Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
CATHOLIC u. WILL MEET
GEORGETOWN THIS SPRING
Brooklanders Will Accept Stipilations Of
Blue and Gray and Play Both
Games on Hilltop.
ones is as pronounced as it was this, then
the Hatchetites will have cause to con-
graduate themselves.

ones is as pronounced as it wan this, then
the Hatchetites will have cause to con-
graduate themselves.
The management Of the George Wash
ington meet has much cause to feel
gratified over the result attained and is
deserving of great deal of favorable
comment. The meet was arranged and
run under very adverse conditions and
the success attained speaks well for the
diligence OF the men who were in charge.
The work of Jimmy Mulligan as starter
in the George Washington meet was I'M
questionably the best that has been done
In Convention Hall in recent years. In
the dashes. which are particularly hard to
watch, and also in the distance events
there was not man who stole on the
former Georgetown runner With Mr..
Cbesley of the Young Mems Christian
Association, he got the events Off in fine
shape and with much dispatch.
Georgetown need go no farther to get
a good starter for it's meet than among
Its own men. as Mulligan Is just as good
as any of the men who have been brought
down by the Blue and Gray management
to send the athletes away from their
marks.
One man who may try to come back
and get in shape for the Olympic events
who should accomplish much along that
line is Jimmy Rector. who was the
>SON~OAA
years back. Rector, while at the Uni
versity Of Virginia, broke all the dash
records which existed in this section of
the country and under unofficial time
seconds. The record was not allowed, as
1t was said that there was a good wind
blowing at his back. Rector is now in
the middle west practicing law.
An. AND IN speaking of Rector there is
called to mind a story he tells which is
a Tod To T.
Is regarding the race he ran in the last
Olympic meet when Walker of South
Africa beat him out by about six inches
in the 100 meters dash 1t is as follows:
when the American team reached
London 1 had been there only few
hours when a man introduced himself to
me. He said he was from South Africa
and was training young man who would
compete against me in the 100.
He told me that the youngster under
his charge knew little about the game,
but had the native ability to become a
great runner. He complained that his
starting was bad and asked me to lend
helping hand. I agreed.
The next day | was introduced to
Reggie Walker. He had a wretched
crouch for the start He began with, a
long step and ruined his stride. 1 showed
him my start, the short first step and low
crouch. and he took great pains to study
my style. L worked with him short
while and then went about my training
under Mike Murphys Instructions: All
that day, though. Walker logged my
steps. He watched my starts closely.
1.-The next day the American team
went to Brighton for two weeks training.
didn't see Walker again until the day
of our race. When we went on the track
for a little preliminary practice I soon
noticed that Walker had mastered my
start
'When the race was on he got away
from the mark with me. It was the first
time hadn't shaded my competitors at
the start. We ran neck and neck and he
beat me by half stride.
1T am satisfied that could have beaten
Walker had he not known my system Of
starting But always remember that
Walker was a great runner"