| Show A SPRINTER WHO IS A STUDENT I 1 Elf 4 I a e I r i t tc Sf i f t Ellis Ithaca N y Ot Oct ll r a the greatest runner runne among the ud iid edT eap tam ot of the tho Cornell track and ond I try teams has gone to England US LIS the th C first Rhodes scholar to Oxford tram from N w Cv v York as a r Is second only to his reputation os as an t athlete He was picked to represent lt Nei Neis r York state from a score ot of competitors competitor s as man many colleges uni universities I In n the competitive to which the tho candidates were sub sut I distanced his rivals fn I n scholarship as lie le had done so S 0 many on the track rack athletic record dates lack lit Ill L tie tle more than two years At that tim 0 he Was It a sophomore at Cornell end bad ha d Dever seen a run shoe One ne da Trainer Jack spied hIm on tho th 0 campus and Immediately picked Urn him us a aa It a runner was urged to r p rt at l Percy field which he did tnt t trainer him out In running togs tOg The first day dan tnt hIm around the track a n or of Uma The stride war warrant rant d the trainers expectatIons Th day lie he sent him nut iti Cor CorneIls neIls champion cross country team which that year ear defeated Yale and alit Princeton The cro countr course Is over five miles long but to th the sur sur i of Trainer Moakley y was ns with I Ithe the bunch when the team to the tho club house The Thc third day made his reputation He was am started with the champions tie He knew the course and long before doak I Ie begAn to look at his watch to 10 get the time of his came Ame In 81 sight alone running per por f feet t case cane Why ou b ro round nd theco th 1 lid answered the green runner i is the team demanded demand d the trainer Somewhere back there Ansi An f soon on the tue leaders came In iii sight The team had separated in their of ef efforts forts to overtake the newcomer into their ranks but none nune or of them do It It had the rc record orl o 0 the course cours and established himself of at atall all Cornell Corneli runners Two months later Inter tie he won the intercollegiate twomile Set setting tint ting It a new record for the di unconsciously had re fine training for th these e achievements a as n a run runner ncr ner He Js is the son or a prosperous farm farmr r living five mUes out ot of ithaca He got gOl his preliminary education at the hous near home then tie he came to l Ithaca haca to the high school J and each morning for the four he at attended attended tended there therl lie he talked from l 1 me crne Into town and each evenIng h he d back again This practice he even evert after enterIng the university nd Quit only when he be went into Info training for col i loge athletics will continue his In England where he to wIn honors tram from the distance men of Oxford Odor Who are famous for their speed and ud endur endurance n ance |
