Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-16
PRINCETON HAS
GREAT ATHLETE
TRAINERS ENTHUSE ABOUT HIS
FUTURE
PLAYS LIKE STAR AT FOOTBALL
AND BASEBALL
Picked as Champion Sprinter of the
Century, and Eastern Experts
Refer to Him as Real
Wonder

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-For years the
possibility of any sprinter ever run
ming 100 yards in 2-5 seconds, unless
greatly aided by the wind on a down.
grade, has been the medium of long
dissertations by scientists, former ath-
letes and athletic critics galore. Some
few there are who will admit that it
can be done, but a vast majority of
them declare that 3-5 is about the
limit
Now appear three men, all of them
we'll known to the athletic-loVing pup
lie. and at least two of them in po-
sition to give weight to their words,
who declare that Princeton university
at this present minute harbors a kid
who, given time, should lower the time
first made by Arthur Duffy.
T. T. Pendleton of Berkeley Springs,
Va. a freshman at Princeton, is the
prospective record breaker. and Jim
Mccormick, head coach of the Prince
ton football team last year. and one or
the greatest fullbacks the game has
known; Pop" Lannigan, trainer at the
University of Virginia, and old Bill
Foley. who is in charge Of the track
team at the Georgetown university,
are his sponsors. Al Copeland, who up
to last summer coached the Tiger team,
also looks upon Pendleton as one of
the coming champs, but does not go so
far as to predict a record breaking
career for him.
Pendleton gave more than hint OF
what might be expected of him when as
q schoolboy, he ran for the Episcopal
high school, and four times scooted
the century in even time. Flying the
same colors, he made a record of % 2-5
seconds for the 220. He has the ideal
build for a sprinter, standing feet 3
in his socks and weighing in the neigh
borhood of 100 pounds.
Nor does he confine his athletic activ-
tiles to the cinder path. He stars at
either baseball or football, and was
captain of the freshmen eleven at
Princeton last fall. He hadn't been on
the team two days before the coaches
opened their eyes and took notice, and
before the season was over they de-
clared him the greatest quarterback
Princeton has had in years.
Lannigan and Foley are not men 10
express such an opinion of a runner
if there We're not some grounds for
their belief. Foley has turned out some
Of the greatest sprinters and middle
distance men this country has ever
had. He coached Arthur Duffy, the
first man ever to cover the century in
Q 3-5 seconds: Bennie Wefers, perhaps
the greatest sprinter the world has
ever known: Billy Herman Seitz and
many others, who won points for the
Catholic school when Georgetown was
a real power in athletics.
Lannigau has long been known as
the wizard of southern collegiate ath-
letics His University of Virginia
teams hav been sweeping everything
before them for years past. He devel-
oped Jimmy Rector. looked upon for a
short time as the fastest man in the
country at 100 yards and who might
have given the sprint record at least
a mighty serious jar had he not been
forced by his parents to quit the game.
Pendleton hasn't nearly reached his
full development. He is only a little
past IS now, and should not be at his
best for a couple of years, if then.
With the sort of training he might be
expected to receive at Princeton there
is no telling what he may do before he
winds up his collegiate career.