Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-11
SPORTING NOTES.

| C. Hoyt of Greenfield, Ia, is evident
| " great Splinter. He won the Chi
cago University interscholastic 100
| yard dash in Zoe, last year. and in
| 4-5s, this year. 1t is remarkable that
Parker, the Stockton. Cal, sprinter,
also YVES checked in 3 4-5s in heat.
but he got bad start in the final and
| was not placed. Hoyt did II 4-5s in the
"220' and Parker was a very close
second.
When w. G. George ran the fastest
mile on the record books in Am. y s,
he Travelled his first quarter at a much
faster pace than the others, slowing
down Oil each successive quarter. Nor
man Taber ran an even faster first
quarter when he did Am, IS 3-5s, on
May "a On the other hand, John Paul
Jones was much faster in his last quar-
ter than in all the others, when he
made his worlds amateur record of i'm,
IA Cos. Taber's - 4-5s is probably the
fastest quarter ever run in mile race.
In commenting on John Paul Jones
recent mile race in Il British news
paper. A. Il. George. brother of w. G.
George, the worlds mile record holder,
pay the Ithacan glowing tribute.
Had Jones, the Cornell champion,
says George, been forced in the first
part of his contest there is no question
about him being able at least to equal
w. G.'s mile record of minutes 1924
seconds The American showed that
he was one of the greatest distance
runners ever known to the game.
One cannot blame New York follow
ers OF track athletics for their ardent
faith in Abel Kiviat's ability 10 beat
even j. p. Jones Am IA Gus for the
mile, if he gets the day and proper
| pace ON Il fast track. We must remem-
| her rnat after Norman Taber carried
| KiViat at q terrific pace to the 1900
| meter mark (640 yards, IL inches) in
! the Olympic tiyouts in the Harvard
| Stadium, Il year ago. kiviat completed
! the full mile alone and yet did Am II
| 3-5c. II will be worth a long journey
if Abel Kiviat and Tel Meredith come
together in the Mayo mile at Celtic
| Park, next Sunday.
| IF accepting money for managing
a set of athletic games makes an Off
cial professional" said a well-known
local official. yesterday, Il am a pro-
lfessional many times over And the
same thing applies to many other off
Icials now connected with the local anna
lteur game In this connection ii will
he interesting to see if the local anna
;eur body will really carry out it's in
tention of debarring all officials who
have received pay for officiating or
managing at athletic games. Such men
las George V. Brown of the b. A. A.
Hughey McGrath, Bonnie Osthues,
Johnny Magee and a host of other So
Icalled professional officials who have
been mentioned as being in line for
Idebarment are a credit to the game
lTney have done considerable for anna =
teur athletics in spite of the fact that
they NAV have earned a few paltry
dollars out of the sport
Yale rowing followers are certainly
banking a great deal on the new Eng
lish rowing stroke. Many of the Eli
followers are going so far as to state
that the Blue will regain its lost pres
Itige ON the water, this season. How
ever. if the Blue crew really comes
through with a victory in the Har-
yard Yale boat race, they will be do
ing more than many of the close fol-
lowers of the rowing game expect
Championship crews are not made in
a year. 1t takes years and years of
careful grooming before any crew can
perfect a system. OF course Yale may
be an exception, but from past ex-
perience Yale will have to go through
a course of sprouts such as Harvard
did before she begins TO win in the bic
regetta