The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22
MANY FAST MEN
TRAIN FOR SPRINTS
SINCE THE DECAY OF THE BiCffiE,
INTEREST N srRiNItN ms
GREATLY INCREASED N
81. LOUIS.

| Owing Ia the numerous pi,nirs given III
! 81. Louis this summer. with athletic events
/ as ATTRACTIONS. a great boom mas been
| brought Ihout fuy field contests.
The prizes offered are usually al value
aud beauty sufficient To- arouse the ambi-
| tons Of any young man. TO say npth'hs Oh
! the hundreds II school boys who nave
! natural leaning toward athletics.
| chief interest ccuters in the sprinters.
| The lo0-yIrd dash * always the event 81
! any athletic meet.
| There are AT present in St Louis about
| thirty sprintcrs Of more or less ablil'y' III
! condition to run, and about fifty more VINO
! contest and train at odd times, but nave
| no idea Of how to get into proper cohdl'len
| Probably the most prominent man OF 'ie
season IS Haii,u CUrd, who was hinei III
| 10 fiat At the P;rstime track AT the inter-
| scholastic Field Day. iuasEiuch as the iate
| crack runner Of the University OF Iowa
| could not do even time two triaiS "N'r the
same track in -. while in the BEST t'r!h
| of his life il is hard to believe mat 'nrd
I is capable Of such time. Ii Is true tha'
| such an argument does not seem sonhd'
Iut-wait, Crumm ran and won MS Hva'
au, mai here in 10 10 during Tue meet
OF the Western Division, ~ y l.. ne moi
Yards those same opponents being the
picked men of all the Western sthi"uc
clubs. Now. Curd, though "A fas' man. nli
MT beat his field -: school boys hedrih -
lar as CrImm GisIanced the PICK OF the
West. Att,
There has been a great deal of dispute
about the ability of the smith aGad'sny
la Z. and every one - clamorihE iur ms SP
p.;traECe against Hcckno.h BfoMh. w
N.!fT Hermann p'Nei!i. King. FlnnesJn
AID all the man vino have been max l.S
such a good showing about town thiS Se'-
There is :. little elevator lad called the
Unknown" VINO IS regarded - likely 10 DO
great things in the future. Soine say M, NJ
he j. a. start from scratch TO-DAY az li'e
FAIR Grounds along with Uuie Candnn',
VINO j. going 30 take another outing IN 'le
Snc4k;Is of Cabanne brings up the sub
i,st as To- vhCther Il man can come Idyn
after eight Years layon. Lew Holland MO
did little work last season. was 81 tne ol'.ii-
ion that his light had gone Out, O-ca.se
h did nothing for one year. hu' ,'i'el Spt-
suiting good authorities ne maze Up III
mind To 20 ahead. and ne c1St s''i,Is.
going the other day. when the oig steamer
dropped anchor in Southampton harbuf. put
hts case Is not To be co:Ps["o
championship al Detroit In ~ doins MS
lUp in 10 l-5 II he could no tEit no" u
would all be over but the shouting IN the
sprii:s hcrcabcuts. but no man mas eve:
ha,n known To max" q Eooi pefl"ftnd'.. =
then take thirty pounds ana repeat any
where near as well. ,
ANYTHING hut conducive 20 good wind and
speed a. pGto will learn when ne stacks
M against the youngsters OF the season.
otto Heckvoiff. who has won many pIlLe'
in the last three years seems 10 T.; tht ms
consistent Of tn local crowd. lie u'aaty
wins ana is always in the mun"s. No mat
t.r how strong Mr.. NanGewaier the harui-
camper. lays Il On him. The niue German
laws claim 10 IN % FOR the st9niaII H's,
lance and is not Al all ashamed of %Jch 4
performance. as all men in the game KNOW
that 80 do II ne hrd ~ get over the sround
i'm A way that would break the hearts OF the
M ;urirv Cf 81. Louis sprin'arS-
W5il Wolff is Another 10 % man. nut
his not dornsd the spikes Tor TWO years.
condition. alI he does not care 10 he
I,.4tsn hy inferior men. as ne surely would
%, r be ran without training. buifN. I'"hA
bury Kra.nzlein or any other star would
20 To- defeat from bolster If out of con-
II is claimed on good authority that foot
racing has sent more of its stars to tEelr
fcarhs via the consumption route than any
other sport. This does not mean mat a
sprinter must de Of that dread disease.
but they train down 81 lin" that the Sisht-
est carel.ssnnss viii bring on the cold,
cough and the end.
ynur.. O'N.iil has been dning very well
and nill bear watching after this years
rs s. louis Athletic club has one man
unde- cover who i tipped tn q" wonders
before the icavrs fall ie is not quite
ready VET and is very conspicuous Tor his
ahscnce when wanted.
Th. athi-ti. ~. lndS in For 81 Park are
To- D.. Improved within the next two weeks
nv the addition Of very fat Cindcr track
for the foot racers. and IL IL promised that
al l,ast = score Will hN added to those al
ready IL training. If this good news pans
out she year 1901 Will r1or' than likely
bring .orth 7 WcfcrS n uphold st. Louis
against the stars OF the East.
More good things IRE In light for the
local contingent II - To he hoped that
all Will lend Il hand to push jh"m along