Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07

)HICAGO, August Team
strength rather than indi-
4 vidual ability will be the
determining factor in the
track and field meet between the
United States and British Empire
at Soldier Field, here, on the night
of August II.
The English system of conducting
games by relays rather than individual
races is rather new in the United
States. but som oef the more ultra
ideaIistic track folk believe it to be the
proper method of determining interna-
tional supremacy.
Fifteen events are on the interna-
tional program and all but one will be
conducted as a team contest. Even the
field events will be SO arranged ana IN
the pole vault hammer throw, jumps
and javelin the aggregate distance or
height of three men will decide the
winner. The lone event for individuals
is tn IO0-yard dash and that Is only
tentative.
Sprint Promises Thrills.
One of the events that promises to be
particularly spectacular will be the
400-yard relay. The United States
likely will send George Simpson of Ohio
State, Eddie Tolan of Michigan. Cy Le-
land of Texas Christian and either
Bracey of Rice or TOPPING of New Or
leans Loyola to the post against the
British. All of the SprinterS are In
serious training and some speedy time
should be made.
The United States also will be strong
in the shotput and it is unlikely that
any three men in the world can toss the
leaden ball farther than Rothert and
Krenz of Stanford and Paul JesSup Of
Washington. With Lee Seminar OF
Illinois, Steve Anderson of Washington
and Dick Rockaway of Ohio State ready
for the hurdle races, the States Will be
powerful and fast over the sticks.
1t is in the hurdles that the British
will be particularly strong, for Lord
David Burghley, Olympic 400-meter
hurdle champion, will lead the empire
In those events and three other good
men will be selected to aid him. Percy
williams, the Olympic 100 and 200
meter champion, will also be on hand
to contest against Simpson and other
United States sprinters.
The British team will not be selected
until after the Empire games held at
Hamilton, Ontario, August l6 to %.
That meet will bring together the best
track and field men from Great
Britain, Canada, South Africa, Aus
tralia, New Zealand and other British
possessions.
u. S. Squad of so.
United States squad of so will be
named after the National A. A. u.
championships at Pittsburgh on Au-
gust 1925. Most of the stars repre-
senting the United States will be con-
sidered the outstanding candidates for
the 1892 Olympic team, which makes
the Chicago games of the utmost i'm
portance Wykoff of Southern Cali
fornia is about the only outstanding
star who will not be available for the
meet, but he can be spared with all OF
the other leading sprinters on hand
1t is probable that at least 20 of the
United States squad will come from the
Pacific Coast. The Los Angeles A. C..
will send 13 men to the National A. A.
U. meet and the Olympic Club of San
Francisco will have practically the
same team that won the A. A. U. games
at Denver last Summer in the Pitts
burgh arena University of Washington
also will have six or more at Pittsburgh,
so there is little chance to keep the
coast stars from winning at least one
third of the places on the team that
will oppose the British.