Evening star., 1928-05-23
HAMM IS SECOND
BEST BET OF us
Georgian Looms as Strong
est Rival of Negro for
Hoaors at Amsterdam.
BY the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
The greatest broad Jumper of all time,
De Hart Hubbard, 1.-THE Cincinnati
negro and former University of Mich
isan star. will be Americas chief hope
for first place in the Olympic cham
pionship this year.
National champion for the past six
years, Hubbard will defend the title he
won in the OlympicS at Paris four
!. wears AGO on a weak and injured ankle
z Even with his damaged foot, hurt on
the taKe-off. Hubbard was able to clear
well over "a feet and outjump the
worlds best.
No other jumper ever has approached
Huhbard's achievements. S. j. Atkin-
z son. South African hurdler. was credit
co some months ago with the unheard-
OF leap of 20 feet inches, but this was
later proved to be fictitious.
Hubbard has perfect build and equip
nent for a broad jumper. Wiry and
nervous, he has done 100 yards in Q 3-5,
worlds record time. He gets tremen-
dous distance with his famous scissors
kick after taking the air.
Always Over "a Feet.
Comparison gives the best indication
Of Hubbard'S remarkable record. In the
six years he has won the National A.
A. T. title he has never failed to do less
than "a feet. In the past three years
he has cleared over IS feet. Yet from
1875 up to HuhbardS time only one
, other national champion. Sol Butler of
Dubuque. Iowa, another negro, sur
passed "a feet.
Hubbard holds the present world rec
ord of IS feet, I07s inches. made in
1925 in his last appearance in a college
meet for the University of Michigan.
He jumped over IS feet in a meet at
Cincinnati year ago, but on techni-
cality this mark was not accepted.
Barring an accident. Hubbard will be
sn odds-on favorite to repeat his
Olympic victory He will have good
support IL not actual rivalry from other
American candidates as well as poSsi-
bic opposition from England. Germany
and Sweden. where good performers are
being groomed.
College jumpers probably wiz take
most OF the places on the American
team. although P. w. Jones of the ILL.,
nois A. c. is likely to earn a berth. Ed
Hanm OF Georgia Tech, AL Bates of
Penn State. Zombro and Dyer of STAN
foro and French of Harvard are among
the most promising candidates. Bates
Gid "a feet, 9 inches in a recent dual
meet Hamm. In the greatest Jump of
his career, did Is feet, So inches at
Birmingham. Ala, and looms as Hub
bards foremost rival.
u. s. Fails But Once.
The United States has failed to win the
Olympic title only once, in 1920 Sol
Butler, then national champion and o
big favorite, pulled tendon on MS first
jump and was eliminated, Petersen.
q Swede. won with q leap of % feet,
Sig inches. a mark which Butler in
practice had beaten by over q foot. Carl
johnson took second place for America,
and Dink Templeton OF Stanford, now
an olympic coach, finished fourth as an
added starter. -
The Olympic record Of "a feet. 1iKs
inches. made by Albert Gutterson. the
old Vermont star, In the 1912 games
VIII be Hubbard's mark this year. Gut
terson cleared this distance at Stock
holm in his first preliminary try, within
q half inch of the world record at that
time. Neither he nor any other COM
petitor came even close TO IL In the sub
eeouent jumps.
Frank Irons. who had broken the
Olympic record in 1903. tried 10 repeat
IN the 1912 meet, but did no better than
ninth. Eddie Farrell, now Harvard and
Olympic coach, was fourteenth,
The late Myer Prinstein. who COM
peted for Syracuse and the old Irish
American A. c.. was the only athlete 10
win the Olympic title twice, in 1904 and
1906.