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

feet three in his stockings. He
weighs 2l0 pounds stripped. He has
light blond hair that flops around
the top OF his head in punches and
IL close clipped over his ears. His
neck Is strong, his shoulders of un-
usual width, his arms long and mus
cular, chest both broad and deep
far beyond the average, waist small,
thighs equipped with round, bound
Ing muscles, calves rather light In
proportion and insteps high like
those OF a Splinter end jumper.
In physique Hartranft Is n perfect
reproduction OF the great athletes
Of ancient Greece. as they were per-
petuated in the marble statues of
Phidlas and Myron. He is the best
built athlete l have ever seen in
action.
Rose was six feet six. heavy, thick
WASTED. Arlle Mucks, another giant
OF nearly equal height. broad, pom
derous, built only for weight throw
ing. McGrath, rat Ryan and nc
Donald are thick men. Martin Sher-
idan was better proportioned than
any OF the other weight throwcrs,
and he could run, jump or do any
thing, like Hartranft.
The Stanford boy Is another Sheri-
dan, but three inches taller, 30
pounds heavier, every bit as supple,
and in proportions nearer TO the
athletic ideal OF the Greeks, who
held their Olympiads for over
twelve hundred years without n
break and ought TO have known
what an athelete was.
Ncars Roses Shot Record.
Last year he was good for about
az feet with the shot. 1875 with the
discus and fair time In sprlnts and
hurdles. This year, with college
coaching, he l"I come forward with
m amazing leap.
In the spring interclass met at
Stanford n few weeks q Hartranft
put the 16 pound shot from a 7-foot
circle 40 feet, 9 inches. lie threw the
discus IA feet, too, winning both
events. In between he ran In the
100 yard dash, a second by inches
In 10 seconds flat.
A week later in the meet with the
Olympic A. c. OF San Francisco he
put the l6-pound shot so feet, 3-S
inches.
For n I~0-year-old boy this was an
astonishing performance. only Ralph
Rose, holder OF the worlds record
OF 81 feet, ever bettered II. In his
first year OF competition on his
college team, with two more well
coached years ahead, Hartranft IL
within n foot OF n worlds record that
athletic prophets have considered
unbreakable except by some other
giant like Rose. And Hartrauft Is
not aglan. lie Is no larger than
three or four OF his team mates.
When Rose made tho worlds record
OF 81 feet he weighed 3i5 pounds,
lust l0b pounds more than Hart
rauft's weight today.
I watched H%artranft In the met be-
tween Stanford and the University
OF southern California. He won
three vents and finished third in
the fourth--a rae he had mover
tried before.
First, he won the 16-pound shot
put with 40 feet, 7 IL inches. The
ground In tho ring was soft and
dusty. with a hard clay footing he
would certainly have gone well over
80 feet. with the shot he has per-
feet form. He crouches low for tho
leap, draRs his right too along the
ground as he makes Il, shifts feet
and drives the shot with a full round
swing Of body and shoulder behind
II and a final flip OF the fingers. He
uses the FUN circle every time, step
ping within an inch OF the front
board, and has no inclination TO
foul.
think, from his action and tho
tremendous bound he holds IN leash,
HE cool dellberatlon and perfect
Nu'irT, that. he could easily break
the i2-pound shot ree"'d any eas.