The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-10

VI tIleIu. E9tdItllS as it JutllOT he WOI
the Metropolitan title for that division
in February. 1909. In November of
the same year he annexed the Junior
national title and followed that Il week
or so later by ronping home in ron
of tho best ~cross-country men in the
senior national championship. With
the exception of the following year.
when +. &. l;eiars heat him in the
senior event. Kramer has carried off
all the championships III ti,is line and
stands supreme III hill and dale work.
Kramer Makes Good.
Special qualifications arc required
for rross-coun:ry work. and kramer's
defeat Of Kolehmainen in the cham
pionship set the sca on his greatness
in that Respect. 1T remains. however.
for him To prove that he is equally
capable over ii fiat course before he
can aspire To Bonnag's crown. His
adherents were sure that the new
champion had heel found when gust
before the Olympic gmes he began to
show his real speed in long distance
races. \ week before the tryoutS he
made Il new record for SEQ meters lit
Celtic park. at the same time defeat
ing Louis Scott. who a previously
been considered Bonhag's greatest
complete by recling off a string OF rec
ord figures from 5I-4 miles to 10000
meters.
Then came the slump for the Long
Islander. Sent to Stockholm as the
most fancieh long distance runncr on
tle American team. the pounding over
the hard track at Cambridge told its
tale. and while abroad Kramer broke
down SO hopelessly that the expert
enred Mike Murphy predicted that he
would never run again. Whether he
will again show the speed OH the
track that made him SO feared before
the Olympics canno he foretold: but
by Gint of excellent care he came back
i'm the ross-country championships.
and won both metropolitan and ma
tional titles in hollow fashion.
Louis scott is another puzzle. for
since he appeared as Il rival to Bon
bag he has shown brilliant form at
times, only to fall when his admirers
were confident that he would outstrip
the field. Several lines he was sup
ported to defeat the lrish-American
crack. hut In the pinch the old war
horse maintained his supremacy until
the present season. With l3onhag out
of the race Scott won his spurs by de-
feating Il big field for the national
10-mile championship Il year ago. He
ran away from Frame at the finish
and covered the distance in So min
utes 80 LIS seconds.
This season the Paterson lad was at
the top OF his form a little before the
proper time. I'M he recled off Il rec
ord for 5000 meters at the postoffice
clerks games at Celtic Park on May
20. Then came mis- defeat by Kramer.
and when he failed to show n real
speed at Stockholm there was a gen
eral idea thai liz had shot his bolt.
Furnishes a Big Surprise.
Scott did little after his return from
Sweden, but gradually getting in con
| dition. furnished a surprise when he
broke Bonhag's American record for
four miles in Il race late in the fall at
Celtic park. He was an ovcrwhelm-
ing favoritc for the lO-mile ace ! n
which his title was at stake on OctO-
Der 26. but again he showed Il streak
If unrcliability and in the finishing
sprint Harry Smith ran away from the
titlc-holder. When in condition Scott
runs with more dash than n other
American runncr now in harness. and
with a little more experience Is sure
to make the best of them hustle.
Harry Smith has been running in
the front rank of marathoners for sew
cral years. but this is the first season
in which he came TO the front at dis
tances that require speed as we'll as
staying power. Taken to Stockholm
as a marathon runner. it was not I'M
III dlIeT MS return lidl uS WdS Siduu-
] ated from, the Junior class. He de-
veloped enough speed to win the five
mile junior championship. and from
that moment his rise was rapid.
After winning the tivc-mile senior
metropolitan title Smith had To accept
defeat in the national event AT the
same Kolehlnainen. but his victory
over cot in 10 miles showed that he
Is Il man to he reckOned with in future
contests. Though Smith has not nc-
romplished very fast time. there is no
him. Through running with Billy
Queal, the professional. he has az
1uired the method of carrying his field
along with a succession of sprints that
seem to tire the other hut
leave the former Pastimc captain
comparatively fresh. He is a bigger
and stronger man than either Scott Or
kramer. and now that he mas shown
he possesses speed is entitled to equal
consideration with them as the prob
,ble king Of American distance rum
ierS.
Outside of these men there are few
tho may be counted as likely to step
itO BOnhag's shoes. CASTOR StrobinO
',ad II few supporters hen he won the
nndicap at tho Tippcrary games.
ucating among others kOlchmainen.
he scratch man. and Louis Scott.
Since then. however. he has not shown
any form worthy to cope with the real
niers. 1t Is Just possible that the belt
offered by James T.. Sullivan as IL
challenges trophy for long-distancc
races may develop some new wonder.
',ul at present II lu"ks as though
America wnlild have" t" depend ON
Scott, kramcr. and Smith for the long
races. at Berlin.