New-York tribune., 1905-01-29
ROSE. APOLLO.

Right 126 129
Left forearm. m........................... 12.1 129
Klght thlgh- 81
Left ............................ no 16S
The measurements Of the Apollos limbs cor
respond in a general way with those of the
American athlete. but in some particulars Rose
falls somewhat short of the Greek divinity.
Roses shoulders are four inches narrower. his
chest two inches less from side to side and 13
inches less through. His neck. too. measures
nearly an inch less around.
This shows that Roses figure and develop
ment are far from the Greek ideal. He is not so
clean cut His shoulders are much narrower
and his waist larger. His chest shows larger to
the tape but this IS due to the big breast and
shoulder muscles that enable him to throw the
weights. If the Greek god could put off his mar
BILE solidity and blow on lung tester he would
reveal far greater lung capacity than could the
young American The measurements from
breastbone to backbone and from side rib to
side rib tell the true story of chest capacity
Michigan University is proud Of young Rose.
but still he Is In trouble with the authorities
there Just after he had denied the authenticity
of his reported boast that he could beat James
]. Jeffries. the champion pugilist, at his own
game. it became known that Rose had broken
the athletic rules Of his university and Of the
Western College Athletic Conference by COM
peting in the colors OF the Chicago Athletic AS
sociation
The meet in which the young athlete
peted that of the Pastime Athletic Club,
held in this city on New Years eve. Rose
lowered the worlds record with the 24-pound
shot, sending it distance of 3S feet 2al inches
4 feet inches more than the best previous
mark set by George Gray of the New-York
Athletic Club, in 1890 Rose had asked permis-
sion from the athletic authorities of his univer-
sity to compete, and then had not needed their
refusal. The Michigan University board of con-
troll on January II declared him ineligible for
all time. This will keep him out of all athletic
competition at Michigan and at all colleges of
the Western Athletic Conference.
At the last accounts Rose had not returned
to his Alma Mater. He has been absent with
out leave for so many days that probably he
cannot go back now If he wished to do
SO. There have been ruInors that he intention
ally broke with the West, having listened to
the siren voices of the athletic managers of
some big universities Of the East This how
ever, is discredited in the West, where it is de-
clared that he can get honorable dismissal
from Michigan to enable him to enter repu-
table Eastern college. Out in California are
Leland Stanford and California universi-
ties. not members of the Western Conference
and perhaps the young athlete may betake him
self to one Of them. Rose was kept out of
football in Michigan last fall because of the
widespread report of his challenge to Jeffries
and this it is hinted. was the beginning of his
trouble with the authorities there
Socially. this young giant is popular with his
fellow students. When one sees him walking
on the street with his comrades, towering not
inches but foot above them, one is attracted
also by the friendly smile upon his fresh. boy
ish face
AS Rose towers so much above the ordinary
human being, it is natural that his physical
comforts have not been anticipated by furnt-
ture manufacturers. At his home in California
ne was obliged to have a special bedstead
made after acquiring his full growth When
he went to a Michigan university no economi-
cal IandIady was prepared to furnish so much
bed length at the usual rates. Consequently
he was Obliged to get bedstead made especiaIIv
Tor him. If he wished to lie in comfort and re-
cuperate for new athletic feats One firm con-
sdered it sufficient advertisement Tor them m
furnish him with an iron bedstead free If vas
displayed for some time in a store near the
campus and attracted many wondering gazers