Arizona republican., 1909-07-26
TRAINER J. [. LEWIS
 ON HARRY M'LEAN
The Fleet Hopi Will Shortly Under take to Outrun a Two Man Relay Fer Five Miles.

In breaking two long distance rec ords at the P. A. A. meet in Los An geles during the Elks convention. liar " Mclean again proved to the out | side world that Phoenix is not To- cality where mans vitality is soon | lost, where in short time he will be unable to compete with outside ath | letes. especially with athletes from the northern sections of the country where | it is believed that the rugged climate is more adaptable for the development of muscle and wind Harry Is typ icaI Arizona Indian. a Hopi, noted throughout IndiandOm as the tribe Of racers He was born and brought up in what is supposed by uniformed trainers to be the land of devitallZa- tion Harry met the fastest goods that could be gathered any where on the coast and defeated Hunger. the crack long distance runner of Cornell, who was thought hard to beat at record of 9:5 56 for the two mile. Hunger Is an amateur who has received the viz orous training of the north. training from Cornell which is equal to any in the United States. Harry ran circles around him, and loafed home. to the steel tape.
 Arrangements are being made to pull off meet at the Fairgrounds some where around the first of August, the exact time however has not been made known as plans have not fully matur- Iog niu fn Trainer Lewis. the finder and maker of Harry Mclean. he stated that he does not want to make an event for the pur- pose alone of showing up what Harry can do for his worth has already been discovered by the many big sports who were at the Los Angeles meet, but he wants to get more of an interest aroused in Phoenix, than is at present the case
 The athletic world outside" said Lewis. have got the mistaken idea in to it's head that Phoenix is the home of the sick, sufferers of tuberculosis. a locality where anything but ath- letics can be made a go. That the climate is so hot that the runner loses all desire to compete. to make an eX- ertion The reality is that there is not a better city in the world today for all the year around training. for continuous exercise, better air. better natural facilities. which are the best after all. for the development of top notch athletes It has been proven again and again that both men and horses which have received their train ing in this city do better when trans planted for a meet somewhere else, that they have the advantage over their rivals. and can deliver dark horse records, or in other words better records than their past performances give them credit for. I want the Phoe- people to see Harry in action. to see what a real product of this locality can do. I want them to see that l can turn out other material that will al most equal Harry. from his own tribe. Yes. 1 think without a doubt that liar " Mclean will make a worlds rec ord inside of two years. if everything goes as well as it is now going. l have reason for thinking so and am not the only one either. I have staked my all upon him so far. and will be more than glad to do it again. though
  the Phoenix people who are lovers of sports Harry Mclean Is not only good runner. but because of this is an advertisement that will be hard to beat for Phoenix. He did more than anything else to advertise this city at the recent Los Angeles Elks' conven- tion. His name was read in every pa per by sports from all over the coun- try as well as capitalists, and business men.
 Yes. I have all the support neces- sary to take Harry to any meet that want to. all kinds of it from the outside. but I don't want to have to accept it unless it is necessary for I want the people of this city to see the proposition as the advertising medium that it is and send him. This is one of the reasons for promoting the coming event about the first of August. At that time I will place Harry in five mile event. to run his five in better time than two men can run relay of two and one half miles each. I think that John Curley. who took third place in the two mile race at the P A A meet will be here with some one else to make up one of the relays. At this time will be seen another Hopi Indian, built ex- actly like Harry. by the name of Shewowa Wiskawaya, who detests a short race and will not run any thing under the ten mile. I consider him the running mate for Harry"
 At a later date. when the complete plans for the August event are closed they will be announced. but at present Trainer Lewis will not give out the details of the event for fear of having the usual athletic mixup that gener- ally occurs because of vagueness re- garding the rules.