The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18
NEWS OF THE ATHLETES
nj LES GOVERNING STARTING
or SPRINT NEED en- LANCE.
Trick veteran Splinter Saw Recently
Meet At San Francisco shows Con-
diiion Of Coast Men ~. Louis
Team fer National Championship

Several items on the list ~ competitive
athl@'irS ar" IN need OF more ar less refor
nation. hat what should receive mined tate
attention is a rule governing the starting
OF sprint Races. No more Tui'ulou~ c0a.
dition could very well 10 mag insd than
that Wh,h nov EXISTS ana thai n To- see tbs
. starter standing IN front ~ the starting
line gun in hand Civ inR the shrrvdHr hriraG'
| n chance To heat II Their, - a bslisf reL.
orally that the ~prn'rrS keep their eyes
on the ground after getting set hut this
! does not apply tn the majority Of "aseS
Ono of The professional Photographers
/ exhibits plate Nht,h hear. out tho state
msni. for plain To- he sorn Is tho starter
gun ready and with i've sprintcr~ set on
their marks Two Of these who are we'll
known To have never lost trick IN any
! contest. haV" their weather eyes focuSse,i
I ON The gun frer.
/ Ordinarily " may he 81 no advantage for
a Splinter To b- able 10 watch the starter.
| but a. most men snap their eyes when they
plAll the trigger OF pistCA II would Just
give the runner time to be leaving his hole
when the fash would come. lie would
not be- exactly beating the pistol. hut he
would he getting an advantage which
means a great deal where the form of the
men ~ about even. This and other tricks
are the real cause Of such fast times being
recorded at the present day by sprinterS
| q majority OF whom not within yards
Of even time. The place for a starter Ia
stand when starting a race l. behind the
starting line. where the competitors cannot
SCI him or what he IL doing till they hesr
the sound Of the gun, and there should be
a rule to that effect
Some thiry years ago In America The
| starting VIZ, Of the Ioo~e-t Kind and the
men Were actually shot on their marks in
, the majority Of Eases. only after some
sprnters from this side went across 10
England and ran up against Tom william.
son did they really understand what u
Was To get properly set on their mark-
But hs he NearS wore on and athletics be-
came popular here tho conditions changed.
especiilly az the champions % meets. whena
the late George h. Turner us.sd to do the
pistol work and then sparrow kohsr'-
son and sam See af'erward did good work
toward holding tho men on their marks
and t-N'hing them 10 set properly and
With some confidence
Oi late years there seems 20 he n retro
gres-iOn Ia the conditions nf thirty years
arc, the cause being the apDesrancs Of -
fleet of amateurs " no never could nor never
will learn the vital rudiments 90 starting
some hold the men too long and some too
short while Others bang the gun before tho
men get properly set 80 that the sprinters
arc A. -sa a. to what method they might
pursue io meet these continually varying
conditions
Ifous IL To go Nv what is whispered about
by some ~ the old time Sprinters other
thing- besides had starting now AMI again
maze their appearance at spring races.
= sas n very peculiar thing happen NJ a
meet recently. said veteran Of this class
~ vas he final Of a scratch iOn yards and
there we're ave men elig bile. and as VA
Interested In one OF the men ] kept close
eye on the start. what did see opened my
owes for saw something entirely new. Nov
to mAke NhRt happened as plan A. ! can
nav say that two Of the men rre from tho
Tiger 4 .. one from the Leopard \ G..
and the two others from clubs around New
That ths starter as friendly TOW ard the
Tiger men was not very sell snoNn on IN"
out side. but haplsned 70 know that he " "a
a. least to heat the leopard -prinier any
way | could not say that there WAS any
secret MATCHMAKING between lhe starter
lacked hit that vay N" men took their
marks and after getting 81 they Ner~ held
h-ak- ~ "as ,,snali,@d varI They took
their marks. got set AGAIN, and we're hein
~ i,o ~ ma -, a,ctb., Sn,J nj ,1r.rn
callv nut him out ~ the running for two
ward. vas too much tn try and win hack
trick was worked M to he eyes NJ some
\ officials ami they never. tuuhied
in amsieur sport. We'll. l., me ten voI'
that II tho lim.light Nas only turned on u
would fash GA some things, .'in .w1rre
Nsyb" II might sorIe day and won't there
be some fun
triple meet At san Francisco between
{ he Olympic club. the Irish 4 I ARd the
Pssiifne 4 &. showed that tho men 81 the
Olympic club team who are booked for
the nation1l me"t n New orleans are az
ready rounding into shape. halph Rose
was on the turf. aud as n was his first ar
pelran'e Of the year there Na- great curl
ositv to se,, what TRIM he Wa IN n was
. hat al hat he ueF ~
Heald-hurg Wa shaken over M recent
narrow escape from death "a q shooting
Youndel Tor RrIph show ~ thai cvcept
the gun man from Helld~hurR draw.
defd heid 2n him sri%T1 me pe., nIy , N
two tries AZ The ~ pound shot. which hs
won with 'he r~spectahle di-tanc" OF -
lad %i 20 he Ia ""don~, Tor Want Of some wre
ha ndles ROSa secured -srond place ia
throwing the $. pound wei, ~s.sh .,u for ee,shi
throws for distance which would break all
records II made officially.
In a point scoring way Edward BeeSou
was tho best II the Olymp" athletes - h"
won the high aud Low hurdles and ~"
running high iumn Nothing very starting
he inferred hat he vns not pushed IN"
bast ~ the track events Nas the go yar,i-.
y hlch Wa won by NaCauley Of the olympi"
I'inb i'm 70 q seconds ollie Snedigar won
he 100 ards In ~ 5 Seconds. and be pIrked
m oth"r point- here and there The OWN
y
pntnt- tho Irish 4 was -ec6nd With
"A = nd he p4-ttne \ 4 made - points
Track and field men in the n~ighbprAood
" 1t louis have hegun TO prepare for the
and housh the contingent
rom there may not he strong numerically
he performers will he ~ the from rank
Tho Missouri = viii he represented ~
our men In carl forline Harry kleHeri
Twin MEL and 4 " lambert, u u aid
hst Biel IL the foremost man of the con
nRent and VIII run in the long distsnC"
.vsn.A Forline will l"nF tftsr the -prini-
nd has improved - that he - eNpected 20
10 "evsus- for the century, but u those tho
re billet for the meet al turn M evens
' ~ h. rtIy earn q place in the ms Martin
nd Nelson from seattle are talked about
u coming inside ovens and thsy are not
erv confident ~ securing the title kiener
rill t-v for the hurdles and Iambert viii
evote his tt~ntinn To the pole vsult What
warm cont e@t the pole vault will he With
cptt Olvmpic club. clearing around ~
ct and IA brock and Duke- View York
g. we'll BILE tn boat ~ feet The d0ce
. that in order 80 get place man VII
ave to he able TO vault around - feet
once more an attemn, has heen made ~