| Show Y YANKEES ANKHS KINGS IN IU MUSCLE WORLD Athletes Expect to Clean Up Everything at Olympic Games in London SEVERAL RECORD HOLDERS WELL REPRESENTED IN EVERY BRANCH OF SPORT New York Nov 9 Barring unforeseen accidents America will swill fu the victo victorious 1 rious athletic team at the th next Olympic games which will be held in London next August With the acquisition of several ev ever worlds to Its It list and a iJ noticeable improvement in ail alt all those who competed at Athens last year the Yankee Yankel team is almost certain to roll roU up an un un us unprecedented u number of at points The athletes who will leave these the shores for this meet will be the greatest great lit litIn in quality and quantity that have han ever competed in an athletic meet in the his history hi history tory of ot sport aport o 0 other country on U time e eface face ta e of ot the earr earcil compares with thrum them In every branch of ot sport from dashe dashee to the mile Marathon rac ranft ard and from swimming to the sturdy men of ot this country collective collectively ly Iy outclass those of ot any other nation Nearly of them will make the time trip and of this number numb r there Is la scarcely scarce I Iman 1 a aman man who has bas not shown championship form at some somo meet Nearly all the former Olympic champions will be among them and with them will be as many more who during the past year have developed Into champions of the caliber And of all the athletic clubs from all parts part of the world no club will ill bo be more liberally represented than the lean Ican A C of thIs city So many man cham champions champIons champions of ot various sorts compete In the rol co coore ore ora of this club that the management mEnt ot or orthe the club in order to send its Us best men amen will be compelled to send more than half halt its athletic members To select the most probable winners from this club Is l a task tn k of such proportions that even een the expert trainers and coaches employed by the club will not Dot attempt o do It and rather than thon take a of losing a B point fifty wearers of ot the winged fist will be sent nt abroad to strive for national club and in individual Individual honors honorl Hammer a Cinch This aggregation a re tIon will be the largest larget number of athletes ever sent to a B cham chain championship championshIp meet by one club In the history of ot athletics Among Am ng those who will don the colors of the are men who are conceded to be b worlds cham champions champions champions and others who stand out as the equals of ot many others Although the New York Athletic club will not send as many entries as their rival the caliber of the men mom who will 11 represent it U will be nearly as lilga higa Among Amon its entries as with those tho e of ot the th an A C It U has severn worlds champions champion Other J New ew York clubs includIng the Pastime A C the Mohawk A C the Xavier A C and the Mott Iott Haven A C will increase the num number her ber from the city to more than And while this number will represent Gotham nearly as many more from other parts of at the country will wear the tho starred and striped shield No o section of oC the country will be without a representative The north the south the east and the west westall westall westall all bound together by b patriotic inspiration ion tion will strive mightily together to de defeat defeat defeat feat the other nations of ot the world Even at this early date many man events are conceded to the Americans And with such juch invincible men noon as Martin Sheridan Ralph alph Rose Matt McGrath John Daly Melvin Melvln Sheppard George Bonhag Paul Pilgrim Ray Ewry Hahn Kelly Kel Eaton Hillman Smithson Parsons Daniels Cox and Flannagan representing UK us there is every reason re son that the foreign foren nations should fear tear the results No Expense Spared Sheridan Sh besides being the greatest discus thrower is probably the greatest allaround athlete In the world and for or this emblem he is looked upon as a sure sur winner He can throw all alt the weights jump vault and run better than an another another other man In this country and no one ono here knows of oC anyone In any an other land who Is his equal Matt McGrath the worlds record holder for throwing tt tb hammer is conceded the greatest In this th event and should McGrath fall fail through h accident to do his best John Flanagan Flanaga 1 of ot the club wIl will be on hand to defeat the best of ot the other na ns nations Ions With Horn Hom Longboat the Indian dt dr die tance runner out John Jolin Daly the na national national national champion is looked upon as a certain c r tain tam winner of ot the fivemile race As AI ir tr Inthe the case of ot McGrath the man he m mst mINt et most fear is his George Boa Bou hag While hile the latter Is not as good as Daly Da he has demonstrated hix ht bJ prowess as a walker and he will attempt to win the walking events At present there thre is no r in th tho country the equal t of Melvin Mehin Shepp r i and as America Is considered to have th the best runners runner in th fl world this Is sanguine Jr r victory |
