The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-08

He protested Martins throw on the
pretcnse that the form" was not pei
feet, that Martin should have swung
his hand a few inches closer to his
leg in delivering the discus. And the
Judges Immediately allowed the pro-
test, and told Sheridan that his throw
wouldn't count. The rules make no
mention of any such technicality. :.
So Sheridan was forced to throw in
an impossible manner, and he couldn't
mako any distance. In the meantime
Georgantas, throwing in exactly the
same style that had been barred to
Sheridan, made q good throw, and had
what appeared to be e safe lead. But.
an unforeseen circumstance defeated
the Greeks plans. A gigantic Finn,
throwing off a few yards to one side
beat Georgantax. Tho pudges allowed
his throw as fair before they knew
| how far it was. When 1t was measured
at the end of three trials Georgantas
made d furnious protest, but it was
too late then to do anything. The
Finn won.
During the disagreement over the
discus throwing Sheridan slipped
away TO the high jump again, and
managed to tie for second place 1t
was a. fine jump he made-f1ve feet.
If Sheridan was q. hero among the
Greeks at first, you may imagine what
he became now that the games were
over. lie could hardly walk through
the streets fo- the crowds that fol-
| lowed him. Ono day he went out to
visit Mr.. Nl8sto, a. New Yorker Of
Greek birth, who has a. summer homo
near Athens. AT the station the people
caught Sheridan up OH their shoul-
ders and carried him, struggling and
trying to talk Greek, up the road to-
| ward his hosts house. Sure" said
Martin afterwards. "my legs We're
| waving around in the air and It was
mighty uncomfortable. but they
seemed to enjoy 1t SO nucl, I didn't
have the heart to kick
| Sheridan is a policeman here i'll
New York. He might have stayed i'll
Athens and become q, general in the
army; or governor of a. province, 5ut
he preferred the old beat. Physically
our star point winner is an ideal ath-
lete. He stands Within half all inch
Of six feet, weighs 178 pounds in his
athletic suit and has a longer reach
than Fitzsimmons. He has been m
training, more or less, all the time for
the past ten years, and has been stead
lily improving. Two years ago Ralph
Rose, the California giant, tied with
Sheridan in throwing the discus. Since
that time no one, not even Rose, has
come near his performance. Besides
the discus and the stone and the shot,
Martin is an expert with tho 56-pound
weight, which he can throw over thir-
ty feet. He has cleared six feet in
an exhibition high jump, and CAN dc
about eleven feet with the vaultine
pole. Twenty one feet has no terrors
for him in the running broad jump.
If you keep your eye on this par
ticular champion during the next -four
years you'll see more record breaking
And it's no sure thing that Martlr
Sheridan couldn't go over to the Olym.
pic games four years from now, alone
and single handed, and win enougs
events to defeat the English team
He did it this time, by the way, j.
you don't lump Australia, Canada ant
Ireland in with England and Scotland
For England and Scotland combined
only made eight points, while Marti,
Sheridan carried off more than twice
as many-nineteen.