The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
Sheridan Best of Track Athletes

durance: and. secondly. he must have
proved by his efforts In actual compcti-
ton that he Is worthy of the appclla-
non king of the worlds track attn
| lctcS."
None Of the FOUR mon mentioned lacks
The iir5t qualification. as all are powerful
athletes with no knowledge of fatigue,
and they are able to compete with equal
chances OF success In different events In
track athletics. But as champions are
entitled 10 the honor for what they havo
done. not because Of latent ability that
they possess. but which never has been
tested. II Is necessary To Conccde TO Mar
lin sheridan of the Irish Anne rican Ath-
letic club the right to he proclaimed the
world 5 greatest track athlete,
Compares Kraenzlein and Garrels.
II he'd been asked to name one ath-
lete Of all the worlds stars who would
be most valuable to a college track team.
should hesitate 10 choose between
kraenzlen and Garrels. When ! remem-
Der the work kraenzlein d!d in the hur-
dies and the broad jump he seems to be
the logical choice bur lust ~ tnat time
there flashes into my mind a vivid recol-
lection of Garrels wonderful perform
anccs in the shot and discus. and that,
together with consciousness that he
was but slightly inferior to Kraenzein
in the hurdles, tIps the beam In his favor.
AS a result. the most satisfactory method
Of making a choice Of that kind would
he the toss OF a Coin--for a comparison
Of the performances OF the two men
valuable to q college track team
Kracpzlein's collegiate competition was
In the eastern intercollegiate meet en-
clusively, while Garrels competed TWO
years In the western conference track
meet and single year In the eastern
meet. In 1898. six years before Garrcls
stepped into the athletic limelight,
KraenZleln entered the eastern intercolc
siate. winning the 12Oyard hurdles dash
and the 220- yards low hurdles. The next
year he won both the hish and low hur-
dies and the broad jump. setting mark
of II feet AZ inches I'm the latter event.
His last year OF collegiate competition.
1900. was his best, naturally for in tho
year he won the l00yards dash, the l20-
Yards high hurdles. the 220-yards low
hurdles. and captured second In the broad
Records OF the Athletes.
Garrels' collegiate work was little. II
any. less remarkable. In 1905, in the con
ference meet at Chicago, he won the 100
hurdles. and the discus throw. The next
year In addition to winning the same
three events As In 1905 he secured sec
ond place in the shotput. In 1907 MIchi |
gan went 10 the eastern intercollegiate, In
which no discus throw is included, That
year Garrels won both hurdles and took
second In the shotput. The comparative
figures of the two men give a general !
idea as to the relative merits:
Kracnzlein, Garrels
0O- yard dash ......-.. 10 Is 10 l-5 |
n--ard hurdles ,.,sa. Ia D 10 10 |
;2O-yard hurdles ...... 20 3-5 "a
5road jump .........'.'..,''.'23s r y IN. In
>hotput .,....... -,..sss.p.' 80 III. . il, |
DISCUS throw ........,.,..- .lfh II. ~ III. |
.l mark for ten seconds fat Is claimed |
or i<raenzen In the l0o-yard dash. but |
his never was allowed.
Interesting as IL is to compare these /
wo great athletes in an attempt TO de-
crmine which would have been the more /
for college track team, ii does
lot answer the question put 10 me. That
question is best answered by the results
f the contests for the worlds all round
in recent years. and the
ecords made by Sheridan in winning that
ontest This wonderful giant OF the
lcw York police force Is without rival
vino can set up A serious claim. backed
" past performances. Thcye may be
thletes who could push Sheridan hard
or the title but the best answer 10 that
rgument is that they never have done II.
nd until they do actually wrest the
onors from the present worlds champion
10 one can deny him the all time su-
Horner's Claims Considered
Joseph Horner, mentioned elsewhere in
his article Is the greatest Of present day