Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

Remarkable Performance of
Edward Cook, Daniel Kelly
and F. Mt. Pleasant.

That this is essentially the day OF athletic
phenomena is clearly indicated by the re-
markable performances of trio OF these
youngsters who have been developed within
the last year or two in widely different
parts of the country. These are Edward
Cook of the Chillicothe tOhio) High School,
Daniel Kelly. a University of Oregon
freshman, and Frank Mt. Pleasant OF the
Carlisle. (Pa) Indian School. Each one
of these three men is noted not merely for
some one performance. but for at least
| three, any one of which would be sufficient
to establish his fame without the others.
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The latest marvel to rise over the athletic
horizon is Kelly, the Pacific coast young
ster The full extent Of Keily's remarkable
work is just becoming public In the report
Of the Pacific Coast A. A. L. games Kelly
was credited with running 100 yards in
8-5 seconds, thus equaling the marvellous
feat Of Arthur Duffey, the Georgetown
flyer. who ran in this time at the eastern
Intercollegiate in 1902. The majority Of
athletic critics in the east looked askance
at this record and 1t Will probably take
some pretty we'll authenticated proof to
secure its acceptance at later day.
But when the other performances credited
to this young man. about which there can
be little. If any. doubt. are considered 1t will
be seen that Kelly must indeed be a real
wonder. Not only did the western officials
give him a record OF 3-5 seconds for the
100 yards, but they also caught him the
victor in the 220-yard dash in q is seconds.
thus equaling the world record held by
Bernard ]. Wefers of Georgetown. and
made nearly ten years ago. There Is far
less Likelihood of the timers making mis-
take-3a a 220-yard event. and II Kelly could
sprint this distance in 81 10 seconds, his
claim to having covered the 100 yards in
. 80 seconds certainly deserves some son-
sideration.
But Kelly had another performance little
less remarkable than his sprinttng. He also
won the broad jump. with leap Of % feet
ol4 inches. Except the month previous,
| when he Is credited with having done "a
feet inches in the Oregon State meet this
performance was the best that has been
done this year on either side Of the At
lantic. 1t was only this year that Kelly
| began to show his marvellous athletic abil-
ity. Last year he was badly beaten in the
National A. A. u. championships at Port
land, Ore, by both Hahn of Michigan and
Parsons, then of California. AS he Is not
yet twenty-one years old and in addition
to the three performances credited above
to him, has cleared the bar in the high
jump at 5 feet l013 inches, il begins to
dawn on one that this Pacific coast athlete
may yet astonish the eastern world.
Little, II any less remarkable, Is the
work % Edward Cock. the Chillicothe High
has been credited with going the 100 yards
in 0 40 seconds In competition, and has re-
peatediy won his event In 10 seconds fiat
| and beaten % seconds for the 30 yards.
Cook. in fact. has more speclalties than
Kelly. Not only can he sprint. but he can
broad jump quite as well as Kelly. At the
| Central a. A. L. meet in Chicago last week
| Cook won with leap of % feet 61a inches.
| He consistently clears better than % feet
| and is said to have done u feet inches IN
! practice. He also has a record of feet
| inch in the high jump and IL feet inches
| in the pole vault. Cook Is now slated for the
! University Of Michigan, and under the in
! struction OF Keene Fitzpatrick he ought to
create more remarkable records than those
| he now holds.
! The fame of Mt Pleasant. the Carlisle
1 Indian, is OF a little longer duration. since
he sprang into the lmelight year ago.
! Like Cook and Kelly. Mt Pleasant COM
| bines jumping and sprinting. In one Of the
| Indian meets with another college this
! spring Mt. Pleasant won the broad jump
/ with a leap of 90 feet inches. which Kelly
later beat by half an inch. But Mt, Pleas