The Calumet news., 1910-06-07
SHERIDAN AVOIDS BRUSH
With WOLVERINE PHENOM
Irish-America All-ArOund Cham
pion Declines Meeting with
Joe Horner
FRIENDS ARE DISAPPOINTED

Martin Sheridan of the Irish Amer
loan Athletic club of New York city,
will not meet Joe Horner, the Michigan
star for the all-around championship.
This information, coming from Chi
cago. via the Chicago Athletic club,
will crush the hopes of supporters of
the wolverines all-around man. For
the past year, or since the events at
plttsburg last summer, when Horner
came within a few points of equaling
sheridan, without entering as many
events. Michigan men have been wait
ING for a Horner- Sheridan match.
Nor has this desire for meeting
between these two been confined to
varsity supporters alone. There has
been a national wish and demand. In
the west there was deep-rooted feeling
that Horner could take the all-around
honors from the Irish American star.
This feeling was not in the least bit
lessened by the way in which Horner
performed in the indoor events at the
varsity last season, nor by his show
ing i'm the outdoor dual meet with Syr-
acuse. He had been tipped as the
man who was to take the honors from
sheridan, and as time went on the
feeling of amateur honors grew.
Sheridan Refuses the Offer.
In Difference to this demand the Chi
cago A. A.. with whose team Horner
competed in the games at Seattle and
other events last season, wrote Sheri-
dan. asking him to meet Horner in an
individual event for honors. The reply
came back from the New York star
that he could not enter such an event
Furthermore. Sheridan stated that he
was about through with athletics. His
excuse was that he had strained mus
cles i'm his abdomen during the past
year and that he had little hope of ev-
er being i'm his old time form again.
However, they are counting upon
sheridan to take part in the big A. a.
L. meet at Pittsburg according to dis
patches from the Smoky city, and they
declare that Sheridan will be in shape
to go the route as well as he ever did
For years the New Yorker has been
pre- eminent in all-around events
When he is not on the track he ful-
fills the duties of member of tho
police force of Greater New YORK
With regularity he has garnered about
everything that has been offered MIN
and it has become a stereotyped eX-
preston to say. Martin Sheridan was
the star of the meet"
With throw of 1i4 feet he is
leader with the discus, while with th'
Sc pound weights he has done some
great heaving.
Horner's Rise Has Been Rapid.
Horner is a comparatively new figure
in national athletics. He is junior
at Michigan and for two years ha'
been a member of the varsity tracl
team. He first attracted attention
when as a member of the Grand Rap
ids high school team, he came dowl
and won interscholastic track meet
almost single handed.
Great things were expected of him II
his freshman year at college and he de
llvcred in the interclass meets. Thei
came his period of inter collegiate el
igibility and more honors for the Crane
Rapids boy and points for Michigan II
meets. His summers also have beel
taken up with athletics, for he ma
competed I'm all the big meets, usuail
as a member of the Cherry Circle team
of Chicago.
Now if the dope that Sheridan hahu
out himself is true. the Michigan star
who can win points in sprints, welgh
events, pole vault, jumps and hurdie
with regularity, is to be the next al
around champion.
Sheridan Still Holds Title.
Sheridan. of course, holds the titl
until he is beaten or until someoh
comes along whom no refuses to NEE
Now, If he goes through with the acc
laration that he will not compete agar
and no reason can be assigned Tor
misstatement on this point-Joe HOT
cr can now be termed all-around atr
letic champion. But there will be diS
appointment, for the contest betwee
these two had eagerly been looked toi
ward to.