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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1910)
4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: AUGUST 21. 1910. V TRACK RECORDS IMPROVING , Despite Talk of Old-Timeri, Sprinter Grow Better. EECOEDS AIL GO BY BOARDS Condition! Mnrh Improved by Xt t Methods of Training and Better Facilities on Track sad la Gymnasium. 1 li , NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-There will always i ; b a difference of opinion to whether the t athlete of twenty years sgo was superior . to the athlete at prevent. The old timer will argue that the performers In hit day ,. were superior. He will tell you how the . old-time sprinter ran 100 yards In 00.9. c with a standing start. If he had mastered t(the crouch position, how much raster he , , could have gone. He will also tell you that In the past ten years only two men have traveled the century In 00.9 In winning the , Amrlcan championships, when In the olden , days some one did better than even every week. Also how man could make records In the sprints, then turn around and establish a middle distance mark. He will finish up by telling you that the contestants of today have better facilities for training, that In the eighties the clubs had no coaches, train ing tables, or rubbers; that the athletes trained and massaged themselves; how the ch'ap of today has all the up-to-date ad vantages and should be superior. The athletes of twenty year ago J. Owen, lion Myers, Wendell Baker, E. C. Carter, Willie Day. and W. O. George were phenomena, but time will always show an advancement. For Instance, ten year later Bernle Wefers In the sprints had better form and was more consistent There was never a man as good as Mejtey Long In the quarter mile. Tom Burke was mother world b eater, as was Charlie Kll patrlck, Tommy Conneff, and a score of . others. As time passes records are bound to be .broken. The Public School Athletic league, and other organizations are fast developing future champion and record breakers. It seem an ImpoeelMllty for some of the records to fall, but they all will In time, and as new record are mad other will replace them. Present Day Athlete Work. Much credit must be given the athlete of the present day. Doe not Mel Sheppard, the middle-distance wonder, report at the custom house every day at 7 a. m. and work sometime until late In the evening, then In hi spare hour go out and break records T Do not John Flanagan, Matt Me- ' Graw, Martin Sheridan, Pat McDonald, ahd Jack Eller spend most of their time at their duties In the police department? . The majority of athlete who have mads reputation on the athletle field are hard working fellow. True, the facilities for training are better, but business oares do not decrease; In fact, they Increase. The athlete In the large cities ha as much to contend with as thoae of a score of years ago, and as his performances are on an avers ire far better It must be admitted thst the present-day performer Is more im proved athlete. Generally, a man to be a good athlete mt st have some natural ability and not only spend a great deal of his time train ing, but must also study his specialty. Specializing is an Important factor now adays. To succeed, an athlete must only go in for his special event. Twenty years ago a competitor could compete in three or four events and win. This is an un usual feat In the present decade. In 190 Lon Meyers captured four American championships In one day, winning the 100 yards In 0 1 OH. 220 yards In 0:23, 440 yards In 0:52, and the SS0 yards In 2:01, a wonder ful performance. This feat could hardly be repeated In these days. Take the championships held at Seattle last summer. The times were: 100 yards, 0.10H; 230 yards, 0:22; 440 yards, 0:62; 880 yard?, 1:B5V and these figures, with the exception of the half-mile, are nothing to brag about. Conditions were poor, the day of the meet a drlzxllng rain fell, and It was very cold. Look at the fol lowing table of championship events In 1IW, 1881 and 1882, and compare the per formance with those of 1907, 1908 and 19i. 'At a glance the Improvement can be ob served, alway remembering that an ath lete winning a championship doe not neces sarily mean that he Is the best man Sn the country, as a great many college and athletic club athlete find It Impossible to compete. Record Don't Chow All. It will be noticed that In the 100, 220 and 440-yard run the average Improvement In time Is not much faster, although during 1907, 1908 and 1909 there were faster men In competition who did not compete In the championships. The times In the above table do not show the best performance for the short distance men. The 880 shows a remarkable Improvement. The one mile doe not Indicate anything wonderful, but In 1909, Paul, the University of Pennsyl vania athlete, ran the distance In 4:17. Now comes this cry from the enthusiast: "How about Tommy Conneff one-mile record performance fifteen year ago, when be ran the distance In 4:15?" This Is an exception. Although our later-day athlete ha materially decreased the average time for the mile, he ha yet to break Conneff record. This year should decide the ques tion, as Paull, Sheppard, Klvlat and Nom hag will make attempts to lower- the fig ures and the prospects look very good. The average In the five miles Is about one minute and a halt less. The time In the hurdles show a decided decrease. High jumpers do six Inches higher; broad jump er and pole vaulter are doing far better. The shot has gone up about ten feet and the flfty-slx-pound weight show to better advantage. The hammer cannot very well be compared, a In the olden day they had a different style of hammer. The wooden handle was used during the 80', while today a flexible wire handle la used, although Flanagan or McQrath could get the old-style hammer out much further than the old-times. It must not be Inferred that the old- timer Is being belittled, as the present-day athlete acquired most of his esrly knowl edge from the athlete of the 80's, but the records show conclusively a decided Im provement has bten made In the sport and will continue so long as track and field games are held. A comparison of times In various events, beginning with 1S0 follows: 8f. 5SSfSWi a; S'i : : : : : ::::::: ::::::: S3 a CALLS QUAKER CANDIDATES Peon's Foot Ball Squad Ordered to Meet September 0. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20. Andy Smith, all-Amerlcan fullback In 1904 and-coach of the University of Pennsylvania foot ball team, has Issued his first call for candi dates to report on September 6. The squad will be taken to some summer resort until Soptember IB, when regular practice will begin on Franklin Field. The first game is scheduled for September 24. Lamberton, Frits, Miller, Braddock and Somner will be missing from the squad. and among the veteran again eligible are Cozens, Pike, Ferrler, Hutchinson, Young, Irwin, Marks, Hellman, Scott and Rams- dell. Every effort is being made to Induce Dr. Carl William to again take the chairman ship of the advisory board and help the foot ball team. It Is believed that he will accept. Bull Wharton ha consented to re turn and coach. Other assistant which Smith will have are Hunter Scarlett, all Amerlcan end In 1908; Jack Hedges, Bob Toney, Harold Gaston, Al Mulord, Howard Sheble and George Brooke. Six of these men made the paper all-Amerlcan team In their undergraduate day. It 1 hoped that Hutchinson will fill a long-needed kicker's position on this Ma son' team. He has been working with the ball this summer. , M'LAUCULIN SnOWS CLASS Young Tennii Player Looked Upon ai Next Challenger. WOULD GIVE LARNED A TUSSLE Callforulaa Win Classte Tarf Con test After Bat Slight Experience on Grass, and Improves with Every Game. NEW YORK, Aug. aO.-Maurtc E. Me- Loughlln, winning the classic tournament of the Meadow club at Southampton last week proved his class again to the com plete satisfaction of the eastern critics, who are watching the lawn tennis career of the young Californlan with so much In terest. Every match he play on the turf count In the Improvement of this player, to whom turf was a novelty a recently a last year, and the Impression grows stronger day by day that he will be the challenger of William A. Lamed for the national title. McLoughlln, In whom Larned has taken a great and unusual Interest, Is surely of the caliber of which champion ar made. Yet he lack the necessary experience, and his game on the turf of the Meadow club at Southampton did not show , that, other than the element of speed and net attack that 1b always dangerous to an opponent who may not be established In the arts of adroit passing, he 1 posseised of the neces sary qualification to accomplish the de feat of a champion such as Larned. A majority of the expert agree, how ever, that McLoughlln, with the game he Is showing. Is destined to win the cham pionship If he makes the annual trial at Newport for the next two or three years. Thomas C. Bundy, another Callfornlftn, exhibits a far more thoughtful game, and one with nearly as great spssd as does Mc Loughlln. With a trifle of lurk to aid him at critical times, it would not sur prise any of those who watched Bundy play at Southampton to see him come out near the top. Many Reversal of Form. Reversals of form have been so frequent through the last few weeks as to cause wonderment as to the reasons and causes. Wallace F. Johnson, the, young Pennsyl vanlan, who won the ranking of third last year, is certainly far below form, as the result of his Illness through the winter. His game is larking In its old-time snap and aggressiveness. His ambition and hi courage have carried him along In hi tour nament play, but It Is all too evident, that he can hardly accomplish more than keep his game up as far as this season Is con cerned. Raymond D. Little, Robert Le Roy and Karl H. Behr are out of th game. Then the list of those who are suffering from Illness and Injury Is a long and not able one for this important part of the year. William J. Clothier Is suffering from his recent attack of typhoid fever, and Gustave F. Touchard, whose brilliant record was the amasement of the earlier tournament, has succumbed to an attack of appendicitis. Beals C. Wright is some what discouraged at his showing, for Wright began his trip to England with the avowed Intention of returning and playing all through, from Longwood, the New York states, Southampton and Newport. His defeat at the hand of McLoughlln, however, shook his determination. Frederick C. Inman, who was In fine form, and whose victory of the New York state helped him to push his game at the limit, had the misfortune to severely cut his foot while bathing at the time of hi playing In the special tournament at the Edgemere club, Long Island. That wat th cause of Inman passing the Southamp ton tournament. That accident Is destined to lose Inman a high ranking, for he was at th top of his game. Th one brilliant possibility In the east at this time Is Nathaniel W. Nlles. The only difficulty that hamper the Harvard player is the absence of a robust physical condition which compels him to favor him self in order thst he may do hi best through hard matches. Junior Tennis at Field Club Considerable Interest Being Worked Up Over the Playing of the Boys. Interest In the annual Junior city tourna ment of this year Is high, as several new players of strength have appeared and some of the old star ar now out. The event starts August 29 at the Omaha Field club, only boy under IS being allowed to enter. Among th lad picked for th winners ar Sever Susmann and Herbert Davis, both Omaha High school players and of some skill with th racquet. The pair play together much and are about equal In strength, but are far above th average High school player. Entries may be sent to Robert Howe at the Omaha Field club, a he will be In charge of the event. "Ingle entrle ,wlU be 50 cents and team for doubles T5 cents. The entry list closes August XI. Prises lll be given th winners and runners up In both championship and consolation series, singles and double. HARPOON WINS THE TAFT CUP Spanish floats Are Far In th Ren When American Crosse Fin Ish Mn. MARBLEHEAD. Mass.. Aug. JO.-Th American Bonder boat. Harpoon, won th Taft cup by capturing today's race th fourth of the International Spanish-American series. The Spaniard were far astern. President Tatt arrived on th yacht Sylph from Beverly at U:SS a. m., and was given a 'salute of twenty-on gun by th Androscoggin, the flagship of the revtnu cutter fleet. The president saw an exciting rsc be tween th three American yachts on th first leg of the course, th Harpoon leading th Beaver by about 100 yards, while th Clma was about th umi distance astern of the Beaver. BOXER IS KNOCKED CLEAR OUT Frederick Castor .Never Recovers Con cloueneas After Blow front ' Spike Snlllvan. PHILADELPHIA Aug. . Anothr flth waa added today to th list of fatal boxing bouts In this city when Frederick Castor, 20 years old, died In a hospital after partic ipating In a six-round bout last night at the Frankford Athletlo club with Frank (Spike) Sullivan of this oity. 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