New-York tribune., 1912-07-15

to Sweden at the expense Of some of the
alumni Of Pennsylvania. Under the cir
did not use all possible influence to aid
Meredith in his choice of a college.
/ must confess to being sadly disappoint-
ed at the failure OF such flyers as Abel
Kiviat, John Paul Jones, Norman S. Taber
OF Brown. and Mel. Sheppard In the 1900
metre run, which, to my mind. is the real
classic OF the games. All credit must be
given to A. N S. Jackson, of oxford Uni
versity. who, like Meredith in this country,
has raced his way into prominence in Eng
land in less than a year. as from all &C
counts he not only displayed wonderful
speed, but keen judgment of pace and con-
ditions Mike Murphy, the American
trainer, may be right in suggesting that
the American runners were too much in
terested in beating one another TO pay the
proper attention to Jackson. But be that
as 1t may, our stars were beaten in truly
run race / cannot agree with James b.
Sullivan, United States commissioner to the
games, in his published remark Jones is
not the old Jones" A man Is not a ma
chine and cannot be expected to go on win
ming against all opposition without coca
sonal defeat Surely he must have been
close to his best form to take the lead
hundred yards from the finish and then
fight IL out all through the stretch in a
desperate sprint, even though he was
fourth at the end Taber proved conclu-
sively that his race at the intercollegiate
games was not a flash In the pan, and he
must now be ranked with the great mile
runners OF the country. Jones, it may be
mentioned, suffered from sea sickness on
his way over and may have been short a
race or two after his let-up.
One word must be said for Kolehmainen.
the wonderful Finn, who ran five hard
races over a distance of ground in six days,
including trial heats. and won them all
His double victory in the 10000 and 5000
metre runs stamps him a second Al Shrubb.
Such running has rarely II ever been seen.
We are rather proud over here of Tel
Berna and George Bonhag, but they could
not follow the pace Of the Finn TO the end.
Kolehmainen is planning TO visit this coun-
try before the year Is over. He will be well
come.
Attention may be called to the fact that
college athletes more than held their own
with the many stars from clubs all over
the country. A glance over the summary
shows that no less than nineteen college
men were placed to seventeen for the clubs
"a rather fair division.
While the honors Of the Marathon run
went TO South Africa, with first and second
places. much of the glory belongs to the
United States. With twelve men starting.
of whom six finished In the first ten and
ten in the first twenty, Americans have
reason TO be proud. On the basis of team
scoring with five men, the United States
won, with 81 points. while Great Britain.
including South Africa and Canada, was
second. with 80 points, and Sweden third.
with 100 points. The strength OF the team
as a whole is worthy Of comment Con-
gratulations must be offered to CASTOR
Strobino, who ran third.
So the spit ball Is unsanitary and q men
ace to the public health-of the Philles.
Next thing you know Horace Fogel will
insist on sterilizing the bats.
Now that England has beaten France in
the Davis Cup lawn tennis tie 1t behooves
our players to begin getting ready for the
next round.
The Giants hit a snag in Chicago, but
the machine was only checked, not
wrecked. Rube Marquard also ran on the
rocks and should be the better for It, as
the strain OF trying to set a record was
beginning to tell
The critics feared for the American
sprinters and hurdlers. What wasted SYM
pathy and unnecessary worry! Seventeen
out of a possible eighteen points tells a
story Of wonderful strength.
HERBERT.