Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-22
scHIck GIVEN BIG BOOST.
Archie Hahn Talks of Famous Sprint
 CTS He Has Seen in Action.

Archie Hahn, Whitman college ath- letic coach, who has met and de- feated some of the best amateur and professional sprinters in the world in the last I5 years, says that Schick, of Harvard, was the fastest man he ever met Hahn says Schick could under way. his long stride invariably carried him over a winner. Hahn first met Schick at Pennsylvania in 190S after having beaten practically every at his best then, and he beat the great Michigan sprinter to the tap by a scant half yard. Hahn came back in 1904 and took sweet revenge, beat
 ing the Harvard crack over three wards. He also defeated Schick in 1906. Hahn says that Nat Carmell for several years regarded as the pre-
 nier sprinter of America, was not nearly the man that he was cracked up to be.
 "Cartmell was just coming in when all the good men were slipping said Hahn, "and he made his reputation because he had no good .mensto go up against, not because of his speed. Cart men don't believe, ever could do better than 10 flat in the 100. He went to St. Louis in 1906 hailed as the greatest sprinter in the east. He was then credited with a record of 9 4-5 in the 100 and 21 1-2 in the 220, but he only ran second to men in the 100 meters in II. After 1905 all the good men went back and Cartmeu had the amateur field to him. self.'
 In the Olympic games at St. Louis that year Hahn won the 50, 100 and 200 meters in handy fashion. He beat .CartmelI five yards in the 200 meters, although that was Cartmelfs favorite distance. Hahn says that Billy alton of the Boston athletic club was the fastest starter he ever met. Eaton was a smaller man than Hahn, aI- Heaf1r jC h11f five fxyo es tall. but he always tired at the finish. Hahn was always a slow start CT, and the best part of the sprints for hin was the last 200 yards. Even in the 220 Hahn always finished strong.
 Hahn first donned the spiked shoes back in 1896. when he was a freshman in the Portage high school, and since that time he has competed in various countries. He entered Michigan from Portage high in 1901 with a record of 10 seconds and he immediately proved his worth by taking the western con-. ference from Bell of Illinois in even formance, beating Blair to the tape. In. 1903 Hahn lowered the worlds rec ord for a curved track by doing the 220 at the conference in 21 3-5. That American championships in the 100 and 220. His hardest man in both these meets was Pat Walsh of the New York Athletic club.
 Tn ISUb 6anu LOOK the 1UU meters run at Athens, on slow track in II Is. Moulton was second, His record of z S-5 for 75 yards on an in- door track, made in Milwaukee on March II, 1905. still stands. Two weeks later Hahn did the so yards dash in 1-5 seconds in Chicago. This record has been tied, but never beat en. The last time Hahn ran in anna teur competition was in St. Louis and Kansas City, in successive nights in 1907. He ran three heats in 50 in doors, in both cities. tying the worlds record of 2-5 in each instance. He ran the first night in St. Louis; took train that night, and rode all the next day to Kansas City, where he competed that night.
 The best time ever credited to Hahn in the century mark in competition is g 4-5, although he has made the distance in g 3-5 in practive several times His favorite distance however, is the 100 meters, and he has never been beaten in this race. In fact, no one has ever come within three yards of his over this route. Duffy and Hahn have never met. hen asked what he thought about the record made by Dan Kelly in Spokane, in 1906 Hahn only smiled. Hahn was always a close friend of KeIly's: He trained with Kelly in Portland, in 1906, and had often beaten him in practice He was in Greece at the time the record was made. The off cial. timers at the race have all stuck to their first announcement Of g 35.