The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-27
NEWS OF THE ATHLETES
PROSPECTS FOR A BRISK SEASON
AMONL The DISTANCE MEN.
Paul., the Pennsylvania Flier. to Rcside
IN New York and VIII q During
Summer Walkers Coed Showing In
EDsiaad- Old Time Splinter hobs Up.


Ebsiaad-O Old Time Splinter Bobs Up.
just now the prospects, are blooming for
a great season among the milers, anda little
later on In the championships the public
may see figures hung up which have not
been scored since the palny days Of Connef.
The presence here Of the English mile cham
Upon. II. A. Wilson. viii attract attention
toward that department OF track sports, but
to judge from the current rumors good az
Wilson is there viii be a Yankee on hand
to extend him. The man is j. p. PAUL. Of
the University of Pennsylvania. who at the
last intercollegiate championship reeled
OF the mile in the cracking time Of minutes
II As seconds. a feat hitherto unaccom-
plished by any native born Americana
The style In which PAUL did his work left
no doubt OF his exceptional speed and
stamina. for early In the race he went to
the front and made his own pace all the way.
finally running clean away from his field.
Unlike most college men, who after u start
ling performance go away and are never
heard of again, PAUL 10 going TO train all
summer and will be seen in local cham
pionshlps. He will reside In New York and
do some laboratory work as a dentist and
VIII wear the colors OF the New York A. O..
TO which organization he was elected some
time ago. ~
Another good miller is MCGEE Of Princeton.
any dhy a1iv 10 stasser 4:20 for the eight
~furlongs and a good game runner into the
bargain. With Wilson. who lie a strong 4:2o
man. PAUL. MCGEE and possibly Trube, who
beat 4;2o indoors, on the firing line there
should be something worth looking at in the
mile. 4! most a generation has slipped by
since Tommy Connect did 4 minutes IS SIS
seconds at Travers Island. and though good
milers have come and gone at times II Is only
now that there is a likelihood OF these figures
being duplicated.
r. E, Walker. the South. African Splinter
and Olympic champion. has already ap-
peared several times In England, and al
though he has been credited with winning
brackets he has done nothing out Of the
ordinary AZ far as time goes. Az the civil
service sports recently he scored twice
In the seme afternoon, the events being q
100 yard handicap and q scratch 100. evil
IDENTIFY put on to give the South African
a chance to show himself. He collared
the handicap In 10 i-5 seconds and the
scratch event was three-ffths Of a second
slower. To judge by what the critics
say Of Walker he Is far from the man he
was last year. when he beat the best sprin-
tiers in the world, and was more than once
reported to have done 0 2-5 seconds for the
century.
u hceu JuuB6 VI form WuO>sdW uiIh ~
Darlington writes Of his appearance and
work there: Everybody was on the tip
Toe Of excitement to see the Olympic cham
pion start in the seventh heat OF the ITO
yard run. This excitement carried some
o. the spectators from their ordinary point
Of vantage to one In close proximity to the
starting line; consequently many behind
were disappointed with the view obtained.
| saw a figure coming along which was
Walkers, but not the Walker of July. 1905.
There was the lack Of freedom. Of grace
and of speed that clearly showed Walker
10 be a long way OF from his ordinary
form. He finished second In his heat 20
L. Grant Shs yards. the ultimate winner.
and he lost by about a yard and a half.
m 1ns , ass,s Ssins as ", WITH se S 2 II f IS : mas
cold and he did not look with any pleasure
on the long wait oil his mark.
In tue go yard handicap ne grAced the
scratch mark on the programme. but un-
known TO many Of the spectators Ior tne
moved Soq irSm , rs s..aas. he snq fell foul Of
the starter. and going over his mark h4d
TO sun er a penaity-,a yard behind scratch
io arai y'H IN 2, ne rs seconds. WalEins down
TO the start Of the final. with him. our bSiel
sSnys Ts1i. n . fssu eoid air in d III n sss .aii h aha.
aud not being mt. he fell over the line In
starting. More than ever ne Struck me As
marx did not do him any good and he had
the appearance of a much worried man.
who had my sympathy, In the maj ne s0t
that direction he had learned. He seemed
to NY from his mark and afterwatd steady
himself. He knocked almost q iuIi second
by half a yard, for the second time that
day from the same man. +. Grant,.
o, eo6 Ter ob KsTG of S6s as slriv. .de in ai Enx ys1dd
sprint championships which take place on
July 3. Ever since the olympic games
had not the final Of the 200 meter come so
close upon the final Of the 100 meter Kerr
would have won the latter. HON lar this
demonstrated when the pair meet again
next Saturday and when the spirits will
be comfortably apart And Tith,tns shorter
to the fore in England. and with this trio In
the 100 yard and go yard goes the Britishers
wiz see some i int rEIs s spf nId am. cham.
to revive the memories Of bygons times.
During the week Luther cary. me pri nf
looking stout and strong and entirely un-
like the lean racer he was twenty years
ago when, the late Jim Robinson ~srodnc
figured Axe eis In some sensational contests, the
championship at Analostan Island. Wash:
With Gary was John owen, Jr., q. the De
/ troit A. C., and he won by a yard from the
Princeton Demon" in the then record time
OF Q As seconds. There was. quite Q howl
raised by some member Of the Manhattan
A. c., of which club Cary was then the star,
that owen wa shot OF his mark, but the
thousands who saw the race believed dif-
man alive who could steal on the late George
Turner. who had the job OF firing the gun.
In the fall OF that same year Cary was
credited with 9h seconds FOL, the hundred
at Princeton and the Manhattan A.. C..
o ficiais made a big effort to have the record
passed by the 4. A. T., but q little inyesti-
CATION revealed a slight flaw In the timing
the A. A. Il. championships at 100 yards
and 22o yards in 1891 and the English 100
yards championship for the same year,
and altogether he furnished some rare
| spasms Of excitement while he was In active
corn petition.
Club at Celtic Park on July II will doubt less
be one Of the best handicaD meets OF the
year. The programme Is q capital one and
entries. Among the leaders is T.. Tunsht.
/ the Italian half miller and the man who ran
second in the 500 meters az the last Olympic
games Then there Is n. A. Wilson. the
En- glish mile cha and Others or front
rank. are Harry L. iiillmal, L. koheTtso1.
NJ J Sheridan, Matt MctiIath and his
ssis o1 l9sa q, . Flsra Iop . m nss % II . SsaS
time will he given to the winners, including
gold stop watches. diamond rings. pins
| and fobs, as we'll as other articles ri leweiry.
The events TO re decided are 500 yard ruiz