Show I I I DREW IS GREATEST SPRINTER IN WORlD I Mike I Murphy Says Colored Massachusetts Runner Is King of Them All FOOTBALL HIS FAVORITE That t boy oy can lick an any man In lii tho tile world to today a for yards ards lies lie's on one of tho ho fastest amateur sprinters I ever eyer sa saw These few fow words from tho the mouth of or Mike lIike Murphy Murph the Murphy tho the mouth from front which praise never comes unless it is deserved ten times over puts over puts the highest stamp of or approval on the running of oC Howard p P. P Drew the colored boy who has carried carried car car- ried vied tho the colors o of Springfield High school to vI tory against tho the best In the world during 1912 says Howard Valentine well known eastern sport writer After Drews Drew's heartbreaking breakdown In the tho last semi final heat of ot tho the lot dash lash at Stockholm Murphy urphy offered to back Drew against any yard amateur In the world for a side The occasion of or this offer of of- fer for was an athletic gabfest In tho the stadium one ono day in which some Borno Englishmen Englishmen Eng Eng- were pointing out the superiority superiority superiority of or Patching the South African over ovel tho American despite the fact tact that Patching Patchin was unal unable lo to secure a at Stockholm Unconsciously perhaps Murphy disclosed dis closed his opinion as to which of or all the great graat sprinters ho was training was the thc fleetest over o tho the century route After the games gaines were over oyer Mike declared declared de de- de- de dared too that Drew would have havo done doneit u it ILor or very fast 10 3 3 G seconds for meters yards 13 inches In tho the fi final tl- tl nal heat of that hat race but for tor the tho break break- down Drew has vindicated tho the great trainers trainer's Judgment b by winning every race raco he has run in since he returned from Europe winnIng winning among among- others tho the national yard rard championship IN Is Virginian lr Negro c r Drew Drow was born bOIn in Virginia but his folks moved to Springfield Mass when ho he was a little shaver Ills start In sports was pla playing ing football in tho the back hack lots Drew has line been heen a perfect whirlwind on ou the football Irom tho the first time he lie tucked a pigskin I under his arm aria for tor an end encl run On July I. I 1905 when there thero was waa no football to pla play the tho city of ot Springfield Mass ran ot off a sot set of ot public g-am g games sand s. s and at these Howard Drew made his debut lie won the yard race for boys bs S In eleven cleven seconds and the mile quarter in fifty eight seconds I L I i I t i MUS it n win ue UC seen UZ tile tho colored rIl flier filer l' l was good g in hl his cr very first race l Prefers Football Drew Drow still sUll prefers football to the tho track and up to this tall fall ho he has played re regularly on the tho Springfield High h school eleven On tho the advice of ot A. A E. E Metzdorf ph physical director In thoI tho the Springfield public school Drew passed tip up football this fall taIJ quite quIto proper properly fears an injury to ono one of ot Drews Drew's legs Drew Drow never loer trained regularly reg for track work worl until he ho got under tinder the tho careful e eye o of or Mike y on the tho Olympic trip last summer Tho Tim tro- tro ye- ye I J Improvement that lint he hc showed during the short hort period that he trained I regul regularly g a ri y for fon op r 11 t I n g I influenced n Cl u e n c ed Drew to pass up foot football all for track work In preparation for tor tho the Olympic tryout tryouts tryouts try- try outs out at Boston last Juno Drew Draw pla played ed baseball every cry da day and fifteen days borore bo- bo tore Core the tile big his meet did some starts with short dashes gradually Increasing tho the distance until he reached event rIvo yards ards He lie never nover runs a full In practice It is a matter of history that he made mado a show of r his field In tho the meter metEl race at the tho Boston Doston tryouts beat heat In lug ing Ralph Craig the tho ultimate Olympic winner easily by a a. yard and a 11 halt half a 11 n Best lCt of or I In itt practice at Stockholm Drew showed tho the same superiority over theother theother the tho other Yankee sprinters that he ho did in the tryouts Ho Tic won both o of his pro pro- in the lie meter with utmost case hut but had the misfortune to rip a ai J muscle In the tle last ten yards ards of ot his his his' semi final heat Drew Drow is the kind of ot American athlete athlete ath ath- lete that the l Englishmen ng term n a because h ho he starts in but ono one event and yet ct the tue little colored flier Willie while not riot a JJ Jim Thorpe is good at al almost al- al most an anything Ho Ire can run the tho hurdles al 1 well and has done better than five o feet Inches In the high h jump and twenty one one feet flet in tho the broad jump At I baseball ho he Is good al also o. o He lie held heM down ll right ht field on the tho Yankee team that Sw Sweden den denon on tho ho field back hack o of the stadium b by a t core of or 13 to 3 Drew will go 0 to college after he flu fin l hl high h school l H Just which college he will matriculate at ho lie does docs not l know himself yet It H will how however l' l b bo ho one o of oZ the tho universities lo located o- o In a lar large e ell city for lor the tho little champion is doing doing- something iso else besides besides be be- sides taking laking part in athletic events Drew I IH is support for a rL rami family 1 of or four tour He- He works voik all day anti and goes to school chool at t ui night ht |