Evening star., 1938-06-14
ALL-AROUND STAR,
mailman INSISTS
Olympic Hammer King Fine
AfieId, on Track, Great
Doctor, He Says.
By FRANCIS J. POWERS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, June a.
My friend, Will Connolly. the San
Francisco sports scrivener, insists that
the title What A Man" be copyrighted
and patented exclusively for DR..
Padriac C'Callaghan, the Irishmar
who is picking up few dollars on our
shores in the business of catch as
catch-cannery.
remember DR.. Padriac O'Callaghan
es a hammer thrower in the 1882
Olympic games at Los Angeles How
he came to the mark for his last
throw, and, whirling the brass ball
around his blond head seven times,
let 60 with heave that was worthy
of Brian Boru and sailed far past the
mark of his nearest competitor. DR..
O'Callaghan was an amateur in those
days. and. in keeping with the highest
ethics of the medical profession, would
talk little Of himself But, now he
has turned professional, the doctor
has opened this history of his life,
and what q man" he is
And There're More Records.
Twenty-nine years of age, he stands
feet 2 inches and weights 234 pounds
Imagine that, If ye can. He won
the hammer throw in the Olympic
games at both Los Angeles and Am
sterdam. but whist you don't know
anything yet. The doctor holds the
world record with the hammer
heave of 1913 feet inches. He high
Jumps feet inches, broad jumps
% feet inches, runs the 100-yard
dash in :l0.2. the quarter mile in :49,4
and the high hurdles in :15.2. He
throws the discus 152 feet inches
and the javelin 1873 feet. To top off
his track and field work, OCallaghan
can pole vault II feet inches.
(Where were you when the Olympic
decathlon was staged, Dr.?)
The average gent would be satisfied
to knock off after those performances,
but the doctor has only started. He
is the trap shoot champion of Ire
land, was amateur boxing champion
Of the country for three years and
amateur wrestling champion for five
When relaxing, O'Callaghan plays a
tidy game of bridge, and for heavens
sake don't ever trump his ace.
Folks Are Athletes, Too.
Well, now it seems that the doctor
Is no athlete at all; you should hear
about his folks. His father was the
hight Jump champion of the Ould Sod,
his brother Cornelius is decathlon
champion of the land, his brother
John is hurting champion-hurling
being an Irish game in which you
take a stick and try to knock the
chins off the other guys. The doc
tors maternal uncles were champions
at the half mile and 100-yard dash
and his grandfather was heavyweight
boxing champion. And I'll bet you
O'Callaghan is descended from the
seven kings of Tara and "Malachy bold
with the collar of gold" thrown in for
full measure.
A bold boy was the doctor and he
once spent 46 days in the gaol for
fighting against the Kings troops be-
fore the Free State was created.
O'Callaghan is one of the best known
younger physicians in Ireland and
specializes in obstetrics. once in
Cobb, the Irish sea port city, I was
competing in the high jump of Sat-
urday afternoon" the doctor recalls,
"and made two practice jumps when
I was called on case. I dressed,
went off and took care of my patient
and then returned to win the jump"
think Mr.. Will Connolly has it
right: What a man" OCallaghan.