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Show t GREAT .SPORT MONDAY. " .1 vw. j r When the athletic events are .on at Lorin Farr park next Mon-jday, Mon-jday, Ogden lovers of outdoor sport will see-four men. in action who tfill wear the Ogden colors at the Olympic trials at Pasadena and Boston, and who, if successful in the elimination contests, will go tr Antwerp in July, 1920, representing this city and the United J Spates. Ogden should loom large on the athletic map of the world I between now and the day of the Olympic games, and, after that date, Ogden should become the world center of athletic fame. , The four men of physical strength and quickness of motion who w!ill wear the Ogd'en colors are: 1 First, Creed Haymond, holder of Utah intercollegiate record f$r 220 yards 21 1-5 seconds. He also holds the 100 yard and 220-vard 220-vard records, 10 flat and 22 flat respectively. He ran 100 yards rt Chicago in 1915 in 9 4-5 seconds, He was the All-American intercollegiate in-tercollegiate 220-yard man in 1918, and won both 100-yard and 220-j 220-j "Sird dashes in American college championships in 1919. He cap-' cap-' ilined the Perm team in 1919 and holds the world's record in 220 J .Syn'ds on curved track at 21 1-5 seconds. He has a record of 49 . 1 ftat in 440-yard dash.. jS! Second, Alma Richards, Utah's famous high jumper, who was j all-around American champion in 1915 and Olympic high-jump j Sfihampion with a record of 6 feet 4 inches. He holds the state rec-', rec-', ajrd in high jump, 6 feet 2 3-S inches. He was the high point man j' 2t the inter-allied games at Paris last July. He was the national ' EjQt-put champion in 1917. ii j Third, Clinton Larson, national high jump champion in 1917. ; 1 holds the state intcrscholastic record, with 6 feet 2 inches high ' 1 tJUmp. He holds the far western record of 6 feet 3 inches; the Penn jSiclay record, 6 feet 5 5-S inches - high jump in the intcr-allied games ' ;6stJuJy, 6 feet 4 inches. ! Fourth, Bob Martin, western long distance champion, who holds $ie record, made at Denver, of 10 2-5 miles made in 1 hour 1 minute, i tMo holds the western 5-mile record, 27 minutes, 12 seconds. He cap-.! cap-.! 'joined the University of Illinois team in 1912. He has a mile rec-1 rec-1 ttf'd 4:28; 1-2 mile, 2 minutes; 3 miles 15;12. He has yet to meet i j! jjlpfeat in long distance events in the west. I j jp Never has any one place assembled a team of athletes of the ,( gility those four stalwarts who will be seen in Ogden tomorrow !J t&nd who are destined to carry the fame of Ogden to the Olympic M SJjfnwcs at Antwerp. j One of-the best features of this publicity, and centering of at. Sg&ntion on Ogden is that the sports represented are the cleanest of ; I HU athletic attainments, and they arc mUscle-buildcrs and hoalth- i Sgjvcrs which, if generally followed, will help preserve this nation. |