The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
EBVS on THE AfHLEfEE
TAFrS NILE AND AsHALF TBE
BEST SINCE CONNEFF-s TGafE.
College Team Tor western 4. q. q. GnnH,-
ptOaships nntegna tasnai Meet ~
sDreaaen Nexa Nenr-sIlm Rector
Coaching aprinter Poraine 90 ~. leUls

sDreAaen Nexa Sear-uglm Beeasr
CoaellRg sprinter Ferslne sgSt. LeUis
The mile and a half run by Jack Ia
in esq in Madi-Sn square Garden . 81
nights aEo Was the best piece 81 rumnn(-
seen for the distance since ths days az Ton,
my Connect. The Canuck has = rood del
Of the English style about his running. 4
he moves close to the ground and reachtk
ont low for his strides. Il being the smaathk
e-t possible method Of covering ehe patiA
Nithout much hardship. After I'm rmce
TAFT said that he was only n years ~ aep.
there II a brilliant career bsforo him.
II he steers clear OF the plefalls. and The
illusion that there Is an ~ Dorado N pro-
fe-riOnAlism.
That he Is wise ON the course 10 pnFstls
j. q fair assumption. to 20 ny those who are
his mentors. and Il - very likely THAI match
makers ON this side Of the boundary line
viii So more OI TAFT. In q casual way ~
admitted that the mile and a half was bis
beut distance but that he could run prstly
fair mlle and 80 the two miles az a mars
gait. he Was clicked to do t24 for IT,
mile at BAItim ore and h. to meet Bouhna
In tho two miles again NJ Buffalo. On the
public form Of the pair BonhAg shonld IN
The winner. but later whea TAFT gathers .
little more strsnsth be viii be . hard ccs-
toner TO tackle. m
In the race \, the Garden Tall was LEADING
AZ the mil-. the time being q minutes n
seconds. and thls gives a line how tho pasi,
good ~ they seem 10 tho present day critics.
would figure with Tonmy Conasss. On
September ,. IssS. when Conns1 did 9te -
outdoors. he rested on the mile IN as1a. and
- ~ ~ss sks= ssseIas h sssssiy sFotssi
the remaining half &C his on n gait. Had thsrp
been anybody to extend him tliAs dAy % n
unknown what he would hRvs dona. and
~ the least would have beaten zee An
idea of the merits 81 Connects mack con
be better CLEANED from the fact that ehrnhb
at hi- very best failed To dlslodgo ~ Rts
figures for the mile and a half we're eN7 81.
and there never was the least doubt thai
shrubb was all sorts u . wonder from .
mile To ten
Ia the intermediate distances OF woam
three quarter and two miles ConReG wns
supreme Iand II h q pity that be did net
have . real crack at the record for the mia
and two miles. The day no did the record
Of 50 80 for the three-auMrtsEs Was ths
day he could have done something great
for the mite the shrewd brigade then bong
OF The opinion that he could have staHHeFen
ne "a ne 1872 resord " ' s,s y Is w.s .a
beginning Ia go stale. while the same eve
ming the atm osphrre VAS damp and beatty
ihS, CcEneG could 90 two miles q. . min
ss. yss sssr q. "a S.y s q &. x me me- i
! a hsif record Ne ronId surely have eas1rinusd
Sna fS FL: :" sSsd s ess s < s *.
It Is rsported ,hsi ws-hin s,ov guiv,rsiiy
Missouri ior lie annual dual isses and
instead will enter she entire tp4g@S9t tho
Western A, a. y ohempl0n-hips ,whleh VIII
the auspices Of yhe Missouri A. c. % ~,
! Louis and the club has 1lrsady coraFptneed
1 %e,oh s W.nSiHEtcoO MI,ss,ad ard
Nevada we're 70 have ifipi4 Ensee. hllt the
S"'t-'r Z ~. .s' h a.'I n Sssf z % s ss
There Is to s. an iRssraahansLss ieeitiep
ShiSS ,Sere : Going to be soISs scst OF sn
irrational athletIc meet. The resa en-
| Olympic Association has decided 90 hsip u
along, AZ recent meeting % the s~socle-
ton the S9 CON ,s Ss- e,'FSS cred 70 CO.
| view 60 the participation ~ Hreat Britain
| IN tho .xhibitiOn. >. y. FOwIer-Di1ea,
I nfty miles, aud =. n Cotton we're app0iUfed
! "A. represent ative- on the BTitish Olympic
! cOun"il of the ordinary and life nieubers
Carl forline the crack spsinter 0f she
! Mis>OuTt 4. & - heinz 'oached by Dim
ReC,ori though some time ago Ne -s,d
o., ever. we "" ia" 9Th forISs teschins hun
spsId ~" ~ he earl art Of q spriSi, ne
reDOrt ~ that Rector will work with teW-
nm N ,Se NHd Sf %or.s rector sS i.s
Missouri people think they will be able 60
tell whether or not they viii he succe-afpI
There Vas quite lot of curiosity recently
IN the New York 4. e. indoor games ebout
one Of the entTies ia the $50 yard handicap
Tie was the third man from he top. and ~
he Sas not given . handlcsp and w.
that he vas a new rival OF the young cham
piOn The name OF the cont estant AZ per
club WSs given a. az ~ secon. ic shrdl shT
etao-nfn. There we're all sorts 81 con-
lecture about the runner. bui when the star.
ters weni 10 the post he could not he Dicksd
charge Of the programme sale had their
Voc, bought a prosramm. a, the snirssos
Of the Garden and on openinS y d1.c2yergd
sh h rRs beg legend pI over Sis head Program%s
OF the lrish American a c. The men
thought that Benny levine was pssstng
goAE q have the boy arrested
Shrubb writes to a friend IN England that
racing he does in future viii not excssd
ffteen miles, but would ne betser pleased
With 9 match Of ten miles Or so.newhere
but would like to take ON some pro On Tie
h. v ouid he more than refreshed By . few
spins ~ lbrON Park. Glareow. the scens Of
some q hIs greAte-s Iests y hen an amateW.
fornia Tor any OF he MArath ons. for tSs
tide has turned against that class q racing
H rum On N mo not long ago at CSaiss PARK. iss
hn1eis-, but the contest failed 20 i.aprcss
the public there from a sporting standpotni
The Illinois 4. q OF Chicago y going -
make a bid Tor hopors ON track and Ned
this year The club has abOdt Q ecore Of
men In training and they intend 70 keep o.
n for the entire season. In the spirits there
will be such cracks John Martin and T.
Iip@ki, and Dwight Parker II exPscled 10
look after the quarter mile. A y. Holdsn
and William Naldr0u will he the half mfleEs
and william Ke~sier will be- the rspresemfa-
tive In the two miles The heavyweight
man 81 the Illinois 4. G vii be Ivan Prathar.
former champion Of the western Association
with the ~ pound shot
Three big cross country races took place
abroad recently. notably the Seotttsh IA
tionnI Irish senior and the English Southern
counties The last named nxtare wss
Attempted twice, the first being declared
on an account Of y mistake being made IN
the trait. The second attempt was attended
with better luck on tho Epson Downs
the scene Of the conflict. There VAS . large
crowd present, among them being lord
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