The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13

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time that ! can loosen up ana enjoy
myself. III, St & = 81 as
II have been in the game. for ten
years. will not say that * has hurt
me any. have had a chance to travel.
and in my mind. travelling. when one
.is an OBSERVER. Isl better than a college
education. I have made hundreds OF
friends. and no one can gainsays that
that was not a benefit.
The game. however. has cost me q
great deal OF money ana much time
TO be champion one has to take a
great dea! ct time that mi hit be de-i
voted TO business purposes. repeat
mat athletics has cost me great deal
or money. For instance, just before
the last Olympic games IN Lend !
had q few hundred dollars In, bank.
~ drew 1t all out and spent IT. on the
other side. You know / d ID a lot OF
travelling at my own expense while
abroad. particularly when IN ireland
. brought home lots OF gifts to my
friends besides.
IS Athletics has kept me broke most OF
the time. know the game has done
q lot for me. and my advice to all
youngsters is to go In for athletics.
A man, however, should know when
he has enough. think have had
enough and think It is about time to-
drop athletics and get down to busi-s
ness. The game has given me all IT
can give me- Now II have got to get
my nose down to the grindstone
want more time for business It Is
about time that T used III my energies
toward making a decent living.
OF course Il am sorry TO drop ath-
1etics. I8love the game 81 or never
should have been in II as long as 4
have. It is particularly hard for me
But have done q deal Of thinking Son;
the subject, and the only thing It
seems for me to 10 Is to drop athletics
now, for once and all. Unless Uncle
Sam wants me to so to the Athens
olympiad tho game has seen the last
OF me- Isl "a
Martin Is the present hold erE Of the
worlds all round record and the
worlds record for throwing the disc
styles. rom the seven-foots,
circle, from a stand and IA the Greek
sty1e-and throwing the discus. olym-5ii
pic weight and Olympic style. He ais,
stone record OF 81 feet s1.2 inch.
Martins all round athletic record \
Is 1855 points. and was made IN Cell
tic Park last Independence Day. His 4
worlds record for the seven foot CIR
Gle discus throw Is 1870 feet 10 In
inches; for the Greek style discus
throw, 116 feet Ia inches. and for
the Olympic weight discus throw 14c I
feet o ia inches. s3
4 Sheridan never has been extended
In an all around athletic conpetltion;l
Or he would have hum up even a !
greater total than his present world's &
record Z. Experts say tra at with y good
competition Martin surely would have /
exceeded the 5000 point mark on last /
Lndepcnd ence Day 4 *
Martin "a was the ygorl highest
point inner IN II the Athens Olymp1 tad,
ana was beaten out only q quarter
If q point for the point honorsS In the II
last Olympiad I'd In Lond on. Peerless
Mel Sheppard shaded Ma rtins g quarter
ST L a point, Mel 5Pi skiing up an extra
point by compe citing on the Yankee team
that captured the re lay ra ce.5 Despite
That. Martin NO uldf have won the 20 int /
honors but forSa MI TAX by an official
IN the standing broad 1 Jump contest.
Martin was born on May IS, 1881
IN Bohola Count y NJ ago. Ireland. |
came to America in 4 900. and In 19o u
was Induced by his brother. Dick Sheri-
dam then a champio on himself I. to 90 ms
To- the game. Martins first ppearanes
was In the game ssofs the 20 Mon Settle