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Show AMERICAN ATHltjg m mm mm JVw m Wf'f ,i vJi - .bob 3fJ?3afr ":- -tv- - ' ' Kj "W'SW BRILLIANT PERFO N 8WEDEN American athletes have again shown' that they retain their place at the I ead of track and field sports by the brilliant performances of the chosen few who crossed to the Scandinavian countries at the invitation of Sweden. With only five men on the team, four of them selected officially and the flther, Ward of Chicago, going because his fellow citizens thought he de-served de-served the trip, the representatives of the United States have won nearly f every event In which they have com peted. In the two days at Christiania the Americans were victorious in every event but one, and in that Ted Meredith Mere-dith was beaten only by a yard by J. Bolin, the Swedish champion, at 800 meters. The performances of the men at Stockholm were remarkable when it Is taken into consideration that they had disembarked from the steamship only a day or two before their first meeting with the Scandinavian champions. cham-pions. In the stay of a week before the Stockholm and Christiania meet-' meet-' ings the Americans had a chance to train, and the result was apparent, . particularly in the cases of Meredith Loomis and Ward. Loomis recovered his spring in the high jump and de- !tl Kullerstrand, the Swede, who 1 beaten, him in the first meeting. "W scored his first victory of the '""tthen he won the 200 meters on ipenlng day at Christiania and J'iith got close enough to Bolin meters to make matters uncom-Mtisklt uncom-Mtisklt for the man who had easily Cllteed him a week previous. Simpson, the University of Mis-si Mis-si hurdler, has been invincible in a '4ftompetitions over hurdles, and al'ajj t,as placed on the books a neld's mark for 110 meters. Be-showing Be-showing his superiority in QU!)-te, Simpson has acquitted hlm-8el'flon hlm-8el'flon the flat, and the same may sif Murray, who has beaten the Scatisitiuug with great regularity in both koaxe races and at sprinting distasss, Loomis has been victorious in aid, short-distance races, and, now tkii he has evened up with Kullasma In the high jump, has establish es-tablish tug supremacy in that departed de-parted f sport Thefeadinavians were delighted with tkuork and sportsmanship of the Aryans and promise to send a representee lot of athletes to the United Siss next year to compete in various laments. |