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Show IV i j Says Americans Will Score More M , Points Thau Other Nations W I Combined. ml " ! 'f LONG DISTANCE RUNS r J RESERVED EOft ENGLAND 11 1 Most Events Will Bo Won by Hi ', Yankees, in Onc-Two-Three : i ! '! - Order. Mi . j ; Tribune Special Sporting Service. I J I( NEW YORK. .My .1 1. Martin Sher- I ' jj idan says: In looking over the re-speck I'M ive records of tin? athletes selected to fll represent America at London in t lie I ti , t Olympic frames and comparing them III H J -with the records of the athletes of Kng- j ftfM.fl land and other nations, America scorns : fit 'il I' have a good chanco to score more i ntj. j!1 points in the track and Held than all tho I ffi, : other nations combined, Starting with j $ . ' j. the 100 and 200-metor dashes America , 4 (j i ' scorns to have one, two. three places j 3 4 (1 cinched with Kobortson. Rector. Cart- j i well, Huff, Campbell and Cluughnu all ; U J 1 good for 10 4-5 and 22s in both sprints. . ' ! and there is no man on the other tenma i H i that can beat lis flat for tho 100 oi , 22 3-5s for the 200. j jl. ' ', Taking the 400 meters, with llillman. "j , 'Taylor, Merriman and A.tlee, all of them jl iaro sure to do better than 50s lint, and ! L; 'if driven to a hard finish one of the ' 1 four may do 49s or better. In the S00 a i I meters, with Sheppard and Bromilow, ft who ran iu 1 miuute 54 seconds in IV Philadelphia, Sheppard having had only Ff. one week's training; Lightbody, Shoe-j jfi ' ' 'hau. Pilgrim and Garner, all can do j IK I better than 1.5G. will make the best If, (the Britons or the other foreigners can 1 ' I put in the field hustle for a place m fj j : this event. j. Foreigners Havo Shade. I j . In tho 500 meter the foreigners seem nm. ? io have a shade the best of it. but with I Q ! Sheppard ablo to go the distance and I -K ' Halstead, who local experts think is the If 1 greatest mile runner since the days of j Cannof; . Lightbody, who trimmed the If t' Britons in Athens, and Sullivan, " Spiff Spi-ff J, .. der" Coe and Itiley, Uncle Sam seoma i.iJ' . - to have a better chance of scoring in fll ; this event than he ever did before. In f,W,:4 lho five-mile thero is a poor chanco for frJl .our boys to score. Judging from time fpf1 : . j comparisons the Britons and Swedes V n ' seem to havo this contest all to them-1 them-1 j 1 'selves. Since Bonhag's foot is in dnn- . ger of giving out at any time, Bellars rf A ! seems to be our best ninn, but, judg- : Iff : l jing from his . raco at Travers island, fif ' j ! on June 13, the chances arc poor of his . " 'v' ( ' ' doing close to 25 minut es, which he will i if'j ' ; have to do to get in the money. mj i In the Marathon race Morrisey, ; mi ' IJaycs and Ityan are tho men who ran i mS k iirst, second and fourth in the Boston El ' j i : race, and the winners of western and f'ljji ' ' middle Avest Marathon races, and Leo im'i i '"Wilton ran a record-breaking race for lr ' t I the first sixtoeu miles in tho Boston I 4 Marathon; so the chances of Old j V - i Glory's being carried to victorj in this A '', historic event looks very bright. En I j v j , the 110-meter hurdle race no such field j U . Jsc hurdlers has over faced a starter's Jfi ft gun as America has to represent her in j M : V. i Garrells, Shaw and Smithson, each man I m. t j i being capable of running 15 1-5 seconds, Hi or better. America is sure of all three H H !: places in this event, the best the for-RJ for-RJ ? H ; eign hurdlers can do being 15 3-5 sec- i . onds. In the 400-meter hurdle with il ! ? J i Bacon and llillman, who can do 55 sec; jfti i i , onds or better, and a second string of f. i' v ' - men who are capable- of runnintr bet-i bet-i I ( ' ter than the old record, America is sure Iffy I ': of first and second places and also has ('! il10 hcsl chance of third place. Wjr ' I i McGrath Getting Well. 1 . - I' Coming to the field events, starting 1 f !" j' with the hammer, Flanagan, brimful ' ti of confidence after his record-breaking f jl ' feat at Torrington; McGrath. whoso H V; jlame knee is rapidly improving, and Ji K , who expects to bo all right wjien tho D . -: ; time comes to step in the ring in Shcp- II r , ; tpard's Bush, and Gillis, Talbot and fm 'i I Horr. who can do better than 1 (50 feet, B i.y j j the hammer looks won for America. B IE1 j Bose in the shot-put well, it's a shame B k , for him to take the prize. He is eood B , for forty-eight feet nnd better at all Bv I t times. With Coe, Garrells, Burroughs, j j Horr and myself, America's interests B' i . will be well 'taken care of for second B, r 'and third place. In thc discus throws, B; I 1 'Greek style, Horr will be an easy win- B j j iner, being able to out-throw any man B , fin the contest D3- five to ten feet, the fight for second and third bcinc oven between Giirrells and Dearborn and myself, my-self, of America. Jaervinen of Finland Fin-land and Gcorgantas and his club mate of Greece. In the javelin throws Sweden Swe-den will get all three places in Ihogc two events, the javelin being a toy for the Swedish youth as the baseball is to the American. The first time an American athlete ever competed in this event or saw a javelin was two years ago in Greece. The Swedes can throw ISO feet or better in this event, while our best American can't beat 150 feet. Tn the broad jump Dan Kelly, if jumping jump-ing iu his Jamestown form, looks the winner, with Cooke, Mount Pleasant and O'Connell. all twentv-threo feet or better, their strongest opponents being be-ing Ahearnof Ireland, who is doing better than twenty-three feet, and Mi-lander Mi-lander of Sweden, who has a record of 'twenty-five feet, but, judeing from his jump in Athens, he has little chanco of setting a place: America looks good for two places in this even I. Some Sure Things. Tn the high jump are Porter. Gednev, Patterson and Moffitt, all good for six feet, and Porter, who may possibly cre-nte cre-nte a new record under favorable conditions, con-ditions, their strongest opponent being Con Leahy of Ireland, the Trish and American champion, who is always good for six feet two inches or better. His points will score for England. "Undoubtedly "Un-doubtedly Con will protest and insist on his points being counted separately for Ireland. America looks good for two more pines in this event, hi the pole vault Gilbert Cooke. Ballah and Nelson. America will hold her own or better in this event, all being good for twelve feet or better. The hop, slop and jump is an Irish game, but the Irish practice two hops and a jump not being allowed, will place the Jr'mh jumpers at a disadvantage, and will bo in the Americans' favor. With Adams and O'Connell they should cet; an even break. Adams is good for '17 feel. The standing jumps are easy for Fiwry. Bell-er. Bell-er. Adams and myself. Of the twenty-two twenty-two events the team competes in on track and field, America is sure of winning win-ning fourteen. Paul Pilgrim will travel all around Europe after the London games, nnd will possibly competo iu Sweden, German)' Ger-man)' and Austria. Jfc plans to return to America about Snnte.mlinr 20. |
