The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-26

Americas sturdy sons won the
laurel wreath OF victory and demon
strated to the world that the Yankee
athlete is supreme. Many of the
youngsters who have gained renoYn
and worldwide reputation are in train
ing at Celtic park the home of the
lrish-American A. c., and it is an in
structive sight to watch them go
through their stunts, says the New
York Press.
To see Martin Sheridan. the all
round champion and the worlds
record holder at throwing the discus,
is picture. Sheridan strips an
Apollo. His face is tanned ruddy
bronze, but his body is as white as
baby's. AS he steps about or raises
his arms his muscles spring and move
like live things under the white
sheath. AS he steps into the circle
his body unconsciOusly draws itself
together, tense and alert. the muscles
softly crawling and shaping themselves
about the hips, along the back and
across khe shoulders. His fingers
clinch the weight and as he raises his
arm the ridges and mounds OF muscles
writhe and bunch under the skin.
What picture he makes as he paises
for his throw! Sheridan's pose is
worthy of the work of a great sculp-
tor.
John Flanagan, the great weight
thrower, is another beautiful type of
physical manhood. He is of Hercu-
lean build, with extremely broad
shoulders, deep chest and great girth
OF back. His lower limbs are like
re xho
5G-pOund weight the way he does de-
mands wonderful strength. AS he
sseizes the heavy globe in his muscular
whirls it rOundf his head. his whole
body comforts. writhes and contracts.
Even the muscles in his face harden,
distorting his generally smiling feat
ures with look of strength such as
one is wont to associate with things
primitive-strength savage. ferocious
Every movement of a muscle from a
heave of his shoulders to the tighten
ing of his lips is decisive and seens
to come from might that is excessive
and overwhelming. In fact. though
this strength is in every actiona great
er strength that turks within.
Out at Celtic park Trainer Hertberg
has great squad of distance men in
training. Among them are some OF
the greatest milers this country has
ever seen. Melvin Sheppard. Harvey
Cohn. George Bonhag. Jim Sullivan
ana Billy Frank are men who have
worldwide reputation. To see the
squad circling the track reminds one
OF pack in full cry. 1t is a beauti-
full sight. the strong limebed run
ners eating their way round the cir
cult
Sheppard has a stride peculiarly his
own. Never. since the days of Charlie
Fitzpatrick, has there been runner
like him. The first thing about the
Quaker City nyqer's form is the power
shown in his stride. His legs lift.
reach out and strike the ground with
the force OF Il piston rod, and when
they strike the cinders they rebound
as II driven by steel springs He
Keeps up this powerful stride through.
out the race. Toward the end of a
grualling contest his stride may be-
come slower, but 1t never shOrtens.
Even when "all in" his tense thigh
and back muscles lift his leg in that
long, swinging stride. His upper body
he holds almost stiff and his chest
sticks out SO that 1t looks as If he
were forcing his shoulder up and back.
But such is not the case. Sheppard
has Il wonderfully large pair Of lungs,
which demand much space. Soon
sequently he has a deep chest. which
shows DrOmincntly-sO prominently
when he is running as to look al