,, cry 1:: the petrol: 'Mm- T
‘ distract encouragement
~ . distance runners. Zu-
fine runner. had a. great
" luck {our years go. He
in shape when the big».s
108.2318. through no fault of
with the result that Amer-
gaant Marathon men at that
, d not get into the big race
mi 21133. had been a. per-
and loyal perfogner, and 1118
the last moment was serious.
Retainer} men are a peculiarly
" lot. and stick closer together
‘most a: the athletes in other
even those at fairly long dis-
». ‘Despite the failure to; win, I
me think there was any better
01 loyalty at the last
’ runners.
The liarathon race was included
the, Olympic program to com-
ate the great run of Pheldlp-'
the Greek soldier. who ran
. the battlefield at Marathon to
fiejmarket place in Athens, 3 dls~
». of 49 kilometers (more than
c» miles) bearing, the news or the
Mk victory crer,the Persian in
, battle 01 Marathon. Pheidippldes
W Athens shouting victory to
’ thousands of Athenians who
the streets awaiting news or
fiebattle, and when he reached the
market place he dropped .(lead.
A National Here.
A Marathou firmer in Greece is
Wdered a. national hero. and
hen Louss, the Greek peasant won
.1310 Olympic Marathon in Athens in
' 356, he was revered as one of the
seas, and again in. 1306. when Sher-
m the little Canadian. won in
Athens, his victory dwarfed 7 any
«other event on the Olympic program.
1 Every Marathon winner since the
revival of the Olympic games has
hm acclaimed by the people of the
, try it! which the Olympiad has
,11 held. and again by his country-
gen on his return to his own coun-
Hal-8.1211013 day ls the big day on
fie Olympic program. The stadium
.ue’ually filled to overflowing at an
Curly hour, and the course is lined
both sides from start to finish
:31: hundreds of thousands of peo-
‘ who are anxious to fitness the
and encourage their coun-
Amer-leak One Victoryg
it will have been sixteen years since
that events!!! day when Johnny
Hayes carried the American shield
spectacular of. all Marathon» races
at the Olympic games in modem
Marathon runners who have rep--
resented the United Staten in past
Olympiad: have made a better
showing than the mailer: that have
represented Unclefiam in any of the
other distance events. Our‘ Kara-
thon runners have also lacen able to
entice: the English representative:
who have always been conceded to
be better than we were in all long
distance running. willing to matcfi
it against the world's event.
then representatives have been able
to make a respectable showing In
the Olympic games as compared
events on the program, is thaé‘the
Marathon race is usually held on
the last day of the games. which 8.1-!
lows the runners more time to pm
pare for their event, andrglvee them
sulficlent chance to rest up after
their hard training in order to enter
the competition. fresh and in tall,
possession or all their speed and
energy, whereas the trials in the
distance events which are held on
the track come on the early pm
0: the program shortly after our
men have gotten on the boat,wh1clr
does not allew' them sultlcleat time
to fit themselves for the competition
and to get an. adeouate period 01'
rest after the training. so that they
will be at their best when they enter.
their races.
IHHHESTTHE
America he: been the who: in i530
only one Olympic Mon, and, it _,
the time o! the next Olympic ma
overthefinlshewinnerinthemofi"
The chief reason wlw our Mar:- ,,
with the mediocre showing of our , Specialist:
representatives in the other dintanc'eu Specialists galore. give may ‘,
Go‘b‘b felt. mm. that he 31:, ll
give them, anomalous alum
methane mane? with street" "
at the keystone each.
But now that little, prom-m has
been tot-gotten a the We! at
capped by an ailment E: h!- hip
Cobb figured hefivee—mfi
did River—that the trouble could
be located over “choroid, tene-
died. , V'
the once over after the regular m-
can closed, Waylon: vardlctn were ‘
accepted as final until prescribed
treatments failed to produce results.
Blamey finally was sent to the
Mayo brewer: in Rocl‘aeater. These; ‘
tumour doctors decided that Intact-
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may he): maths“ cumulus“ 111014
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Be nay: he is utter armyfifiow? ,
much or this is hope sad how much
fact remains to be econ.
It mgfiey In W when the
Macbenathatttpfiucond will ‘
not loom large. I! also”. new! 31- .
insane-swim membemnm
and thlrd wide enough to 1e: five or
at: clubs in the league parade
through to higher place- in the
guarding.
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Bobby Venéh does not weaken his
mm mm 0m «If
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; will repreeeut that country in the
stag «magnate;
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_ o! the country were cute?-
, the elhninaflen trials. 8. G
from the Punjab won the shot
a mat. \ Hakeem won the
. V mnlnghigh limp. The victories
, earned them places on the team.
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max-d Coach :Says
That Finns Will De-
pend a Good Deal on
cakeamcm mass, April 3.—
‘ .o mikkola, the Finn who coach-
the Harvard discus and javelln
‘Vwers for the two years Bill Bing~
agreed as track coach at Har-
V is new acting as coach of the
’ 1: Olympic athletes. but hopes
to he with the local team again ne
am a. month he has taken
m of. his track and field ath-
etes at. Helsingtors, and he is in-
mm to be conservative over the
meet! at his outfit. In 1920, the
firms Won seven first: in the track
ind field events at the Antwerp
mice. which was only one less
that the Unite-.1 States. He banks
great deal on Nut-mi, his distance
1e 3 letter to Eddie Farrell. the
rd track coach, who in one of
board, Mikkola. states:
zunt tell you very much of our
-- pic, team, because they have
begun to practice. We have
in Finland pretty hard winters,
the "teem has a. very hard time
”other in cold weather. but I
that the team will be pretty
anyway. We have men in the
,vgult, but there is no use (0
them to Perla. Only one man
the: herd/tee can do 15 '49 m-
We time I think we will have
m and Ace-metre men on the
and they look pretty good. I
during what tfie team could
as: m a good indoor place
could pumice in winter.
know in prettygooflcon-‘v
but not so good” he was
~ in Stockholm, when I
him and Hanna: Kaleb.—
’1:nd he made a. new record
mile and the 1.590 m
hawayer, that he will be as
Emer- hetore next summer
m year to be with you
'1: Harvard. and I :m»
Argentlnlans Arc
Wondermg If They
Were Ranked Agam
atFu'po-RelchGo
ril 8.——Argentinlan'n are recovering
bout tod'aygand are m
seems to be all in the raglan offie
wallet, and the shock was all absorb-
ed by the bfankrolla mm thawed
loyal supporters .0! Lu}: Ange; rm-
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was a man-eater, Va camera male
Lula was 1.9%“: thé time of his life
and would very probably?” forced
to his very best to heat this terrible
renew from the North.
Today titer? are honouring their
100d round pain: and beginning to
ed again. After looking “90!: "the
hamllke right my)“ ad senator m
pa, Senorndchgotverym a»
round the “fig; and :mm for
to rest mi“ trembling Inna. He
found one. f
gymnasium. jam , here-33c thsdown
Therefore the good Argentinian:
Pat one another apd saying, “Eat
elected a: the, rlghflur’ receiver: at
the gold brink?”
BUENOS Andes, Argentina; 41’: V Va;
from the shock of the Find-Reid’s V
from surpflse and pain ‘Th'e‘, pain V
against the “amigo Americana? or
whom so much had beef: and} fie 7,
and, in general, EL ween birdie“. '
wonder it {they have not been burgh ,
One or our yer-phoneme“ in the,
thirty thousand or them. are looking 7
come? Have we been once more"
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