The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-29
GREEN MEN on
C. B. C. TRACK TEAM.
VIII jackson Il About the Only Sec
oud season NAN TO Try for Ath-
letic HOnOrs Under Cox.

! Tom Cox. who has charge OF the track
! athletes at c. B. G.. is having rather a
: hard time OF 1t this season. MIR. Cox has a
! Iot of big promising young men in charge
but the squad is very green. He has very
I few of his old men out this season Will
! Jackson, the weight man. IS perhaps his
most experienced individual. jackson is a
| tall. iT0-pounder. who handles the hammer
| We'll He gets lots OF snap into his circles
/ and uses his feet snappily on the get away
| He is going up 10 lS5 feet already. That is
! pretty coed work. for prep school lad
in the spring.
/ Jackson is from Assumption, Ill, is l9
| years old and all together a good boy. He
| can tGss the sixteen po.,ni weight forty feet
| without extra eXei ton.
sWEEHsY. \ TALL TEXAN.
John Sweeny Ia a tai broad. sbouldered
Texan. green as the gras. OF his native pan.
hand;e who Is putting the six o se ,hS1
| without spikes and in his street clothes. He
! is a powerfu-look!ng young fellow, and
works well with the har:mer. though SId very
strength alone. Sweeny is from Taylor.
! Tex.
| good r,lie.and-a- hair boy He can get
i under FIVE minutes without , ouhl". and
should do 40 in the summer; Gnsene
| Christie Of st. Loa!r. son Of Mr.; w; &C, c;
mi es and ma YES. He is n ocky lad. who
never tres. Charley GooCnow OF ST. Louis
+, ara NJ. McAl!ister. a Denver lad. are GO
ing we'll NcAllister is {. small fellow. but
can go a mile fast and furiously. He VIII
probably turn out the best III lie man Cox
has.
Horton January CT the Cd ct. Louis am
ily OF that name Is the c. L.. c. high
Jumper. He is going five feet s.x tnohes
now, without much, form or ETY. o. When ne
aud &c
motion down. he will go close TO i've rect
ten. That viii win many jump about 81.
Louis.
Paul Behrsns Is a real good man with a
pole He is going Up and away beyond i2J
'nche, 1t is Fashionable to take such thl2gs
by inches -now. though in ages agone Il
sorts of speed gets UP we'll. Eas fire back
and loia mction and aliehts in style. Ac-
cording to the writer's lights; he is the peat
individual in the school track team. bet-
brightest light and purest amateur ever
turned out by ST. Louis University.
HaSTEDT FOR THE SPRINTS.
Charley Hastedt and Aiher, Schultz are
Hastedt is the Rugby quarterback. lie il
going fast enough nov 40 wdrfani
saying that he will beat all not timed ~
clock. which caught the famous se3 ~
Demine and the even times 81 GOV ri
others. Hastedt Is nice mover, breaks last
anu iis spScu "Sa'- ''N i'N-~
excellent form.
Schultz is fron! Beardstown. III He Is
quite strong. but lacks form. Wnen ne
gets style he viii give all an awful close
rub.
c. b. c. is shy seasoned hurd'er. Cox
Is put ting Bob Carl. the football tackle.
through course of sh'n-break1g stunts.
Carl may be fair fellow. but Just now
Nraenzlin's record seems SAFE
In the $40 Cox has a pair OF Turner's that
are good men. Charley Turner of St Ions
IS showing better than one minute already
and Cox looks for 80 from him before June
/. Albert Turner of Poplar Bluff is good
for :55. says the hopeful Cox. -.
OF broad jumpers Cox Is shy. He VII
have to put Hastdt in and ask VIII jack
son to back him up. Cox says that they
are both twenty-five footers. hut adds that
Jim Riordan the baseball player, is sure
man. Owing to the A a.
u. fuss il is not likely that c. ". WI
use Riordan in track athletics, though lie
wants to try for the team.
@ The boys have been using the outdoor
track this week. 1t is n hit cold. but Cox
finds a goodly squad ready for him every
evening.
Training has been somewhat DELAYED by
the Illness Of Cox. Ton, had IN awfu! bad
attack of the grip Entirely" and was
under the weather for two weeks II Is
still in his system. hut the faithful fellow |
will insist upon getting out and attending
to his boys. There are few men Like Cox. |
upright. hard working ard faithful