Show i r r i AN ITALIAN TRIUMPH TRIUMPH t r In r a hazy haz fashion the American has been wont to look on the par particularly 1 1 tl ti the Spanish and Italians as j degenerate d races a people 1 I I cannot hope to compete In any ef of effort t tf f tot fort particularly In athletics with the them mor m ro vigorous stock of the western world That was tire reason for aston alton astonishment astonIshment when Dorando the Italian ItalianI I came so near winning the Marathon race at Lond n and It accounts for tor the surprise that will greet the Italians de di teat te t of or John Hayes the American j who w o triumphed ed In England only onI to be beI I defeated ii at the Madison Square Garden contest of Wednesday night From beginning to end cud of ot that re rf remarkable remarkable rare race the till Italian It llan was waR never neer in danger of ot defeat although Hayes made mades some s me remarkable dashes to gaIn sain aln the thet thele t leaa le and n l hold It U But Dorando was as the better runner not only in speed but In Ini i stamina and general athletic condition y He was not only fast tast but buthe buth h was game fame J I i 1 I the better man all alI ait around I and nd his tri trl triumph Is occasion for a n revision of or thIS the notion that the Italians are a negligible 1 f quantity In sports I or in any branch b of ot J athletics As a matter of oC fact the Italian army arm has ha long been known for Cor the daring and skill of or Its cavalry branch the Italy of at atMe tWe Me tW north Is notable for the hardiness an and warlike qualities ot or Its men and der the reviving Influence of a pro po progressive government Its people eople are ar awaking slowly but surely to the possibilities of ot national glory glo In every eer field They may ma not hope to toe attain e the tJ e preeminence they once onre held heldI I tithe t the congress of or nations but they are 1 fast i t realizing the th benefits of ot a large q freedom than they have hae ever known be before beJ J fore ire and It shows In their progress In Ing every rry field of ot endeavor end a or g J |