The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

and will put over 81 feet in the
Nationals. IL not before.
While the shot put was going
on Hartranft answered the call for
tho l0O-yard dash.
Outstridcs Sprintcrs Two Feet.
And here was the most amazing
performance OF the day. The track
was n dusty dirt track, not wetted
down and rolled like eastern tracks,
too soft. and decidedly slow. This
was the track on which the great
Paddock trained, but not where ne
made his records.
At the pistol fired by Starter Bob
Weaver. Hartranft left the mark
like a bullet" as Weaver describes
Il. and at 25 yards had a clear two
yard lead over his rivals. He was
running with such a stride as /
never saw any other sprinter take,
n series OF tremendous bounds. a
long. lungeing stride that showed
unlimited power. II looked like n
slow stride. but every step was two
feet longer than the stride Of the
average Splinter.
I'll tell the old times what he re-
minded me ola Tommy Burke
(%unbeaten quarter miller OF n quar-
err century ago. but a Tommy Burke
speeded up to tho limit.
At so yards. Hartranft glanced
over his shoulders and saw his rivals
well behind. From there he ran to
tho tape half turned around at the
waist and looking back. Even at
that, winning easily, he covered the
hundred in ten seconds flat. II
might have been . As II he had
been pressed at all-and on a slow
track.
No 21O-pound man ever showed
such speed before.
After tho hundred the Stanford
boy went at the Discus, winning With
l47 feet, 2 "a inches, IA new coast
record. This was from a soft, dusty
u Y. on" lprtr1n't a
disappointment after both shot and
events was 10 evident that I
asked him what he had been doing
in practice.
IL expected 90 do much better"
he said. In the last few days OF
training I have been throwing l55
feet up against a bank. / should
have done better with the shot, too
much better. I don't know what's
the matter, but I'm not getting It
right today"
When / was throwing the discus
from scratch with Martin sheridan
In 1910, / never thought TO see m
other Sheridan in action, Mtrtin was
50 supple that he stood facing the
direction OF the throw, and In swing
ing the missile twisted at waist and
hips until his shoulders were turned
in the opposite direction.
Hartranft is the only other athlete
/ ever saw throw the discus In Sher-
idan's style. He faces his throw,
and with slow elaboration twists as
far back as Sheridan eve did,
comes around with an easy turn and
shift Of the feet. and heaycs the
weight with the fun drive OF his
legs and body behind Il. He f. not
yet as smooth as Sheridan. Therell
be ten feet more in that. 1 see no
reason why no should not throw
over 100 feet within n year,
on tho day I'm describing Hart
ranft wound up by running In the
220 yard dash-his first attempt at
that distance. lie was third 20
Schiller, fairly close up, in % 2-5
seconds. a great run after compel
ing In three other events.
Beside these, Hartranft runs the
lsU-yutu nlkN nuIu4e5 IN ~ seNoliurf
high Jumps over six feet, broad
Jumps 20 feet, throws the j~ayclln
and losses the hammer Il little al
though these last have not yet been
included IN his s%pecialties. II he
wanted to 90 for tho all around
championship ho'd win II and per-
haps clip a couple Of worlds records
in the effort.
lie has the thing that made little
Julian Elliott such a marvel with
the shot-an amazing reserve Of
nerve force, when you see his
easy, smooth action, unhurried and
with M effort showing, you are
startled by the speed with which the
big iron ball hurtles through the
air. Hartranft hasn't yet come near
his limit at any event. lie Is almost
a novice, with only a few months OF
coaching and scientific training be-
hind, and this season and at least
two more In college ahead,
Arthur Cummings, who coached
Coo and Kruger and many other
champions. watched I%lartrauft and
GAid 49, several other visiting east