Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-23
BOU|N AND HE|LAND.
ARE OLD FRIENDS.
French Olympic Hero May
Stop With Local Splinter Dur
ing Stay in America.
ATHLETIC NEWS AND NOTES

Jean Bouin, the French Olympic
hero, and holder of the worlds record
for one hours running, will In all
probability temporarily make his
home in Newark next spring, when
he is to come to this country for the
purpose of adding new laurels to his
athletic record. Bouin and Hal Hell
land, the local sprinter, are great
friends. and Travelled together during
Hollands tour of the continent. after
the Stockholm games. Matthew p.
Halpin, the chairman of the New
York Athletic Club athletics commit
tee, announced yesterday that the
Frenchman had consented to come
here in the spring to compete in the
outdoor events. In the same letter
Bouin declined to make the trip this
winter as he felt that his unfamiliar
ity with board track racing would
prevent him from doing himself JUS
tice.
Bouln is the runner who at the
Stockholm Olympics created a sensa-
ton by his showing in the 5,000-metre
race. in which he ran the winner, the
redoubtable Hannes Kolehmainen, to
half yard in the worlds record time
of IA minutes 36 3-5 seconds.
At the Stockholm Stadium on Labor
Day of this year Bouin in an hour
race ran ton miles in 90 minutes 46
seconds, IL seconds faster than
Hannes Kolehmainen accomplished In
his record ten-mile championship
race. He ran the unprecedented dis
lance of IL miles LAP yards before
the hour had elapsed.
There is every indication that the
New York Athletic Club will be
strongly represented in the Junior
track and field championships which
will be decided In the armory of the
Thirteenth Regiment, New York, on
January 8. The Winged Foot will have
about thirty men In competition, a
number of whom stand out as prob
able winners. In the 220-yard race
Tommy Lennon will be the principal
factor for the club, while Val Wilkie
and Drew Valentine are expected to
hold their ends up in the 600-yard
event.
The recent announcement that Pat
Ryan, the worlds record holder with
Iflo SlALcti-pOhnu Hdu re-
signed from the American A. C.
has been further added to by the de-
mand by Ryan for his release from
the organization.
American athletes who have been
making plans to compete at the
Athenian festival next April will be
disappointed to learn that the troubles
in Greece have led to the postpone
ment OF the games. This had been
anticipated by J. e. Sullivan, the A.
A. u. secretary, who stated a day or
two ago that the fact that America
had not received an invitation to send
men to the games .augured that the
meeting would not be of great i'm
portance.
Eugene Giannini, who has been
athletic director of the New York
Athletic Club for twenty years, has
rendered his resignation, to take ef-
feet the middle of January This was
foreshadowed by the engagement of
Giannini as coach of the Yale crews,
but there was some doubt as to
whether he would give up his duties
in the New York A. c.
American relay tactics are to have
a revision. The runners are to be
compelled to pass the baton In the
touch-offs instead of Shaping the sue
ceeding runner. This ruling Is to be
in vogue at the big New Years eve
games of the Seventy-frst Regiment,
of Manhattan. The American relay
team was disqualified at the last
Olympic games for falling to pass
the baton, and as the rule is to be in
order at the coming games in Berlin,
it would be well to familiarize the
athletes with 1t at home in order to
prevent another loss of points.
Distance runners are anticipating
the handicap road race, which is to
be feature in connection with the
carnival of athletic events, under the
auspices of the Millrose Athletic Asso-
citation. on Wednesday evening, Janu-
airy 26, at Madison Square Garden.
Hannes Hohlemainen, the "Flying
Finn" who won the race last year is
again expected to be an entrant, and
will start from scratch. The distance
is ten miles. Eddie Jordan, the
Xavier crack, with q two-minute
handicap, finished second to the Finn
last year In the wonderful time Of 81
minutes and % seconds. He was 30
yards behind the winner. The Morn
ingside Athletic Club captured the
team trophy. In view of the sterling
performance of the scratch man. han
dicaps are to be extended from 3h to
Z minutes, in order to give the novice
athletes a chance Entries close with