The Washington herald., 1910-07-31
LONDON OLYMPIC
HEROES DISAPPEAR.
In Two Years Third Of Team
Has Dropped From Athletics.
some TURNED PROFESSIONAL

Nat CartnsIl Now Running In Eng
land, Harry HiIIman Coaching Dart
mouth, While Other Cracks Have
Gone Into Business.
About two years ago the Amateur
Athletic union after a series Of tryouts
in various sections OF the country Sc
listed team to represent America at
the London Olympiad. 1t proved to be
one OK the greatest collections Of ath-
letes ever gathered together 70 fight
for a common cause and easily de-
feated the rest Of the athletic world
Yet today not more than two thirds
Of the members Of that team are &C
lively interested in amateur athletics
One OF them, John B. Taylor. Jr., one
Of the best quarter milers that ever
drew on running shoe. is dead. Some
few have turned professional. Almost
n score OF the others have found that
business and athletics do not mix and
have given up the game.
If Yank Robbins Is sincere in his de-
termination to quit running athletics
scented America in two events-the 10
meter hurdles and the 400 meter fat
race. In the former four Americans
Forest c. Smithson. Johnny Garrels. A.
B. Shaw and W. NJ Rand-qvali1ed
for the final heat They have all re-
tired from athletics and are following
different careers. The last heard OF
Smithson he was headed for British
Columbia with the intention Of taking
UP a farm under the homestead laws.
The 400 meter fat race had three
Yankees IN the fnal-Yank Robbins. J.
G. Carpenter and John B. Taylor. Jr.
Taylor died Of pneumonia about year
ago. Carpenter has not appeared in
competition since his return from Eng
land and only the other day Robbins
declared that he had chased his last
medal This announcement, however,
is not taken very seriously.
Other events have not suffered so
much. but there is hardly one that has
not lost some one. Take the sprints.
/ Nat Cartmell, q point winner in both
/ the LOG and 200 meter sprints. has
/ turned professional and is running as
I
ents objected 10 any further participa-
/ ton in athletics on his part, and he re-
tired Recently he joined the Missouri
A c. and may represent the ST. Louis
club in future, but for a long time he
did nothing. Dan Kelly hsSn't been
heard from in heaven knows' how long.
and Lawson Robertson is a profession
al trainer, handling the Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic clubs track and field rep
resentatives.
Harry Hnlman and Charley Bacon
ran COR the United States in the 400
meter hurdles Hiliman only recently
/ left New York 10 become coach and
! trainer OF the Dartmouth university
/ athletes. and it's Just about a toss up
/ whether Ham" ever returns to the
/ races. he has done little or no train
\ Ing for a long time. and it IS even
/ longer since he has appeared in COM
/ petition. he has settled down and
I hasn't as much time on his hands as
! he used 10 have
Ralph Rose another champion from
the far west. Is the next thing to being
| on the retired list he is either study
ing or practcing law and hasn't pulled
| down a medal in a long time Prob
/ ably II some OF his records were upset
] he would jump in again and hoist
J them a few inches. But just now he
/ has too many other things 10 think OF
to devote any time TO putting the shot
F.. C K Dearborn, another weight man,
has also retired.