New Britain herald., 1928-07-20
BY F. G. VOSBuRGH

BY F. U. VO6bu RGH
 New York. July 20 R-One of the principal objectives of the United States Olympic track and field team at Amsterdam will be to regain it's lost supremacy in races on the nat. This it appears pretty we'll equipped to accomplish.
 Ever since the Olympic games were revived in 1896 this country has been supreme in all-around track and field, but of late years European countries have been romping of with the laurcls in the important foot-racing events of the program while the United States fell back on its undoubted superb ority in the field events to outscore all rivals.
 How thoroughly 1t has accom- plished this Is shown by the fact that in the last five Olympics the United States has scored more than twice as many points as any other nation. After the United States with its total of 736 1-2 points come Finland. 307 1-s: Great Britain. 2s1 1-3, and Sweden, 19s 5-e.
 Yet. despite this overwhelming margin in track and field, the United States has been able to win only three Olympic flat races since 1912. a situation which took some of the satisfaction out of the victories of 1920 and 1924, when foreign nations could with some Justification point out that the American victory was largely due to second and third places and success in the field events.
 This Olympic year has brought new opportunity for the American athletes to recapture these most coveted of Olympic championships- the classic 100. 400. 1900. 5000 and 1o.Qoo-meter runs and the marathon. All six of these titles now are held by foreign nations, the only hat race championship the United States holds being the 70o-meter title, which Jackson Scholx won in 1924 and is defending at Amsterdam.
 In 1920 things were not much better from a foot-racing stand. point. the only American winners on the flat being Charley Paddock in the 100 and Alan Woodring in the 200. Back in 1912 things were more like Uncle Sam hopes they will be after this years events. the Americans winning the 100. 200, 4ot and S00-meter runs
 England and Finland are the na tions that have lifted the laurels fl running of late. the English ex ceiling the short distances and tn, Films taking most of the rest of tn,
 runs. but here are some of tn,
 reasons the American team is hope
 full of recapturipg at least its shar
 of these championships:
 The 10a-meter king, Abraham
 Of England. is not defending hi
 title. and Frank Wykoff, the youn
 Californian. who is the ace of tn II. s. sprinting pack. equaled tn Olympic record four times in fou
 races in one afternoon in the fina tryouts.
 The 4O0-meter champion. Fri
 Liddell of England. will not com
 pete in this years games, and tn United States has two great youn stars in Ray Barbuti. former sy
 racuse football player, and Elm
 Snider. the Alabaman.
 In the 500 and 1.5OO-meter rum Lloyd Hahn Is to try for a double. He has beaten world record time i B the former event. which is bette than Douglas Lowe Of England, tn
 defending champion, has done. . Tn the 5.N00-meter run as well 4 . in the 1.5o0 the shadow of Paav } kurmi makes American chance
 not so good. although the youthf, B Leo Lermond will make any ( . them step.
 : Joie Ray and his almost miract , lous showings in the 10,000-mete run and marathon give ground ft hope that he can beat out tf
 Films in one If not both Of the'
 events. although they will have tf 5 two chamn'ons. Ritola and stenrot
 respectively. back in the running.