Evening star., 1928-06-21
CHIEF YANKEE HOPE
|SDE HART HUBBARD
Ed Farrell, Olympic Coach,
Confident Negro Can
Set New Record.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
The hopes that the Olympic hop. step
and Jump championship will be brought
back to the United States after lapse
of "a years, and the world record with
it, rest chiefly upon the ability of the
great negro athlete, De Hart Hubbard,
10 stand the strain of two events.
Hubbard, along with Ed Hamm of
Georgia Tech, will lead the American
broad Jumping brigade. Foury ears ago
the famous Cincinnati negro won the
Olympic broad jump crown, but foot
injury kept him out of the triple jump,
in which he is regarded by Eddie Far
rell. Harvard and Olympic coach, as
superior TO any rival when in form.
Il am positive Hubbard can break
the world record any time he desires" :"
Farrell says. But it is a difficult event,
three-in-one performance, and only a
rugged jumper can be successful.
How the Thing Is Done.
The hop, step and jumpers must
start of on their right foot, make their
hop. land. then step of. and after land
ing again make broad jump. Most
OF the jumpers outside this country can
do but Is feet in this event. They hop
Is feet, step 2 and Jump Is for total
Of 45. have watched Hubbard many
times in this event, and am positive he
can break the world record by hopping
Is feet stepping Is. and then jumping
l9 for total of So"
Any such performance by Hubbard
or any other performer would surpaSs
BY more than foot the mark set by
A w Winter, the Australian. in win
ming the olympic title four years ago.
Winter negotiated so feet IL 5-l6 inches,
while Brunette of Argentina and TuuloS
of Finland. the 1920 Olympic champion,
also cleared so feet, all better than the
former Olympic record.
Although the previous world record
had been held in America by Dan
Ahearn since 1909. no representative Of
this country has scored in the OlympicS
since 1904, when Myer Prinstein, Syra-
cuse star. registered double" in the
fiat Jumps. Aflearn did not compete in
the 1908 or 1912 Oiympics, and in 1920,
when past his prime, did no better
than sixth. He won the national cham
pionship eight times in the colors of
the Illinois Athletic Club.
Five separate countries have produced
triple-jump champions In the OlympicS
since America won the first three titles,
but Sweden has had the best record.
The Swedes finished one, two. three in
the 1912 games and two, three. four in
1920.
Winter viii make the long trip from
Australia TO defend the championship
this year, but reports are that he has
not been in as good form as he was in
1924. Finland and Sweden also will be
well represented. while Holland has a
potential champion IN Peters, credited
with surprising the world record with
o mark of 81 feet 2 inches.
Levi Casey a Threat.
While Hubbard is considered the main
American hope, Levi Casey of Los An
geles, national champion for the past
two years, may be just as formidable a
threat CaSey's 1926 championship
mark Of 49 feet Ala inches is the best
since Ahearn was at the top of his form.
Hubbard won the national title in 1922
and 1923. his best mark being 48 feet
Il inches. but he has done so feet in
other competitions.
Absence Of the triple jump from the
college meets has handicapped develop
ment of specialists in this event, but
Cecil Bowman. Louisiana scfoolboy. just
out of junior competition, looms as a
coming champion
In the Dallas Olympic tryouts he led
the field with mark of 80 feet ! inch.
Homer Martin land Ralph Christofier-
son Of the Illinois Athletic Club, to-
gether with two Los Angeles Athletic
Club stars Louis Minter and Robert
Patton. viii be among the other Olym-
pic team candidates.