The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
DISTANCE MAN FOR
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY.
M. w. Moran of Boston, Known as a Star in
Long Distance Events, Will Enter the Local
College This Fall-A Bibulous Athlete
Who Would Not Take a Dare.

stand any kind Of an attack. showing skill,
strategy or force, ana also one who can
SLOW all those qualities when most EN-
phatlcai:y when he has to. made his posi-
ton a INSTANTANEOUS one; put Larned did
not apparently notice The odds against him.
and p.ayed a same that any one should be
proud Of.
The poor showing of Dwight Davis in the
Newport tournament was a sad disappoint-
mcnt to his friends in ST. Louis. After max
Ing Il brilliant showing through the preiim-
iLar1cs and giving every one the impression
that he would have !; virtual Walk-over he
seemed to go all to pieces III one day. los
inc 10 Wright and Larned the same after
noon. Davis has a right to win from these
men without much trouble, aad the ease
with which they beat MIN leads to the gen
orai belief mat something Went wrong with
the St: Louis man on that particular day,
as is liable to be the case Win Tie best
trained athletes.
Mike Murphy, the athletic trainer who
made his reputation at Yale ten years ago
and since then has become famous as the
developer OF stars at pennsylvania is due
In New Haven This week. A fortnight later
Murphy Will begin his new duties there. 1t
Will then BE up 10 Nike" as his friencs
say, 10 hold his reputation.
Murphy returns to Yale with such a big
reputation az a trainer that many of his old
friends are fearful that he will have a hard
time OF it. When he left the Blues. Yale
r asnse''s Sin we're tba ar''i YaIe al has ,se been 1e,i'' gr, al sq Iv
dropping back. Murphy will find no kraenz-
!cia5 there. ON the football field he will not
have II chance TO dispute with the head
coach about the coaching. In It word, his
position will not be 10 Iull of authority as
at Pennsylvania. 1t IS doubtful If he finds
the WORK a. congenial as it was ten years
ago. The famous trainer should be IA much
more valuable man to Yale in the future
than he was when he left there. His ex-
perieuce at the University Of PENNSYLVANIA
has given him a great many new and win
ming ideas. In addition to this he has taken
a course of medicine Murphy should now
be far and away the best trainer in the
country.
The charge is made that In the twenty
international track meet the French rum
mes roue part OF the way on automobiles,
which enabled them to win. The charge
French officials refused to consider it and
made no Investigation.
\. l.. Newton. the long-distance runner,
who returned to America last week. gave
out the following interview: Two Eng
lishinen Were a SlCr: distance behind me at
the twentieth mile and the Frenchmen were
not in sight. I looked back just before 4
turn IN the road. SO was content TO take
an easy pace. Imagine my surprise when,
a short time after, l saw the two French
men easily passing the English runners and
then oVerhauling me.
II did not see them ride in the automo-
bile. but I am sure no runner on earth hav-
Ing gone the distance we did could pass me
as they did. a curious feature was that We
were paced by bicycles. while they had auto
mobiles"
It is very seldom that one hears Of a
crack, college athlete going so far astray
but expelled as we'll. A Princeton man who
had been chosen to represent the Tigers in
the half-mile run at the Paris games Is one
instance of such foolhardiness. The half
miller was in fine shape for one of the field
days in the spring. when some one intimated
that his reputation as a Bacchanalian was
who was to carry the orange and black to
victory on the following day and he at once
offered TO bet that he could drink a small
key of lager in less time than any one be-
tween the two poles. As there are some
people who think it great sport TO see an
athlete in training intoxicated; there was
key was produced, and In just one hour and
a quarter the seventy glasses which 1t con-
! tanned were put inside of the Tiger. OF
course it was taken for granted that Prince
ton would not be one. two. three In the half.
but the finish showed a Tiger in front and
winner.
This win placed him on the team to go to
Paris. but before the sailing time arrived
wager, as he was seen one day trying to sell
a bunch of newspapers to the different mem
hers of the faculty. The next day found the
prospective world heater in a brown study
as to where he would finish his education,
Princeton doors having been closed to him
for good and all. As snid before. It is a
A@AS NtsN "a 'AA ~ NiAN e' a. iAAihb tAc
goes in for athletics usually has his heart
and soul set on becoming 1T in his par
ticular line. Those who have q thirst
cannot make the squads, to say nothing of
the teams themselves. 1t Is hard to under
stand how a man with such a capacity can
run at all, as he must have hollow legs to
store away so large an amount of the am
Der fluid.
The football management at Yale Is in
| about the same fix that the owners of the
St. Louis Baseball team are struggling to
get out of. First Hinkey surprised them
by refusing to accept the position of head
coach; now Malcolm Mcbride, the captain
OF last years team. says that his business
in Michigan will not allow him. to devote
take the responsibility for Yale's showing
on the gridiron this fall. He will. however.
spend a few days with them just before tho
Harvard game.
Foster Sanford, who turned out such a
. good team at Columbia University in 80.
has been reelected as coach. Games have
been arranged with the big four, in addition
to one with the Carlisle Indians and several
other hard games. Keep your eye on Co
1umbia this fall. Their eleven will surely
make the other teams hustle, as they have
had one great season. which does more
toward success than anything else.
The Jerseyville, ILL.,. High School has al
ready formed ITS football team and Is now
looking for games with the inter6cholastic
teams Of St. Louis. but will have to wait
until the local BOYS get over the laziness
that Is always noticeable after vacation