Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01


the scratch. Marsh considering that his
work in the former event entitled him to
run Shrubb on even terms. and Shrubb
being quite willing to save himself as
from this race to change his shoes. and
this cost him two laps. which enabled
Shrubb to win rather easily, but Marsh
gained on the Sussex man In the latter
part of the run, and is confident that he
could defeat him in longer run.
However this may be, and it is bit
significant that Shrubb is not making a
very loud noise in opposition to Marsh
claim of superiority in a long run, there
is not the least doubt in the world that
the shorter distances He holds the
worlds records for distances from 1900
yards to ten mics, and had up to the
time of his recent defeat by Marsh-lf
that may, indeed, be looked upon as
real defeat-run in something like
15OO events, and had been defeated but
once, and that in the last mile of If
teen-mile run, the first occasion In his
racing career when the ankle that went
bad in the Winnipeg match gave out and
caused Shrubb to drop out of the running.
Shrubbs recent trip through some of the
cities of the United States, and the string
of victories that he added to his already
long list of laurels gathered on the clnder
path, need no review. but the fact that
he was not defeated In one OF the TWEEN
ty-two contests in which he engaged; al
though he did not hesitate to take on
men in relays, and that for distances as
short as five miles, goes to mark the
little Eng ,ishman as a. marvel In the
ranks of distance runners Of the world.
among whom it is more than doubtful If
there is another man who could come to
this country, issue an open challenge to
run any two men in relays and get away
with the proposition as Shrub has done.
What the Champion Says Of Runners
Speaking Of the men he has met since
he came to America, Shrubb said re-
Gently: II have not run any man that
1 would call really good on this side, but
have run the best they could find to put
against me. Almost all Of my runs have
been where took on two men to run in
relays, and I have had no difficulty in
winning all the events 1 went into of this
kind. nearly thirty in all. twenty-five OF
them in the states.
THE best man 1 met on this side Of
the line was Kanaly of Boston, and Sui
Ivan of the same place Is q good man,
too, but l took them both on LOT five
miles in relays, and won my race. OF
course, l did not get a. chance to run
DAILY or Bonhag of New York, both OF
them better than anybody that l did
run, but they are amateurs and l am
professional now.
"Longboat will never be champion. !
have tried him out for three miles, and l
ran ultIl OIL LIB ltcl III eibdI oASlduSSs nc
mas no speed, and / am sure that could
run him right out inside of Ten miles If
he would run me. lie Is overrdted, and
the track that he made his great record
on isn't mucn over seventeen niles long, II
1t is any. l have run so mucn that can
tell pretty we'll how long track is, and
l know tnat that track Is not the length
that 1t should be. and l offered to pet
Longboat's hackers that it was not, but
they wouldn't bet. LongDoat can't do four
Lace at,n,yf to
save his life, and that s not fast at all.
distance running on this side isn't at
all what it Is in England. You see over
there we run pretty much the year
around, but on this side man must lay
up in the winter, and so he doesn't get
anything like the practice that We do over
there. We don't run SO far, either, and
mostly we keep to the ten mics. Ten
miles is far enough to run, anyway. You
get better run to look at, and the dis
lance is not too hard on the runners.
Il reckon to win my runs in the first
few miles. and l go in to run my man of
his feet then if l can. ! don't have any
special way of training except that do
good deal OF running. just eat what
like, when / like, and / drink the same
way. OF course d man can't be a fool
in things of that sort, and 1 don't drink
any beer or other strong drink, as rule
That is mostly because l don't want 1t,
but l don't think it is good for one to
drink, and know a lot of men who have
been drinkers and who have gone bad at
the running game. l wot -dn't go SO far
as to say that it was the drink that put
them out, but I'm sure it didn't do them
any good, and l leave it alone. I don't
smoke. either. and for the same reason.
but you can't be a runner without doing
a good deal Of running, and that Is the
main thing.
II am ready to take on any two men on
this side Of the water for five or ten
miles, but I shall only run at Fall River.
New York. Philadelphia and Buffalo, this
time because l want to be at home for
the Christmas holidays. 1 expect to come
back next year and stay on this side. and
will do some more running then. I hope.
have had a good trip, and a fine time, but
haven't met any men that I would
really call fast"