New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-18
simpson. Thorpe and Kraenzlein, Three
Wonder Athletes OF the u. S. A
Trio Has Never Bee,
Equalled for All-Around
Prowess
By FRANK O'NEIIJ

no pace among TIA
greatest Of Americas athletes ~
specially is hurdle racing, in which !.
stands forth prominently.
He holds the worlds record OF Ia,
seconds over the low hurdles, and ho,s.
in conjunction with Alvin C. Kr,..,
lein, former star OF the Uniyer,,,v :,
Pennsylvania, and Jimmy Wendell :,
Wesleyan, the worlds mark of as,f
seconds over the low hurdles. He ~.
! established worlds indoor rsrn,S
Sl-5 seconds over the 7O-yard COM.
| in the hurdles.
All-Around Star
, Athletic critics behold in this vou,.
farmer lad, born and raised.in the ~
souri, Valley, future gll-around ebs.
pion of the world Fleet as the vinss
the short dashes, he is not without 40
durance in the middle distance svers.
and can jump and handle the WEIGHT
! with more than average skill.
h His all-around records compare ma.
favorably with Jim Thorpe, hero Of n.
Olympic games In Stockholm In iais
and Alvin c. Kraenzlein, whose reeerl
of "a feet 4ls inches in the runnias
broad jump still stands in intsrsat
legiate circles. Indeed, Simpson h.,
the edge on Thorpe in most events.
Coaches of college track and s.n
teams who weep and proclaim h
mournful tones that unless at lsa,,
one hundred men report for practice ma
success can be won would hail wiz
glee only three such men as Simpson
Thorpe and Kraenzlein. This trio couH
win enough points 10 make a respect
able showing in any circles, and this N.
cludes the championships.
In sll-around effectiveness Their. !,
little TO choose between the men wh,.
their records are compared Simpson
stands out in the hurdles and measure,
up well in the dashes over the fat Il,
is good for better than 30 feet in n,
16-pound shot-put, can throw the diseu,
around 1870 feet and is clever with n.
javelin. He is credited with six feet IN
the running high jump.
Indian Better Jumper
Thorpe, approximating Simpson.
skill In all events except the hurds
races, stands out over him as a HID
jumper and weight thrower. III,
Indian has cleared feet inches and
he has put the l6-pound shot more than
al feet. Kraenzlein represents the o1
guard of college athletes His hurdlins
and broad jumping records still stand
and his ail-around record compare
favorably with the other two.
Simpson, running TO his best form
would have won first place in the lcv
and high hurdles IN the intercollegiate
championships last year. Kraenllein
rated at his best, would have run At
his shoulder in both events, and the
stalwart Thorpe would not have beer
very far behind. The Sac and Fox
warrior has raced the 100 hurdles ia
better than I6 seconds, and has topped
the low timbers in "a seconds or there
sbouts. II is fair to assume, then. that
all three would have found their way
into the first five places and SCORED
points in both events.
Kraenzlein stands out Of this great
| trio in the 100-yard dash. He has Gov.
| cred the century in 10 seconds and
/ won the Intercollegiate championships
in 1900 at 100 yards in 10 is seconds
Simpson has run winning races in 10 Is
seconds, his best time for the distance,
while Thorpe has been clicked in one
fifth OF a second slower.
Ten seconds has been the winning
time in the intercollegiate champion
ships with foug exceptions since 1905.
In that year R. c. Foster, Of Harvard,
won in 10 1-5 seconds, in 1911 Ralph
Craig, OF Mich igan, did his famous
As, in 1912 r. B. Thomas ran Just
out of the charmed l0-second set, and
in 10 Jimmie Patterson won in s4|
seconds.
Weaker at Furlong
None Of the three has run close .
record time in the furiong dash, YET
there are few to find fault with -
second performances for the distance
Both Kraenzlein and Simpson have
dashed over the furlong in that tine
end Thorpe's best performance is na
far behind. Based on time made, boz
Simpson and Kraenzlein would hsa
been placed in the 1916 intereollegi'a
championships.
Kraenzlein steps to the fore again
the quarter-mile race. Ne has covers
the distance in 40 3-5 seconds, whis
Simpson has done 80 seconds. Thorg
/ 10 HCt CIEuALNu WIN DNNN'A ttANN
seconds. None Of these performances
compares with Ted Meredith's record
but they are good enough 20 WIN many
q point. As said before, kraenSleiht
mark for the running broad Jump SUI
stands In intercollegiate circles, on
both Simpson and Thorpe crowd ~
closely. Krasnzleln jumped consistently
around 20 feet 5 inches. simpson
good for 90 feet or slightly bs'ta
about any time he starts, and Ihorp
seldom did much less. ..
Thorpe steps 20 the forefront .
high Jumping. The big Indian ~
cleared feet inches, which Is
inch better than KFsnzlein's best sno
three inches better than Simpson u
vet ACCOMPLISHED Thorpe is hls
among the three in putting me aOs
He has hurled the lesden bal on
moro than forty-four feet, which =
four feet and more beyond tos i'"s,
Of Simpson. -, ,h.,
were meant for speed. rather man ,s
or. never INDUCED in weight huimia tI
The Sac and Fox warrior was PES Va 80
the hammer, the jsvelin and the ~
vault. He could cleht Yen wv
vault. v..,,l,in
The gloriss OF Thorpe and hrs 'In H.
have been sung, and all that N'n ID
said in the future will be IN inc P,ss
tense. Simpson, however is N AS,
flush of his youth, feeling ms 10
pulses of his power. He Is desuH''
rise 70 still greater heights. .,lS.
Simpson, as related, holes ue Ills
record for the l2O,yard h'sn ,SIs, IN.
outdoors and the Io,ySrd ny n.y. 'r,seori
doors, and has tied the wot,d ls0rS y
Rob will buckle down and stnay
s Dc If running the low hurdles -
will undoubtedly reduce the ms"
% seconds.
Makes Bow in East
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