Show 1 Ivo tj So V Can Beat at Europe's Best Land Landers rs American n Champ Says Scandinavians Vill Furnish Chief Tests rests at i l a Antwerp i i I IVill I Written for the tle United Press has lost but one Olympic AMERICA championship In the pole vault since the Resumption of or the tire games games- at Athens Jn ISIS 1816 Gouder of ot of France WOn on the event In i 1906 1900 the tile second meeting meet meet- ing ling at Athens in addition to tir their ir mar mar- ta fact t the worlds record for pole 1010 vaulting has lias never neer departed from the United States and this iris year sear eal we ve should be than ey ever ver r before our supremacy The Swedes Norwegians and Danes are b by far tal the best v vaulters and jumpers abroad C. C Horleman of Christiana Sweden lg is' the only serious competitor for tor our vaulters He made a mark mark of of 12 feet U inches In the fall tall of 1917 and antI a very good jump of slightly over 12 12 feet feet 6 inches last year rear of ot Denmark succeeded in doing about 12 feet teet 3 Inches In easy fashion st It t the tire Danish championships champion ships la last t fall Word Vord has con continually come CollIe from abroad that Coach Ernie of Sweden has been concen concen- upon Jumpers and vaulters s since the postponement of the games to nave have been held In Berlin in 1916 I The rhe Olympic Olympic- committees committee's decision to take only six men in each event to Antwerp Antwerp Antwerp Ant Ant- will play havoc with the tire pole vaulter vault vault- er ers err All pole vaulters have their good and bad da days s 's and hod when fifteen of ot our best vaulters all alt capable of doing doing- 12 11 feet teet 6 inches or better line up for tor the final tr tryout out at Harvard stadium in July it will be he an all extremely nervous tion Styles of weather eon con will probably necessitate the taking takIng tak tak- ing of four men as they qualify quality In the tr tryout out antI and the other two from rom corn perform perform- anc ances s of ot the present season Our representatives will come from the varl various us clubs club and colleges The Tire clubs have the best jumpers but the college athletes will counterbalance this by being in better condition after a long spring season The following men appear at pres present nt to tobe be the most eligible jumpers in the country country coun coun- try rank Frank Foss Chicago A A. A A. A holder of the worlds tire worlds world's record height 13 feet 3 9 16 Inches Mare Wright Boston A. A A. A former former for tor- mer Percy Graham Chicago 1 A A. A 1 A. A and A. A C. C joint i indoor worlds world's o F Floyd inter inter- allied champion ro Carl r Buch i Chicago fi tet A. A A. A Sparrow A. A Ci C. 1 leyers Meyers M of Dartmouth intercollegiate champin Harwood of J. Gardner of Yale wilber formerly of ot the UniVersity University Uni Uni- of Pennsylvania and myself There are several other p possibilities that should develop by the time of the try- try outs A successful is as a rule rue eIther a sprinter or 01 a gymnast Frank Foss combined both and ant established the prescot present pres pres- ent cot worlds world's record Neither either style can can I claim lalm to be best because weather coridi- coridi di 1 and different vaulting grounds have I shown that a pole vaulter unlike a yun- yun run runner nor ner Is never in a secure position All vaulters will agree that the details run I of or Keeping warm warming up as little as possible by jumping having a step placIng ing mg the tire standards at the proper distance in order to take advantage of the tire high high- I est eat height and clearing the bar on the tile first attempt all go to make up a pole vaulter who must in addition to all this be a a. remarkable competitor tor I Ito |