The Detroit times., 1912-01-01
Track and Field Stars Boom
Americas Prospects in the
Olympic Games.
MURPHY LOOKS OVER MEN
Veteran Trainer Knows Cham
pions When He Sees Them ana
VIII Pick a Good Team.

wear in track and field athletics.
Michael c. Murphy, the veteran tram
or az the University oil PennsylN ANA
has been appointed trainer OF 'ne
,eam OF American athletes 10 repre-,
sent this country IN the VI. mp
games at Stockholm next year W
will naturally look over the o'u 40
well as the new.
CHANGING over the records mace W
the star track and field athletes
work of the ng-distaHce runners
stands out more prominently tnan tue
performances OF any of the other
stars. John Paul Jones, the Corheli
university runner, showed ms class
when he won the intercollegiate mlle
run. and only recently annexed nrst
Mace I'm the intercollegiate cross-coun-
try race. He smashed the one-Inlle
record made by Tom Conneff IN 1892
covering the distance In just one-nttn
Of a second faster time. Jones ran
the mile In minutes Is 2-5 SECONDS.
Jones is not unlike the other long
distance runners in his build. he Is
light. of medium height, but has
speed and endurance which are really
remarkable. He will not run exhlol-
ton races and il content TO run for
his college. representing Cornell in all
OF the big races. Jones Is not alone
jn his long-distance feats, for Berna,
a teammate, has also shown remark
able ability in long-distance running.
Perna will be remembered by the local
enthusiasts at the Pennsylvania relay
~ames for his wonderful squirt for
Cornell in the four-mile event with
Pennsylvania. Berna and Jones won
the race for The lthacans
The hammer and weight throws are
two events which have stood the test
OF time. and il was an occasion for
surprise when Matt McGrath landed
two new worlds records for both the
l6-pound hammer throw and the So
pound weight. These records mad
feen held Nv FlanRigan. and few eN-
,Scted bis exceptionally good marks
TO be broken. McGrath threw the
rammer 80 feet 4 inches. a yard bet
ter than the record held by Flanagan.
fIe then broke the new mark in the
weight throw. which had just been
4 roken by Mcdonald. with throw or
40 feet S-s inches.
Other field event records were also
hung mp by these champions in their
class. McGrath made a new record
for height, with l6 feet IA inches
TO his credit. Walsh, another Gotham
star. scored a record when he threw
the weight over bar at a height or
Is feet 1-2 inches. Mcdonald. al
though failing TO hold the weight
throwing record. put the 24-pound shot
for distance OF IS feet 10 Ills
Inches. This was good enough to
beat out one of Ralph Roses former
Marks
r. c.. Craig. who ran the 220-yard
dash in 81 1-5 seconds, equaling Bern
ard J.. Wefers' performance, makes
him look like the leader in this class
OF sprilters in the world. Gywnn
Henry. another sprinter or note, took
a few records at odd distances, but
he did not lower the 220-yard mark,
one OF the hardest distances TO run.
Goulding Canadian, made a new rec
ord at walking this season, and this
must not be overlooked. He broke
the three-mile walking record by COW
ering the distance In 20 minutes
SO 3-5 seconds. He clipped time from
the one and one-half two and two and
records II has been es-
timated that Goulding takes 200
strides to the minute.
Mike Murphy, the university train.
er, will probably dig up some cham
Mons In this section. He knows an
Olympic champion when he sees one,
md is looking around for timber. One
OF the runners here who should figure
IN the spirits is Harry Fryekberg, the
speedy police reserve runner. He
showed by his performances through
out the past season that he would be
In line for the Olympic try-outs.
Whether any OF the university reg
ulars win develop into Olympic ma
terial remains TO be seen. Jervis
Burdick, the high-jump champion.
showed up well last spring. and his
performances on Franklin field with
in the past few weeks prove that he
will bear watching.
George Bonhag, OF New York. is
stu making good and Is breaking
records. He ran three miles in IA
minutes 80 seconds. q wonderful per.
Torrance. Scott is another Gotham
city runner who ranks high in the es-
timRtion or the track men I'm that city.
Johnny Gallagher. from this city. who
10 now running for Yale university.
may be one OF Americas representa-.
lives In the Olympic games.
II would not be ridiculous TO fore.
cast brilliant future for the former
brown preparatory runner II is safe
TO say that Gallagher, with the proper
training, which he is surely getting az
Yale, and under better training con.
ditions than he ever experienced
prior 10 his college career. will run
faster than ever and be in better con.
ton for endurance runs than he has
been In the past few years. He show.
ed the result OF his training AT Yale
when he came here THANKSGIVING day
and won the long-distance club race
from a large field. winning from PAM
] ANNA. OF this city.
Among the hurdlers, EIler. OF Nav
York, has prominent place. His
mark OF "a as seconds for the 900
Fard hurdles gives him FIRST consId.
Grafton. The jumpers have cham
pion In Ray Ewry, the Olympic and
worlds champion; In the hop. step
and Jump. Dan Ahearne p1sde a rec
pFd q 80 feet II inches. mich places
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