Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18

ne and others won thousands of dollars.
OF the stars who ran here then might
be mentioned w. Skinner. the American
Myers. who held the record until broken
this year by Mel Sheppard for 1000
yards: Charlie Samuels, the great
Gboriginal runner: the record holder, w.
o. George of England. Harry Hutchins,
another record holder; Joe Price, Harry
Harris and Jim McGarrigle, and others.
Price was given credit of being the best
of all. but he was not always given the
chance to win II was the crookedness
that crept into the sport that killed
1t. but the past few years there have
Deen some signs of restoring it to
higher plane, and good men are being
developed here and in New Zealand
Holway, the American Splinter, who
won the championship in England the
past year, has been somewhat of a mys-
and followers for some time. but Charlie
opened UP TO the writer and gave his
career as follows:
THE American people do not know
much Of me, because have run under
an assumed name in some of my races
there. ! was born April 10, 1885. at
AttleborO. Mass, L. S. A. My height is
feet II II inches, and my weight is Us
pounds. / began my athletic career by
playing foot ball and basket ball with
different emi-professional teams In
Rhode Island. 1t was playing foot ball
that made me start Sprinting. While
son OF 1905 ! sprained my right knee,
which developed into water, on the knee.
BY careful nursing it came around all
right by winter. When spring came
that could not make the turns around
the bases without hurting my knee. so
] had To forget base ball
II had run only one race up TO the
Tine ] hurt my knee That was the re-
81; of watching a bail game at Clinton
Park Woonsocket. z. l. Two runners.
named Parker and Skiffington, were run
ming 100 Yards for the title of the city
and supposed to be good runners. I re-
marked that / could beat either one OF
them. and a newspaper reporter asked me
why ! did not challenge ! said l would
and he ran the challenge. with the result
a match was made the next Saturday at
The Same place We ran and / Won cas-
ill.,. the betting being 3 TO against me-
My next race was with Harry Tttmas.
in June. 1905. for So q side. at 100 yards,
July ran against Dick Sullivan at Woon-
socket, for 500 side. and won. Next l
ran W. T. Triple ct 22o yards at Nara
SGnsett Park. Providence. r. l.. August
4. for 500 a side and l won easy. Then
| ran Eddie Flynn, who ran under the
rane OF Mitchell. at Scranton, Pa. and
I beat him by a yard, for 500 side. l
ran him again at Woonsock"t AMI beat
him. l had beaten most every star. so
next tackled T. F. Keene. now coaching
a. Syracuse University, y. ". November
-. 1906 They kept me waiting in the
cold and when started 7 Stiffened up at
thirty yards. Il taught a lesson.
however. and / RAN no more until the next
March.
Il went into the coal regions of Penn
Sylvania looking for matches under the
name of Charles +. Taylor and beat
Mike McMertiney at 100 yards. May 30.
for 500 q side. at HazetOn, Pa In may
] me, Tommy McGeough. giving him one
yard In 100. for $1,000 side. at Mahanoy
City. Pa. and won in 10 fiat. Big money
changed hands. September 10 / gave
Denny Sharkey yards in 100 and
won. at Hazleton. for 800 side. No
ve:nber ! met Billy Norris. at Middle
sex, and heat him. giving one yard.
In 1868 I went TO MahanOy City, Pa.
and ran Harry Hough of Iowa 100 yards
Tor S1.0J0 side. September l.. l won in
rs seconds. Labor day l Won two races
the same day at different grounds at
Trenton. y. J. During June and July
also won many races az Philadelphia and
other places. July 20 l won the champion
ship Of Illinois at Lincoln, H.. under the
name oc Taylor. defeating ten runners
from surrounding towns. Among them
was John Fleming. the title holder. anG
represented Arcola. / also led the hose
team for .ArcOla at the firemen's tourney
July - and -. and we won every race.
81 trained al Franklin Field. Philadel
phia. under Mike Murphy, for my race
with HOugh. ely race Of 1905 was for tht