| Show YANKEES ES LEAD LEADIN LEADIN IN ALL EVENTS AT BIG GAMES Americans Make Splendid Showings In Track Track- Track Field Field Athletics By Dy WAI mi CAMP CAU Special Correspondent of ot The Tho h 1924 by tho the dated Conol dated Press Pr ss Association MEW YORK July 26 Now 26 2 Now NEW N 1 that the th shouting I Is over let letus letus us Americans Americana be honest with our our- ourselves our ourselves elv selves s about the th r of 01 gomes games Vo to 0 ho hase ha e 1 aon on them that m that Is the parts of ot them In which we w were mos most Interested nam I the th track and field events ever ever since t they acme l re hed oy oythe oythe oythe the good food Baron Daron fhy hy should we ac e not be b too cocky over our victories 8 It Is true truo va e w had to work ork a little hard hard- harder harder er r this icar ar and were a good bit staggered by finding ourselves sept out of ot first places In tita tha majority of ot tho the running vents e ent But e ae gathered In the points and shoved shoed that In the tho field ev events vents e as 1 acre re still supreme supreme-as supreme a well ell as In Inthe the tho n newly nealy I Introduced d reily reely races L r In Why then should hollid we eve take our successes cs with Well Veil bO- bO because cause bo-cause cause wo tee 0 ha have hae e oV over r population to pl pick k from find arid ovoy evey school hool and college and athletic club has an expert athletic trainer r look look- looking look Ing for tor material and developing It tto to a state of ot o high efficiency We e mind ond our boys bos take It all very mery ery se- se so s rIOu l e W e C spend millions million on ath- ath ath athletes letes and ond athletics We e pIece them themon themon on a n ped pedestal deservedly pedestal des stal-des deservedly ver very likely All this has a 0 effect In leading our boys to try for tor athletic honors The United States Is so broad It furnishes s every kind ot of o climate and th there re Is ts never neter ne r a day In the year when some somewhere h ro thousands or of youths are not practicing assiduously Outside of ot these adan- adan tage we w h have hace e so far tar as running I is concerned no additional lead But In some of ot the field event e as hove have cars ar of ot added experience hI hIthe Inthe the de development ot of t teachers and andy y years ors of or practice In the th relay rac raci This Is not true tru of or the th lIn and discus events vents but It Is true tru of or ham ham- hamm hammer m mer mner r throwing and pOle pol vaulting and some of ot the th other contests We Ve have made mad Quito quite quit a science of ot these and practically are arc the th Introduce ot of relay racing which has been cAr cAr- cArried car carried ried nod on hero here her for tor over a ot of on an ett extended scale scole The Th eighth rene renewal al of ot the Olympic Olympic pic pie games saw the gr greatest ot st kudo or elor glor go so to the th Finns and that thatIs thatIs IS only fair With Ith Infinitely lose less facilities they 1 won aon on ten tint first places plaes to our twelve and took the th blue rIbbon the event event the marathon rac ATHLETES But at the same sam time tim e ao w admit to ourselves es as e ae w should to oth- oth others others oth other ers er that with Ith all our advantages as e ought nev never r to lose we cannot praise too highly the Individual American competItors competitor comp whose work as aas of ot the tho highest order and who brought us thee thes triumphs through their long lone and conscientious train train- trainIng trainIng Ine Ing We e W are proud of ot Clarence Clarenc JIous- JIous Hous-fr Hous fr Cr the th shot and discus expert Osborne the th decathlon win win- winner win winner ner nor and record breaker our hur- hur hurdlers hurdlers hur hurdler and pole pol vaulters vaulter and OUr runners too notably Clarence Clarenc De Dc DeMar DeMar Mar for or his great groat work In the tho marathon a as well ell a as the tho th trainers and manager who had such a apart apart apart part In the performance It Is a bit early yet to draw ti- ti fi final nal conclusions as ns to our relations Ith a determine ith the nations we w met and to de- de de termine whether or not We VT 0 made friends But at list leut we made less enemies than at the tho th former Olympic pic pie games frames and were tar far better un- un un understood The Th only suggestion one on might make Is that In addition to our tradition of ot victory and our OV over over- overwhelming r- r whelming will aill III to TV ain In e ao w spend the next tour four years which must elapse lapse before betor tho th next celebration ot of these thes historic games game In a study ot of the th tradition of ot greater under under- understanding und r- r standing of ot the tho feelings of ot our corn com competitors com competitors and ot of o a great greater r and higher desire to make mak friends ci aswell 1 well as 01 records |
