The New York herald., 1921-02-21
GUILLEM0T'S HIGH
STYLE A HANDICAP
Frenchman's Knee Action I'm
like That of Former Great
Distance Runners.
BY JAMES s. mitchell.

The showing made by Joseph Guile
mot, the French champion runner, in the
5000 meter race at Madison Square Gar
den at the games given by the Guaranty
Club on Saturday night was the chief
topic Of discussion among local athletic
club members yesterday. It was admit
ted by some that the Gallo flyer may
and that the distance was too short to
suit his style of going. but one thing
upon which there was universal agrees
ment was his abnormally high knee &C q.
action and his amateurish method OF
throwing UP his heels high behind him.
points which have hitherto been un-
known to great distance runners.
One old timer who watched the
Frenchman Saturday night remarked
that he threw up his knees as high as
the late Lon Myers. one of the great
half milers of all time and remarkable
in his day for his bounding action. It
is true that Guillemot won the English
cross country championship. the Belgian
cross country title, and once unoffcially
ran six miles in something better than
30 minutes in his unorthodox style OF
moving. and those who watched him
L
who talked Of It yesterday wondered how
n the world he ever did what has been
redited to him. IL is Just possible that
Guillemot may redeem himself before he
1eturns TO France and should he run up
to his European reputation the public
fcre will be mighty glad to hail him for
II he is worth.
Should Guillemot make havoc with the
records here he will have done some
thing IN a style which is supposed 10 be
impossible in long distance runner. A
glance backward at oil the great run
ners whose marks have graced the rec
ord annals OF the past show that they
to man had n low reaching style.
w. G.. George, who at one time held all
the records from n mile TO ten miles.
moved with a long raking stride and
close 20 the ground, and so did William
! Cummings. his rival I'm the professional
ranks All. Shrubb. the holder still OF
many professional and amateur records
reached long ana low for his stride. as
did the late Eddie Carter. who for n
number OF years held long string Of
American records. Tommy Counefs was
very stylish. but his limit was two miles
or thcreabouts. The late Willie Day
was n low, long mover George Bonhar
stepped n bit high, but by no means as
high as Guillemot Coming down still
later one can take Kolehmaiuen. the
Finn. who gets over tho ground In a
smooth low style. Undoubtedly Jean
Bouin the French record holder who
lost his life in the late war and who
made the wonderful record OF If miles
1.442 yards in the hour. had the lowest
style Of any distance man ever seen.
Ho actually skinned along tho ground
but he had the great get there" action
and drove right along. When Bouln
made this record he covered ten miles
in so minutes 46 seconds. or little over
five seconds slower than the amateur
record made by Shrubb.
The metropolitan haudbali champion
ship singles scheduled TO take place Mt
tho New York A. G. yesterday could
not be played as the courts, which are
situated on the roof were buried In
snow. The players have been notified
to be on hand tomorrow.
The New York Post Office Clerks AS
socation has completed arrangements
for It's games Mt the Sixty-nnth Rcgl-
ment Armory March ~. The feature
event will be the 1859 Memorial" A
number OF the foremost runners OF the
day have signihed their intentions Of
connecting. and among them arc Sid
leslie. Joie Ray, Joe Higgins and Jack
sellers.