conference
championships, both of which he won
the former in 1915 seconds and
the latter in 94-5 seconds.
Henry Williams of the Spokane A. A.
C. of Spokane. Wash, is given. the
honors in the furlong dash over Creed
Raymond of the University Of Penn
sylyania. Experts all over the coun
try look upon Williams as the great
est sprinter of the present day.