The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22


when the cable carried us The news tha
diunnutive little shrimp of a Fin
lander, who answered To the name O
Hannes Kohlemainen, had trimmed Te
wanima- Scott and Kramer, TO say moth
ing OF The English champion, W, Scott
in the 10000-metre run, grabbing the
final of that event In the new Olympi,
figures of 81 20. We might have though,
cur fellows were a little of color, pni
those figures Of 31.20 precluded that ex
cIse- Here WAS a guy who was evident
ly sons runner himself.
The next slap at our pride canfe when
thB same kohlcmaipen person ran away
with the 6000.metre run, by establish
ing new worlds record of 436 SO fox
the distance, romping over the line
George Bonhag, Louis Scott and Tel
Rerna, and the great French champion,
Jean Houin, who had held the previous
figures for tha distance. IN this race
kohlemainen was timed unofficially at
the three-mile mark In 14.07. 10 9-5 sec
onds faster than the worlds record for
that distance, held by Alfred Shrubb,
oa England
This new Fianish fash then completed
his slsps at our pride by going into the
S000metre team race and running away
from our whole team, composed of such
an aggregation of stars as Abel Kiviat,
Geo. Bonhag, Louis Scott, Tel Berna and
Norman Tsber, finishing alone IN the new
record time of ,1S minutes 36 do sec
ouds, although the rest of the team rep
resenting Finland was too poor to win
a place IN the event.
Ihia little Finn phenom then com.
pIeted his Olympic triumphs by gallop-
ing ewsy from the field In the cross
country run, racing the distance Of
about 5000 metres In 40. IL 80, 30 sec.
ends faster than the second man. He
pas also entered in the Marathon race
and would probably have tried to WIN
thsS also but for the fact that his
brother, TaSu Kohlemainen. appeared TO
hnve good chance TO win, and his
trainer dN not think 1t wise for bin
TO run s ch long distance after his
hard raons.
Hannss Kohlemnins4 had crossed the
great stadium al Stockholm, in both
trial heats and finals, pitted against the
worlds greatest runners, Olympic and
worlds records had been trampled to
shreds under his flying feet, and appar-
emily ha hadn't even tried to see what
be really could do when hard pressed
immediately the spotlight OF the great
throbbing world of sp5rt became focused
OF this dininutive Fp,n, who isn't hall
as big as his name. and athletic experts
wondered. He had made our fastest
track men, whom we had begun to con.
slider invincable. cape in open rnouthed
sstonishment at his sphed without really
cutting loose, and Mike Murphy, con
csded 70 be Tho most infallible Judge oi
track material in the s'tirle world. shot
Rack the information 70 Us that this
Pinn is the greatest runner have evei
ssen, and greater than ! mad ever ex'
pected TO see"
Through the efforts of the American
Olympic Committee, Hannes kchlcrnain
en- war then induced 10 come OVER TO this
county end show us how it vas done
tlst TO convince US that there was ne
euke about the thing Hannes accom-
parted by his brother. Willie, who is .
professional distance man, beat is fol
the land Of the free and the home oi
the brave" and tho political CRATER
soon after the Olympic games, and i'm
mediatel7 these two Films began To