THE SUNDAY OREGON IAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 4, 1923
LEADER CYNOSURE
BY CREW CUR
Great Work Is Accomplished
at Washington.
TUTOR NATURAL ATHLETE
Knowledge In Judging His Pro
teges for ShiH Is More
Than Superficial.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, June 3. (Special.) When
Ben Wallis of the University of Cali
fornia ean coach an eight-oared rac
ing crew Into condition to capture
second place at America's crew classic
on the Hudson river as he did in
1921, rowing tans ask questions about
the man. When Ed Leader of the
University of Washington trains a
boatload of oarsmen who can pull
away from the Californians for a ten
length victory in the Pacific coast
title race as they did April 22 last,
more queries are in order.
Five years ago Ed Leader was
graduated from the University of
Washington with a law degree, three
time a member of the crew, two
times a football lineman and one sea
son in baseball. Today Leader Is
coaching the speediest racing eight
ever turned out by his university.
Conniliear Leader's Coach.
Under Hiram Conlbear, Washing
ton's first rowing coach and origina
tor of the stroke still used by purple
and gold crews, Leader was trained
during four years of undergraduate
rowing. In 1913 he was a member
of the Washington crew which placed
third in the Poughkeepsie regatta. A
twin brother of Leader rowed the No.
3 oar, while he was seated at No. 2.
Football and baseball they played to
gether and today they are partners
in a Seattle law firm.
Conibear's death in 1917 created a
unique opportunity. The racing stroke
developed by Washington's first row
ing coach had proved more than sat
isfactory in piling up victories against
rival crews. Importation of an east
ern instructor to train western oars
men was looked upon with disfavor.
An alumnus of Conibear's school of
rowing 'seemed the way clear of the
difficulty. Leader assumed the task
and subsequent results have proved
his worth to Washington's rowing en
thusiasts. Lender Enrns Praise.
Teaching practically the same style
of oarsmanship that he had learned
from his tutor and doing it with all
his dynamic energy, Leader has
earned the support and praise of every
purple and gold veteran who has
watched him at work. Old timers
come back to the crew house on the
shores of Lake Washington, watch
their ex-boat mate teaching the
younger generation, and go away with
the thought that the crew at the old
school is in the hands of a good man.
A student of rowing as well as a
teacher, Leader constantly seeks the
co-operation of the alumni crew men
as they periodically return to revive
old memories at the training quarters.
The story is told that Leader .per
mits nothing to interfere with the
daily drill of his squads on the water,
regardles of wind, rain, snow or acci
dents. When a balky motor In the
coaching launch failed to start and
efforts to get another power boat
were fruitless, the varsity mentor de
layed the afternoon drill only long
enough to unsling a single-seated
scull from its rack and from the nar
row craft bawled orders at his crews
as they raced back and forth through
a mile stretch of quiet water.
Form Is Demonstrated.
When the monotonous repetition of
explanations and sketching of dia
grams which every rowing coach must
employ falls to eradicate the faults
of his pupils Leader picks an oar
from its rack and schools his athletes
with a showing of form and precision
that Is the envy of every man on the
squad. A natural athlete himself
from his square muscled shoulders,
powerful thick-wristed arms and thin
waist down through a pair of legs
that conceal real driving power.
Leader has more than a superficial
knowledge In judging his athletes.
Gllmour Dobie of football'fame, was
directing- Washington's efforts during
Leader's undergraduate days. Much
of the relentless driving and sphinx
like taciturnity of the lanky Scotch
man is apparent In his pupil. Hard
knocks and punishment were ignored
by Dobie in his persistent tactics no
more than they are by Leader today.
Spirit, with all the zip of apparent
carelessness and the tenacity to pull
a strong oar on the finishing sprint,
Is an outstanding characteristics of the
crew which captured the Pacifio coast
conference rowing title from the Cali
fornians on Lake Washington a few
weeks ago.
WTLMANS AND MUNCIE MAT
MEET THIS MONTH.
New Yorker Is Eager to Fight San
Franciscan In Far Western
Championship Tourney.
SAN FRAXCISCO, June S. If the
present plans in the making work out.
there will be a return match between
the national amateur heavyweight
boxing champion. John Wilmans of
the Olympic club, and Gordon Muncie
of New York, whom he defeated in
the finals for the title. This match,
according to Herbert Hauser, in
charge of the arrangements for the
far western champonships, will be one
of the feature bouts of the tourna
ment to be held June 1 and 8 in the
Oakland civic auditorium, under the
direction of the Native Sons' Athletic
club.
both Muncie and Wilmans are ready
to get Into the ring again together,
the former having expressed his desire
to have another crack at the cham
pion. Muncie did well and lost only
by the decision route. Wilmans does
not seem at all loath to give the New
Yorker his wish in the matter. Tele
grams have been exchanged between
Hauser and Secretary Rubien of the
Amateur Athletic union, and some de
clslon is expected to be arrived at in
the near future.
With the assurance of at least five
of the national title holders, all from
the east, in the tournament, the affair
takes on a regular east versus west
tinge, which will provide no end of
Interest In the bouts. The tourna
ment is open to all regular amateurs
and, as a result, both the army and
the navy will be strongly represented
as well as the prominent athletic
clubs of the Pacific coast. Including
the Los Angeles Athletic club and the
ilultnomaJa Athletic club of Portland.
ANOTHER EASTERN BONE-CRUSHER HEADED THIS WAY.
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Johnny Meyers, Chicago e;rapplerv who claims tire middleweight
title, alone; with halt a doaen other contenders. Meyers meets
George Barnes in his first match on the Pacific coast at. -the
Heilig theater Friday night.
1ESTLEHS MEET FH1T
SIEYERS-BAUXES MATCH POST
PONED FROM WEDNESDAY.
Athlete Coming From Minnesota
Said to Be Master of Double
Wrist Lock and Scissors.
The date for the Johnny Meyers-
George Barnes wrestling match which
was to have been held at the Heilig
theater next Wednesday night, has
been changed. In order that Barnes,
who has not entirely recovered from
his match with Ted Thye, may be at
his full strength, the match will be
held Friday night instead of Wednes
day, i
Barnes realizes that he Is taking on
& mighty tough customer when he
tackles Meyers and wants to be in
tip top shape. His shoulder, which
was Injured in the match with Thye,
is not bothering him any longer but
he has had no chance to work out
during the treatment for the injury.
The two extra days n which to train
will be a big help.
Ed White, manager of Meyers,
wired Promoter Routledge that he
would arrive here tomorrow night.
White in his telegram says: "Will
arrive Monday night, leaving Vir
ginia, Minn., today with Champion
Meyers and Trainer Carl Fumes.
Been training here in north woods
and both athletes are hard as nails.
Johnny is fast as lightning and rarin'
to go."
White is not at all Backward ajoui
boosting his boy. He says that when
the fans see Meyers in action they
will see the greatest double wristlock
and scissors expert In the game, and
behind those holds the most wonder
fully developed athlete the mat sport
has ever proaucea. ii Beyers is any
better than Thye at the wristlock he
surely must be a flash.
This is the first time the Chicago
middleweight has been west and local
mat followers re fortunate tn being
able to see him in action before any
other city on the coast. He is booked
to meet the best mtddlewelghts in this
section and may possibly show again
In Portland after his match with
Barnes.
George Barnes, th Nebraska bone
twister, doesn't seem to be worrying
any about meeting the leading
claimant for the middleweight title.
Barnes says: "I really feel more con
fident in meeting Meyers then I did
against Thye. Of course I never have
seen the champion in action but If he
is any tougher then Thye he deserves
the title. One advantage I feel over
Meyers is that I am taller and alwayi
like to work against a little man;
Carl Furness, who travels with
Meyers as his trainer, also, is a flashy
middleweight. He win De reaturea in
the semi-windup against either Tom
Ray, Oscar Butler or Louis Fer
gantaa. .
GOLF AND BASEBALL LAUDED
Sports Declared Worthy of Prize
Offered by Xerxes.
"Xerxes, the Persian king, worth
remembering because of the defeat
the Greeks gave him at Maratnon,
once offered a reward to any of his
courtiers who would Invent a new
pleasure," said Dr. Edwin A. Schell In
a Kansas City church recently. "The
genii who first arranged golf links
and baseball have a full right to claim
the reward.
"Baseball deserves the title of the
national game.' It takes men by the
hundred thousand every summer aft'
ernooa from the pressure of business
to a few leisure hours. It calls them
to the open air, and is free from, the
'hook-ups' and dress that make pub
lic gatherings a function. Gambling
is frowned upon; there are no late
hours and it is the least expensive of
any amusement. Millions are Invested
in ita grounds' and equipment, and its
great players are born, like poets, and
made like boxers. A baseball same
is a spectacle, circus, picnic and con
cert all in one."
BOSTON RIFLEMEN EXCEL
Boston Marksmen Establish Not
able Record for Season.
Boston university was "represented
by an exceptionally good rifle team
during the last season. It won nine
of its 12 matches and concluded the
season by winning over Yale In the
New England intercollegiates held
under the auspices of the National
Rifle association. It was in this
match against Tale that Frank Ansel
mo, captain of the Boston university
team, made 999 out of a possible 1000,
scoring 200 four times and 199 in the
other. In the fifth match every man
On the Boston university team made
perfect score. In each of the
matches in which the Boston univer
sity team met defeat, it was by the
scant margin -of one point. .
Almeida Only Player to Have Valet
In 1912 Hank O'Day was manager
of the Cincinnati Reds, and he had for
his third baseman- that tempera
mental Latin, Rafael Almeida. Senor
Almeida was the only ballplayer in
the Na.tUnaL league who carried.
valet aroundi with him. and , Insisted
on having 'his moring coffee in bed
Managers in these days may rave
over the mercenary dispositions of
their hdred men, but they can truth
fully cay thafnot one of them pos
sesses the prima donna temperament
of Senor Almeida.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BASEBALL TEAM, ' CLAIMANT OF
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First raw Sullivan, Mnrphy, Cnrraa, Learan, Johnsnn, Alexander, MaeCartkr. Top rw Msnasrer Haller,
S Plena teaptain), Braner, Seknlmerlck, McKay, Hicks, Fatker Farley (eoaeh). Bottom Jimmy Coa
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NEW YORK CLUBS
PRESSED CLOSELY
Major Leagues' Honors Now
s Disputed by West.
ROAD TRIPS TO TELL TALE
Ability to Play on Alien Ground
Declared Important Feature
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-'.BY GEORGE CHADWICK.
CepjTlht. 1921 by The Oreeonian.)
NEW YORK. June 3. First place In
bcth major leagues is no longer a sea
son's permanent fixture for either
New York club. Beginning Monday,
June I, as likely as not first place
will do more trembling in the balance
than a plate of aspic jelly carried by
a palsied waiter. The haughty su
premacy of the Yankees and the Gi
ants is threatened.
The finish of the second east-and-west
series, to be completed Sunday,
will bring western clubs of the Na
tional league to eastern soil, while the
eastern clubs of the American league
will tread the prairies of the west.
- That means much to the champion
ship races. It was the western clubs
of : both the big circuits which
checked the runaways after the New
York clubs had smothered the east,
for the Giants caugnt a Tartar in
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis, and the Yanics came up with
an abrupt jerk when Detroit and St.
Louis faced them on tho Polo grounds,
although they ran riot against Chi
cago and Cleveland. To defeat Chi
cago with ease was a novel experi
ence for the Yanks, aB the Sox in 1921
were assuredly their jinx.
Brondwnj- Parade Cneckea.
Because the Yanks and the Giants
made such a terrific splurge at the
beginning of the present season, due
to the suffocation of Desdemona
Washington by Othello New York,
and the semi-annihilation of Brooklyn
by the Giants, the impression gained
eround with all fans that the cnam
pionship race of 1922 was a parade of
the Broadway Mulligan tfuaros.
But it isn't It's a long way from
it. and before the end of the next
east-and-west chapter it is as likely
that some other club may be In the
lead as it is that the Giants will lead.
Tt is a eood test to compare teams,
not on the immediate moment, but
as they stand on a semi-monthly rat
ing. In 1921, when, the month of
May finished Cleveland led the race
in the American league ana wn 41
points ahead of the secona learn,
which was New yorx.
Yanks 41 Points Ahead.
Those teams made the fight most
of the year exactly as the figures
mrlied at that time. This year, at
the close of the May period, the Yanks
are in the lead for tne championship
over St. Louis, but only 41 points.
In the National league in 1921 .Fltis-
burs: led the circuit in the May end
of the semi-monthly settlement with
718. New York was second with 6a9.
This year New York led with 634, and
the Plttsburgs are an even 600.
It now remains to be deveiopea
what kind of road teams the eastern
clubs of the American league are to
prove themselves and what strength
on the road will De neia Dy tne wesc
em dubs of the National league.
Miller Hua-glns of the Yanks is
viewing the coming expedition with
some trepidation. He realizes mat
his team was overpacing itself against
the eastern clubs of the league ano
in-full v coenizant of the fact that St
Louis and Detroit gave him a battle.
Hnggins Has Hopes. I
His hope is in finding Chicago as
soft as the Sox were in New York,
and Cleveland wens because of the
general showing up of the team, for
tt is the lethargy of age that has hit
Cleveland, both as to its pitchers and
its general team players.
The Giants are shaky. There is
trouble on the team. Pitchers who
are not up to championship standard
cannot give championship values.
LITTLE TO GO TO MICHIGAN
Coach at Miami to Be Assistant to
Yost.
George E. Little, director of athlet
ics and football coach at Miami uni
versity, announced that he had ac
cepted an offer from Michigan uni
versity to become assistant director
of college athletics there and also as
sistant football coach.
Little was In conference with
"Hurry TJp" Yost, athlete director at
Michigan, recently, but nothing was
iaid about his going to he Ann Arbor
Institution at the time. Little went to
Ames, Iowa, to look over an offer to
become head coach of the agricultural
college there, but the salary offered
was below Little's expectations. He
therefore decided to fall back on the
Michigan offer and will work under
Yost.
Coach Little went to Miami in 1916
from Cincinnati. The students there
plan to give him a big farewell testi
monial before the end of the present
school term.
TALLEST PITCHER IN BIG
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SLIM HARMS.
Pitcher Slim Harris of, the Athletics, the tallest baseball player
In big league ball; he is 6 feet 7 inches in height.
COLUMBIA CLAIMS TITLE
PREP NINE DECLARES RECORD
BEST IN STATE.
Out of 17 Games Played This Sea
son Only Five - Defeats
Have Been Suffered.
Columbia university claims the high
school baseball championship of Ore
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gon for 1922 on a record of 17 games
played with oniy five defeats, four of
those being by college teams. With
eight wins over high school teams an!
four over college and alumni aggre
gations, the Portland prep-schoolers
believe their record shades that of any
high school in the state.
In 1921 Columbia was conceded the
state scholastic baseball title on a
record of 12 victories over high schoo!
teams and three defeats and six vic
tories over college teams and three
defeats, a total of 24 games In an
eight-week season, or three games a
week. The 1922 season, .owing to tne
late spring, was only ix weeks long,
but the 17 games played kept up the
three-garoes-a-week average of last
year. For the two years, since the
Columbia baseball sauad has been
under tho coaching of Rev. John Far
ley, C. S. C, ex-Notre Dame athlete.
It has played 24 high school games
losing only four, and 16 college games,
losing only seven.
Columbia has a well-rounded team
with an especially strong pitching
staff. Including Homer Hicks, who
won five out of eight games; Dermod
McCarthy, four out-of five; William
Brauer, one out of one, and Reg
Alexander, one out of two. Jack
Johnson did most of the receiving,
though McCarthy backstopped in sev
eral games; Ernest Spiess played first,
John Curran second, Edward Murphy
short, James McKay and Joseph Sulli
van third and Logan, Wes Schul
merich and Hicks in the outfield.
Columbia brought several first
class teams to Portland during the
season, including the Oregon fresh
men for two games, the O. A. C. rooks,
Forest Grove, Salem and Hillsjboro
high schools, besides making six 'out-of-town
trips in which eight games
were played. - The' opponents met by
STATE SCHOLASTIC TITLE.
LEAGUE PLENTY TALL.
Columbia were much harder than
those it might have met in the Port
land league, including six games with
the freshmen of the state universities
and Molalla, champions of Clackamas
county, undefeated in a long string
of games save by Columbia; Forest
Grove, champions of Washington
county, twice beaten by Columbia, and
Salem, Willamette valley champions,
also twice beaten by Columbia.
Columbia's record follows: -
Columbia -.14! Alumni (I
Columbia ....... .WlSalem high 17
Columbia. . .... BlureBon rreinmm
co umo a. " i oreson Freshmen
L-oiumoia ....... .-0!b,--. ...
Columbia 19'0 . c. rook:""""2o
IlOrenon Freshmen.. 6
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Co umbla ? Hill M. A 1
r k. " Molalla High 2
Hlllsboro
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Columbia. 11!, ......
Columbia IS'.HUtoboro"".":"" 6
Columbia. 4 hs--, .
Columbia 1213alem high 8
C A. C. Rooks.... 14
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DEFEAT IS DIAGNOSED
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SPECULATION RIFE ON DE
THRONING OF MISS LEITCH.
Champion for fears Goes to Pieces
Following Luncheon Blame
Put on Food.
When a man. has held a national
or world's championship for six to
ten years or more, he naturally is
regarded as in the "super" class.
When he does fall it Is not surprising
that much theorizing is done as to
the "ifs" and Tvhys.
Two such "super" champions of
many years' standing have been de
throned witltin a very short time.
One is a man, the other a woman.
Your real billiard enthusiast hasn't
done figuring out the reasons for
the downfall of Willie Hoppe, for
years monarch of the billiard table.
It will take some time before golfers
finish with their theories for the
more recent defeat of Miss Cecil
Leitch, who, since 1914, has held the
British women's golf championship
without a break.
Miss Leltch's defeat was so over-
whelming that golfers believe some-
thing happened to throw her off her
game--perhaps a mental or physical
shock which came without warning.
It will be recalled that after the
morning round in the play for the
title, Miss Leitch was 1 down over
the first 18 holes against her con'
queror. Miss . Jbyee Wethered, and
that when the morning's playing was
ended and. the two women went to
luncheon, their cards read exactly
alike 41 out and 43 in.
Upon resumption of play after
luncheon Miss Leitch went to pieces
and lost by the overwhelming score
of 9 up and 7 to play. Some golfers
believe Miss Leitch ate something at
that luncheon which disagreed with
her and ruined her game.
There Is hardly any other explana
tlon to make for the sudden dropping
off in the form of a champion player
within the limited time of an hour.
It Is not likely that we shall have
any detailed account of what Miss
Leitch had for her meal on that oc
casion. Under the circumstances few golf
ers believe that the slump was any
thing but temporary, and they look
to see the ex-champion take up her
game again right where she left it off
before the dinner bell rang on Fri
day, May 19. Miss Leitch is a big,
strapping English woman who does
not know what fatigue is. Few wom
en play the game so much like a
man as she does. She hits wooden
shots for a distance that few men
can approach.
. Hagenlacher Goes Home,.
Erich Hagenlacher, the professional
balk-line billiard champion of Ger
many, who made such a favorable im
pression In practice matches In New
York city and vicinity during the
summer, has returned home. He in
tends to return In September and will
spend two years In. the United States.
oiscoraTwus
FOR 8IAMT CHIEF
McGraw Never Is Satisfied
With His Material.
MUGGSY REAPS HARVEST
Lavish Expenditures Get Box Of
fice Receipts Economy Cost
Conny Mack Fortune.
' BY SOL M5TZGER.
NEW YOP.K. June 3. The most
dissatisfied man in big league ball
is John McGraw. And to this may
be. attributed the almost unbroken
success of his New York Giants.
Following the victory of this club
last fall in the world series, John
immediately began pulling wires to
obtain Helnie Groh, although the
play of Eawlings was the outstanding
bit of brilliancy of the clashes of the
two New York outfits. Everyone
conceded that in Kelly McGraw had
a great flrst-sacker, one who pos
sessed to a marked degree the art
of home-run hitting, a quality which
adds much to the income at the turn
stiles. Nevertheless John paid 575,000
for the future services of O'Connell.
And now he is out with an offer of
twice that amount for Ed Rousch and
Feter Donohue, star outfielder and
right-hand pitcher, respectively, of
Cincinnati.
. JIcGmw Is Wise Bird.
Our surmise is that McGraw Is a
wise old bird in the double business
of pennant winning and gathering
unto his club the coin. In fact the
manager who fails to consider the
future soon finds himself skidding.
especially is this so if he is at
the top and remains content.
Had McGraw been in the olace of
Connie Mack eight or nine seasons
back the star ?100.000 infield of the
White Elephants would not only not
have been sold to the highest bid
ders, but new and costly talent would
have been added. The result would
have been a continuous battle for the
pennant each successive season of
the past seven on the part of the
Philadelphia Athletics instead of a
somewhat permanent lease on a damp
cellar, as was Mack s lot because of
his economy.
To be sure many a critic will fllns
mud at McGraw for trying to corner
tne market, but results are what
count. We do not have the figures
oetore us but we have been some
what reliably informed that the
Giants of the past decade. In spite of
the frenzied finance of their leader,
have banked much more coin than
the house of Mack. It is an undis
puted fact they have purchased a far
more entertaining type of ball.
Players Kept Till Taey Skid.
Another overlooked point about
McGraw is his ability to hold onto
them until they actually skid. Had
Mack Known that his star infield of
a decade back would be functioning
rather smoothly today we doubt lf
money could have bought them when
it did. But Mack missed a good guess
ana nas paid dearly for it- On the
other hand Muggsy would have been
a wiser judge by keeping stars like
Larry Doyle, Devlin, Matty, Merkle
and a host of others until the end of
their better days.
A year ago Philadelphia - fans
cheered when McGraw passed them
Art Fletcher, his star shortstop. But
Art nas Deen unable to drag his club
from the wrong end of thsrace now
that the race has hit its stride.
The chief objection to golf Is Its
expense. Club dues, caddy fees and
other customary items making up the
budget do not quite cover its cost
tc the average bug.. There Is the
amazing item of lost balls. That
runs Into a neat little sum over the
run of a season, thanks to the golf
The trouble with the golf architect
is that his chief joy in life is to make
trouble for other people. Unques
tionably he has disturbed more tem
pers and cost the nation more dol
lars than the lowly rat. He bats
100O with the stars of the game, of
which material a club may possess
just one. , The average is not that
nign.
The rest of the herd slices, hooks
schlaffs, stumbles, tops and jerks its
way about a course, shooting manv
balls Into a mystic maze generally
termed tne rough." Few of these
balls are found all are searched for
longingly to the great distress of
those following and to the great loss
of the erring dub. A great majiy
oinerwise pioaeant afternoons are
spoiled by the golf architect.
We would like to suggest to these
golf architects that they substitute
for this jungle, otherwise known as
the rough, their other chief delisrht-
sand traps. These would insure the
dub finding his ball and afford .him
what he most needs practice In re
covering from bad lies and traps.
They could be constructed cheaolv.
which is, of course, objectionable to
the architect, and they would permit
golfers to move right along from tees
to greens a point of approval which
would more than offset the low cost
of the traps.
The average loss in money for lost
balls among dubs, who really do make
goii possible, is easily 52 a .week.
Stretch that over a period of 25 weeks
the playing season and the cost of
the rough per dub per season is 50
bones. It Is claimed that there are
3,000,000 golfers in America and It is
a fact that 89 per cent are dubs
Hence the waste from lost balls to
American golfers during one year ap
proximates 1146,000,000.
The lowly rat scarcely destroys as
mucn property as tne golf architect
does wmtuiiy.
Hurdling Practice Must Be
Done Gradually.
Over-Exertion That Will Put One
Out Is Easily Possible.
BY EARL J. THOMSON.
Olympic Champion Hurdler.
Article III.
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HE-Jf I first started hurdling.
and that wasn't many years ago.
I was given- a shoe with a couple of
spikes in the heeL I had never seen
any real hurdlers and supposed of
course that one was supposed to run
more or less flat footed when doing
the hurdles. I used these shoes the
first year. One day I was working
out in preparation for tho national
championship in 1915 with a man who
knew a little bit more about hurdling
than I did, and he noticed that I was
running flat footed. He told me to
try running on my toes, which I did
and immediately found tha,t there was
all the difference in the world. It
seemed to bring me right up on top of
the hurdle before I knew it and made
It much easier for me to get the three
strides between the hurdles. From
then on I used the regular sprint
shoe.
Keep in mind to run on your toes at
all times. Otherwise you will be in
clined to jump the hurdle.
Speed work . on the hurdles should
not be Indulged in for" the first week
and a. ba.lf at th most. You run too
many chances of putting yourself outl
for the rest of the season if too stream I
uous work is taken before the mus
cles of the legs are In good shape; so
don't get Impatient.
The beginning of the second week.
put up two or three hurdles, or better,
on the grass some place, so that you
will not take a chance of bruising
yourself by falling on the cinders. It
possible, it is better to get a very
light hurdle on which to do all prac-
I ticing, as you can take more chances
and feel safer in trying to clip the
hurdle close if it is not a big heavy
one. After the hurdle Is on the grass.
practice running up to it slowly and
stepping over it as best can be c-ne.
Be sure to get In quite a bit of long
distance work during the second week
also. 1 would advise that a quarter
mile be loosed for a starter; then the
setting up or stretching exercises.
and then a few hurdles, say ten or a
dozen, and by a hurdle I mean just
that one on the grass. After the
hurdles a good sweatup will be had
and you can chance three or four
starts followed by striding through
10K) or 150 yards. Rest up a bit then,
and try a few more hurdles, always
taking plenty of time for each ana
remembering what is to be done with
each arm and leg at the proper timet
To top off the afternoon's work, jog
another lap or lap and a half ana
finish with a good 50 yards fast
striae.
By the beginning of the third week
a little more speed work can be done.
After a good warming up and a few
sprints, short ones, put up two or
three hurdles on the grass and try
running over them in succession. Do
not use the orthodox three strides be
tween the sticks, but take five short
ones Instead. That will make yo
tend to "step" over the hurdles more
and it will also bring you down from
them quicker in order to have more
room between them in which to run.
The five strides will come hard at
first, but a little practice will malt
it much easier. The use of the five
strides is also very beneficial
warming up. I always use them In
preference to the three strides just
before a race. After having run over
the three hurdles four or five time
in this manner, take the three a cou
pie of times at full speed, using th
usual three strides.
Almost every man who has tried
hurdling has had some trouble in get
ting his stride to the first nurai
This should be tried with either foot
forward In the starting holes for
few times. With the left foot for
ward a man. may take an extra step in I
going to the first hurdle and that IsJ
losing time, one of the things tnat
must be avoided in hurdling, 'lry
first one foot forward and then the
other and count the strides taken l
each case in getting to the hurdle, the
proper number of strides to the first
hurdle being seven ana over on me
eiehth.
It might be well to place som
small object on the top of the bar
rier and try to take It ott every lime
the hurdle is stepped. That will giv
vou some incentive for getting a
close to the top of the hurdle aa pos
slble.
Now. as you take off for the nurai
the head does not Tlse above the leve
of the running position. It must stay
on the same level at an umes. i
will naturally do this lf the instruc
tions I have given before have beerJ
followed. The thrust forward ofl
hnth arms at this time forces th
upper part of the body forward and!
keeps you from jumping mio xne ,n
The fact that the stick is "stepped
forces the rear leg to remain on tn
s-round a. fraction longer than if th
hurdle were jumped. For that rea
M th. hndv is well up toward th
top of the hurdle when the back led
starts to snap over, ana xni ona-ppm
i nt continuous motion. The le
should not snap up to the top of th
barrier and then hesitate tor a mo
ent as it does with so many me
but should continue right on over an
out into a good long stride. Thi
inn, trld Is necessary because th
front leg has come aown so ciooe- vm
th hiirrM that tne wnoia woay :
been .thrown forward, ana. tnat. oaci
leg must get out mere in rnmi
catch the hurdler wnen s p"i u
bid etrirtp. A.ealn.
I would advise that one hurdl
process be used- for the remainder o
the second week. Too many hurdle
should- not be done in, this way th
first two or three aay 01 tne bbcuu
week. If too much hurdling Is don
.the first few days, the strain on th
i underneath the fror.
hurdling leg is too great and it mlgh
get so sore that even wanting won;
be painful. Do not try more than on
hurdle for the nrst ween., v..
Of course, along with the hurdlln
it.oif nin'ivs comes the warming u
process and a little more P".
nrt hnu hum m caji us viu"v
the dally schedule. The speed shoul
not be too great, however, and yo
i,i oIwjlvs be warmed up befor
going at even a three-quarter speel
gait.
Copyrlght, AJax Syndicate, 18320
HISII TIES TO BOM
PASTIME FLOTJRISHXVG IN
LANDS AS NEVER BEFORE.
Impetus Given During War Fro:
Service Smokers Develop
ment Is Tremendous.
HONOLULU, 1- H, May 28. Boxlrl
Is flourishing in the Hawaiian isian
nf TfflM.
During the war It reoeived an Irl
petus from the service smo,
since the war these smoker ha
min.n fremendously. At Pea
Harbor, Uncle Sam's big naval St
a f. -miles from the city
TinwUiiiin the athletic arena frl
quently holds W0 or 10,M0 peop
kniHno- nmokers are held month)
a. c-v,nfilH barracks, the militia
post in the hills about 25 miles frJ
wnnoiulu. an army arena hag il
Kan ftTlinll'tBd.
In addition to the army and na
ml-nro boxing Ls goi
well at smokers staged by varicl
athletic clubs. A big following of rll
fans developed In the past few yeal
Is enlisted In tnese ciuo aj.iai.
if tho clubs 10-round final, bo
are permitted and six and eight-rou
affairs are not umusuai.
The game, here is jlfawing soma f.
talent.. Billy jucuann. w"""!
an effort to pick oil tne igniM
..... rf Australia, lias stopped!
in Honolulu to appear Im a smolj
May 13 under the auspices 01 me
,ran. of Foreign Wars. Other box-
known on the Pacific coast era 4
peeted to appear here. I
Local favorites are coming 111
prominence, and because there is nj
a large numoer 01 unoni
lanflj.. oriental boxers are not o
mot unnisual but seen at almost evJ
ohow The army ana navy na
brought out a considerable number!
Fillnino scrappers, ana in rec
months Japanese mitt artists are
nMrinr In shoals.
The Japanese born lni the. lslaJ
are obviously abandonlnig tne 1
main forms of Japanese wrestHn
judo anal jiu-jitsu for Ameri
catch-as-catch-can wrestlniig. Ct
time ring men predict Uiat wlthiJ
few years the oriental colonies hi
will turn out some bantam, light J
welter weight boxers that can h
their own in fast mainland compel
Middleweight and heavyweights
unlikely, as the Filipinos, Japam
and Chinese do sot often, ccala o
150 pounds. -.-