The evening world., 1908-01-25

man ne Cld. rive years late
nan had ever hoped for. He estab.
;shed a new worlds record OF running
100 yards in 9 3-5 seconds. That boy is
Dan Kelley. OF Banker City, Oregon. He
is in New York to-day with the HOE
o. repeating his performance. that the
comm ttee in charge of the selection OF
athietes for the Olympic games in Lon
don may choose him 10 compete against
the best athletes in the world.
Dan Kelley is twenty-fUur years of
age and looks very different from what
we nave been led to believe makes the
perfect Splinter. He H. not 1.-the of
limp. Neither is he built on wiry lines.
Kelley stands S feet 1879 inches in nj,
stocking feet and weighs loo pounds. He
10 OF rather stock build. and his legs
look too round and fat tor a runner
Sut you ought to see him run,
When lie dashed around the floor Of,
the Twenty-second Regiment .Armory
yesterday afternoon ais legs worked
Ike piston rods and he appeared to
leave the floor again before his foo;
had fairly touched.
Doesn't overtrain.
i am in poor shape ne painted. as
ne came up to talk about himself
Something he disllkes 70 do. Il am in
Just as good shape as | expect to be
for a Few days. though he said for
i expect TO start In the Past,me games
On Monday night at Madison Solara
harden without any more training"
To tell You the truth continued
the great runner. Il don't believe in
100 much training anyway. I believe
'ha' - per cent. OF the runners who
START In spr!nts are overturned. Tney
start gu Ike lightning out at the end
OF tA!riy yards they have slot their
bolt
"WAile ! hold the record exn,ains,
N''eN' there are any number Of
sprlhters who Fan hold theirown with
M al thirty yards. Acter'that. though.
lie LN"rag" Splinter begins TO fan back
and is beaten. They don't sall.e THAR
strength properly. To be "A successful
sprinter you haze got to So povsrn
Yourself that you will gain speed "a
you 20. OF course there is a great de,,
II citing away. but the real test comes
After the talrty-yard mark
Kelley explained that the general i'm
preston that he catue from Portland
orc. Is "A mistake Il started ONT as
d Nigh sc.ool boy at Baker CIV. ore
aHi ran IT, re for two or three Years
iH'n went to Portland. and from
there TO the University ot Oregon. From
ta'Te | went 10 the University Of AIichi-
gan. where he studied law. | had "a
!eavc after two months"
This big, honest-faced boy t-en told
the story OF how his old futher
blacksmith a. Baker city. had unfor.
tunately lost what little money he had
and the son could n olonrer continue
his studies. But for that misfortune
ne said, ne would have become a las-
yer.
Wants to Get in Shape.
i AM GOING TO sta" around New YORK
Tor a while ne 5 and see fl | can
90 something to get along. | want TO
get myself in shape and try and con-
vince the Eastern people of my 4 ility
As an amateur runner | had n Very
unfortunate trip 10 jamestown last
summer. but l was in Door condition.
! went down there against my better
judgment. Just because l was afraid
they would say that a man named
Kelley had a streak of yellow in him.
] would rather lose every race that I
entered than nave my old father think
that ! had a streak OF yellow in me-
Returning TO his physical make up.
Kelley said that his stride was about
Z feet s Inches. II have often heard OF
these sprinters who have a stride OF
8 and 10 feet ne said. But / have
sxe tha. mSeh.% HIS IS stride Ttt' % s1s a then
measured. and 1t showed I feet and 81
inches.
Father a Runner, Too.
blood %I honestly in bs belieye that 1t runs in my
*toT my tati.er w sas'" a great sa rGnn ee'e N
team that beat everything on the coast.
and he IS still an enthusiast over the
sport. For. four or i've wears he was
always 18th me to lend ~encouraEe ment
jumper out q m as'"' he na e%ont i1 MAKE abu e
that i broke the sprinting record at
!Es BROAD jump: BY" i i..mpi1 p f IS b. u
for a spr'nter' as IT gets him out OF
YES. when I was in high school they
i tatS made / Ge' mt s STiIt to foF the q t r4nnsr' ana nd
showed them some speed that made
tsy ! n1 timer me w Aftsr that YRS al,
that I could run my father wa as much
tickled as ] was. He. always wanted
f to be the E sD snmes and nd nSt a diumP s:%,
Kelley says he is going. - rest up for
4 while and get in condition. Then he
in ethe bring and get ready Tor rera
London to take part in the oiympio