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Show John E. McPherson's Manner of Performing Per-forming in Putting the ,., SllOt. HOW HE DOES HIS PINE WORK. Not a Large Man, But Full of Muscle and Very Quick r- A Challenge For Currie. me HE illustration shows John E. f Mcl'hcrson, the great shot putter, as he stands ready to perforin his favorite game, lie is not an unusually muscled mus-cled man.' but he is very .strong, jllis weight is 5 feet 11 inches ami his weight as - the picture' shows him is 175 pounds. Ho has just issued a challenge u put with any man in tho world different weight shots. There is little probability that any one outside of Currie will take up the challenge, and it is generally understood under-stood that McPhcrson intends his bold defl especially, for his big rival. ' McPherson is without doubt the most wonderful man in the world at putting the shot for his weight. George It. Gray, the amateur, is considered a,phenomenon, but he weighs a little' more than McPherson and is not so good' MePherson hus been attracting a great deal of attention lately on account of his great ability 4 ld ni8 comparatively small size. He is ..othing hut sinew from head to foot, and his motions mo-tions when delivering the shot are very quick. McPherson, being both quick and strong, combines qualities that many can never hope to have, and his style at the game is perfection. JOHN D. M'PHEBSON. His position in the picture is assumed just previous to taking a hop. A 7 foot 6 Inch run is allowed in putting the shot and McPherson starts with his right foot ngainst one of the lines. Amateurs are allowed al-lowed only a 7 foot run. McPherson in delivering de-livering the shot raises his left foot suddenly sudden-ly and hops forward with his right, lauding laud-ing with his left foot at the other line and his right foot about in the middle of the two lines, which leaves his feet about 3 feet 6 inches apart. He lands, on that hop, in just about the attitude that the picture shows him, except that his shoulders may be a little further down. With a violent movement of his waist and right leg he raises his whole body, turns his right shoulder around at tho same time and shoots his right arm out. The jumping movement with his legs is followed by their exchanging positions, for in throwing throw-ing his right side around he lands with his right foot to the mark, his left foot back and his right side forward. He follows the shot as far as possible with his arm without with-out getting too much of an overbalance and falling over the mHrk. All of thee motions are done simultaneously and ha goes through them so evenly and rapidly that ono can hardly realize that he is doing so many things at once. McPherson made a trial with different weights of shots, and although most of them were lighter than t hey were thought nt first to be, as found by a test after wards, the performances arethe best that have yet been done so far as actual merit in shot putting is concerned. His 50 feet i inch performance with the 12 pound shot is the best, professional record in the world, aDd his 40 feet 11' inches with tho 20 pound shot is also the best in tho world. These are his two greatest records, but he has come within a shade of the best records in all weights from 13 up to 24 pounds, and it is universally considered that Carrie is the only man in the world who can give him a competition. Malcolm V. Fobd. |