New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
.Gllille1not, Star
French Runner. .
Here for Races
Olympic Champion to Com
pete at Guaranty Club.
Games in Garden Saturday
By Jack Masters


legged French soldier who became ia
nous over night by defeating the best
field of distance runners the world
could produce at the recent Olympic
games. was one Of the first passenger.
to leave the Adriatic, which docked
yesterday. The Running FOOL" as
our doughboys abroad dubbed Josef,
made a fine impression upon the
crowd which gathered at the dock to
greet him.
He is modest, despite the many hon
ors showered upon him by his de-
monstrative countrymen, who have
placed him in class with their other
idol, Georges Carpenter. II shall try
my best, and believe I have a good
chance against your stars" is all that
he would say about his prospects in
the special 3000-meter race which is
the goal he has crossed the ocean to
realize.
Corporal Guillemot will make his
debut here next Saturday night at the
games of the Guaranty Club, in Mad
l lson Square Garden, where he will toe
the mark with Joie Ray, national one
mile champion; "Blondy'' Romig, Penn
State, intercollegiate cross-country
champion; Walter Higgins, Columbia
University, and possibly .Hal" Cut
bill, Boston A. A., the sensation Of the
present season.
Entire Field After Record
The worlds record for the distance
is 8:35, and the field will make par
tlcular effort to lower this mark The
trenchman was clocked in 4:22 for
the mile few days before he sailed,
and his ability to run any distance up
to ten miles in near record time would
indicate that he has an excellent
chance to shatter the mark The
board floor may prove handicap and
again X may not, but surely the speed
OF Ray, Romig and Higgins will spur
the visitor, to great efforts.
Kay won the mile title at Boston last
year III 4:16 1-5 and holds the two-mile
record of 9:14. The chesty Chicago
boy had his wings clipped in fine style
the other evening by Cutbill, who is
divinity student, but Joie is far from
through. He has always favored the
long distance, so that he might outIun
the field. Cutbill is entered in the
l0OO-yard race, as he believes he would
not show at his best over the long
route, but the Guaranty Club is irving
to convince. the "Flying Parson" that
he should compete in the special race.
Cutbili has had remarkable season
He has long been known as good run
ner, but to-day he is one Of the best,
athletes, if not the premier athlete in
the country. He came here last Novem-
Der and finished sixth in the junior ma
tional cross-country run, being timed
IN 34:l6 40 for six miles. Not a par
tlcularly Impressive performance.
Road Races Prove Beneficial
But the. road running did him a
world of good, and ION his first appear
ance here this year at the Brooklyn
College games he won the 10O0-yard
race in hollow style from such men as
Jim Connolly, Sid Leslie, Earl Eby, Jack
Sellers and others. At the Millrose
games few weeks later the "Parson"
demonstrated that his achievement was
no fiukc by trouncing Ray and others
at one and one-haif miles in near rec
ord time.
If Cutbill starts in the 1000 Satur-
day night he will be opposed by Eby,
Tom Campbell, Leslie, Sellers audsJake
Drlscoil, but more than likely he will
be persuaded TO clash with the French
man in the longer race.
special medley sprint affair has
been arranged in which Jackson Schoiz.
Detroit A. G.; Loren Murchison, Illi-
nois A. c.; Bernie Wefers jr., New
York A. C.; Harold Lever, University
Of Pennsylvania, and others will start.
The distances will be fifty, sixty and
seventy yards, and the winner will be
decided on the point score basis.
Walter Whelan, of Philadelphia. and
Dick Landon, Yale. the Olympic
champion, will appear in the high Jump,
while Frank LOOMS, the Olympic 400
meter hurdle champion and record l1old-
er, and II. 4. Barron. Penn State Col
lege, will start in the 7O-yard timber
toppiug event.