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Show lil Pacific Coast Athletes Expected to Make American Team I Fourteen Athletes Of West Likely to Make Olympic Team Paddock, Haymond, Richards, Larson Martin, Kirksey, . Williams, Jenne, Johnson, Merchant, Templeton, Murphy, Mur-phy, Thompson and Bihlman Loom as Best Bets in West BY AL WARDEN. Tho west will havo a completo representation rep-resentation in tho final trJnls for the American Olympic team at Harvard stadium next July and unless the "wise owls" miss their guess the Pacific coast will havo at least ten and possibly pos-sibly fourteen men in harness when the giant boat hoists anchor out of Now York harbor for "over there." The fourteen favorites selected Include In-clude two western athletes now attending at-tending eastern schools. These men are Harrison Thompson, of Los Angeles, An-geles, now attending Princeton, and Carl Johnson, of Spokane, now attending attend-ing Michigan. These two men are almost al-most a cinch to mako tho Yank team and they will no doubt represent tho oast. From this nock of the woods Creed Haymond, Alma Richards, Bob Martin Mar-tin and Clinton Larson will uphold the honors of Ogdon in tho meets both in America and at Antwerp. Haymond Hay-mond is the national college 100 and 220-yard champion, Martin is western long distance champion, Larson is one of tho world's greatest high jumpers and holds tho world record at 6 feet 7 inches, while Richards is an all-around all-around star. Theso four men are expected ex-pected to shine in all meets in which they enter. "Speed" Williams of Spokane, present pres-ent national A. A. U. champion in tho 220, is expected to make the team. Williams is one of tho stars of the northwest and has boon going great guns this season. Paddock Candidate. Charlio Paddock, of tho University of Southern California, has been going like a house afiro in competition on the coast and is looked on as a likely candidate Jn tho sprints. Paddock, however, recently entered the Penn games and failed to qualify. Morris Kirksey of Stanford is a star of the first ordor but may not be allowed to tako part, considering tho fact that he tore a musclo in the trials for the Penn game's which were staged at Philadelphia last Friday. However, with more than a month in which to condition, Kirksey may round into form. Bihlman, with a heave of 48 feet 3 inches in the shotput has made tho best mark in the United States thus far this year. In the polo vault tho coast is strong. Jenno and Spearrow are both exceptional excep-tional men and may spring the unexpected. unex-pected. Of tho two men Jenne stands tho better chance at landing a place on the aggregation. Jenne has made 13 feet 2 inches In the pole and Is said to be aviating over the bar in rare form. Many High Jumpers. Templeton, of Stanford. Murphy of Portland, Larson nnd Richards of tho Ogden A. A. aro expected to put tip a merry battle in tho high Jump. Of tho four men Larson stands tho best chanco of copping. Templeton has a pocullnr stylo of jumping and as it resembles tho "diving" style, and as tho diving style Is not allowed, he may find trouble in jumping. Murphy, of Portland, has been doing better than 6 feet in competition. Bob Martin is tho only western athlete ath-lete who is considered for tho three and flvo-milo runs. Martin Is tho present pres-ent western champion nnd should be able to show a world of class in the meet at Pasadena Juno 26. The coast is weak in tho hurdle events for the first tinio in years. McEachorn of tho Olympic club of San Francisco stands a chance to win honors in tho hammer throw. He has a heave of 164 feet. Merchant, in the broad jump, has been doing better than 23 feet. With such nn array of possible candidates can-didates in the fray tho west is sure to have Its greatest representation in history on hand at the finals. In 1912 Richards was tho only western west-ern athlete to mako tho team. This year the chances for a great array of westorn stars to make the aggregation is keener than ever" before and may tho rabbit's foot bo with them. |