The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-17
lNEW SPRINT RECORDS
ARE LOOKED FOR
As the Most Select Group of Speed
sters in United States Toe the
Mark in Olympic Tests.


Cambridge, Mass, July 1.-THE
Harvard stadium was crucible of
competition to-day in which the coun-
try's athletic speed and strength were
tried out to determine who should
represent the United States at the
Olympic games in Antwerp. Incidental
to the Olympic trials the national A. A.
U. championships for 1920 were at
stake.
Every man who will carry the Stars
and Stripes at Antwerp was forced to
submit to the test, the committee
having announced that not even
athletes of proven worth now in
Europe could be designated, and the
result was congress of stars from
all sections of the land. The high
standard of their combined efforts was
shown in the trials of yesterday when,
although no record was broken, more
men attained ranking performances
than ever before.
To-day with everything of speed, of
strength and of mental effort to give
without need for reserve, it was the
expectation of director Jack Moakley
and other Olympic officials that the
winners would produce several new
records for this country, and possibly
for the world. The leading sprinters
of America have been the leading
sprinters OF the world for years and
select group was primed to-day to at
tack the mark of q 3-5 seconds for 100
yards held jointly by Dan Kelly and
Howard Drew The latter, after
sprinting for the past decade and six
wears after he made his record. quail
fed again yesterday in an impressive
exhibition of man old in the game
as sprinters go, besting youngsters who
sought to match their youth against
his matured strength. Another veteran
of other athletic campaigns. and one
of the few who carried the keys at the
Stockholm now ready TO seek honor
a acanst the world at Antwerp was
Ted" Meredith, who came out of re
tirement to win his heat in the quarter
n. - -,nAtnrd,y
These athletes together with Pad
dock and Kirksey, the sprinting stars
of the west, were the objects of prin-
cipal interest to-day. with Joie Ray,
the little runner OF the Illinois A. C.,
regarded as Americas greatest amateur
athlete Of the day Ray, present
champion at the half mile and the
mile. decided not 10 defend his half
mile title in order to put his every
effort into a race against the field and
against the record in the mile run.
The mark he had 10 beat was four
minutes. IL 3-5 seconds. the fastest
mile ever run by man of which there
is record 1t was set on the stadium in
a specially arranged race, by Norman
s. Taber Of Brown university.
in the other runs. in the hurdles
and in the field events were athletes
whose past performances pressged close
approach TO existing records, and all
the indications were for team which
win maintain at Antwerp American
prestige won AZ previous Olympics.
Actual selection of the athletes for
the team probably viii he announced
tomorrow
The games 10 day had the aspect Of
4 dress rehearsal for the Olympiad
which was carried out by parade
around the cindcr track Of officers of
The army and navy ard officials Of the
games, prominent citizens and the
athletes, behind band and the colors.
The athletes we're divided by sections,
lar west, middle west, east and south,
,s in Antwerp they win be divided |
BY nations.
Weather conditions for the meeting
vns Of the best