The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-14
Yank Spikes Should Glow on Olympic Cinders
AMERICAN
SPRINTERS
BEST IN
WORLD
mn DEAN SNYpER

\" O4AAD
ny DEAN SNYDER
They were Just mere handful OF
American athletes who slipped quiet
" away 10 Athens In 1896 and won
nine firsts In the track and field
events
Sincc then we have gone thru our
sfxrn International meet and upheld
the precedent OF victory.
Rightly or not We have como 70
hook upon triumph In these events
~ equivalent to winning the Ohm
pic classic
FAR WEST
GAINS
Into this our seventh oiymplad the
element OF the Far West has ercp,
In with its moro sturdy type Of
athletes. On the team IS come from
that portion OF the United States
west Of and including Chicago rs
.sgainst as from the East New York
leads all by furnishing 20. Twenty.
nine states are represented.
IL = the most representative
squad this country ever sent
fcrth In quest Of the olive leaf
laurel
As to It's strength---weIt. wc OK.
pect It TO bring home the bacon.
GREATEST
SpRINTERS
unaualifiediy Americas sprintcrs
axc the class OF the world.
Hat s~ta~tm. fNaNsfa..L
Murchiscn and Jackson Schoiz there
y little choice. IL there Is any 100
oDn 10 the tape Il viii be either Pad.
oon to the ,aje IL will be either Pad
dock or Scholx. IL is believed.
We arc just ~ strong In the
3oome<rvx. for IL h In this
lungrr daSh that Paddock b b.
8cvcd unbeatable.
After tho California fiicr has run
- yards he gathers more speed than
any runner ever clicked Close be
hind him should be Morris kirkscy,
The San Francisco sprinter.
CLOSELY
MATCHED
Rudd. the South African runner.
= the man Frank J. Shea and Ted
Meredith will have to watch In the
<oo-metres- Rudd is a great athlete.
Also In tho 500 metres he will be
EaSy Eby's strongest somepti,or.
But Ely Is = smart if.miler lie
uDss his head as well as his legs.
Coaches arc still Of the cpinr
IN that Joic Ray. tho veteran.
= the clans Of the worid for tho
l5oo me1rcA
Hen have 10 beat Montague. the
0eet Englishman. but Jose should
turn the trick
low TO
THOMSON
All nations bow to Earl Thomson.
the Dartmouth hurdier, who Is run
ming for cur northern ncighbor. Can.
adA Over the IA foot sticks Tom
my u supreme. but Americans
should cover mp tho places behind
his dust
For the l4o-metre hurdles Frank
Ioomis Of Chicago Is our top skim
ner. with Norton. Desch. Watt and
4eanix furnishing tho chief com
petition
SOME
0SA0S
Our big snass Seem most likely in
both the 5000 and 1o.ooo-metre
grtndA Canada and England are en-
tertng men with better records than
any the Yanks have turned In
Tho aame goa for tho r.
coaches would be very much
surprised to zee any but foreign
runners stride home In the lead.
John Murphy and T. w. Landon
have better marks In the high jump
than those of other countries
Likewise +. X. Foss and f. r..
Meyers should furnish the chief ex.
hibiuon in the pole vault And IL
scl Butler, the Kansas negro. doesn't
outtump the world In tho broad
jump. II viii upset the dope.
OUR
ssNHALEy'
The Films should outhop. skip and
jump US Also they can shoot the
5aveiin and whirl the disrus farther.
with their chief trouble Coming from
Sweden
But In the wcights-just
watch the New York whales"
Pat Ryan, Matt McGrath and
Paddy Mcdonald will just about
give the whole entertainment.
Sweden Is regarded as Americas
strongest contender.
But II they play the -star SPAN.
gied Banner" every time an Ameri.
can athlete cops a first" the sta.
dunn crowds will all be whIstllng our
national anthem like 1t was their
own before the curtain is rung down
on the seventh Olyrnplad i.