The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-29
MARATHON RUNNERS ARE
TRAINING FOR BIG RACE

'usle Stletz the Finnish runner who
arrived here from the old country a
snort time ago, and who is 10 race at
the Amphidrome on Saturday evan
ing April l6, against Earl McGlynn OF
hancock, Charles hilbert and Arthur
N'hg OF Calumet, is training daily al
the Amphidrome and at the Hancoo,,
driving park track. McGlynn also "a
having daily workout running
against Stietz in practice spurts and
trying to compare his records with
those made by stletz.
In recent work at the Amnbidron,o
Stletz claims to have 1O2 laps around
the Amphidrome floor in As minutes
As 1t takes twelve laps to the mile this
would be eight and half miles In tho
time given. Yesterday morning he ran
Tor an hour and ten minutes without
stopping, going about twelve miles.
ana In practice he has at times made
ten miles in 81 minutes.
Stietz's records, made in races with
a'hletes IN Finland since he has been
making a feature of running. are as
follows: Five miles. 26h minutes; 1f-
teen miles, houS "a minutes. &c
seconds.
stietz is nineteen years of age and
weighs l22 pounds. He arrived at New
YORK In January and did some run
ning at the Brooklyn Y. NJ. C. A. and
the Irish American Athletic club. IF
which latter club he was reported IA
vorably for membership. Stietz was
accompanied to the United States by
William Kohlinieml. well known
Marathon runner, now a member OF
the irish American club and who In
Finland once ran with Thure John
son, the new champion Marathon run
ner of the world, taking second place.
Stietz has clipping from a Finnish
athletic publication showing pic
ture of himself and Kohlinlemi stand
ing on the steamship pier ready 10
start for America. Stietz has only
been running for a year and a half,
and has made name for himself al
ready among the best Finnish run
ners. and n Helsingfors was a mem
Der of the Helsingin Kisa veikot, an
athletic club including I'm it's member
ship nearly all of the best athletes IN
Finland. He has trained with Karl
Nieminen, now in New York, AMI
though able to do good work compar-
cd with Nieminens in five-mile runs.
he was outclassed when 1t came 70
longer runs. He has never taken part
i'm regular Marathon of twenty
miles, although he has covered that
distance and more in good time in
long distance cross country runs in his
native country.
Stietz speaks very highly of the
made by McGlynn and says he
has found the latter a good steady run
ner, with good wind and speed and
thinks the Hancock boy will make
good showing in the coming contest.
McGlynn has excellent records made
In the races held last summer at the
Hibernian and CalumetY. NJ. C. c. field
day meets, and in high school cross
country runs, and his friends think he
will be able to hold out for his five
miles of the fifteen mile race on April
B.
Stietz received n letter recently FROM
Karl Nieminen. in which the latter
states that he Is to take part in a
i'm New York in which Thure
Johnson, Hayes and other runners Of
are entered. Nieminen is
years old but like Stietz
Is of long slender build. He writes
that he would like to pay visit 10
he copper country, II any races could
be arranged for him here.