Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-01
HATCH GREAT RUNNER.
Winner of Three St Louis Marathon
 Races May Go to London.

Races May Go to London.
 Carrying a newspaper route in River Forest, III, and running from house to house in his eagerness to serve his customers before breakfast is given by Sidney Hatch as the di- rect cause of his being a successful Marathon runner, having won the St Louis long distance race three times in a row, for which he has three silver cups at his home.
 "The houses in River Forest are far apart, and I have had news paper route since I was years old, and am now 25," said Hatch in talking about his career. 'I used to pack big bundle of newspapers on my shoulder or under my arm and run from house to house. By that means I developed immense muscles on the calves of my legs. kept this morning exercise up for years and got so l used to like 1t and did not feel real we'll unless I had taken a long run every day. I used to read about long distance runners and always thought I would like to try myself out with some of the best of them. l discovered that I had plenty of wind. l was never in trouble with my wind in my regular daily tryouts. Finally, in 1904, at the worlds fair in Mara thon in St Louis I entered in the big race. I finished ninth, but was not satisfied with myself. was tired all the way and knew that if in con- dition I could make much better showing. In 1905 trained hard for the St Louis Marathon, and nau I won I would probably have been a candidate for the Athens race, for Forshaw beat me, and he raced in the Athens Marathon.
 ''In the Chicago Marathon event in 1905 I was third to Metzner and Kennedy and finished strong. I be- gan to get courage and realized that I lacked nothing to make myself a Marathon runner. I studied every mans style, especially when they passed me on the road. In the spring of 1906 I went to St Louis in better condition than I had ever been be- fore in any of my races. l was af- ter Forshaw's scalp, and l got it. My time was hours, 46 minutes and IA 3-5 seconds. In the A. A. U. Marathon held by the Chicago A. A, I finished third to Hicks and Thi- beau that same year. In the fall was second to Bennett in the Illinois Athletic club Marathon. On April 20, 1907, I went to Boston and fin- ished seventh to Tom Longboat, in which he made the worlds record Of 2 hours, 24 minutes and some sec- onds.
 Tn June won the St Louis Mara thon again, defeating Thibeau and Forshaw. Following not long after, I ran fifth in the Chicago I. A. c. event won by Thibeau, with Corey second and Felton third. On Thanksgiving day, 1907, at Yonkers, N. Y. finished sixth to Hayes, of New York, but I was not feeling well and could not get up my usual steam at the finish"
 Hatch's last race was so close to worlds record time for the distance that he looms up as running mate to Morrissey. the winner of the re- cent Boston Marathon, on the Olym- pic team which will invade England in July.
 Hatch is a wonderfully developed athlete in his hips, thighs and legs, but his shoulders, arms and chest are sadly neglected. He says this is often the case with a runner. He does not exercise for the upper part of the body, and Hatch has no chest at all and is stoop shouldered. Ills arms are small and have little mus cle, and the same Is true of his shoulders. The calf of his leg, how ever, is as big as that of Jeffries or Hackenschmidt, and the muscl. is high up in one lump. His feet are small, but in perfect health, and he does nos know what 1t is to have a corn. Of course, there are Dlisters on his feet sometimes after race, but they soon heal and give him no future concern. Hatch is 5 feet, s inches tall and weighs abou: 13S pounds. ~-