Evening star., 1924-06-11

VI the four best all-round ath1e
American shield in the dec;
games in France next month will b
Twenty-Seven candidates will compe
Prominent among the entrants q
national decathlon champion, who b,
high jump at Chicago a fortnight as
Chicago, runner-up in the national
VIDAL OF the United States Army, OF
ever developed at West Point, and
team; Harold P. Brick" Muller. f
Jumper, who placed in that event
Lew, the INDIAN athlete from Haskell
lie Gendre Scores Handily.
BOD LIE Gendre, former GEORGETOWN
University al-around athlete, who as
college, student enjoyed the distinc-
ton of winning the INTERCOLLEGIATE
pentathlon championship three con-
SecutiVe times, yesterday returned to
ms own when he carried off the ma
.Ional pentathlon championship title
ing as member OF the Newark A. G.
lie Gendre emerged from the i've
event test with the low winning score
of 10 points.
,Iralitng the former wearer of the
Blue and Gray were Morton Kaer Of
me University of Southern California
&. ana Clinord Argue. Occidental Col
tege aIl-around athlete, who made the
Trip here to strive for a berth on the
athletic squad which will sail for
france next week. They were dead
locked for runner-up position. each
with 20 points
A. B. Leggett. United States Naval
Academy, and Charles F. West, Wash
lhston and Jefferson College star,
who has won the intercollegiate PEN
tathlon title for the past two wears.
We're tied for fourth position, each
with % markers.
he arfn
winning the pentathlon tryout was
Impressive. The Newark club rep
resentative carried off premier hon
ors in three of the five events. tied
Tor second in another and was fifth
in the remaining event LIE Gendre
won the broad jump with a lean of
% feet l 4 inches and captured the
1aveiln throw when he hurled the
Steei,t1pped spear 173 feet inches.
In the discus lie Gendre sent the
Greek missile the winning distance
OF l2O feet 81 inches. In the 200
meter dash LIE Gendre deadlocked
with Argue. both covering the sprint
IN % i-lo seconds, two-tenths OF a
hnal test the 1,5OO-meter run. LIE Gem
ore trailed in fifth position, his time
being 4:54 1-l0
Johnso., Runs ImpressfxeIx.
inc return to form of lie Gendre
vas but one admirable incident in a
ousS gay or competition for Ameri-
IAN olymplc committee officials and
can Olympic team. Following the
pentathfon field of thirty-fiye har.
Ilers Were sent from their mark at
an cortiandt Park in the final cross
ounlry tryout, which witnessed an
otner return to form by a former
tchampion. The hero of this imnor-
liant test was r. Earl Johnson of
pif, af .hg Edgar Thomson Steel Works,
The feet-footed little negro. who
vas americas ten-mile and cross
cTounty champion in 1921, before the
1auvent 1nn, or Willie Ritola- scored hol-
onds, finishing the Journey of about
sl1 and one-quarter miles over a fiat
course with an advantage of about
Inirty yards over Jimmy Henigan,
Hssee1an distance runner Of the Dor
chester Club. Dorchester, Mass. Little
Johnny Gray of the Enterprise Cath
olic Young Mems Athletic Union.
Philadelphia, who thrilled a crowd of
ze.ooo people with his admirable run
nfng in the 10,000-meter trial at the
recent eastern tryouts, finished third.
right on the heels of Henigan'
4: A. Studenroth, Meadowbrook Club.
tnlIadelphia. finished fourth. and
August Eager, Finnish-American A.
& of this city, was fifth.
40 i'm Final Tryouts.
BOSTON. June 11-The games COM
mlttee of the American Olympic com
t19 athletes for the final track and
field tryouts at the Harvard Stadium
next Friday and Saturday.
This total is $50 more than the
games in 1920, when the national
championships were combined with
the Olympic tryouts.
In the various events there are
5S5 entries. with many athletes en-
tered in two events and some in three
OF these sci are in the fiat events
and 1874 in the field contests.
D. s. In Equestrian Events.
=. PARIS June 11.-Additiona en-
equestrian events of the Olympic
games include the United States, Aus
tria- Norway, Denmark and Finland.
National entries closed today. but in
June 80, with notifications possible
until July IL.
The field shooting entry list for in
dividuals also closed without addi-
tional names being registered
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee the treasurer submitted his
accounts, showing total receipts to
date of 2.273,095 francs. The foot
which was within 1900 francs of the
French Olympic committees esti-
mate. Foot ball receipts on the final
day amounted to 576,57s francs.
The number of nations entered thus
far is As.
The next series will be the polo
contests, with six nations competing.
Yankee Sooccrists Win.
WARSAW, Poland, June 1.-THE
American Olympic soccer team yes
terday defeated team representing
Poland by goals to 2. The game was
well played. The attendance was
1900.
After the game the American play
ers were rendered a banquet and then
left by way of Berlin for Dublin,
where they will play the Irish Olym-
pic team next Saturday.
HTHH1R