East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-19
many SELECTED FOR
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
AT ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Are Chosen by Showing Made
in Finals at the Harvard
Stadium, Men Mostly College
Graduates Who Have Won
Varsity Letters.

BOSTON, Mass, July 19.-MoI
than 100 of the leading athletes of tn
country were selected to represent tn
United States in the Olympic game 8
Antwerp next month at an all-nigt
session of the American Olympic com
mittee which ended early today. TIL
lselections were based almost entirel
upon the showing made in the fina
trials at the Harvard stadium yester
day.
The distribution of honors in the 2
events covers the entire country
Most of the athletes are college meI
who have won'varsity letters during
the present or recent years.
The East leads in places won with
81 names, divided as follows:
New York A. c., % Boston A. A,
10; Meadowbrook Club. Philadelphia,
six: Colleges five; Melrose A. c.. New
York 4; Smaller clubs. fifteen, unat-
tached four
The Middle West has 43 places. the
Chicago A. A. leading with 81; Ilii-
nois A. C. having seven and scattered
colleges fifteen.
The far west and Pacific coast
placed 80. the Olympic club of San
Francisco having 15; Los Angeles A.
c., IL; Colleges five and Multnomah
A. c., Portland. Ore. 1.
Southern collegians won three
places, the navy six and the army
three.
Selections for Track and Field.
100-metres-L Muchison, New
York; J. v. Scholz, University of Mis-
souri,; c. w. Paddock. Los Angeles: NJ.
NJ. Kirksey, San Francisco; Allen
woodring, Philadelphia; w. d. Haynes
Boston.
aOO-metres-C. W. Paddock. Los
Angeles; NJ. NJ. Kirksey. San Fran
cisco; l. Murchison. New York; AL
len woodring. Philadelphia; w. D.
Hayes, Boston; j. ". Scholz. Univer-
sity of Missouri.
400 metres-F. ]. Shea, navy; j. E.
Meredith, New York: r. S. Emery.
w. Driscoll, Boston; Earl Eby, Chi
cago.
500 metres-Earl Eby, Chicago;
D. H Scott. army; from
as Campbell, Yale; A. B. Sprott, Los
Angeles; A. B. Helffrich. New York;
]. w. Ray, Illinois.
1900 metres-J. w. Ray, Illinois.
1900 metres-J. w. Ray, Illinois A.
c.; E. B. Curtis, navy; l. M. Shields.
Philadelphia: ]. J. Connolly. Boston;
A. A. Schardt, Chicago; G. p. Good
win. Boston.
5000 metres-H. H. Brown, Boston;
c. Furnas. Puedue University; c. F.
Hunter. San Francisco; I. c. Dresser.
New York; r. E. Johnson. Pittsburgh;
r. b. Watson, Kansas State Agricul-
tural College.
10000 metres-F. w. Falier. Bos-
ton; B. E. johnson, Pittsburgh; G.
Cornetta, New York; NJ. Bohland, New
York; A. Patsonia, Haskell Institute,
Kansas; C. F. Hunter. San Francisco.
5000 and 10000 metre walk-W.
Plant, New York; J. B. Pearson, New
York: w. ]. Relker, New York; r. F.
Remer. New York; T. A. Maroney,
New York.
110-metre hurdles-H. o. Barron.
Philadelphia; w. Yount, Los Angeles;
w. Smith, Chicago: w. F. Murray,
New York; ]. NJ. Watt, Ithaca, New
York; o. Anderson, Los Angeles; o. r.
j. hO6S. University Ol 1cAdos
400 metre hurdles. F. Loomis
Chicago; ]. K. Morton, San Francisco;
A. C. Desch, New York; C. Daggs, Los
Angeles; J. NJ. Watts, Ithaca, N. Y;
F. Smart, Chicago.
High jump. Murphy, Portland.
r. w. Landon, New York; w. l.
whalen. Boston; o. Cory, Los An
geles; r. l.. Templeton, San Francisco.
Broad jump-Sol Butler. Dubuque
College; s. Landres, Chicago; r. L.
Templeton, San Francisco; J. M. Mer-
chant, San Francisco; III. Politzer,
New York. (Only five selections.)
Hop, step and jumps. Landres,
Chicago; D. F. Ahearn, Chicago; A. c.
Geist, New York, j. e. Jacquith. Chi
eago; ]. G. Loomis, Chicago; H
Prom, New York.
Pole vauIt-F. Joss, Chicago; e. E
Myers, Chicago; e. f. Knourek, Chi
cago; E. J. Jenne, Washington State
College.
Shot put-P. ]. Mcdonald, New
York; H. D. Liversede. navy; g. II
Bohland, San Francisco; H g. Cam
New York; r. II. Hills, Washington
ID. c.; E. r Caughey, San Francisco
Hammer thrown. Ryan. New
York; NJ. McGrath, New York; j. M
McEachison, San Francisco; ID. b
Bennett, Chicago; c.. ]. Dandrow
Boston; j. Merchant, San Francisco.
| Pound weight throw-P. J. McDon
aid, New York; M. j. McGrath, Ney
york; p. Ryan, New York; j. M. Me
Eachison, San Francisco; Lieutenan
IL r. Roberts, army; c. j. Dandrow
Boston
Javelin THROWN. 81 Angler. Chi
cago; J. c. Lincoln. New York; e
Wilson, Chicago; F. 3. Hanner, Stan