Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01


Boston.-Jay Gould and Tom Long
boat the athlete of education, the ath-
lete of nature.
The one is a product of wealth, of
brainy endeavor ar l of careful train
ing The other is the running-ma-
chine of the Onondagas, the Slim
legged Indian who carried off the Mar
athon race in Boston in April and
smashed all world records for %
miles, in spite of sleet and cold and
crowded course, without visible strain.
The one is heir to millions, a man
Of culture, of education, of high in
te1ligence. The other is an Indian
from toe-nail to top-knot, poor, Hitter
ate, of an intelligence so low that he
is treated by his trainers as nothing
more than a running-machine. Yet
these two opposite types have some
thing in common-they are each at
the top of their class in the world of
sport, they each have grit and staying
power and fight instinct
When Gould battled for the anna
teur court tennis championship of the
world in England last month, he put
into practice the lessons of years of
careful training at the hands of ex-
perts- He employed all the general
ship that a naturally bright mind, aid
ed by skillful teaching in the game,
could summon up. Little more than
a boy, for Jay Gould is only IS years
old, he shows in his game the restless
energy that his grandfather showed
in another field of endeavor He shows
the same generalship, albeit a more
courteous and sportsman-hke general
ship, and the same tenacity and I'M
swerving purpose.
Tribute From Opponent.
Gould is bit of sheer whalebone,"
said Eustace Miles, the great English
amateur. Il can testify that it is SIM
ply awful to play against him, he Is so
restless.
yet nobody could wish more
courteous opponent. His chief
strength lies in his service and also
in his skill in hitting the ball into the
winning gallery. His other strokes
are very sure. Playing against him is
like playing against a relentless ma
chine"
This bit of sheer whalebone is the
son of George Gould, financier and
railway magnate, who inherited the
greater part of the famous Jay Gould's
hoard. He is about five feet ten inches
in height, clean cut, manly chap,
of 1.-THE and active figure, and polo
and many other sports have contribute
ed to make him the athlete he is. 1t
goes without saying that his multi
millionaire father is an ardent hacker
Of all his athletic activities
Jay Gould learned the game of court
tennis and was trained in it's niceties
in the tennis court that forms the
most important part of the magnif1-
cent gymnasium at Georgian court, N.
j., his fathers country home. With
every facility that wealth could pro-
cure, it is small wonder that he soon
became proficient. But when he evinc-
ed a desire to become better than
good average amateur. his father was
delighted and fell in with the idea
heart and soul.
Money Not Considered.
Instructors were engaged for the
boy, some of the best in the world,
and large sums were spent in young
Jays tennis education. One of the in
structor's who had a hand in mould
ing Jay Gould-s tennis form received
$4,000 a year When he goes abroad
to play, Gould engages gymnasium
in France for his training-expense
no obstacle
Yet wealth. and facilities that wealth
can bring, would have been useless,
had not the material of which cham
pions are made been there Gould pos
sessed all the requirements OF mind
and body and spirit necessary to make
a champion of him; it needed only
slkilIful handling and careful practice
to develop these qualities
One of the best known OF English
critics says of Jay Gould:
Il believe Mr.. Gould TO be the most
remarkable amateur tennis player
since Alfred Lyttleton came to Lords.
a few years after leaving Cambridge
and beat J. H Heathcote- For so
young a player Mr.. Gould is almost
unique His great reach, his quick
eye, and his keen realization of the
value of playing for winning opening
make profound impression
Indian Is a Wonder.
And what about the Indian. him
they call a running-machine? That's
what he is, nothing more Tom Long
boat can run % miles faster than any
man living. but he cannot converse
intellisently in English, he could not
write a letter, he is a man of as primi-
tive ideas as any of the red-skinned
braves whose blood courses through
his veins
He is a physical phenomenon, this
indian. He does not know how to
.n-that is to say. he has no form