Show I j e lJ J 4 I exa t nas ai t nc Z a 3 et W v W COE JR NEW SHOT PUT CHAMPION CHAMPIONs Eight years of determined effort cen centered centered on one great ambition the thc smash smashIng smashIng Ing lug of the worlds record ret ord brought a grand reward to Wesley W Coe jr ir when he registered 49 feet 1 14 inches in inthe Inthe inthe the contest exactly three and inches more than any other athlete ever did The new worlds record was made in inthe inthe inthe the open games gaines of the Lawrence Light Guards Guarda Athletic association at Med Mcd Medford Medford ford Mass and the mighty effort of the Somerville boy bo r was witnessed by a large gathering of prominent athletes including the famous Ralph Rose the Californian California who ho made a new worlds record last July Juh enly p to have his fig figures figures figurea ures urea surpassed again aRill by Horgan the Irishman a few days das later Rose RoS was astonished at the ease case with which Coe pushed the padded shot and when the announcer proclaimed the distance on his final effort as 49 40 4 2 inches the big westerner stated that Coe oc was good for several inches more and this opinion cf of the former formet record holder was shared in by the officials who had charge of the contest The new champion is 25 years old and claims Boston as his native city al aJ although although though he resides in Somerville After completing his grammar school courses the young athlete decided to fit for col college college college lege and he lIe prepared at several schools including Fryes Hopkinson and Noble and Greenough While identified with Noble and Greenough school Coe entered the in championship games in Mechanics hall hail in 1899 and sprang a big surprise by b smashing the old school record cf If f 39 fee feet 9 inches held by Big Mike lIike OBrien and establishing a new one of 41 feet 9 1 inches which held goo good 3 until 1903 when Harry I LeMoyne of or Stones Stone StoneS school added four feet to the mark making mailing mal ng the record 45 feet 9 Inches Coos Coes remarkable performance at the school meetings indicated what he was to become In the fall of 99 Coe en entered entered entered the Princeton preparatory school and the school athletes in iS the vicInity of New York were forced to rest con eon content content tent with watching the Somerville boy off all the principal prizes in inthe inthe inthe the |