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Show YANK ATHLETES SHOW CLASS IN ANTWERP TRIALS ANTWERP, Aug 10 (By the Associated As-sociated Press ) Trials were held ml the stadium today In order to give the coaches of the American Olympic team an idea of the condition of the American distance lunncrs, the hur-idlers hur-idlers and the half milors officials, hi wever, have refused to divulge the results of the trials. Coach Meakle) said today some few of the men had been affected adversely ad-versely by the voyage, but that others, 'of tho team would improve over the-1 form shown in the Boston try-outs An an example ho pointed to C W. I Paddock of the Los Angeles A C. the' sprinter. who. he said, was golm; faster than ever and improving In starting under coaching of experts i In the 400 meter hurdle trials to- J day, each runner run alone. There was rain squalls and the track was' Blow, bul th unofficial timing showed! that the men did fast work. Floyd Smart, Chicago A. A., was credited I with making 54 seconds (the world's) record Is 55 seconds and Frank' I oonns Smart's club-mate, andJ K 1 Norton of the Olympic club. San Fran-1 isco, in 64 1-6 seconds J. M. W'atl.i Ithaca. N. V., Charles D. 1 aggs. Los1 Angeles, and W H. Mcanix. Boston, I were caught at 65 seconds flat, and A. C. Desch, Notre Dame university, at 65 l!-5. Three half mllers tried the S00 metres me-tres together. Thomas Campbell. Yale, was timed at 1 minute 5H seconds, and I A. B Sprott, Los Angeles. 1-5 of a second slower, while Allen B Hell-fiich. Hell-fiich. New York A. C, was caught at 1 mlncte 58 3-5 seconds. |