The sun., 1910-01-09
NEWS OF THE ATHLETES
LUNGHI ENTERS A PRO RACE
~; " IN ENGLANn.
italian was Placed at scratch In Powder.
hSH 1Ialf VILE HahdicaD. but Did No,
9tart--R. ,. kammcrer TO shoot C.n.
dOrs-Hllncho. Oarsman, Dies NJ no

| 8tnrt-B. d. hamInerer TO shoot Can.
dOrs-KllInchO. OaFsman, Dies At m.
The sporting papers from the Old wor,a
during the W eek contained the news tina, y
LunEhi. the italian half miller. figured amods
| the entries for the .Powderhan. half mill
professional race All the best peds /.
Europe turn out for this affair and soma.
times the entry Is 20 large that there are 4.
many as twenty trial heats. That I.unxhi
should have q cut at the sIo0 prize is not
surprising. for long aEo Il was hinted that
his intention In coming to America was to
turn pro.
The news Of the amount OF money made hv.
Dorando here last winter reached italy
and stirred the natives. and IL was only
natural that Lunghi should catch the fever
But when he landed here he found profess
sional racing at a very low ebb There was
nothing in the middle distances except A
few 'psltry dollars to be picked up at Scot
tish games and picnics. so Lungh re-
msined in the amateur ranks.
Whether or not he was serious in ent eripx
the big pro event at Edinburgh is not known.
but he has suspended himself with the
English A. A; A.. and to appear there a. an
amateur he must be reinstated. According
to the ruling Of that body last April an sth-
lete who allows his name to be in any way
connected with a professional meet stands
suspended from that very moment
Lunshi was on scratch butNdid not start.
but that made no difference. He cannot
offer IL as an excuse that he did not mean
to turn pro- A couple OF weeks ago II va,
reported that Junghi and Wilson we're to
represent a club near Sheffleld. where they
intended to live next season. The Powder.
hall entry has upset the plans. unless Lunsh
tries to square 1t with the A. A. A.
Iu haf ha is lin nj tn ha n nj ret fy ficLi,.k
job, for those in charge OF the AFFAIRS area
hard set to deal with. 1t is a fact worth
noticing that OF the athletes declared pro.
fsssional in England not one ever got bach
to the amateur ranks, so the Italians
chances OF figuring again as an amateur in
England appear very slim.
Robert j. Kammerer, a member Of the
New York A. G. board OF governors and the
- -wampum keeper" OF the Huckleberry
Indians. has planned a three months trim
South America. IL will be business
and sport combined. the sport end OF IL
a trip across the Andes.
While so near the clouds Nr. KammereN
Intends to have a little condor shooting.
that is II he should chance to come within
range OF any OF these birds. He will hs
armed with camera, a shotgun. a ride
! nd brace Of six shootets and plenty OF
ammunition. He won't write boot
about the trip on the stalking Of the con.
ior where the Andes tower" but he viii
have hts OF things to tell after be returns
rhe Huckleberrys wanted to give Bob
! sendon in the shape OF a powwow. butt
he declined, saying he desired to slip away
Is quietly as possible on January -.
One of the notables of the early days
II rowing in the Old World died recently
The mrn was HenTy Blincho and he had
cached the fne age OF 90 years. He
vas nicknamed Hercules and his feats Of
were marvellous. Blincho
vas one OF the four crew helon ginH half
century, or more 70 the Lambeth Rowing
,hapman, all dead now.
This crew won the Thames Challenge cup
hree years In succession and once had the
Ill. OF France. The { eat that
armed them the medals was their defeat
4 4 2 French crew n a race Eat Newhaven1
or in England. A good idea Of Blincho's
'rowess AZ an oarsman can be gathered
so ,os sh h1s dSsh psh,oTfpasce of wb.,h IS2s
N com peAy with cesNe wham in a pGiE oar
ntrigged hk.T he rowed from VR1xhsll
) ssseSends. @ / The e exset distsnce Is ! mile
0, Yards and. to-day there II, hardly a pair
hell or double scOlI,l the world that could
Blinobo and a partner Of hie named r.
layton Engaged 70 row a skin from Lam.
ssts eth st9iTs p Windsor Bridge IN 4 hours
hat distance sInslehanced, with bis part.
ssretGhssd ,ss hs n ss ne SG,
ridge in 10 hours p In,ny.es. -.
an sses Sa,sd ssss gig cTsw s.,na that e, o.d
ack, a distance Of iso miles. AIthoueh
he rowers experienced rough water tbs
|, good shape and without the slightest
!. Binc hoiwap a. maj, Of parts. For number
ury Hall. It often fell to his lot TO hste
, sing several songs OF night WHICH he
Id with effect1 as he had a fine, poverfifIs
Oicc. lie was in great demand as chair-
IAN. as he could be easily heard in the
Irgest hall.
BESIDES he was a telling. common sense
. stood M he could always command at
'ntion. Some few years ago Blincho met
ith bad accident which caused him to be
great sufferer foT the closing years of his
There has always been somethin T. striking
bout the timing Of professional races, and
'ntly have attracted quite a lo, OF ntten-
on. in the sprint race 81 r20 yards Nat J.
'lvsnis ,H1 SsfsstsS oI pss,, .Ss psnn
'ofessiopal champion, in az seconds.
During the stay OF the oX Quaker in Eng
eonas FOR Ss the Se SSoSs s an and bs sSs was
'epared before he crossed the line as after
fact u was the same concern that trained
M. Directly he turns pro he picks M
fe or ak yards from some unkDo wn source
lrtmelIs 22 seconds was. done on q
'iendfd track, vet on q soft. soggy path
rms half a second faster.
Anot her glarinG instance wBs when Card
n beat Dorarido In the Marathon at Albert
all, London. For the first three miles
srdiner, did ~ minutes 421. seconds.
Rshing great performance for that dis
nee alone. yet he kept on his legs for
miles or mere TO the end of
> Journey.
His time for twenty miles was I hour,
minutes seconds, q truly wonderful
OF running. especially when the crack :.
2 pace OF his first three miles is con
iered. Previous TO his appearance as
o Gardeners best time for three miles
- soInething like rs minutes IS seconds
ie said that professionals cannot hold
Itch wrong. so the only alternative II
at the tracks are short or that an amateur
line suddenly becomes en-
wed with supernatural attributes.
Most athietes here reIhember Denis
ryan, the shot putter who represented
. New York A. G. for a couple Of sea sons,
10 bold Denis recently married and la
" living In the city OF Cork, ireland,
lere he runs prosperous business in
. wine and liquor trade. lie h the pres
{ English and, Irish champion AT putting
D sixteen pound shot and had the inten-
N OF coming to America again. Hs
lrriage probably means he viii end his