The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25
USED DRAINS TO VII,
HOW ATHLETE ACHIEVED TH'
umPA IN RACES.
Ted Meredith Of University Of Penn.
sylvania HaG Carefully Thought
Out Methods That Brought
Him victory n Contests.

There is a belated story Of how Ted
Meredith of the University OF Penn
sylvania defeated Bill bingham OF
Harvard in the haif-mile race IN th7
intercollegiate cham ionshlrs. winch
carries with it lesson valuable 10
participants in practically ri! mes q
sport. the New York Times remarks.
Meredith. it will be remcmhefcd' won
both the quarter and 'aiI-mile races,
The quarter was won in his nsnai
STYLE Meredith allowed one OF ms
councillors to 20 cut and make the
mace and then came Ike streak IN
the last furlOl.g and won
When II came to the half Meredith
COMPLETELY reversed the order OF
thirg rs. He raced at top speed in the
first quarter and had all the rest or
the field on their tees and practically
beaten. doing the quarter in "a. tie
then slowed down and even allowed
couple Of his competitors 70 pass MN
content with the fact that bingham.
whom alone he feared. was plugging
along in the rear. hopelessly out OF
4 With him disposed OF, Meredith
again sped up in the last furions'
caught and passed the two who had
headed him for a short distance, and
won very cleverly without being ex-
hausted
Meredith's overwhelming trtumIh
IF hreinQ nNnnlod
with his powers as racer Before the
race he had taken the trouble TO nhd
out the way in which Bingham. the
Harvard man, ran his races tie DIS
covered 1t was his habit to take 1t
easy in the first quarter. running the
distance in about minute tlat, ana
reserving himself for the fnal quar-
ter. which he would DO in the neigh
borhood of fifty seconds. Meredith 3
heartbreaking pace in the first quar-
ter completely upset Binghams plan
for the race. and so uewildered the
fleet Harvard runner that the latter
had no time to think out and put into
operation q new pla..
John McGraw's success as a base
ball manager has been entirely due TO
exceptionally acute brain power.
From the beginning of his career on
the diamond he analysed every play
made in a game in which he partiCi-
pated or witnessed. 1t was the study
that developed the baseball strategy
ne made his own, and which made
him so much OF a clairvoyant IN
foreseeing the breaks" Of a game tor
or against his team.
II Jim Jeifries had been possessed
of enough gray matter he might never
have lost the heavyweight champion
ship to Jack Johnson. But the punch
in the eye in the second round. which
was the turning point in the contest.
angered him After that it was brute
force against brute force.
Football is so entirely matter of
brc ms that everybody familiar with
sports admits that the best eleven OF
the physical boxers or wrestlers. tor
instance, would have no chance what
ever against an eleven such as repre-
SCENTS any one Of the great uniyersi-
ties on the gridiron each fall.
The thinking athlete gets more
sport out OF the game he happens 10
indulge In. also, than he would II
merely an exceptionally good natured
athlete or one who is able to absorb
the ideas OF trainer and carry
them out in purely mechanical fasn
ion
To the young athlete the lesson
modern sports teaches US: Attend
as well to the cultivation of the mind
as to the training of the body and
its muscles If you would enjoy com
petitive athletics to the full. The
first is as necessary as the last to be-
come supereXce!ient at any sport. to
get the greatest enjoyment from sport
and to cope with its emergencies.