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Show ' CVawford led. foTiOweJ by Sheperd at a dlf lane of. about tn yards, and Just about ten yards behind -Sheperd. Tn-i leader as wi.bblias from the terrific pace. Ho had done his work well, and It was now up t Just. Bo hi riKhteoiiJtnvs.s started to pass Shepn1. who. tt -w-n 'sir"l, would be a1 1" by thW ti;:v. Ai he j;ot alout tv ft'el hi hind Slit pcrd. th IrUh Amer-Iran Amer-Iran m.irvo yawrjcd. 'trrtchl hlmdf and started to run. When the miude hn-l cleared away down at the fjiilih line, Shr-perd wa the winner by yerl. Melilnd hl:n was Lunchl. tbe Its-.llan who did such gord work In thi? nup.'ry lat summer in the ha'f mile uhll the wonderful Jut wa iiiom: 1 1 r t'S'o rae.s. Halrtcad Really Suffered. V. i,b Sh.'ird was not .xjecfd to v in In the inl'e(ly some ieople) h' l.;.d been iuktl.v HalniTig for tne m'lv lac prior to j;oing abroad, an.l wl:-,i tin- rtre V..1-. j.ulled off played hit u.u'i walllnx x;a;iio until a few bundled bun-dled jar'.s fioui (he Ilnlsh, when h-i put oa bieni and starUd to sprint lh" tape. As usual when Shej,crd ion iroru sciatch. he won, by almost the i?imo distance as in the half mile, ila'ftead. It developed later, was the man really a .Tec ted by the English climate cli-mate A few weeks befoie the team v a rhoen at the, try out games, held oil Fianklln field, the historic oval of the I'nlveisity of Pennsylvania, Hal-sfend Hal-sfend cleaned tlx- Inter-colleglate mih." run by a teirific lno yard sjirlnt. Long Stride for Sue. He did not appear l:i the Olympic tryouts and Sheperj only ran In th-.-hul? tnlle, or Mid inol res, at thin rueei. Sinie f the colli ;e men trying for places on tb Olyynipic (earn, realizing realiz-ing that they bad nn chance to beat Shtpetd, tried the "box" game on him In this meet. Sheperd was boxed In 1 opoV-ssly. It sreme J. until about 7.00 ! jnrils ln.ni the tlnlh. At this p.nlnt h? was easllv .'." yards ln'Mml the lea'l-ir. lea'l-ir. foiling out fx' I lie box he dropped drop-ped farther behind, but once out. h? j took the outtide of the trai k. easily ! j passed the men who were supposed to I b'oi k him and sprinting down the 100 'jDid stralt-away, w.n easily. For n man of hla build, Sheperd probably takes a longer etrlde than any other runner in the world. When seen In his bireet clothes "Shep" doesn't look lil.i; an athlete. His face 1 li rather hollow, he Is quite pale, and appears to Hoop a great deal. The change when he takes to his running iocs how er, Is startling. Sheperd is heavily built and well muscled, looking more like a wrestler than a t miner. Large Stride Misleading. One would almost think him too heay t,et to make a good half or mllo runner, but when he starts to run his class Is jl3lnly t be seen. The length of Sheperd's stride often leads uimiHlng mistakes many peojde unfamiliar unfa-miliar with his appearance, seeing him lor the first time, take him for a prep school novice, as It Is a well known fact that PD out of a hundred beginners ' on the cinder track who have no one to coach tbeni. endeavor to develop a largo stride. It is said by authorities on foot racing that this fault kills off more young runners. If not caught In time, than any other defect u runner may develop. All trainers s,ay that undersitldinp Is better bet-ter than ovcrstrldlng. When Shejierd gel. bis mile killing leaps working, however, he can make the most bla.se ol the fans yit up and take notice. Ills leal speed io not noticeable when ho runs alone, as unless the observer Is well versed in the lore of the cinder track. Sheperd appears to be taking his time all the way. i i-dnni tin ihe lat meet of this kind, hdd tier London, England. In the t Minner nf I'.'OS. .s everyone who ndlows s.rts Is aware. Grave charges in rrool.odne.-R lo dealing with the fMe.it rtnieilran team wore made by ailous athletic officials during and tiiier the time of the big meet. Incl-i' Incl-i' i tally, the way the meet wa. I.; ndled wa the cause if a great ileal i ii'tieines between this country and i) eat Itrli.-iin in athletic circles, which i : i 1 1 ' iiileieil nniMi when the Amer-I' Amer-I' .m Athletic union endorsed the ac- t'ons of .initio's .1 Sullivan, then president presi-dent oi the a. A. U.. by breaking nff nil athletic relations with' England. 1 1 Is action mi the part of the A. A. U. v. lis the cause of a great deal of criticism crit-icism being directed at then President Sullivan Many of the athletes, trainers train-ers and visitors wlm accompanied tbe team tn England in 190S gave out In-ten In-ten lows on their return In which they averred thai Sullivan had made a fool, of himself trying to manage everything every-thing in the gnat Lombui Olympic games'. ' Britishers Show Partiality. Many sportsman nnd aihlets who were on tin- ground during tho time of all the trouble- said that the action of the llrltUh officials In' debarring Sullivan from the fields where the events were being ncld was the only thing to do under the circumstances, as had ho been allowed on the field he would probably try to manage everything. ev-erything. However true this may be. It Is certain that British athletic offl- clals were guilty .f partiality, giving their own athletes every chance In the world to win from their American rivals. Kspeclally was this notices ble In the mile and halt mile runs. 'According tn Mike Murphy, the veteran ve-teran coach and trainer of the University Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, who accompanied accom-panied the American team to London as Us trainer, he counted on Halstead of Cornell t w in I lie mile i uu up to tlie days when the elimination trials were hnld. lu the half mile, of course, "I'ecileg.s Mel" Sheperd of the New Viuk lrlfh American Athletic club was uiJoked to win easily. Dut when the aiiii.iniicenieiit of how tho runners would be anaut'ed in the elimination or trial heat, prior to ihe champion--shl) final wa.A made. It was discoveicl thal Sheperd and Halstead had been put in the same heat, both In the mile and half mile, or l.fiOn and 8u0 Metres (tlie dlC. lence is sllfiht) there by Killing o.T one of America's best men, us one ef them would have to win necivailly ,u,d the other would then not be eligible tn run In the final. It was claimed that the allotment the men to the tdial heats was done by the im-1 hod comuinnly In use, thai of drawliiK numbers from a box con-mining con-mining the number of each entrant m the particular event. Yet this pit-ling pit-ling of two American stars against e;ab other was noticeable In many of the track events, and the coincidence "gag' didn't wi.rk when the Ungllsh-meti Ungllsh-meti attempted to explain how It happened. Reports Were Misleading. About a week before the half mile was t be run word was received from Lnglund lo the effect that the climate had weakened Sheperd and that the l great star was expected to lose. Whea the lluie como to hold tho trial heat In which Sheperd und Halstead were pitied against each other, reports were received to the effect that "Mike" Murphy sent the two tueu Into the race not knowing which would be returned the victor. As it happened. "Shep" was right, so there could be but one conclusion. He won from Halstead In taxi time. Hefore Ihe bl; meet reports trorn LiiKllsh training camps gave the general Impression that Ktihi nl's siiougf.-t event was the half mile, with Just aud Falrbourn-Crawford. Falrbourn-Crawford. TIh-m two men, strange to re late, v not ui the same trial heal, SO lhe li i np;e;ired to run Oil the day ot tlie final... It came out later that the K-inllsh l.ud hatched up a pretty scheme to I. Ill off the preat American, tdit tiervl. Just, who ;w ;id-Judged ;id-Judged tlo- better ot the two KnRlish-men. KnRlish-men. vi a io Iuiiik back i-omcw hat. while the man with his name patted le the middle was to set k gruelling race calculated to Hie Sheperd out. The ri'cc went throuoh the first quarter quar-ter as phinnej by the Englishmen. rnlrbourn-Cravv ford wus In tho lead, setting a terrific, heart breaking pace. Ilehlnd him vrjs the gang of also tans, followed h Shepherd and then Jiiht. whowas picked to win. 'Hie trouble came when half way through the lat quarter. Falrbourn- mure dope Ajecording to dispatches from New York, much Interest Is already belni? displayed among tbo large athletic cluba of that city lu the revival re-vival of the time honored Olympic tanies In Stockholm. Sweden, In June, 1912. The athletic officials of Sweden . are" reported to be already getting their plans under way for the erection of an Immense stadium. Bufflciently largo to accommodate the thousands of athletes who will Journey from all ports of the world to participate In wtiat la expected to bo the largest athletic meet ever hold. This brlngn to mind the fiasco at- |