Show who 0 o will succeed Pres present crit 1 1 champion A A jordan t aia C THIS TEA it V 8 tita 1 walter c dolim pa lk li morrell forrell or gooney 31 Y avin 1 tile he 1 chantes of f osnall golt gow long and nl hammer ami anti st drda to too high T ill individual athletic nil all around championship of america Al to be def III 11 aided bild at tracers travers r A L island 1 13 the summer I 1 homo home of the tile newyork athletic I 1 club july 10 a will 0 bring together probably the larg est field of competitors peti tors that ever tea the event to fall around corn com pell con ot of it series ot of tea ten events of iv aich there Is I 1 for esca b A ji fixed standard A first place pla ln in any y event counts alv five e ilc plc three and third one should a competitor fall fail to reach the anjard tn jard in three ments events he Is disqualified from fro lit further competition coll petition and the scores of the other competitors competitor are then rear rangi d as though the disqualified athlete bojt not co teti e the events with their thel taah t s are as a s follows I 1 yards dash da sh 1 I 1 nille run om 40 8 h mile trails alk tin ot IJO yards hurdle race 10 lo 10 10 bu burvilles rilles aft 3 ft GIB 0 in high coxs running farond broad jump IS 19 feet running high jump vt pole vault 8 ft it 0 in putting 1 16 pound ihnot V feet throwing IG 10 pound hal hammer limer 03 feet throwing SC pound sl 21 feet rl on the face of it this pro gramme Is not W well arranged of the ten or eight Ib letes who will compete probably not oaf ont will fall to qualify quality in the looy 1 1 dil 1 I 1 it la is equally probable that not more il t abai b a u three will w ill quality qualify in throwing the ia G boulli weight in fact altogether too much proul prominence nen Is 9 g ghen ven on 01 t the e pro gramme to W wei ht throwing wInk and the standards fur for of be hammer and SO pound weight arc are far too high as wr compared with the tho standards ill a other events thui thus an athlete who could run yards in no faster than 1 alf ai keonda who could jump not higher than 5 fe 1 t or vault but 8 ft 6 in fit would make I 1 U stock of himself to enter for any of competitions even in ordinary coin com puny fauch such would not be the case with the athlete who could throw tho fet feet or put the fifty six 24 feet such a thrower would hae have a chine n itil longgood men in a handicap competition for many years the standards for the finni finninger nier and weight were 75 feet and Is feet respectively and it Is only this year that the increase mere ise haa has been made ligh eighty t Y ite fire feet fi et aud and 20 feet would bo be much falier fairer neither alexander ajordan L nor mal colm W ford will compete this year the competition therefore then fore Is more than it lias tas ever eat r lien been 1 hose those of the entrants who are re likel likely to completo coni peto aro are harry 11 II morrell 4 2 Z nik RUNNING HIGH and george of the new york athletic club J mooney and M van ian of the xavier athletic association K R W gofton goff of the manhattan athletic club daniel J illel iong of the boston athletic BASO d elation and the old time athletic club champion who will win rill on oil piper paper it ft looks like a clo close cloe e competition between N morrell forrell and mooney with all tb the L others Ight ln for third place morrell morrel I 1 w I 1 be the favorite with most of tho the spectators lie ile hw baH shown shonn form ofal of A high ligh class in n printing g hurdling shot putting and libit nice ince n running recently however he be b him an ill and this lias has caused him to fall off S in ills work money will w be backed to win on account of his excellent nt showing show leg lat list year As is the case with morrell however the increase in the standards for hammer hAni merand an J weight throwing may baue hied the bame Is true of boff off and aler both of whom tire excellent all around men but neither of bom whom ia a up to the high standard ofa of feet for the fifty six and und 05 fett feet tor for the ham iners mem laag would be dangerous were be he a it better runner As it Is he lie Is likely to be disqualified 0 su I 1 I 1 ivan is a dark horse who inay bur tho oilier other competitors bafo bifora the days day work is ork Is done the big irishman will wore score points in nil all three weight throwing competitions und aud should long ian no not quality bas brus un an excellent cliance chance of acorin scoring fire points in ench is also good pole vaulter vaul tir and may take second in this cnut event he ile should score again in the high jump for points in ill theother the other events be he will have to rely on disqualifications qualifications dis of other ther com what mikes makes osul 0 sul ciran a dangerous quantity in tho tile contest la 13 that bat he be twins seem certain to qualify in eight of the ten t events cuts I 1 Is the best pole aulter vaulter of the theloa lot ouide tlde this c event nt how however ever he Is not dot likely to score many points under the best conditions of ot weather I 1 do cot not think that more than three or four competitor will rinch reach the standards in tight events should the weather be un favorable it would not bo be surprising if not a man nian qualified the fol lowing following table will show the chance of the competitors competitor 4 in each event afta they are figuried out by b experts a 14 i 00 0 n r w y F C ir a IOD yards dash 5 1 0 0 0 30 2 0 one oue mile tallo run 5 a 8 xi x 00 0 0 atif half mile walk 3 x xa x 6 x 0 1 Ull yards hurdles 5 1 0 0 a 0 a 3 0 broad julip 0 3 30 0 5 0 1 0 high jump 0 0 1 3 6 00 pole lol suit x 0 3 8 1 0 0 5 10 pound hammer 1 I 05 0 6 xa x 3 x x putting id IG pound shot slot 3 0 05 5 0 0 1 0 throwing 60 pound weight x xa x 3 xa x 5 xi x 1 toti total 5 7 I 1 ais 1 5 13 8 7 11 di atil ti tho the foregoing table Is intended to give a an idea of each mans chances in the andl vidual events and tho the total la Is not meant tc to be taken as an exact criterion of the tile corn coin Peti tors position at the finish thus looney with but eight points would no cording to the table tic for fifth place with As a matter of tact fact I 1 think he lie will be much nearer the tile top lerl larg a disqualification would increase mooneye Moo Aloo BC C as would also goffa longs disqualification would bring brin ui up OSul livans vana score and should morrell fat fall to reach the standard in three eventa would bo be greatly benefited WALTER C |