The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
floors in Eastern meets, claims that no
found the snikes which barely prOtruGed

floors in Eastern meets. claims that no
found the spikes. which barely ~protruded
from the sols. and just did afford a foot
~ Tho c7os WHICH gave the most salts
faction. Aitken Gains that the shoes used
which nave q thin layer of rubber in the
80 .Iv Iii al resiient as the ones with
the regular outdoor sole and the snort
spikes. Many of the locals had contem-
plated using plain tennis shoes, but the!
will stand little chance Of winning prizes
in the high jump. pole vault or sprints. al
though they might land in the money In
the distance runs.
From present indications 1t appears that
the two prospective stars OF the meet, N
the eyes of st. Louisans. will not be ape
to compete. J. Fred Powers, captain OF the
Notre Dame track team, who Is a real
champion. is now under the ban OF the
powers that be in regard to his amateur
standing. Gwyrne Evans. captain of the
st. Louis A. a. A. track team, who proved
that he was the best all-round athlete IN
ST. Louis last fall by his many wins ano
city has ever turned out. commenced light
training for the meet in hopes that rush OF
business would close in time to allow OF ms
trying to capture a few meals IRON rnd
his knee while boxing and Is now OUT y.
training. If the wrench heals within q
week he may train the remaining week anu
participate in one or two events.
Evnns Fast Mt Fifty YARDS.
With Evans in shape. there would De a
battle royal in the fifty-yard dash between
the st LOUIS crack anu SolSoiah "a
Dame. The latter is one OF those s.r ron
runners who 90 not have the knack OF quick
starting, but can put a very sIuelihS
firis,, in a 1G0-yard sprint. Corcoran is q
is a much better 16O-yard mar tnan hiose
people give him credit for. simply because
they have seen him win In the short evsni
and. have never seen him &c. the standa.u
distance. Among those who nave watcheu
Evans in training stunts, the opinion seems
to be pretty general that he is every bit as
good If not n better sprinter at lU yaIua
than at half that distance. He mas me
! bu!Idog tenacity to fight every inch OF the
way. Evans may not compete. and If ne
does he will hardly be IN fit condition with
cnly one weeks preparation put mere Nh,
summer for him to prove that ne mas tns
right to compete for championships VIII
any athlete in this section of the country
and mavbe in any section OF any couh'!
before fall comes again.
That Evans has the class OF a Sprlnter vi VI
the top notch was shown last AN. ~men ne
was timed in better than the amateur rec,
ord time for fifty yards on two occasions
in the Coliseum. one of them being, in the
final in that event. when he broke tne
string in So seconds after Starter Aitkeh
fired the pistol. The record has been stanu-
Ing at 5b seconds for the last seven years
and was hung up by Lon Meyers, whose
| records are the target for every amateur
sprinter. ,,r+1
has proven more than one point in c!onnsc-
ton with this record and others IN I us
recent great performance. One 10 mat ne
has rot gone back as yet and that ne IS tne
seen. Dufy's time in his wonderful sprint
mt washington went to show that his defeat
by Washington pelgado In Boston Was
more or less Of a iuke. rs ne Gu. a aua,oaI
mark for the distance by doing 8 fiat. JONI
son, the professional, who did 81 seconds