The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-21
Jim Duncan Considers the Firms
the Greatest Athletes in the
World.
Copyright. 1912. NJ the Pres Puhiishins Co.
THE New York wofh.)


lctes In the world" says Jim
Duncan, Just returned from
the oiympics Jim made an athletic tour
OF Finland after the games at Stock.
holm.
AT Berlin they're going to have a
much stronger team than they had this
ofnc. and they're going TO win a lot OF
events" he went on. The country -
crazy over athletics. The Firms gave
their victors great reception. Why.
they got up q purse and bought n farm
and presented II TO Hannes Kolehmain-
ems mother. They didn't let a cent 20
through his hands, because he's an am
ateur. but they gave the farm to his
mother because she had given Finland
. great champion.
The Firms are poor. They're almost
oil farmers I went out 20 Nicklander's
farm. IL wasn't like an American farm,
very much. In tho towns they don't
have any swell cafes like ours. They
Just have cheap restaurants where you
pay thirty cents to go In Then you
help yourself from a big table In the
middle Of the room. with the food all
piled up on H. It's almost all nsh--
raw. They're great for raw fish.
"Nicklander will be,, MI Ro... .,o,
puttlnv r.cord. N. n,,, r, o., -,
In prac tlse. lie did ~ IN the games. and
he didn't even know enough about the
motion TO SHIFT his feet at the end OF
the jump. He Just made the put off his
left foot instead OF getting a long drive
ana shifting the right foot ahead. lie
puts ~ feet with his left hand, He
isn't a very big man either. They're ali
srent two handed tbrower. over ther.
WAY. ..w n, n.n ~hn ii, -.
~. ,.y.,,n 80 ,-s o.,
ss. e '.'' anu ""s VINO
49," 'V" @"0 WIN MS riSht ana i'o
win MS 'e't
raipaie. the discus thrower. Isn't any
accident. Hes regular champion.
He's taller than Ralpnv Hose hu, mo,
sat Wh.n h.,. ,,.,,,v -, -
he'll .m..h n, -, "o'
VI 'e.''"' nc gets
oer ." iee' WIN nearly every throw.
fhey nave lot OF good discus throw
ers. In every yet OF games they have
three discus events. Cireek .,vie hos,
throw the discus ali the time as ma
Of their exercises.
whos going to be tho Jim Thorpe OF
,ne nsA' oIympes ne framing Tor IL
a"u NC 'o'u ne mes gohs 10
c.n e.,. rha,.s IN. 80, s
n =, A. san hin, 90 CO. ,,.,a, INV wv.
n The mole vsul, w,ehon, any go, ss
all, and put the shot over forty foe,
and throw the discus over 100 ana this
1avelln I15. They have IL 10. OF good
runners besides kolehmainen. Anderson
went up there to run milo and some
.nnno"n rum c'e"h.d MIN up In one
go. "a a." 49,, 9'ant ger a
- ~. O,v,nn,,, .,,.. eou'a WI
dan.s record at thai ,hrow,ny zoe o.,
iOk inches, Jarvinen was .saIn., M.
and Taipale. Jnrvinen. who won In,
Crock throw at Athens six years ago.
10 getting pretty old. They call him
The Father OF Athletics" in Finland,
but he threw l.S feet against me. Greek
styic. We've got to look out for those
Films next time, They live hard ana
work hard and have no luxuries Of any
kind' ana they're the greatest athletes
I've ever seen
"HAT Jack Johnson-Joe Jespe,,,
match has q lot OF people ror
. Red some seem TO think that !,
v,u crest. . sensation ana hr,n. ~. :.
..w nrno.i,,or - ~. ~ IL. us o"'
"'' NV
Isoha"y' : uoht see why 1t h'uld
US just an o'oinav poxins match be-
tween two negroes. neither of whom
has ever shown any signs OF being d
great ten-round fghter. Probably lean
elite and johnson will lust box alop,
through the ten rounds and n,i.h 4,
sood shane m Johnson a. T., IT. 81,
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