The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-28
Suzanne Lenglen Refres From
Net Battles With Great Record
Paddock Letting Running Go
While He Puts in Time
on Golf Links
IN KOREKT EDGREN.

France that Mile. Lenglen has de-
cided TO stop playing tennis matches
marks the end OF the most sensa'
tional series OF athletic triumphs
ever enjoyed by any women.
Suzanne Lengien trained from
childhood. became one OF the great
! est tennis players In Europe. In
skill. determination and strength she
was Ike "A man.
Until che came TO America. 10 win
honors on this side OF the sea, she
was invincible. and there Is little
doubt now that her collapse in the
match against Mrs. Mallory was due
as she claimed at the time. to heart
trouble induced by the physical
strain OF too many matches.
She proved her right to be regard
ed as the greatest woman player In
the world when she easily defeated
Mrs. Mallory in England this year
! and retained her championship title.
( But the effort she made at that
time with succeeding contests seems
to have had its effect.
Suzanne Lcnglen trained IKE a
prize fighter--dieted. exercised,
4 played IN hard matches from the
| time she was a small girl.
| TOO much hard athletic competi-
| tion is likely 70 strain the heart of
any boy or girl. Our colleges are
| beginning to realize that it is a great
mistake to begin hard training dur
ing the period of rapid physical
| growth.
Statistics prove that many boys
who go through active competition
In grammar and high schools have
weak hearts and are not fit to con
tinue in competition when they enter
college.
No boy should be put through the
severe strain OF competitive athletics
until he has become fully developed
and has reached nearly his full
height and growth.
There will be a great change IN
school athletics within year or :wo
| The athletic authorities are already
on the problem.
Colored boys are making their
mark in amateur athletics. At the
/ national championships In Newark
1 Hart Hubbard, an lS-year-old Negro
boV from Cincinnati, student at the
JniverGity OF Michigan, won the
iunior and then the senior champion
srl' in the running broad jump
with the splendid leap of "a feet . Is
inches.
Ned Gourdln OF aHrvard. holder
OF tho worlds record Of rs feet
inches. took second place about Sly
inches behind Hubbard. and So
Butler, also colored. was third with
23 feet IN inches, also a splendid
performance. Three colored ath'
ietes in first, second and third in 2
national championship, and each
" IN performance that would have
wJn the title in nearly any othei
year. Hubbard also won the hop
step ari jump.
Then there was the five-mile ruT
n by II. Earl Johnston OF Pitts
bu, gh in 25 minutes, 80 seconds
which was remarkably fast for th'
heavy track on which the race wal
run. Johnston has had little ex
perieuce in competition and he wa
against some OF the fastest distance
men in the country, but his judg
mert of pace throughout the rae,
was perfect. From the time he wen
out in front n had the running al
to himself.
Men OF African race are natura
athletes. "hey are naturally fun o
music, and whether in boxing, jump
ing. running or playing baseball the!
time their efforts with rhythm tina
develops the maximum of speed am
power with the least possible effort
|
will have several colored athletes ol
it's list OF champions.
Charlie Paddoc, former champion
sprinter and holder of many world
: srinting records, has been harshl
criticized for not running IN thi
years championships. While on tn
Pacific Coast this summer ! aske,
! Paddock IL he would run in the ma
tional meet. He said that he wa
tired OF running and swimming race
no more excitement in Il for him
= nothing but a lot OF hard traininI
and tirosome travelling.
Paddock said he always had &
train harder to run at his best speet
In the east, because OF the intens
humidity. and that the change fron
the dry invigorating climate OF Cali
fornla was severe handicap. BE
sides this, he wasn't sure that con
tinuing the strain OF sprinting be
yond his college days would do hir
any good. And as an additiona
. reason he is playing golf and hope
d 20 work up Into the championshi
: class in that sport.
q 81 an play golf all my life" sal
h Paddock. but nobody can go o
r running races in record form "a
r many years without burning himsel
y out. Playing golf is fun AMI sprint
ing is hard work"