The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-15
OLYMPIC
ASPIRANTS
Grest Army Of Athletes Gather At
Harvard For Final Wedding
on. Fer The Trip to
Art~eD

CAMBRIDGE. July f5.-The SOIL
OF Harvard stadium, which has been
pounded by some Of the most famous
feet IN the world viii be perforated
today and tomorrow BIZ the spiked
shoes Of the greatest army Of attn
letez ever assembled in the United
States.
The Olympic games Of 1903 in St
Louis viii have nothing in quantity
and quality TO compare With the
cream Of the east. vest, north. south,
The army and the navy. that viii
fight for rhe honor Of wearing Uncle
Sans shield in the Antwerp classics
At least three hundred star track
and field performers, who have al
ready gone through one Feeding-out
process in the sectional trials. viii
make their supreme bid for a place
on the team In the final trials that
will De held IN conjunction with the
national A A e. outdoor champion
ships.
One hundred and seventy-four Off
cially certified Olympic candidates
forry-three from the Pacific coast
forty-one from the rniddle-wesf- fiji
teen from the south and seFenty-five
from the east have been submitted
for the finals By the sectional COIN
nitteeg Almost an equal number
will come from the divisional trials
of the army and the navy and the
number will be augmented by aspi-
rants for the national championships
which are unrestricted.
The members of the team will be
picked here by the American COM
mittee tomorrow night after the close
Of the two-day meeting.
IN addition 10 keen individual bat
ties. a spectacular fight is bound to
be staged between the university and
club men and between the various
clubs for the distinction of placing
the most number of members on the
team.
The club fight vii be between the
New York Athletic club. the Meadow
brook club OF Philadelphia the Bos-
ston Athletic club, he Olympic club
of San Francisco, the Spokane Ath-
Ietic club. the Chicago Athletic ASSOC
citation, the Illinois Athletic club, and
the Los Angeles Athletic club.
Most of the college stars will carry
club colors with the big organizations,
but individual entries viii compete
for Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Cornell,
Notre Dame Dartmouth, California.
Southern California. Redlands. Michi-
gan. Iowa, Drake university, Pennsyl-
vania. Washington State, Syracuse.
Kansas Aggies. and Missouri.
Three events particularly promise
most thrilling show-the 1oo-yard
; dash, the 440-yard hurdles and the
high jump.
Nine sprinters, all capable of from
9 4-5 to 10 seconds, win crouch on
the line for the century dash. Head
ing the list are the sensational Cali
fornia pair. Paddock of the tTniver-
sity of California, and Kirksey, of the
Olympic club, and the fleetfooted
Missourian. Jack Scholz, all 40
men. Howard Drew, holder of the
worlds record, win try to come back
against other flyers. including Muir
Gibson, of the New York A. c.: Will
liams. of Spokane A. c.; Lever. of
Meadowbrook club; Billy Hayes, of
Boston A. A., and Loomis, of Chi
cago A. A.
Another new worlds record may
result in the 44o-yard hurdles from
the fight between Norton, OF the
Olympic club, who set a new mark
OF 81 is in the trials, and Delch. OF
Notre Dame. who equalled the old
mark of 81 3-5 the same day.
The high jump also promises spec
tacular work when six who can clear
the bar around 6 feet 4 inches get
together. including the intercollegiate
Yale champion, Landon, of the New
York A. c.: Walter Whalen. the ma
tional champion. of Boston A. A.;
johnny Murphy, of Notre Dame;
Muller. of the University of Cali
fornia: Templeton. of the San Fran
cisco Olympic club, and Eagon Erick-
son. the New York cop
The mile run likewise may have n
new record hung up before Joie Ray,
the record holder. of the Illinois club;
Bill Curtiss, .of the navy; Harold Cut
bill. of the Boston A A.. and Larry
Shields, of the Meadowbrook club,
get through with each other.
The running broad Jump has the
markings of an interesting battle be-
tween Sol Butler of Dubuque, Carl