Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-07 | Page 21 | What Edgren Says

e 1 An Au Authoritative Sport Feature b by the Foremost Foremost Fore Fore- AJ most Sporting Writer w and Cartoonist inQ in Q r America I tl B By Robert Edgren HONG the tho h heroes ro s of or the great nt war Is la A. A N N. S. S Jack Jackson on A AMONG That name m may have a n familiar sound to Americans Americana It ought to Arnold Jackson Is the English runn runner r who saved England from total held In Stockholm In 1912 by defeatIng defeating defeat defeat- extinction at tho the Olympic games ing John Paul Jones Jonca Mel Iel Sheppard Abel Abol Norman Tabor Taber S. S C. C Mad Madlena 18 lena Oscar Hedlund and ond Walter McClure of ot America the greatest mile mUe runners America ever produced In tho meter 1600 raco race Mel Sheppard was former Olympic champion and record 1 holder John Paul Jones was a n worlds world's record holder 1 r for tor the ono mile run Abel was world worlds world's a record holder hoMer for tor tho 1600 1500 meter run Norman Taber afterward broke the tho worlds world's mile mUo record After Atter that meet at nt Stockholm Arnold Jackson was waa England's greatest hero but outclassed by America had England once supreme In athletic sports now held desperately to her honors In middle distance and long Ions distance running Finns Frenchmen and Italians had outrun her long distance men Her lIer one ono refuge was vas tho the on ono one mUo run rUl or the 1500 meter event that takes tokes Its place In tho the And hero were wera half hatt a dozen men apparently able to beat th the best 1 11 P v At tho be beginning of ot the race Jackson WAS Ignored by tho the Americans who never dreamed that ho he would bo be a a. dangerous contender Three Americans Jones Jonca Kl Ia- KI- KI viat and Sheppard were vero busy buey watching each other and trying to get et tho the Jump for tor tho the finishing spurt wh when n suddenly the tho long lone lanky Jackson running AS us If It tho the wings of ot Mercury Mercur tho the ot tho the gods were ero on his heels flashed past put Taken by surprise tho the American Amerl- Amerl cnn can runners runner tried desperately to catch him but too Into lato Kiviat finished a n Surd behind the tho English runner finishing strong and unspent as did tho the others who closely followed But nut Jackson had given Iven every even ounce of or strength ho he hIli had lie Ike had used d resources of his stamina and courage As Ashe Ashe Ashe he crossed tho the line Une ho tao fell and It was wu an nn hour before roro ho be recovered enough to leave tho the track It WAS a glorious g victory for England gloriously earned England made tho the most of or It When he went home Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son was waa entertained like a returning con con- Later ho visited the United States as captain of an nn Oxford Tela relay team that ran rah against alm t tho ho University of ot Penns Pennsylvania inners In tho the Penn relay meet Jackson ran tho the final heat hnat of ot the rAce raco Against him biro was waa McCurdy Madeira of ot Penn rQn reached ranched hecl McCurdy for tor tho the la last t lap ten yards nh nd of Te Taber r of or Oxford So Jackon Jack Jack- Jackson son fon on hud had ten yards t to make mako up Ho Ito did It ItIn ItIn itIn In the tho first tint fifty yards running at a no t tr th CUlt clip Then hf he 11 ran oven with McCurdy 1 until the last fifty yards was waa 6 Ii feet teet tall tall tall-a a head taller taUer than tho the stocky Pennsylvanian when the tho final sprint print came to tho the amazement of the tho crowd crowll and of oC Jackson McCurdy refused to be shaken off It win was as Mc Mc- I Curd luny that struck tho tape first but hut tho the jud Judges c decided that Jack Jackson Jacksons a breast was wan a Inches ahead and Jackson JI I won tho the race ATHLETE AND FIT FOR WAR This was as In n April 1914 When tho the war began a a. few tew months later Inter Jackson Jackso trained athlete and patriot volunteered for service and went Into an officers' officers training camp He was waa sent to the front earl early In 1910 1916 Training periods were short short In those thoo days das for tor England every ery man Since he began fighting Jackson Jackon ha has hn s been In active service all an of the time e ex u. except rapt copt when In hospitals hospital He has hAB been heen wounded three times but because of his splendid physical condition has quickly kly I recovered and became fit tit for fighting a again Jackson Is now 27 21 and a lieutenant col col- onel H He was decorated with D. D S S. S O. O a n while a ago o for heroic service at tho the front from and recently received a n second bar WINNING THE D D. D S S. S 0 O. O The official citation described ant Colonel Jacksons Jackson's feat fent as follows His Ills battalion was subjected nil all day to toan toan tonn an nn Intense bombardment which caused many casualties and cut off oft all cation by wire with tho the line front-line com com- He handled tho the situation with such skill and Initiative that when th the thu enemy attacked tho the casualties had bent beell evacuated and replaced b by reinforcements and communication reestablished Owing to his powers of command ana tho the spirit he Inspired In his men the at attack attack attack at- at tack was repulsed cd on the greater creater part ot or othis his front while where tho the enemy penetrated penetrated penetrated pene pene- Into the front line the they were counterattacked counterattacked coun coun- and held at al bay until reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements rein rein- arrived Tho The enemy were ver driven back with heavy lo losses and tho thu position completely J lo to This short account can give little IdeE of ot tho the desperate fighting Jackson went wen through Hut But It must have been des des- parate to win him another bar to his D. D S. S 0 O. Tho The D D. D S. S O. O isn't given Iven for trines trifles Lieutenant Colonel Jackson has been fortunate In surviving through over three years yean of heavy fighting at nt the front Ho HoIs HoIs Hois Is still In action while thousands who wont went to war with him h have died or been disabled d. d Copyright 1918 b by The Pre Press s Publishing Publishing Publish Publish- ing Co The Tho New York World