Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-24
ZIG INDOOR MEET IN GOTHAM
tuesday and Wednesday to See Some
Fast Work.
iEw CHAMPS MAY BE MADE
Indications Are that the Events
& win An he Hard Fought
= juniors Hold Forth on
Tuesday Night.

and little champions viii pound the
boards at Madison Square Garden next
Tuesday and Wednesday nights and, be-
fore the last faint rumblings have died
tawsy. there viii be proclaimed the ma
tional indoor kings OF the United States.
The juniors will fight II out on Tuesday
md the seniors on Wednesday.
In many ways this viii be the most
timportant athletic event OF the winter
roff' season. First, OF course. is the
consideration that II viii decide the
national supremacy Of indoor stars. Sec
ll0ndly Il will provide reliable standard
FOR speculation as 10 the men who will
represent America at Stockholm next
s.summer in the Olympic games.
AS was predicted BY the writer several
weeks ago, when the program for the in
door champs was first announced. this
banner occasion Of the winter season will
-,show In competition together first caliber
.-men than ever before FLASHED beneath
roof
= It has generally been the case with in
= door championships in the past that prac-
ticallY all the entrants were the members
sof clubs in Greater New York How
ever. this year there are several top
notch westerners entered, and the NeR
England states have n large representa-
ton. The eastern colleges have also sup
piled n goodly number OF the aspirants
for indoor honors. and tho tilt between
Harvard, Yale and Cornell shining lights
for the precious medals will be well worth
watching.
Many OF the intercollegiate stars will
be eligible for the junior events, but the
majority OF them VIII stay out OF these
so as to be in prime fettle for the more
strenuous tests on the following evening
While the junior events doubtless will
produce some excellent contests and
records. some few events possibly being
run in better time the by the seniors.
the big interest is naturally crystallized
I'm the competitions that are unlimited as
to eligibility.
with tho exception OF few OF the So
called eccentric" field events, In which
there are only O few well-known per-
formers, every contest on the card win
be bitterly fought. from the shortest dash
all the way up TO the five-mie run.
The sprints win bring together a re-
markable quartet in Alvah Meyer. OF the
Irlsh-American Athletic club OF New
York; Jim Rosenberger OF the same OUT
tit; Reggie Foster. the former Harvard
track captain and Richard Craig. the
Michigan flyer who tied wefer's mark
IN the 220 last summer.
Tho middle distances will show won
derfui array IN Jim McEntee, Harry CHS
sing. Leroy Dorland, Mel sheppard, Ter
wiliiger and Valentine OF New York. and
Oscar Hedlund, the Boston strider. Sew
efai OF these will pit their prowess
against John Paul Jones OF Cornell In
the half and mile. II is almost a GER
tainfy that Jones win smash one or both
~ the indoor records.
in the hurdles there are half a dozen
collegiate cracks. as well as the Eller
Brothers OF New York. The jumps will
be fought out by Moffatt OF Harvard ana
the Gothamites-Grumpelt. Adams Field
ing. Erickson. AheRrn and oler The
weights win be easy for the New York
aefs. McGrath, Walsh, Dinean and sheri-
dan.
probably the most Significant event
~ the entire meet will be the five-mile
senior. In this George Bonhag the
champion. will meet Berna OF Cornell and
Lewis Tewanima, the Carlisle Indian. A
man who can run a good five-mile in
doors is generally timber for tho Mara
thon outdoor. This Is certain 70 be n
corking race, as no two OF the big
three have ever clashed before.
spanking Of Tewaniina in the light OF
a Marathon runner recalls his experience
IN the last Olympic Marathon. the one at
London. In that race he was looked upon
az the best bet OF the American CONT
nent. although he had been running but
q few months. Accordingly Joe Forshaw
OF st. Louis the veteran of the team,
WHO had finished eighth In the Olympic
classic at Athens. was given the Job OF
acting as Tewanifnas running mate, 20
pace him and give him much-needed ad-
vice along the way.
At the twelfth mile, when Tewanima
was in sixth place, the Achilles" tendon
on his right heel gave way. Forshaw
did the best he could 20 fix up the little
Indian. but II was to no avail. Finally,
after ali but three OF the two hundred
entrants had passed by, Forshaw decided
TO give up his efforts with Tewanlma,
whom no helped into one OF the emer-
gency automobiles Joe then set sail for
the rest OF the field, (which by this time
was strung out for five miles ahead.
one by one ne cut them down, and
when he arrived upon the Stadium track
TO begin the last final sprint, Dorando
was Just being helped across the line
Joe was going like a steam locomotive
and had the race been half a mile lon
ger, he would have passed Johnny Hayes
ana Hefferon OF South Africa. who were
ahead OF him. AS It was. Forshaw fin
ished officially third. which was no mean
honor In itself, but the story OF his re-
markable thirteen-mile sprint through
the hordes of struggling athletes Is worth
reteliing. Probably never again will
such an exhibition OF fight against odds
be displayed IN any Marathon. Likelihood
q that II Joe had run for himself all
fhe way he would have finished ahead
81 the whole bunch.
And now comes word from the Mound
City that Forshaw Is going TO come
back" He has been on the retired list
since that race. but he has always been
elean-iiving fellow. so he feels conf
dent that he viii again be able 70 deliver
the goods. His presence would add not
little 20 the sentiment connected with
the big race. and Il Is our earnest hope
that the Olympic committee see enough
snerit still in the veteran Joe to select
him 10 represent his flag for the third
slime.
jones 20 the MllIers.
Tex Jones fails 10 mako srooa