The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-04-17

Take apnntng, for Instance, and II h
found that tho best big men m6 no better
than plenty Of comparatively little Onea A
man o feet or 0 inches In helght ID called a
man OF short stature but In tho illustration
"sprintora Of Short Stature are two unuau.
ally short runners, both Of whom have made
first rate records, Az the right h tho famous
professional hprlnter, William Mills lIa
height IL only feet . Inches and he weighs
about le5 pounds llo Ia considered 10 bo
about IN good aa 10 seconds for 100 yards,
aud he makes ha strides when hprintng more
rapidly than any one | have ever seen. II
seems remarkable that such short man
should be able 10 got over the ground 10 fast
aud the only explanation that can bo made IL
that ho has unusual nerve force which ona.
hloa him 10 stride with phenomenal rapldlty
When he h compared with Wendell Baker,
who Ia o feet high and several other anna
teur runners who have done 100 yards In 10
seconds, one cannot fail 20 soo how myaterl.
Gus the human frame IL In ia capabilities
The general impression Ia that fast runners
are OF the thin, stag like build, aud that they
travel more with n graceful, iloetlng motion
than by muscular effort Tall mon ~ sArulodo
run more gracefully than short ones, because
their strldoa are generally much longer and
thoy do not have 10 mako them NO rapidly 40
do the short onoA n has ofton been aid that
II some sx foot sprlnter couldatrido "a rapid.
ly aa some mentioned short one, ho would be
world bontor, hut NJ present such exproa
alona hayo not helped the long htrldor 10
mako hls motions more quickly than his nor
youa power will permit,
ttl. .tk.u Uauv. Of "a. uiustVatl.u L. tN
Q, White, the well known eprlntor, formerly
OF tho Manhattan Athletic club but now
Of tho Now Yorlu Whlo IA feet o lnchca
high aud weighs In condition about ll7
pounds llo has run some remarkably fast
racea, aud yet his physique h hardly that u
a half grown boy, llo runs with rather
quick stride, but not va rapidly M Mills
These two mon, although very good exam
pies OF good sprintolg Of short stature, are
not the only examples that can DO mentioned,
for Frank T, Ritohlc, Of England, ls very
fast amateur, who stands only feot 0 inches
high, aud yet weighs In athletic dress about
100 pounds, llo II considered M good aa 10
seconds for 100 yards, although no was benton
by Frod Wcating, tho oS'ohamplon 100 yard
runner, for the English 100 yard champion
ship IN 1888 In 10 l'5 seconds
WNting N another remarkable apOoimono OF
a aprintor Of short stature, for ho stands but
fcot o inches high, aud Weighs l2B pounds In
condition. Whom ho returned 10 tho United
Statoa after his victorious visit 10 England,
no ran numerous fast races and ended up tho
soason by winning tho 100 yard champion.
ship Of America aud Canada, defeating,
among othora, O. II Sheriff., who won tho |
100 yard championship OF tho United statoa
tho previous year. and Victor u, Sohiircr-
stein, who few months previous had run
100 yards In 10 seconds Both Of thoSo mon
aro many Inohoa taller than WcUting, bat ha |
short, ohoppy, quick stridos carried him along |
faatcr than the moro easy looking movements |
OF his two celebrated antagonists.