New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Meredith Writes About His VIC
tory in Olympic Games.
WAS "ALL IN" AT START
Mercersburg Youngster Now
Not Afraid of the Best Run
ners in the World.

such brilliant work at tne OIShpi' e"i"O0'
has written a letter TO DR.. w. M. IRVINE
the headmaster of his alma mater, Mer-
cersburg Academy, in which he tells ho"
surprised he was at winning the Soo-metre
race at Stockholm and how he was a''
in" after he had run the prenn'iha'S
heats In far less than the record uihe
which he made as a winner. The letter is
IN answer to a congratulatory cablegram
from DR.. Irvine. 1t read, In part as ioi-
lows:
II was a mighty lucky fellow 10 get
away with the S0O-metre race. ana am
proud Of that performance for the reasoh
that 7 defeated Sheppard and Braun, tne
hest half-milers that ever lived. al
WAYS thought Sheppard the best OF all
He has run for ten years IN RECORD u'iie'
and when 1 beat him this time he ran h'S
fastest race. so. from that, teei hi'
not afraid Of any of them now
"The final was the talk Of every one
here. and the trainers and the old-tifnero
say they never saw race eduai 10 II. ~
nv heat | got second, as two quahneu,
and. although II went In only minute ''
seconds. I was all tuckered out. IN tne
sar,i-AnaIs 7 went out 10 win, II POSSIBLE
oo that n did not win the final. at least
7 would have my name In as winner y,
q serni-fnal We ran the semi-nnal III
minute s. 2-5 seconds, and again was
all in I did not feel l would be piace'
in the final. got very nervous just De
,oro tho start Of the final, and dldh
think | could walk to the start
II wanted to set the pace, put oheppd.u =
took the first turn, and l was se00',o'
with Braun tugging at my sloe.
.r,ed IN pass me I moved up alongsioe VI
sberpard and Sheppard would go iaS'ei
60 ,yo ran the first quarter in OZ 10 SET,
opds We went along in that way "''''
". nit the last stretch, ana some V', ~,
came alongside Of me. Again was o.
4, brt got some strength from son''
place. and | moved up ,,
..1,hen came the last sprint. / uoh
,ro,, how I did 1t. but | caught ana
passed Sheppard about twenty ya''"
home and won the soO-metre oy 'd'D
with Sheppard second and DaVenpoi
,r,rd knew the tape would be stretcneu
,ha fuu half mile so | ran on for aO0u'
Go ards and was glad did, for IL eo'
,ho holy record. | felt better altcr
,.,,t,in, tbo record than did after eitnei
the trial heat or the seInl-i'"''
ouesa Il was because | won
.,,rbe single thought that l had "neh
,.,ad IN. tame was that | had Won al
H,,.u,,,c race which had been my aiho''
ton since read OF the OISi'P''
four years ago.
o,o.,t,g Arthur Pelkey, of Chicopee'
90 ,rv ont Luther Mccarthy III d
-. ro,,rd bout in the Garden next Mo"
dav night Billy Gibson oehe'eS 4,
r,ore interesting bout VIII result .''a' :,
ross willard had been able To go 'ii'
With his original engagement 10 ooN
-, peIkev was outpointed ny WIZ
"a rocor,,v chiefly for the reason 'ha'
o. ,o.,or.s enormous height and rea'H
cornled with the fact that he was wen
a.. 'nornds heavier than Pelkey, rurhlsIeO
300 great a handicap for the Massachu-
or pelkev and Mccarthy on 'ne
other hand, are more evenly Hla'' -,
q nhvsical point OF View' anu "'
lent exactly Jim Stewards equai
hover Mccarthy believes ne can sHo" ~
vorkers some real lighting ability
- toarnette. who is matched 10 DON
~, ,ohreon. will make his first appear
orce IN n local ring in many months WV"
- ,ol,.s On burly slugger from Boston
,,or,ed left Madden in the secohu 'e'-
.1 bout or course, Jeannette ls eN'
,,aI 20 win but Madden thinks he can
,ho limit in addition to making the
70 sten around lively to keep out OF
harms way. -. o,,, ,be
ro,,, Kennedy, anxious 20 wipe out the
-.o,,, =, do,aat at the hands Of Bombardier
VIOLA is training diligently Tor MS 'ei'
round contest the same evening III 'h'
eone ring with Jim Savage, the Ne" 1er
GOV heavyweight. This ought to he ra,'
fling good scrap as Savage IS KENNEDY
eouel in science and Is also soho
r,,rcher. Savage will be handled oy NE
new manager, Dan Morgan
Walter McGirr and Al Wilkte' oo'n oI
Now York, will box return bout OF ter
ro,nds at the greensboro Athieoc olu'
,o-r,sbt In a previous encounter they
mt I'm such n slashing fight that the cur
rauatched them. Johnny Martin ano
"xid" Henry. both Of New YORK. VII
meet in the scml-final bout or ten ROUNDS
Tho Cleveland Maps have purchased
Ward Mcdowell. second baseman' o.
the Portland team OF the Northwestern
League TO report next spring McDowei
IA leading his league in hitting with
mark OF .36I.
In an effort TO strengthen his pitcnihf
s,arY In q fnal dash for the Nauona
League pennant. Frank Chance manage,
of the Chicago Cubs, has purchaser fre'
Tonev and Grover IAudermilk, two pitch
ars from the Louisville club. Toney was
sent from Chicago 20 Louisville las
spring. Laudermilk is a former meInoel
Of the ct. Louis Cardinals.
Forty-two rounds OF boxing have beer
scheduled for the Olympic Athletic Club
show this evening. In the star bout o.
ten rounds, Billy Cramer, the st. Pau
lightweight, will meet Jimmy Jarvis. o.
Harlem. What promises to be another
fast go Is the ten-round semi-final be
tween Eddie Oliver. OF Denver, and Steve
Callahan. of this city Among othel