The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-12
By NEA SERVICE

N-@~O AShAk long trail from the primitive back woods of Rhode. Island to Berlin but there has emerged from the hinteriand young redskin to whose piston legs distance is nothing When the American olympic mara thon team sails this summer, Ell. son Myers Brown will be among those present.
 A full-blooded Narragansett In. dian, Brown, called Tarzan, has ir his streamlined muscles an inher- tied ancient lore in running, and q typical stoicisrn which forbids any admission, ever, that he has run hii limit.
 Tarzan came home in front or April 20 in the celebrated Boston Athletic Association marathon, ant after spending the afternoon run. ming 26 miles 305 yards, he preferred c picture show to bed.
 The American Olympic selection committee weighed the fact tha T'arzan threatened to set e new rec. ord for the B. A. A. run, and decid. cd he could have Q place on tn. marathon delegation without enter. ing any more trials.
 This led of a is an Indian right out of the story books. There wei time, while he was getting hi eight grades of schooling in the It. tie village of Alton, R. T., when civ ilization threatened to catch up witf, him, but Tarzan hid in the Woodi and 1t passed him by.
 Lived Off Bounty of Nature
 Even if the Indians of Rhode Is. lands wild and beautiful "Soutl, County" were stiil using wampurn Tarzan probably would have felt the depression.
 Alton is Q town of few employ. inent opportunities, and the mem. bers of the Brown family couldn't connect with them often enough tc provide Q regular eating schedule ir the shack where Tarzan wal brought up.
 Unfeazed by the depression, Tar. gan turned to the benevolent woodi and streams outside his door.
 The result sounds something likl Leather Stocking novel. Tarzas lived of the bounty of nature.
 When he wanted breakfast h. went down to c brook near hi house. Tn the brook there wer, trout. Waiting patiently until cor pulent trout entered c shallow pool Tarzan made 1t his habit to boI them neatly with stones. The nex step was the frying pan.
 Such Q life has It's pictorial qual ities, but 1t does not build cham pionship stamina into . runner frame.
 Tarzan might still be logging 1 along the wood paths, snatchini firsts in middle distance events, ant coming in among the also-rans il the annual B. A. A. race, if Provi dence hadn't been celebrating 1t tercentenary this year.
 Jack Harrington, A. A. U. com missioner for Rhode Island, brough Tarzan's running ability to the at' tention of the Providence city coun' ell tercentenary committee. Scenting Q chance to publicize 1t! protege. Twenty-Five dollars wal appropriated to buy him Q new uni form and Q new pair of hand-mad' running shoes.
 In one of his moments of loqua. city, Tarzan admitted that thes, shoes felt like wings in comparison with the cheap sneakers he haC been wearing. Tn 1036, Tar1an fin ished 18th in the B. A. A. event barefoot, taking his sneakers of sev. en miles from the finish becaust they were burning his feet.
 Ice Cream Tarxan's Weakness
 The gossamer lightness of tn, shoes was offset to some extent by the amount of advertising the ter. centenary committee inscribed or his jersey, but Tarzan was equal ts the burden by race time.
 The committee provided him witf a physician who supervised every step of his training, taking the ut. most carp of the runners diet. ant ruling out even fresh-killed trout The result was that Tarzan was abls to make 6 front race of it all thu way.
 Tn the process of receiving due ac. claim for his triumph, Tarzan Ina, become something of Q city slicker and frequently wears a shirt ana necktie now.
 Tarzan has shaken hands with thl governor, has addressed the Rhodl fsland House of Representative (Compiete text: q done it for RhodI 1sIand"), and stood before . dozeE