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Show ftj YOUNG CALIFORNIAN lj SAID TO BE A MARVEL fijLJ Tho University of Michigan has turned HW out a great number of athletic llnds, but Wlr I never a greater than Italph Rose, the Bj young Callfornlnn. who nppcarcd In the B gymnasium last February. At that time ) but little was known of his performances H l in high school athletics on tho coast, but ( it did uot tuko Tralucr Kccno FItzpatrick 1 h long to realize that In the tall freshman l . A there wns tho making of one of the grcat- fi opt all-around athletes In the country. I rfi Without any special preparation and In E N his street clothes Bono put tho shot well It m cvcr orly fcot- ElllC0 then, although only H Im In light training, ho has gradually lm-Wk lm-Wk IS proved In his work and hns already beaten JP his high school record of 45 fot G inches. On February COth, beforu tho 'varsity trial meet, ho mada 41 feet, and at tliat was 1 H" hand'caPl,C(i " tll l0w celling, which ho t.jB eowral times hit. On March Gth, at tho hi "varsity tnick ulect. ho broko tho intercol-7 intercol-7 iiJm letr,alei record of 4g feet with a put of 45 ct't l's Inchcic. A week later, In the duel J7JJjW meet agulust the First regiment of Chl-r Chl-r im ko, he established a now Indoor Araerl-1 Araerl-1 c" record with 47 feet C Inches. On I March 19th, In tho meet between the Mlch- 1 H igau frc-shmon and Detroit University , -S High school, ho put tho 12-pound shot K S fcot inches, breaking tho world's rcc- ord of K feet 2 Inches, iuado by G. R. 1 Gray of tha New York Athletic club at f Travers Island on June 11, 1902. LirJ;! All of theso performances have bcon m&ti-M nlaiJe with but little training. With tho V I'M exemption of hints given hhn by Fitspat-'1 Fitspat-'1 M rick, Roso Is practically self-taught. At "Vir ' lno "i1 of II years ho began practice with v.jH the shot, and his style Is ciulto original. Up V9 t0 tne tllnc ot colnn? to Michigan ho had V H not had a day'H coaching. When in tlio .1 bHt condition ho weighs about 10 pounds, m SHJI uut Juut now tips the beam at 223. and "V oven with thlB suportluous flesh he last S week put tho lC-pouud shot in practice 47 HjVH '3t 10 inches, which is within four Inches of tho wnrld'H record, held by D. Horgnn HjJHJI of Ireland. So far Roso has not hud much HHj opportunity to practice throwing tho 1S-HHSl 1S-HHSl pound hammer, Uls record for this event IH at tho Healdsburg High school In Callfor-TiJ Callfor-TiJ HQ ?)ULJ ,s fect, and ft is confidently ex-I ex-I YflD tluit during tho coming summer ho I ' frfc cotoo somewhere near tho record of-I of-I tJc 171 fc3t 9 Inches mado by John Flanagan I 2T ot Nmv Yorlt. I M Romo thlnlut his solf-taught motliol ls.thc v " jecrot of his success In the shot puts. Ho' '3i0VCii .ulokly iLcroas tho ring, crouches extremely low, nnd then rises like a small mountain on springs, concentrating all his I power behind the shot. Roso perforned creditably in track events while at high school, and It Is said ho has beaten In mactico most of the figures fig-ures mado by Ellery II. Clark when he won tho all-around uthlctlc championship last year, lie Is reported to be fast In the sprints und hurdles and a clever polc-vaullcr. polc-vaullcr. With all those accomplishments, there la no doubt ho will provo a formidable formid-able competitor for all-around honors should FItzpatrick decide to enter, him for It. Trainer FItzpatrick considers the boy a find, saying: "Roso Is still a boy, lacking hl3 development. T think that now, putting put-ting tho shot over forty-six feet continually continual-ly in practice, always near the world's record, Roso la exerting himself to tho limit. Though he ought to improve wonderfully. won-derfully. I ennnoi predict. Sonio men reach their limit In shot putting Immediately, Imme-diately, while others reo.ulr years of training. Which of theso types Roso is I cannot yet say." Allegations from California that Roso was 'Induced" by Coach YoBt to enter Michigan aro specifically denied. Prof. Harry M. Batoa of the law department, w-hero Rose Is a student, says: "All charges came from tho same source, tho leader at an athletic toam In California which desired Rose. I have seen the letters let-ters which Mr. Yost sent Rose, and every one of them might hnvo b-jen written to a boy by President Angcll. "Proof Is on the law department recordR that Rose's first Inspiration to attend Michigan did not come from Yost or athletics. ath-letics. Thero Is a letter from Roso, written writ-ten two or three years ago, before ho was a good athlete, whllo ho was unknown, asking about tho requirements nt Michigan, Michi-gan, as hundreds of other boys do. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, no athlete at Michigan could work In tho library and bo an athlete such are the hours of work there: and no Michigan nthlot ever did work In tho library. li-brary. Roso's father Is a forner professor pro-fessor of -Rochester university, now a practicing lawyer, nnd a man of means' whose- eon does not need assistance at any university. Rose is doing no lucrative work! of any nature hero.' Rose's measurements aro: Height. 6 feet C Inches: weight. 223 pounds; ahouldc across 1S.5 Inches; neck. 15.2 Inches; chcsU expanded. 47.3 Inches; waist, 0S.5 Inches-hlpo. Inches-hlpo. 42.8 Inches; right biceps, up. 14 Inches-right Inches-right forearm. 12.1 Inches; left blcops. 13.6 Inches; lert forearm, J1.6 Inches; richt H! .,no!l0SJ rB)t calf, 1C.2 Inches; left .thigh, 21.8 inches; left calf, ic.1 Inches-lung Inches-lung capacity, 515 cubic InchM, J |