The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-29

giate record of As feet with put of
46 feet liz inches. A week later, in
the dual meet against the First regf-
ment of Chicago, he established new
indoor American record with AZ feet
61s inches. On March 10, in the meet
between the Michigan freshmen and
Detroit University High school, he put
the twelve pound shot Sc feet 319
inches, breaking the worlds record of
55 feet 2 inches, made by G. r. Gray,
of the New York Athletic club, at
Travers island on June II, 1892.
All of these performances have been
made with but little training. With the
exception of hints given him by Fitz-
patrick, Rose is practically self-taught.
At the age of fourteen years he began
practice with the shot, and his style
is quite original. Up to the time OF
coming to- Michigan he had mot had a
days coaching. When in the best con-
dition he weighs about 210 pounds, but
just now tips the beam at 229, and
even with this superhuous flesh he last
week put the sixteen-pound shot in
practice AZ feet 10 inches, which is
within four inches of the worlds rec
ord held by D. Morgan, of Ireland. So
far Rose has not had much opportunity
to practice throwing the sixteen pound
hammer. His record for this event at
the Healdsburg high school in Califor-
mia is 15S feet, and 1t is confidently eX-
pected that during the coming summer
he will come somewhere near the record
of III feet 8 inches, made by John
Flanagan. of New York
Rose thinks his elf-taught method
is the secret of his success in the shot
puts. He moves quickly across the
ring, crouches extremely low, and then
rises like a small mountain on springs,
concentrating all his power behind the
shot,
Rose performed creditably in track
events while at high school, and 1t is
said he has beaten in practice most Of
the figures made by Enery H. Clark
when he won the all around athletic
championships last year. He is reported
to be fast in the sprints and hurdles
and a clever pole vaulter. With all
these accomplishments. there is no
doubt he will prove a formidable COM
petitor for all around honors should
Fitzpatrick decide to enter him for it.
Trainer Fitzpatrick considers the boy
find, saying: Rose is still a boy,
lacking his development. ! think that
now, putting the shot over forty-six
feet continually in practice, always near
the worlds record. Rose is exerting
ulIllSSl1 To LIE 1uOuSn he OuSllt
to improve wonderfully, / cannot pre-
dict. Some men reach their limit in
shot putting Immediately. while others
require years Of training. Which of
these types Rose is cannot yet say"
Allegations from California that Rose
was induced" by Coach YOSt to enter
Michigan are specifically denied. Prof.
Harry M. Bates, of the law department,
where Rose is a student, says: "A1l
charges come from the same source,
the leader of an athletic team In Cali
fornia which desired Rose. have seen
the letters which Mr.. Yost sent Rose,
and every one of them might have been
written to a boy by President Angel.
Proof is on the law department rec
ords that Roses first Inspiration to at.
tend Michigan did not come from Yost
or athletics. There is a letter from
Rose, written two or three years ago,
before he was a good athlete, while he
was unknown, asking about the re-
quirements at Michigan, as hundreds
of other boys do. Furthermore, no
athlete at Michigan could work in the
library and be an athlete, such are the
hours of work there; and no Michigan
athlete ever did work in the library.
Roses father is former professor of
Rochester university, now practicing
lawyer, and "a man of means. whose
son does not need assistance at any
university. Rose Is doing no lucrative
work of any nature here"