The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-07
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July Z.
Uncle Samuel's standing army
Of prospective Olympians was
at parade rest this morning,
awaiting the zero hour that
was to determine who was to
20 and who to stay at home
for the Amsterdam i1nket.
The American Olympic COMMITTEES
this morning was putting In It,
spare moments in considering the
following proposals: That Jack Mer-
chant. national champion from Sen
Francisco, be permitted to taxa
another fling at the hammer throw,
IN which ne failed to gain q quail
fyfrg place yesterday; that Eric
Krerlz another Californian, be ale
lowed to do likewise In the discus.
an event which also saw him 80
unplaced iii the trials; that Sam
Martin, Boston "A. A., be reinstateu
for the final OF the s0O-meter runs
and that Homer Martin, Chicago,
be given another chance In the hop
step and jump.
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They wanted Merchant back
because IL was admitted that he
was The best hammer t1rUWer
in America, up to but nOs M
GLIDING yesterday.
Krenz thought he belonged with
the discus survivors because the
officials had "Iost'' one Of his throws
Yesterday iii the grass, which was
easily tnree-quarters Of an inch
TAN. Sam Martin. they said, was
iostIed into fourth position In his
s00-meter trial, while all they could
claim Tor Homer Martin was that
he placed fourth In the 1924 try
outs and wasn't selected for the
team. maybe because he forgot his
combs or something.
It was generally felt today that
Claude Bracey. fleet Texan had
proved himself q one-race man and
should Be kept out Of the 200-meter
race: also that Frank Wykoff, the
sprint sensation 0e the first days
was too young to be sent after
further honora and also should be
Withdrawn from this event. Further
more, the committee could find
nothing to recommend the feet that
Paddock has failed to qualify at
100 meters because another man
beat the gum in the semifinaIs, and
so it, the COMMITTEES. decided to
seed its stars for the longer
sprint.
In consequence Charley BOrah,
making his lone start OF the
games. win be the lead" entry
In one heat, Hank Russell In an
other, Jack SchOlx in 3 third
md Paddock in yet another
heat. Wyckoff also was seeded,
but the imprObabiIity Of his APP
pearance more or less left the
hat in charge Of Roland Locke.
BOFah, however, was hooked up
with live one In Henry Cum.
ming. Newark "A. G. man.
The race generally was regarded
as . triangular affair involving
Paddock. Russell and Scholz. The
boy friend, Charles. was slow away
from the mark yesterday but was
running over everybody at tlne
finish. Russell also closed strongly
in all his heats. SchOlz has been
outstanding his resources for d
supreme effort In the longer sprint.
Aside from Lloyd Hahn's probable
sortie against the worlds S0O-meter
record and the pole vault duel Of
Carr and Barnes with another record
far from unlikely, the 200-meter final
was expected to furnish the major
drama of the occasion. 1t win fea-
ture q last-stand effort Of the two
smmortals, Paddock and Scholz, to
get in among the individual entries.
for the Amsterdam games.
A record by Ed Hamn1. Georgia
Tech, was possible but not probable
in the broad jump; q record by De
Hart Hubbard, the recordist him
self, was not even possible, owing
to an Injured leg. 1t pretty well
was understood this morning that
American broad jumping will rise
or fall with Hamm at the Olynpics.
It also was considered possible
that John Kuck, Of the Los Angeles
Kueks, might start practicing
again and so wreck all known
and totally unknown records for the
shotput. He has done IS feet or
So feet or both in practice and one
OF these times he might get very
earnest about 1t, thereby leaving
nothing to the imagination and
plenty to the steel tape. John was
due for some improvement today,
mostly because he could stand Il.