Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-12
AMERICA APPEARS STRONG
FAMOUS RUNNER BELIEVES
u. S. WILL WIN 0lYMPlCS
sIed" Meredith Fears Rudd. Who VIII
Carry ColOrs of south Africa in
UtE Gufncs.
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ny ..Tr:D" MEREDITH.
NEW YORK. July 1.-Two import
ant track and field meets have hccn
held in England in The past ton days.
dual meet between oxford and Prince
ton. These meets have given us a
great opportunity to size up the
athletes that will bc pittcd against
our boys later in the summer at Ant
wcrp. We have been able to hcttcr
judge the abilities Of the foreigners
due TO tho fact that the Princeton
team was in beth the meets.
We know just how good the mon
from this side are. and when they
are just beaten or win in their vents
on the other side we can figure in
yards. seconds and inches how good
opponents are. Taking the
events as they ONE on the list / see
hut one man that Will give this couu-
try Il great deal OF trouble. and that
man is Rudd. who will carry the
coiorS of South Africa. and not Eng
land in the Antwerp games.
The Princeton team. while IL is Il
not compare to the team this country
will put on the field at Antwerp and
ii is true that not one member of the
Princeton team is as good as several
other men that viii hc m tho United
states team al Antwerp. With this
being true and the Princeton bows
winning four iirsts in the English
Championships. and six out of ten
I ai Ai' u stS'NS 1t ~ ttSN 10
see that We have very little COMPETE
ton from John Bull.
brown. of Princeton, is the Eastern
intercollegiate winner in the 100 and
30 Yards but both these events were
poorly competed this year. and yet
he could show his heels to the best
that oxford has and finish second to
tho best England a in her cham
p~ionshtp meet. This mean that Eng
land. IN facn Europe. has nothing to
boast OF in the sprints. say Europe
because every man on the other side
That is good enough is sent TO the
English championships.
Itudd Appears Contender.
The same results were noticeable In
every event thai was on the program
OF both these meets. and | am sure
ltudd is il only man thai will
give this country any trouble. Rudd
way he ran the half mile in this coun-
try carly in May, and from what l saw
of hin a. that time 1 feel that ne Will
be a hard II TO beat in the 400 and
SU0-mctcr races. lie has shown sew
cral quarters in 40 40 seconds and
car do a 100 in 1O1-5 seconds. sc
that u IS hard TO tell what his limi;
in the half mile will be. He is the
right combination for the half. be
cause he can run so we'll in tho
two shorter races. and his 1884 2-s
haif in Philadelphia leaves a lot 10
think about.
49,. Nfs'AN w hS a. w pflItE
team than the other countries in tho
events that are standard in the ma
!or!ty of our meets, but when we come
10 the events that we have borrowed
from the other countries we are no,
as we'll fortified.
TAKE the javelin; this event was
new TO us in 1912. and this countr
did not fare we'll in IL at Stockholm,
and from the reports that we Ec,
from the other side il will be the
same tale this time. We have several
men that do round 100 feet and IL Is
a good throw. but the Swcdcs and
Firms have men that do better thar
2l0 feet.
Strong In AIl-Itound events.
The Swedes and Norwegians will
turn out good performers in tho all
last time when jim Thorpe was dis
qualified and the Interest in this ha.
done much 10 develop several good
all-round men in Scandinavia
Another week Will see the team tina,
VIII represent this country picked and
ready to sail. II Will he an anxious
week foE many of the athletes waiting
10 sec whether they are to be amons
the LUCKY ones that maxi the trip
and get 4 4 to compete in ar
Olympic meet, but it should o be {
very anxious for the fans that Dc
not nave my particular man they ar,
pulling for. The fans. IL they hnv,
been following things closely, know
mat as country VIII come out or
top from the performances shown S,
Tar THIS year. our material was nevc
Dcttcr and the games in Boston, Whc,
the team is picked from the men ma
hnlsh in the first six positions, Il
going to be every biz as good compet!
ton as VIII be seen N antwerp.