New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-19
Ted Meredith
IN Comeback
For Olympiad
New York Athletic Club Star
One of LOG Chosen to
Represent United States

sceatiaued from page Qua,
- not vet a year out Of college when
s .ss war clouds lowered with unmis-
liable blacknass in early 1917 When
s came it found Meredith In the
sw;ssien service of the army. He COM
.,.,ss his training, which did not in
s.a'de any running, in August and was
.mone the first to go to France. He
termed q captain ana was mustered
All in January, l9l9.
He announced that he was coming
~ He entered the Millrose Ath-
ssic Club games in February, 1919, and
ss.s asfsat. He was defeated again last
@s- in the New York Athletic Club
r,ss failing even to get place in
ss nnls. on the turn from the back
.ssstrh when the runners begin to
s,.vsr in their stride, Meredith would
,.ss ground. He could not seem to re-
sovsr il again when the muscles of his
r;vsls responded to the final stimulus
Of the sprint.
In Final Burst of Speed
put nothing allied his muscles Satur-
ssv He finished in final burst of speed
which brought the spectators to their
fses There was no doubt about it.
Meredith had come back.
The first six men to finish in the
snrints al the stadium made the team.
Besides Murchison and Paddock, they
are Jackson Scholz, Of the University
Of Missouri; ~ NJ. Kirksey, of San
Francisco; W. G. Haynes, of Boston,
and Allan Woodring, of Philadelphia.
Joie Ray. of the Illinois A, A, the
man to whom track sharps have been
looking confidently fer some time for
new worlds record for the 1900
meter run, was the first picked for
the team in that event.
One OF the few men who was
chosen on his record rather than for
his showing in the Harvard Stadium
Saturday is James W Driscoll, of the
Boston A. A. He was boxed in the
hslf-mile Saturday and did no. even
get place IN the final. His time in
tie heat, however, was 40 seconds fiat
and he made the distance recently in
Philadelphia in 49 25 seconds.
Two others chosen for similar rea-
sons are Amesol; Patsoni. the wiry
Indian from Haskell Institute, Kan.
and Charles F Hunter, of San Fran
cisco. The former was pscemaker in
the 11O00-neter run until splinter in
his shoe forced him out aud the latter,
who failed 10 gain place either in the
5000-meter or the 10000 meter run.
has victories in both events behind
him, which placed his name on the
list
The East leads in places won on the
team, with seventy-six names, divided
IS follows: New York A. c., 23; Boston
A. A., 10; Meadowbrook Club. Philadel-
phia, e. colleges, 8; Millrose A. A. New
York, 4; smaller clubs, Is; unattached,
l. The Middlewest has forty-three
places, the Chicago A. A. leading with
Il. Illinois A. c. 7, and scattered col
leges, IS. The Far West and Pacific
Coast placed 80, the Olympic Club of
San Francisco having IS. Los Angeles
A. c. II; colleges ;, and Mulnomah
A. c., Portland. Ore, /. Southern COL
legiahs won three places for their
section; the navy gained three places
and the army three.
The Olympic games conditions sVipu-
late six entries for each event, with
four men eligible to compete. AS a
result six men were selected in almost
every case, with the understanding that
all will be sent TO Antwerp if funds are
available In case the necessary money
4
for public subscriptions, as many men
as possible will be taken in the order
named in the selection list.
No representative from Princeton
University was named for the team.
The Princeton athletes are now in Eng
land, where they recently defeated the
Oxford team in a dual meet At least
two Of these men would have placed
liz the final trials had they competed
Saturday. Erdman won the hurdle
event in London in Is IS seconds,
which is better than the time of at
least two Of the Olympic selections
IN this event.
Allen Swedc is the other Nassau
athlete who would have placed Swede
mas run two miles in 8 minutes and
= seconds and is in the best condi-
ton Of his remarkable career.
Olympic committee officials said that
the Princeton men were told that I'M
less they competed in the finals they
would not be considered. but that they
insisted upon making the trip Ito Eng
land despite this fact.
Gorden 7 Nightengale. of New
hampshire State College. who defeated
Montague, the three~miler of the Ok
fora team, at Philadelphia in Ia min
utes So seconds, failed to make the
team, Nightingale ran a losing race
all the way Saturday. He was in last
place most of the time and finally
Disappointment generally expressed
over the failure of the athletes TO break
any worlds records in the running
events brought from the coaches the
explanation that it was due to the wine
sgo9hditions in the Harvard Stadium
Inc swirliag currents peculiar to the
amphltheater swept around the track
N the face of the runners throughout
virtually the complete circuit, it was
sad slowing them up to the extent of
several seconds to the mile.
'rrpped out OF the race completely.
me boxing team also was selected by
.ne committee. Twenty-three men were
ggamed, six being from this city. Peter
awe awe and his brother, Jack, both of