The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-07
Famous Miller
ToIks To Bonners
n. S. Students

n. S. Students
Glenn Cunningham, world famous
miller, was in Boomers Ferry last
week for a visit with his parents,
who moved onto a farm near Bon
ners Ferry from Kansas two or three
years ago. While in Bonners Ferry
he was induced to give a talk to high
school students. His talk was par
ticularly timely, as the training sea-
son for tracks is just starting. The
Bonners Ferry Herald reports his
visit to that city as follows in its
last weeks issue:
Glen Cunningham, who a few
weeks ago astounded the athletic
world with a 4:4.04 mile over the
new Dartmouth indoor track, was a
visitor in Boomers Ferry this week.
Glenn arrived here on the Empire
Builder at Gas o'clock Monday ev-
ening. He was met at the Great
Northern station by his father. H.
&c. Cunningham, and his sister. Mrs.
Dean Morgan and her husband and
children.
He was taken by automobile to
the Cunningham home in Paradise
Valley where he enjoyed a visit
with his parents, his brother John
and another sister, Mrs. L. G. Sit
ton.
The famous miller left on the EN-
1pire Builder last evening for Port
land, Ore, where he will compete
in a mile indoor race tomorrow
evening. He was accompanied to
Portland by his mother and his
niece, Miss Letha Morgan. 1t is
expected Glenn will return here af-
ter the Portland race for another
brief visit before resuming his in
tensive campaign on the eastern
running tracks.
! Yesterday afternoon Glenn yield
led to entreaties of relatives and
local school authorities and gave a
15-minute talk at the high school.
He was scheduled to speak at one
O'clock, but when he made his APP
pearance ON Main street just prior
to the time set, he was accosted by
SO many admirers that it was near
| ly 1870 o'clock before he was able
to break away.
Gives Students Good Advice
| In his talk at the school Glenn
gave aspiring young athletes some
| thing to think about. He said the
path to athletic achievement was nc
rosy one. 1t means hard work al
the way and strict observance O
training rules. He said tobacco wa.
absolutely taboo, and alcohol shoult
only be used externally.
The matter of diet, he said, wa
important. He said he drank grea
deal of orange juice, other frui
juices and milk, and ate all the mea
he wanted. He said, however, tina
he always allowed five or six hour.
to elapse between a meal and !;
race.
Glenn said he trained hard, ever
in his high school days, and sale
this could be verified by the Crime.
boys, who were his school mate.
back in Kansas,
Plenty of sound sleep was also
advised as part of the athlete.
training regime. He said he Away.
slept at least eight hours each night
and often nine to ten hours.
The speaker also had a word fo
the girls, saying they could hell
their schools win athletic meets b,
insisting that the boys stick to train
ing rules, inferring that too man,
. dates were not good for the boy
during the training grind.
Runs Eight Miles Daily
In describing his methods 0
: training Glenn said he would gen
orally start about ten weeks befor
an important race, running eros
country eight miles each day. Whel
the race was still few weeks Of
he would take rest from two day
] to a week and then take up worl
on an indoor track, where he Woult
be timed as he covered the variou
!; laps. In this way he knew abou
] what speed to hold to hit close t
the world mark
During the past winter, Glen
!. said, it has not been, necessary TO
. MIN 10 MAINTAIN any training, Othe
: than the simple rules of diet, as h
, has raced twice each week, thu
! keeping in shape without additions
!, running.
Speaking of the new world mar
he established at Dartmouth, Glen
: told the students the performanc
! had not yet been officially accep
! ed, but he believed it eventual
would 60 down as official.
vi On his arrival here Monday ever
: ing he stated that he was helpe
IN setting the new mark by I'll
e fact there was no smoking anon
It the spectators. The air, he said, w;
very clear, pleasing contrast
d the atmosphere at the usual il
i door race.
G Asked If he had any,. expect
tons OF cunning a four minute mil
ne said he wasn't worrying abol
that now. About his only worry,
X admitted, was the course in whit
ne IS studying for doctors degre