The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
NEWS OF THg ATHLETES
FRENCH OF OLYMPIC FAME
AGAIN SHOWS HIS TACTICS.


nunasr MRo '-norea'' LIeat. aahwsiae
rrses Isb rrleaG sa Glssias. and %
Wsrksa- BaArry y. POStsR Jsaas ne
Chaea9O 4. A.-WaIksF O nDriaaing.
u used % b. an ed saying In athletios
that once . tricky performer always q
tricky perfoEmer. and that no matter how
surroundings and other thingB might
change q man memsneaFIly. no was Liable
10 suffer Q raaapss any instant and exhibit
his true eolosp. A glariAs IlustratIoa Of
the edass tecsntly ves the rstey rscs 81
Pitfsburg where G. ~. French % the Chicago
A A. ives the chi@f actor. and hs aid HE
part 90 well that he oaassd the Nsw fOrk
A. c. team 70 b dlBanaliasd. French. u
win be remembered. We oos % the chief
factors In the International rev Ovsr tho
600 mstSrs at the Last olympie oamss q
LOndon. and the man mostly responsible
Ia said for boring Lieut.. halswslls
10 shs outer edge Of the running path.
show that the Englishmsn had come sround
for their claim Of . foul. fcr French 70 sesn
near the outer edge of the track. With hais-
Wslls SIN further out.
After returnins TO America French said
that HalsweIle had plenty of room 20 30
By him on the inside u he had not room On
the outaids. but that he himsslf had the
e. hs was In the lead. Much the same thing
happened the Other night. French vas
running OF rather staRgsrins along on the
centre Of the track when Otsstng came
With q rush on the inaide. but when French
aaw the New York A. c. man passing him
no swung In and tried to foul oIssins. but
Oinming was gone. and French fell In heap
on the floor. oissine said yesterday that
French never touched him and even II ne
dtd, that u should make no difference. ss
French vas away out % his course and
running foul However. 10 made no differ
sncs 20 Everett c. Brown. who 10 president
Of the Chicago A. A. a. well - head OF the
A. A. L.. and who happensd 70 be referee.
for he promptly disqualified oiasinS ana
the New YOrk A. c. team. and awarded the
race 20 his own club.
rhst ths derssion wa not impressive -
hose present can be gathered from the
rumorn current since. the consensus being
that Il would be moro diananod for Brown
and more In ksspinG with tbs policy OF
amateur sport II he had turned the JOB Of
rofsRsOinS the race over to some distnter-
estsd party To judge from the stOrtss told
Of the incident by about q dossn there wa
/ bound to be some ugly work IN tho race any
wsy One man aaid he heard the Chicaso
trainer tell French to run CHASING wide.
this to q runner Of Frsnch's cAlibre meaning
70 bore Oissins on the track. and Of course
Preach did the halswells got TO the queens
taste. Those who say the race agree that
Blair whsn touching with French inssrfercd
with Oissing 10 the amount % about ak
yards Instead Of turnins out on the track
when be made the relief Blair turned to-
ward the instds and bumped into otssins
It may not have been Intentional On tire
part Of nlair but u looked very Suspicious.
especially e. the Chicago A. A. runner took
the trouble to turn tho wrong way,
It wss arranged that ths New York 4, G
sa Jyns d, 81. cspt; "a. Hslpln q ths
S:s rs &c s., 50 ss "a es T s::
ccSosrnsd. he refused % dlscues the de-
T ~. p y =: .ArsuSA ssS &. cS
~ letter 70 . frssnd IN this city Harry y.
SSs ~. s' 81 Sss SSsS BE cScasS 4
and that he vii wear the CherEy circle y
~ tutpss co9pstis.ea'; PsSsssss ., S:l ss
SSS sS sSst Ssl1S N ssycrai mep,is d Z 70
- .s.y@F4 tsel y via - sIisi ~ % .fSrsii
30 q So help 70 The chiea9o team % e GER
talniy. Tor b 3 consisttnt Jumper and can
vim the next national title FOR the high
SO ' Ss 1S n ISsaS s ~S:n e $
darn horse In the game. out nooooy seems
fSs ssrss. sSaI,Ica to q: Literature e. e
aihletics r. 9 book OF sprtntlng ~ x =.
ne. ssa.s Sir.c @a' tTSsss - Subject n
many SsasS ssuss ; :Ss.n,.rs .sssid NOV %Sie
S: (: sdS S.saa ma s.s 3 n. i .dS:s. III Nc
would sAAns IN the front rant 80, % Sssin
TssSs b.s q: .Sy S. ass i q ana al he
best time 70 develop the sprinting faculties.
sss HSs ss' a mSsS.s a:sS n srsnsns
hope am not giving an Impression that
s Ss early o ast SS ATE sSy s1a
iFalnsTs Nho dlHsr on thls point and much
prefer g .:nai: 49, Sss h1s :.Efn =, 10
''@R ssum tHs .Sss : nSviSs &. 90, hs body
he r sssSE ' SSssns srcsna ON he
knsss too hLsh u froni. fos 4 should Dc ths
pTactissd " this sIrtaInE . that ~ soon A.
The stride should be 30 cultivated that the
.SS5 s%, " S:,S: !: s. D: .I, s', = &.
TTousd quickly. The body should = in
s sI.. Common an s fsu q eO sss ysSss
position. win the r04ull that ~ q race they
Ioss the poss Of the body at shout half the
distance and start hghtins With their arms.
Thus they Fs, right back on their hesls--a
very bad fault and serious drawback to
If should always be the aim Of the
Splinter 90 build up - much physical Energy
as possible in training. Overvork ON she
other hand 10 certain TO ma>e q man slack
and prOntlass lacking that nerve force
without which u " useless TO sfart In q race.
The nervoOsnees Of sprtnisr. 10 EreyeIbtas.
IN TACT an ALhists who " as all stugglsh
could do nttLs as . sprint runner The
youn sstsg Who fssls shaky on HE Iess OF
weAk In his stomach need not be q all
sshanasd q hin.slf. for most spr,n,ers who
thing the aems way AZ the same time he
need not think thai all champion sprinters
lack courage because they are nervous. for
the fsslinE " nothing more than the result
snsfTy. IL 4 this physical sDsrgy witch
givse The afhlets poSsr TO convey 9 message
from the brain 20 the body The lightning
II Rivee the spFtuter power 20 shoot from tho
mark almost spontaneously with ne pistol.
there 10 60 BE- . nav district In the A.
A. ". national body. entitled tho Missouri
Valley AseOetatien. lt will BE- composed Of
paFte Of Nebraska, Iowa and kanaAs with