The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-29

. the cradle TO realize that there Is
nothing else quite so important as the
cached coin. He knows that in ten
years from now no enc except him
self and a few sporting enthusiasts
viii remember who won the Marathon
IN 1908. He knows the spirit OF that
sort OF fame IS evanescent. For that
reason he regarded il as an excellent
thing 10 dissipate il at once, and there
by realize upon it in one lump.
His Kind Not Wanted.
His example win not be likely 10 b
followed. The amateur athletes who DO
/ big things hereafter viii. in all prob
ability, be OF the same sort that No
have had in the past.
They will be utterly impracticable and
will continue 70 regard the big things
they do as too fine in themselves 10 be
spoiled by the faint Of commerciaiisn
and professionalism. All they will have
will be a niche in that temple Of cams
which contains the memory Of the claJ
who carried the ball ninety yards down
I the field and won the game within ten
| seconds Of the call of time. and thoss
other idols whose names brighten tbs
pages Of amateur athletic achievement
I'm this country.
Treated With Contempt.
At the Garden on the night the uear@
Marathon was run the cOutemptuous
remark repeated time after time wass
| well, they'll run II over and Hayes
will win, and then they'll con these
/ dagoes back here again and Dorando
( will win and wen be having this bare
/! legged stunt all winter"
OF course this was an assumption
wholly baseless. but il indicates clearly
the picture in the public mind The
( bloom has been rubbed on the peach.
The fine thing Hayes did in London
: has been wiped out Of the minds OF the
people Of this country. and he Is now
cIassed merely as a professional money
/ getter. alluded to In the above languages
I as hippodromer. It is an injustice 10
( Hayes. who IS probably following out
| only the lines Of his ar-phiIOs0phy,
| but It is proof that there are no half
/ tones in the public conception OF a thing
OF this sort.
; This sort Of thing IS either white or
| II is black in the public mind. II Is
never gray OF cream-COlOTed.
Case of Thumbs Down.
| New York has set Hayes IN a class
that it recognizes clearly, and this is not
/ the classification of last summer, when
he was known only as the winner OF the
English Marathon.
Moreover. the crowd in the garden
was glad in a subconsciOus sort Of way
20 see Hayes beaten.
Served him right" they said. cynic-
ally.
It vas a case Of thumbs down with
the crowd. He had sold that really
splendid achievement in the big English
stadium for his share OF the gate at the
garden, and il IL be OF any comfort 10 !
him he can be told in confidence Jhar)
he didn't geat nearly - much as hai
should have received. he not only sold
what was his 10 sell, but he sold alsa
the share OF each and every American
10 a part of and pride in that victory
at the end OF the long run from Windsor
10 the stadium
English Justified.
He has justified the English in every
thing they mad to say about Dorandos
and has convinced US that DOTaud0 was
actually the victor, and that the tech
meal error committed by the English
officials IN helping him past the tape
can never rob him OF the fame Of Chat
achievement
or course, little DOTdnuO Is or Jud
same class as Hayes. He IS going into
vaudeville also, but Where Hayes re-
ceived only 500 a week poraudO is u
get 1000 a week. He will also last
longer II is impossible TO feel toward
DOrando as one feels toward Hayes, be-
cause the little Splinter of an Italian
had everything to gain and nothing 80
lose by that Madison Square Garden az
fair. It takes nothing away from his
merits that he gained.
Let him go into vaudeville Hayes
has gone over the course before him.
So far as the American public Is con-
cerned it has nothing but a cheerful,
good-natured hope that Dorando Will
get that he can out OF Ii.
For Hayes there is the counter in the
department store as before. and the in
terest on his share Of the Madison
Square Garden gate. He certainly can
not think that there IS anything else
for him to he gained out Of his Mara
thon near-victory OF last summer. He
has made a good bargain Of IT.