Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-29
Americas Olympic
Stock GiUen Boost
by College Talent
Work in Collegiate and Anna
teur Games ArOuSeS NeLU
Hopes for Victory.
BY JACK VEIOCR.
NEW YORK, June 29.-President Gus
International NeMs Snorts Editor

ernational News sports Editor.
tayus 4. RIr0y and the members Of the
optimistic now than ever before that the
American Olympic team viii triumph at
Antwerp.
The performances OF some Of this
country's greatest college athletes in re-
cent games-the Penn relays and the In
tercollegiate track and field champion
ships-have given the stock OF Americas
athletes a tremendous boost.
Following the recent intercollegiate
games President Kirby expressed the
opinion that an American team made up
entirely of college athletes. would stand
a grand chance OF winning the Olympic
games This was a rather broad state
ment. but It was not made carelessly by
any means.
And when one figures that, in addl-
ton TO the brilliant track ana Held stars
now wearing the colors OF our many col
leges and universities, we have host of
amateur athletic club stars Of the caliber
Of Joie Ray. Loren Murchison, Matt Nc
Grath Pat Ryan and a host Of others II
is easv 10 see why the members Of the
Olympic committee are wearing satisned
smiles.
CRACK MEN CROP
OF SPRINTERS.
Our newest crop OF sprinters. such as
Kirksey of Leland Stanford, Paddock or
California. Scholz Of Missouri, Leconeym
of Lafayette, Wells of Stanford. Gourdtn
of Harvard. Dewitt Of Rutgers and
number of others, will fairly burn up the
track in the 100 and 220 dash events
against the best men now afnllatea
with the country's great ATHLETIC clubs
men Of the caliber OF Willie Hayes OF
Boston and Hank Williams of spokane
r E. Brown, winner Of the 100 and 10
deshes In the recent intercollegiate
games, VIII not be enabled to compete
In the Olympic tryouts because or going
to England with the Tiger team for the
meet with oxford and Cambridge.
In the middle distance events Joie
Raw is expected to stand out proini-
nently in the final trials at Cambridge.
But despite the apparent edge held by
Raw over q field. of brilliant collegiate
rivals, he viii find opposition sim
enough to spur him on to new records,
with such performers as Earl Ely Max
am and Gustafson, of Penn; Driscol.
of Boston; Mayer, Of Cornell; Spoot, OF
California, and many others.
The college men have an apparent
edge in the hurdles both high and low:
1t ia to be regretted. however, that Earl
Thompson. the brilliant Canadian lad
who carried the colors Of Dartmouth 70
victory and established new world 5
record of II % seconds In the high
hurdles at the intercOllegiates. cannot
compete with the American team.
However. In Smith of Cornell Erd-
man. Of Princeton; johnson, OF Michi-
gan; Kelly, of New York; Sylvester, OF
Missouri; Wells OF Leland stanford
Watt. of Cornell; Ellis, OF Syracuse, and
number of other stars, our timber
toppers will surely be able to do some
thing in the point-winning line when
they get to Antwerp though they viii
probably find Thompson wearing cana
da's colors just as swift as ever In
straddling the wood.
DISTANCE TALENT
Is HIGH CLASS.
The long distance races, with such
runners as Faller, of Dorchester, Mass.
Pores of New York Simmons, or SYRIA
cuse; Dresser former Cornell and eX-
collegiate champion; II. II. Brown, of
Williams MacAlahon. of NJ. /. L. aud
Romig, of Penn. State, not to mention
velop some great competition in the
trials at Cambridge.
That America will be strong in both
the weights and jumps Is a certainty.
Smart. Of Chicago; Landers, OF Penn;
Gourdin, of Harvard; Templeton, of Lee
land Stanford; Merchant of California,
and Way, of Penn. State will be strong
In the high jump Landon. Of Yale;
TempIeton and Ramsay, of Cornell;
Murphy, of the MultnOmah A. c.; RICH
ards. of Utah; Whalen, of Boston, Lar
sen. of Utah and Lathrop Of Cornell,
will probably be jumping like grey
hounds within few more weeks; ana
Landon who cleared feet inches for
new collegiate record at Philadelphia
in the recent games, is expected to bet
ter that mark.
Landers, of Penn; Harwood, of Har
ward; Jordan, of Dartmouth; Frank
Foss, Of Chicago; Peterson, of Califor-
MIA and many others will compete in
the pole vault this month. That new
American records will be made when the
final games are staged at Cambridge is
predicted by a majority of the athletic
sharps.