The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-03
ABOUT MIKE MURPHY.
Claimed That He Bought Out the
 Great Kraenzlein.

| Great Kraenzlein,
 | The Chicago Daily News has the fol- | lowing to say of Mike" Murphy, the | noted athletic trainer, who will take l charge of Yale runners next fall:
 When Alvin Kraenzlein becomes coach for the murders of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania next year he will have a big fund of knowledge to work on, the result of the patient teaching of Mike Murphy, who has deserted the
 red and blue for Yale.
 When kraenzlein first went to Penn sylvania he furnished Murphy with the material the veteran trainer had long
 been looking for, and from what might be termed a second-rater. Mike turned out worlds champion.
 It is mistake to believe that Kraenzlein was an altogether undevel- oped man before he came to Pennsylva-
 mia, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, for he had already jumped about five feet
 nine or ten inches in the high jump and had run the low-hurdles event under twenty-five seconds; but, on the other hand, it is a still greater mistake to believe that he was phenomenal ath- lete before he came to the university. He had never before broad jumped more than twenty one feet at the most, and his best record in the high hurdles was over seventeen seconds. It is therefore due to Murphys coaching that the greatest track athlete of America, or perhaps of the world, has been developed
 Kraenzlein used to get over the hur- oJJ ssNTitYa'' Murphy taught him the tricks of the game, and even when he had learned a better style 1t was one adapted to his own peculiar methods of taking the hurdles.
 It is interesting to note the progress which has been made in the hurdles and also some of Mike Murphy's meth ods in obtaining these results First of all one maxim of Murphy's must be set down at the start, namely that the same style is not suited to every man. When a man signifies his intention to become a candidate for the hurdle event Murphy will get him to go over one hur- dle naturally in his own way He can then see whether the candidate has any ability, and if he has the natural gait of the man may be observed. It Is obvious to every one that different sized men will do best with various styles, but this simple truth was never brought out in the field of track sports before Murphy took the helm.
 The candidate after these prelimina- ries will be shown the proper position in going over the hurdles. One of the important features in the styles of these men now, and one which has much to do with their increase In speed, is the fact that every motion of the body is forward without any hitch or back ward movement going over the hur- dleS The arms should come up natu- rally as in running and should not be raised above the shoulders The head should go forward toward the pull and the jumping leg should be brought across the hurdle quickly so as to land almost simultaneously with the other leg.
 All these features are beautifully il- lustrated when one gets In line with one of the hurdlers, say Kraenzlein, and observes that his head does not seem to rise at all in going over the hur- dle, and that he does not take jump It is the observance of all these fine points that makes the hurdler. and be- sides this he must have speed and en- durance Many hard knocks of knees and ankles. with an occasional fall. must be expected, and everything must continue with Dattence