The sun., 1916-03-26
TOMMY CONNEFF PROVED
THAT HE HAD A RACE LEFT


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,m ,.., .nes ZAP Jas y, Al, aa riw in the
,..',, a',oa,.ai.,. and almost
ra,,,,' o., IT,, ,,,, ,,,s a rd,,o,,. task Of re.
,a,.s., III; s,'on;nc ,,owers A little
,.,',,e'.. "a ii. nrnr,,,c NJ fut vre
,,or,. ,as.mse,, he ronadsrre ana he went
s..ad,i,. aionS wi.h ionS walks and
.,oa,i" ,rns ,r,;i whsn Mike Murphy
,nI H.. ras, nr ,,,o squad arrived lie
900, i,, roi,n,, ha,i,, and ready 70 take
IN ,c,ive ,r,,,ino
All did nm, or we'll with Tommy even
after Jiiikc N,,,r,hv Ind ,tm I'm charge.
III. old ,,on,nr ituvhcv Hart. visited
,h. ,.ia,d nn., ara th.u IN mt heart
into his old pro.ere Graduaiiy he
nicked II, his form ami was rouhling
nto shane n,ce,v when the world OF
snorl was startled by an accident TO the
crn,iny ,n,arna,ion,, chamnion that
noar,,' ,,,,s,.,, ''i,,, ,,,. .n,ir.,r Tommv
vino wa. M, m,ich ~ , svimmer. liked
In i.ks , din after an,shinx h,s daily
work In, yonerai,y vvas careful no, 10
yet loo Tar away from the bosthouse
fo., ono as,crnoo, ho ua. more da ring
than ,,s,,si and ,,mned o,,, sn far that
he could M, cat,i, thc s,oa, an the re-
,urn ,rin III s.r. iu,a roc, un,i, bc
reached IN. ho.,on, NJ the creek Then
came tho determine, lon NO, ,o no beatcn.
and Tommy began 10 seeL safety along
Tho land u,hich ho ,kneu hst,er than ,he
water u,s ,,cLS, .iar u,aa +, Tho .s.
ccudent. for b,, tooN the isndwar ri trail
and crawling along or hands and knees
made bis wav under Tho 400, un,i, mo,
, at the tim, when he was ready IN vive
In his head emerged from the water
and lie found b,n,eir imnrisoned with
the board Of the float above him. II
was not long before resclers arrived
and the great distance runner was hauled
up 10 safety after the boards had been
pred up. The rubbers had a busy time
then administering FIRST aid to the in
lured ana nnaIly Conner came round.
out ne had been put back long way
!" -r m's framing oy the Trip under water.
nre mohtns OF faithful work had its
.ra -. anu to~afd tine END or June
.' os oesan 10 snow form thar war
ra., .ne oehei 'hat ms old stamina
." ,','' ne". or.or' VINO was destined
ap.,n,, ,b, Is n..n',s, Iia.e tne race
10 III,
there had been mn cha,c. ,o ,rr ,h.
Comeback" except ON ,he ua,ch VI.
trials had been fairn ..,,.,an,s... =.
that when an invitation was received IN
have Conner meet orion I, sn.n,.,
two mile race at won,eAter ON tho
Fourth OF July Murphy concluded tina,
y would be a good test to nit the old
champion against the new in a real race
Murphy was too busy with the other
men on the team TO leave the island.
SO ~ rel 10 me to accompany Connect
W worcester Tor the race III question.
'o"'eh realized tnat good deal de-
penueo on 'ne result OF the meeting with
D''o'' anu was as nervous before the
NJ. ia" IuhH'hg ms first race
INeu az worcester the night be-
-. anu tommy got little
'o' ue ne" Ehsianders were up
""!"s"' ceieorating the holt
uaF IN oo's'erous manner that was far
kep, bis n.rve ho,,a'.n, 49,, no ,,'sr''.ail
,inro a., ~, anu "nen the
ar.a, So, 60 "''a' sprint ne oashed
,a.n;or RI !" WIN III iairiy easy
,a.,., UP harNeu tne only oc-
,s, ""eh Iohhen left TraVers
g., '""H rev houfs from
- uu, I'VE "'arched WIN the rest
Wonha,,. sHre sc, 20 NEE, the Enellshman at
'e'u vi S"pteHoer IL
~ was aDout the middle OF August
".eh cofheH began TO show the rena rk-
ao'e ioTh whlch indicated that the
NoI'o records ior any distance near a
M ."" "efe a' ms mercy. the club officials
go "H.ouS i" kl'e MN chance for
"",e "e WAS sui M tho top
W us i''h a"" III competition where
l' "aS ''o' enough ~ stake TO make
mn u'Sl,ons "' SAVING ms pace for a
p"sS'"f Hsh''he hhish That led To the
a'fansetneh' OF TWO special races with
.'"s ooJ.'' III Ne"' ana these turned out
'r FEATURES o' this long drawn
.u' "a'i'hg speli OF the 1895 champion
'e"''' '' open races were advertised for
Instances OF 'hfee-uuarters "t mile on
,."s"H' - ana q hi'!e ON August 80 and
Was III 'he hist "t these that toneft
showed the most remarkable bit Of dis
'"'ce work mat nave ever seen ac-
''''p''she"'
Conner was not gifted with the spced
that would make him a first class half
niler. as was the case with John PAM
Jones and apparently is to-day with John
W. oNert"f' ms forte was steady goirc,
an" ne 'ated niue whether the distance
""s one .n''e or hre' Yet on the day he
ran 'he tnrtt'duaftcrs he seemed To ac.
'"h.e sprih'lns ah'iitH that kept him
wen "h MS Toes 'he whole way. Til.
"'h'r runners had long handlcaps but