The Washington herald., 1909-03-11

Many a fond mother who has brooded
over the fact that her hopeful has locks
of flaming red viii take heart when she
reads the resume Of athletics for 1905 and
notes the fact that the chief honors on
cinder path have this year fallen to red
headed runners.
Who won the junior cross-country
championship at Celtic Park recently. out
CHASING a field OF fourscore runners and
winning in record time? Why, red-headed
Jimmie Lee. of Boston. And II was Lee,
too. the week previous, who showed the
athletic fans a streak Of gameness that
softened the heart Of every man and
woman that saw the race. Lee ran the
whole last two miles in a condition bor-
dering on collapse, and Topped over
helpless the instant he realized that he
had completed the journey.
Who won the 1O-mfe championship
the very race in which Lee showed all
this grit? Why. red-hesded Jack Eisele,
from Newark. n. j. Eisele ran the fast
est ten miles since the days OF Willie
Day-53 minutes and IS seconds. Eisele is
some game too. II Is not so long ago
that we read about his running the Eng
lish three-quarters TO a standstil az the
Olympic games and giving the British
athletic experts the scare OF their lives
And this after having the nail torn or
one OF his big toes. Eisele ran with his
foot bandaged and suffered excruciating
pain at every stride
Who was the star at the distance
races at the outdoor championships last
summer Why red-headed Mike Driscoll.
from Yonkers. the Hill City. Driscoll has
defeated such champions as Reilly. Of the
Mohawks; Lee, of Boston. Bellars. OF the
New York A. c.; Bonhag Joyce DAILY.
end Collins. OF the Irish-Amerlcans. and
Haskins. OF Pennsylvania. on the cinders.
and at the indoor championships he thrill
ed the whole athletic world with a per-
formance Of 9.2S 2-5 for two miles on the
boards
When Uncle Sam needed a sprinter to
uphold his name in the a0o-meter race at
London. who was it that shot away from
the mark Ike a streak. and after one OF
the most stirring races Of the Olympic.
plunged through the tape a bare three
inches Behind Bobby Kerr. the pride OF
Canada? Why. that was red-headed Bob
by Cloushen. Of the Irish-American A A.
CioGghen upheld the Stars and Stripes in
other countries. too. He won the 20O-me-
ter events at international meets in
Dublin. Edinburgh. Glasgow, Malmo,
Norkopping, and Stockholm-aH in tiptop
time.
Cloughen made good on the boards.
toe. by winning both the 60-yard and 10
yard indoor championships in record
time.
When the years work is summed I'D
there Will be fewer men with better rec
ords in the longer sprints than jim Nc
Entee. or the n. Y. A g. and Twenty
second Regiment Engineers. Mac Is a
brick-tcp. 70. and a pride 10 the order.
When he comes flying around one Of the
indoor turns all decked out IN his red
T Twenty-secOnd toys and that name
a-fapping In the wind you can put a bet
on one thing: that is 'AlcEntee gets in
the money. He has wen more 300-yard
and 44e-yard prizes f-om short marks
thus year than any other athlete in the
district. Cornell University has a sorrel-
topped star. too. His name is Taylor and
in another year--sO says Jack Moakley-
he is going TO show a brand of running
that viii startle the whole OF athletic
America Taylor was probably held back
this fall. Moakley knew he had a winner
in Capt. Young and saved the new star
for another year AT that Taylor mate
rally aided Cornell in winning the inter
collegiate cross-country championship by
racing home IN fourth position close be-
hind PAUL. the University OF Pennsyl-
vania champion. Taylor was the second
Cornell man to cross the finish line
Jim Archer the irish-American sprint
er. Is another red-headed runner who is
good. or late Archer has been off his
form, but look up his record. and YOU
viii find him a junior champion IN 1906
as well as the winner Of many handicaps
In lightning time.