The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
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Final Trials for American
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By DAVIS J. WALSH,
international News Service Sports
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international News Service Sports
Editor.
BOSTON, June 1S.-Final trials
for the American Olympic track
and field team will begin a two
day seance at the Harvard Sta
dunn this afternoon, and by night
fall tomorrow success and failure
will have lined up on opposite
sides of the thin, invisible line
that divides the great from the
near great. Only the great will
become members of the 1924
Olympic team.
Heats and semi-finals will come
down to a decision today, with
the finals held in reserve for
tomorrow. The fields, in the
opinion Of the writer, are the
finest ever assembled within an
American enclosure.
The official forecast called for
probable light showers, but barring
actual bad weather. records would
appear to be in for q care.worn
afternoon. Every athlete Of imme..
date note throughout the country
has been here for upward of twenty.
four hours. One Charles w. Pad.
dock registered at a local hotel last
night, however, and is said to be
ready to run the legs off his field
in the spirits.
He will have to do business with
such as Loren Murchison, jackson
SchOlz, Fred LOvejOy, All LecOney,
Evans, of Iowa, and George Hill, !
intercollegiate champion, among
others.
It will be case of Paddock ana
Evans against the combined East.
and 1t is said that Charles may shade
q few records. Western experts
claim that his injured leg has heaiod
and that he Is in splendid shape.
Reidpath's old record of 48 1-5 may
fall in the 400-meter race, with Half.
ferich, intercollegiate champion; {.
s. Cochran, the favorite; Eric Mil
son.. the Iowan; Ascher, Taylor and
BOhannon lined up.
The 800-meter record is in similar
danger. Here Ray Watson and
ly: Schuyler Enck, who bettered
'Oo Aolk9S HdI0Au0yP I1CCSCp VI 1CAdS,
Marsters, of Georgetown, and
''Soapy" Waters. of Harvard, de.
clared to be the best of the lot. will
60 to the post. Ted Merediths rec.
ord of 1851 $40 seems almost un.
assailable.
The record in the 400-meter hur.
dies does not appear to be in i'm.
mediate danger and neither does
those at $500 meters, 5000 meters
and 10000 meters where Americas
weakness in distance begins to be
felt.
Joie Ray, belI.cOw of IT," pack
In other years, is believed to be 4
passing and is not expected to do
better than third against Lloyd
Hahn, Jimmy Connolly, Ray
Baker, Ray Wharton and others.
Dye, of Southern California, has
many hackers who think he will
win over the 110.meter hurdles
against Daggs, of Los Angeles;
Krogness, of San Francisco; Moore,
the intercollegiate champion, and
Merrick, Of Boston College. Others
look for Charley Brookins, greatest
of all low hurlders, to lead Ivan
Riley, of Illinois, to the tape in the
40O-meter hurdles. in spite Of Riley
great So is performance John X.
Norton, Olympic point winner at
Antwerp; Frank Cuhel. Cedar Rapids
school boy, and Coulter, of Iowa, ere
strong possibilities In this race.
Picking individual winners is a
precarious pastime, except in tho
case of Glenn Hartranft, Stanford
ace with the weight. Hartranft
should win the shot-put and discuss
throw and may crack q record.
Laddie Meyers, once of Dart.
mouth, seems to be the best of
good, but not necessarily brilliant
lot In the pole vault.
In the broad jump, DeHart Hub.
bard, gifted Michigan negro, will
take issue with Comins, Of Yale
Rose, or Pennsylvania, and Legen.
DIRE, of the Newark A. c. All have
beaten "a feet consistently. Any
thing may happen here.