The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
Olympic Hero NoW
Worlds Fastest Runner
Hannes Kohlen,aien, Who Quit Bricklaying, to Beat
Americas Best Distance Men at Stockholm. Has
All Records From TUo to Ten Miles at His Mercy
and Has Won Place as Most Remarkable Runner
That Euer LiUed

The professional brother Of Hanncs,
Willie Kohlcmainep, then proceeded TO
show that his younger brother had no
monopoly at breaking records in the
| Kohlemaincn family by smashing three
worlds professional marks in a marathon
race at Newark. n j.. on October 20.
| establishing new worlds figures of
2,2e.39 1-5 for the full distance of 90
| miles 3S5 yards, and setting new worlds
| figures at the % and the 80 mile mark.
Hannes kohlemainep, now twenty-four
Years OF age, having a taste of the good
things that are diahed up to those in
the spotlight Of the sporting world under
the Stars and Stripes, will remain in
this country and take out bis papers OF
citizenship as soon as he has been here
the requisite length OF time. II we
can't produce the best guy IN the world
at this game, we're going to hang onto
bim when we get him here, anyways
Hannes will become member Of the
Irjsh-Amerlcan Athletic Club, of New
York, after he has been In this country
a year, although he will not be eligible
to represent this country in the next
Olympic games, at Berlin, in 1915. We
can't see Just where this guy fits in with
that Irish American stuff, but il such
extremes are necessary, HaDnes would
probably even change his name to Finn
and adopt a brogue TO get away with il.
He isn't troubled with any national pref
udices or fealty TO his native heath that
can't be burdled.
AT present Hannes can't speak a. word
Of English. Willie can, but docan't only
when he has TO. They arc pair who
don't ''use a tubful Of words 10 ex
press spoonful OF thought" Both
are vegetsrians, and being frugal by ma
ture and stress Of circumstances, have
not been compelled to work at their
trade. that of bricklayer, since coming to
this country, being able to support them
selves IN the modest style on the money
that Willie bae won in his races since
coming here
The only glimmer of hope ahead for
our native born athletes 10 grab back
the supremacy of the cinder path that
has been won by Hannes Kohlemainen
10 the Einns faulty method of training.
1t having recently been declared by
training experts that the massaging
ed By the sF Fnns p fop tHeas,1n tHe oOoss asop5
which they carry along an expert mas.
seur IN countryman named intro Ko-
v1stodner, is destined to ultimately i'm.
pair the muscles of the greatest pair of
running legs that was ever hung onto
a human being, 1t is said The Einns
carry the nassaging method TO extremes,
almost tearing the muscles from the
bones, and this view Is partly borne
out by the fact that in his last two
starts Hannes has been compelled TO
quit through inquiry TO his leg MUSCLES,
unless they adopt American lnethods of
training, conceded the world over to be
the most efficient, the greatest natural
runner that ever lived Ia apt to be
ruined by en- ignorant trainer.
Hannes kohlemaincn, then working
at his trade of bricklayer in FINLAND,
tlrst began running about three years
ago to help his brother Willie in his
training work, and it was soon found
that the youngster was as speedy as his
elder brother, He then entered some
middle distance races in Finland. and
won 20 easily that he was asked TO
come to Paris to meet Jean Bouin- the
French champion, in match race at
9UuO metres, Hanncs won from the
French champion after a hard fight in
which the result was in doubt until the
last stride, and his place in the realm
OF winged foot was then fixed. He be
gan to peglect the bricklayine business
and paid more attention to Kicking Gin.
ders in the purple faces Of perspirinz
and struggling opponents on the run.
ways.
Hanncs then won the English four.
mile championship, after which he be. |
oIympics at Stockholm, whore he pro