The evening world., 1920-07-19
America Lamentably Weak
in Events She Was Strongest
In in Meet at Stockholm.

@ INCE the revival of the ancient
y Olympic games, America has
scored triumphs at Athens,
Paris, st. Louis. London and Stock
holm. and Judging from the shatter-
ing OF five records by the athletes at
Cambridge in tho National Senior
championships and the Olympic tIy-
outs the Stars and Stripes will again
ny over the Antwerp Stadium in Bel
GUM on the Anal day OF the interna-
tiOnal meet next Month.
II is by no means an invincible team
that the Olympic Selection Commit
tee has chosen, in fact 1t Is not az
well balanced and fortified in second
string men as that great army Of
stalwarts who accounted for fourteen
firsts, fourteen seconds and twelve
thirds in Stockholm in 1912.
Despite the wealth OF sprinters.
obviously the event manifesting the
most class last Saturday It Is doubt
ful II Paddock, Scholz, Murchison
and Kirksey compare in all-round
consistency with those three veterans
who scored in all sprint!ng events at
/ Sweden, losing only third place in
| tho 200-metre event, which Apple
garth Of Great Britain won, namely
! Craig, Meyers and Don Lippincott.
In the distances, ranging from the
400-metre run 10 1900 metres, there
Is an absence Of quality, lacking The
Meredith OF old, a Sheppard, Reid
! path. John Paul Jones, a Davenport
! Kiviat and Norman Taber.
The 1920 aggregation has Jole ItIy
and Earl Dby, the sterling little in
| torcollegiate champion, who alon,
might be spoken OF in the same cate
CORY as those human thorough5reds
Of yesterday, all save one, Ted Mere.
dith, who have long since slipped int,
the past and are forgotten.
In the penthathlon and Decathlor
events the present team Is far su
perior to those men who represented
this country in 1912, who unfortunate
ny won only one place in the tive
events. Donahue finishing second n
the Penthathlon, all the other place
going TO the European athletes.
America IL sending In Bob l.
Ciendre the Georgetown star; Brutu
Hamilton from the University OF Mis-
souri,, and Everett Bradley from tn
University OF Kansas, three of IN
best all-urOund men VINO nave eve
carried the hopes OF the u. S. A. y
the history of the ancient Gree
J classic,
, No doubt in the sOO-metre event i
) Belgium America will be represente
by Earl Eby, Don Scott CamI
bell and perhaps Allen Heltrle
What contrast these midd
dlstancers offer TO that unbeO
y able trio, Meredith, Sheppard an
Davenport, who finished in u
order named at Stockholm in n
worlds record time OF 1919 second
Meredith, merely n youth from Mei
D. corsberg school, was sent out with II
structions from tho late Mike MuI
, ply TO kin on Braun, the great Ge
!. many middle distHncer. Not on
- did he kin off the great Braun vii
% sensational running during the ear
!, stages OF the race, but he ran u
" great Mel sheppard into the groui
IN the slashipg time that has new
been equalled.
In the 5000 metres run Brown
the Boston A. 4. looks TO be Amer
cas- only hope. In the distance eve
the 1912 team was wofully weak, ca
turing only one place In the 1000 al
Ia. 5000 metres run, which went TO (
Indian. TeWanmia. The develops
-. Of distance men being Coach Mon
in ley's forte, II would moi DO Al All Nv