Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-06-29

)king toward the speakers platform.
With such a galaxy of stars it
naturally follows the attention of the
entire United States will be focused
on the events Saturday and Sunday.
The men and women competing form
an entry list that would attract crowd
in any part of the world. The tank
at Neptune Beach offers conditions
for such an event as these trials and
there is every possibility that records
will be in danger. The entire pro-
gram will be swum under the metric
system and as these distances are sell
dom contested in this country it is
quite possible that American records
will be broken and world records
threatened.
The magnificent manner in which
the university and college men of
the country responded to the call of
the nation in the Great War is a
while however, something occurs
which wildly brings forth anew the
measure of this service. OF the six
teen men comprising the Princeton
University track and field team which
sailed recently for England where it
will contest with Oxford University
in a dual meet, all but one served in
the ranks of either the army or navy.
The exception is a freshman who was
too young to enlist while the recruit
ing was going on.
We are prone to hear a lot about
the money that is invested in base
ball parks throughout the country
and many persons have come to meas
ure the popularity Of a game by the
number of dollars that are expended
in promoting it. The average ball
park will have to 60 some to measure
up to the new home which Glen View
Golf club of Evanston, near Chicago
is going to put up. This home. which
will be the last thing in comfort and
luxuriance will cost approximately =
quarter of a million dollars. There
ia this difference between spending
the money for baseball or golf The
baseball magnate figures on his in
vestment as money maker. The golf
club plays to break even. Some day.
fellow with q bent for statistics will
compile data giving the relative
amounts invested In golf and in base
ball and VIC are Of the opinion that
the baseball man has surprise COM
ing to him that will make him talk
less about the huge sums he's spend
ing for the same-and himself
1t does beat all how the come
back" bug is biting all these old has
been athletes. Tommy Burns. by
grace OF circumstances once heavy
weight champion boxer. is fiddling
! around the second raters and pro-
claiming that he's as good as ever.
Tommy is probably the only man in
the world who thinks this. Others
are mean enough to say that he is
lust looking for little cheap adver'
Using. Both Ted Meredith. the for
mer champion of the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA. and Alvah Meyer. the
old time sprint champion, tried to get
! their rusty hinges to work recently
| in a set of games held by the New
York Athletic club. Neither Of them
got by the preliminary heats. The
| spectacle Of an athlete who doesn't
know when he's through is one OF
| the saddest we know Of
Speaking Of athletes who are has
beeus, the walker seems to be the ex'
ception to the rule. Daniel OLeary
veteran heel and toe walker will ceie-
brate mis- 18th birthday on June ~
He says he's going to walk one hun
bred miles on that day just by way Of
working up an appetite for dinner
None of those who know Dan are bel
ting against his doing the stunt ne
saws walking is the greatest OF al
exercises for keeping fellow II
shape. II ne covers that 100 miie'
on June 90 we refuse to be draw