The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-19
THE IRISH JUMPER ARRIVES
Peter O'COnnOT Lands in New York
Ready for COnquests.
He Tells Of His Wonderful Perform
Ences and Hopes to Have RecOg-
nizcd a His Record Twenty-Five
Feet md OuC-HnIf an Inch.

Feet md Ouc-HnIf an Inch.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-Pctcr O'Connor.
the most wonderful jumper that the world
has ever had. has Just arrived here fresh
/ from series of record brel king efforts
i'm ireland that have made him famous
wherever athletics are discussed. The
jumper came down the EauSplauk of the
Lucauia i'm a series of bounds that clearly
indicated his phenomenal abilities i'm that
line SIunE over his shoulder was a pair
OF field glasses. One English and one
Irish championship medal dangled from
| his watch chain. "a macintosh hung over
his arm. and to complete his equipment
Ee carried "a black thorn stick remarkable
for tho length and number Of the thous.
T.. J. Conway, ID. Madisan, and NJ. Tier
nan, representing the l.ish-AmoTic8u y
q. were present to welcome the man who
VIII compete under thgt clubs C0IOTs
while in this country Before they had a
chance to greet him O'Connor ran foul of
the custom house officers who wanted TO
charge duty on the field glasses After
explaining that ne did not intend TO re-
main here more than a month or So, the
I glasses were allowed free entry
Various descriptions of O'Couu0r's
| physique have reached this side, but not
ONE has done full justice 90 the srimness
! which has earned for him the title of
"ToothFiCS O'Connor' among his assoc
Ciltes on the other side. Standing feet
| IL inches in his stockings. he weighs
/ only 80 pounds. At a casual glance he
appears TO be all legs" while ne moves
around with a springy action almost sug-
gestiye Of the kangaroo. He has the typi-
cal dark hair and blue eyes OF the true
/ Cslt and healthy sun-browned complex
/ ion Incidentally ne may be considered a
model Of moral as well as physical culture
as he does not drink Intoxicating liquors.
/ In answer 10 questions O'Connor told II
/ performances, the news of which had not
| previously reached here. that have
/ eehpsed all the wonderful fcats recorded
/ 10y letters and cable. II was published
/ that O'Counor On July - al Kilkenny
I jumped p feet 1lI2 inches, beating his own
! worlds record of p feet inches. made al
! Dublin on May p
From o'CoUuor il was learned that on
/ July Z,, at Wicklow. ne cleared q fees llIs
/ inches. again beating tho record. and ~
/ Dublin on August .. he topped an his rec
/ uEuizDd performances 10y landing - feet
I Ilai inches from the t1ks-1fI board On
/ the same day O'couu0r took a turn al the
I record. from a grass tale-on Of - feet o
/ inches. made by ~. J. II Newburn. who
.
/ standing figures OF - feet inches
/ o t0Uuor put these in the shade by clear
ing - feet i1z inches.
! These performances were all done under
! proper supervision and the jumper thinks
/ viii be allowed as records. With resoect
/ 10 the biggest jump ne has ever made p
/ feet = an inch, AT Maryb0r0 ireland. on
/ July s. O.tOungr said that he never had
/ applied for recognition of the jump and
! dil not expect TO go on the books. as. al
. though the ground at the jump was level
me beginning Of the runway was slightly
, down hin. In reply to a query as % his
. plans while here. O'Coun0r said.
Il came over principally to compete at
/ The worlds championship games at Buff
/ talo on September and Z How much
/ longer / shall stay depends on Circum-
I stances, but I shall certainly go back at
/ the end ol the season While here shall
/ wear the colors Of the Irish-American
Athi tic Club. ] am feeling in fine shane
with the exception Of a slight sensation in
/ my right Lex that ! can scarcely under
/ stand Ia order 10 take no chances 1 shall
not do any jumping in practice and shall
/ not compete until the games Of the
! Greater New York Irish Athletic Climb M
! Celtic Park on Labor Day"
The only American broad hummer nor
s1uaIy known 10 O'Counor is KraeuzIrin
Who has campsigued for two seasons on
Z the other side. He asked about the other
men IN his line and was much interested
I IN the performance of Nyer PrInsteiu.
/ ihe Syracuse man. vino held the worlds.
record before O'COuno- onslaught Priu-
stein sui holds the American record Of
q feet "a inches. When asked IL he ,r-
/ pected 20 beat This during has stay the
. champion said:
am going 10 Try my best to do so
and 81 what hear about the fine grounds
mere Is true. II seems that ] ought TO
jump as Wei, If not better. than in the
OH country. I'm England and ireland the
. approaches %, the jump are on grass
while I am told that in this country the
. rGnWays are made Of cinder. which
. should give a man more speed SraaL
{ ing OF speed reminds me OF KraenZIein-s
. MHHlrTIul Work IN this respect He q MS
( 1" the mark Ike whIrlWiud and ] real
7 - hrllrft lhat li ] could run at the same
4 rate. and get the same impetus as yDur
. great jumper. that could clear twenty
. seven feet. I was much impressed with
. the scientific methods Of KraeuzIein and
/ BaNter IN their speciaIties The WAY The
t latter mauiDulates himself in high iurnu-
7 ihS IS marvellous Il seems uureasoua-
Die but / think that II I could lift and
/ turn IN the ak in EaNreT's STYLE 1 could
get over tne bar AT feet inches As IL
IS, i jump straight At the bar and can
only get over about D feet = inches
In reply 20 questions as to IIS stvIa in
] broad jumping the champion SAID that
he docs not measure the distance of his
run except with his eye. He moves over
the ground slowly. but in The middle OF
the run takes few peculiar short strides
O Connor has tried 10 get out Of the short
stridsr. but could not, and now thinks
that they help his speed. When h.
reaches tar board O'COuuor takes of
perfectly straight. throws his legs out
wei and turns IN the air, landing side
3 ways.