Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 58 | St. Louis Eager [Illegible] See Alma [Illegible]

ST. LOUIS EIH SEEALMii Shipmate of UuhlM Tells About VictcB sssssssssssl Stockholnt,; When Altna Richards 0f ,sssi tho Cornell frcahrrtan, att.sfl llUriols Athletic club, cSsssssB M. A. V. relay carnival v?H Lonls will aco ont; of thn tTsM athletes that over lived S7sssssB tlie St. Lonlc Globe.DS&H la tlfc holder of the oKi.H fo6t inches. nUo at uSc,aM where he xlcfruted such hiAssssB record or C fect 7 Inchw; of the Molt Havtn AthlotlcSsM Jumper1' 1-,l0st"' sr)3B Kiohnrds shows nothing outside of an nmnzlncr no3ssssssi Jle clears the bar In an niSsB Ion. with llttlr, of the Vlsssssssl trained athlete. Prvioui' nrds knew nothing or JumniJB foet S Inches in l,f8 bocMSB pounds .some heft to hurl nH Inrhes- wllh tho consistency In .Tune. 1912,- the studentil S university, the prcparaton rtJksssfl which he was nttentlinV kl puruc to send him to the Qirissssssl tryouts at Chicago. He cbssssI ecl The writer was an 'gH competitor In the hlg ItnliH that occasion, and cauuhtsssssssi big, raw-boned lad vlP-'Jmm wrapped with mbhjr bkniiamm nrds afterward told mo thatisssssl Ills knees out of Joint In dmM match with a town bully oVH of Provo. Utah, when but imm He wore a vky blue nhlrt wssssH while "Y" on It. which 1 nkssssH misconception on the WeanLssssl the emhlem of Old Ell or TMsssH high school. Scoffers Are Shown. Richards, however, indl4kiV formed me that the big 'TaH Brlgham Young unlversity(.iiissssss! surprise, "Never heard or th NccdlesH to say tho CuIImH mcn in competition, when taH his "form" over tho easy htsssssH luted. "Well of nil Sayt.H In?" But they changed thikiH Richards refusal to bo BliakstH ly "copping" at G feet 1 IncVtH ''Fudge, I thought yon gH Jump." rmM Even then he liad & nardH vlnclng the selectors of tha.bjjH cago Hint his pcrformance'H fluke. Coach Stagg of ChltiuH stty stood pat for tho blrlH however, and he was flnsJtrH represent tho Stars and Sweden. The writer was a Bt&teroMH Richards on tho sojourn of'tiH I had lots of respect for tbH but I didn't think ha conldH such champions as Horine, BnH Griimpclt. mm Richards kept declaring tlssH Inches would win the OlyasH Most people admitted tins' Hfl win, but they couldn't 'iM nrds w-.is driving at. Finally ono athlete, eald: . "eH do you come in, even If 9;fH win? You novor did that lH happened to he In the dally mH on the trip across the AtlandH speaker had Just bot a "hattB Calls the Smart One. 9 Rlchards's eyes gleamed, "Xo, snmvty, I never JunptH but I will, nnd I'll Juit nH bone, too." ":H It was up to the big ori"H four," but he never secmed'aJH Ing branded a first-claw teammates On the day 'trfM Jump preliminaries RIchardrjH fall over 0 feot 2 by the WM mosquiloo's whisker" and QUtH flnnls the following day. 'H In the finals lie missed twice from u feet 8 Inches tsH Inches, but each tlma clwitH with his heart In his mouth, ftH Llesch. the great German. Icte In the best "form" thatAjH every height up to 6 feetjH the first trial, although he tM extend himself on the hutfH didn't appear to be through, JM Richards knew that the M beat the German was to scarM At the height of 6 feot MM ards approached the car vll his eyes on his first trial. lumbering body ho hurled. JMm the height with spaca to.'fH ards afterward said that all ho ever had. The GerajB know It. however, and tnC&53H of the effort beat him. He WM Ihe bar hesitatingly and tb.H the crowd flustered him. ,lJMW after three nervous, ultJsH Richards Just grinned In 5ft so" way at the congraroiaw teammates. A. tjmm "Anke" Murphy, the .tJJB grinned and said in regard HjH vlctorv. "Just plain old