Show NOW NON PU OVER OR UIS IS DEFEAT BY DORANDO Olympic Winner Vinner Deserted Friends and Is Now v a Passing Hero A few short months ago aJo the thc queen ofEn of En England lan summoned John J. J Hayes before before be be- fore her in the presence of of her countrymen and presented tho the American American American Amer Amer- ican youth with a laurel that sung his fame famo throughout hout tho the world says tho the New York World He had won the Olympic Marathon All America awaited await await- ed his home coming with outstretched I arms arras Brass Bras bands met him down the tho bay on chartered tugs and at the pier he was sas cheered by bJ thousands and carried car car- xie ned ried off ship hip on the tho shoulders of enthusiastic ou- ou I de' de devotees of athletic sport He was banqueted lauded crowned with all the glories lories of a modern hero Wherever Ther ever he went vent people said Look There goes Hayes who won tho the Marathon Mara then thon Johnny Ha- Ha Hayes Has s walked through h Forty Forty- second she street t lie Ho was tho the same Johnny Haves hayes of ot a month a ago o althou although h perhaps his his chest was not so 0 prominent As ho pa passed the tho Grand Central station Mation a policeman saw taw him and turning to a a. bystander said I Look Look Thoro Thero gees Johnny Hayes laes who Tho lost the Marathon Hayes Dodged Away Hayes must have bavo heard Ho lIo qu quickened quick quick- ck ened his step dod dodged ed through t the e crowd and into the Vanderbilt hotel So the tho mighty fall Whatever good od or evil came camo out ont of the tho running re-running of the Marathon 2 at Madison Mad Madison nd ison ison Square Garden last week there stands out the pathetic f story tor- tor of the pas passing of a world famed hero I In Ii his bare baro little room in tho the Vanderbilt hotel hote II I I Johnny Johnnj Hayes sits these days das alone alono and ana I almost friendless all 11 his alor glory gone Jone I many friends estranged and little hope or prospect in tho the future For or all of which he hc can thank himself Throughout Throughout Through Through- out the tho lonely hours ours he ponders on the folly that brought him ruin His one hope now now and and that is remote is remote is that Dorando who de defeated him in in the gar garden garden gar gar- ar den race will be induced to meet him hima a again ain There is little hope that be he will for the reason that professional sho showmen show show- mon men believe that Hayes Haves has bas ceased to be bea a drawing card that card that t Dorando defeated Hayes so easily casily that few fow believe the tho American at It Ins his best would have a chance with him The inside story however ba has never been told There Thero were reasons for Hayes Hayes' defeat His best friends knew h hp be would be defeated and were vern not sur stir Let Lets Let's s follow tho facts Hayes came back from the tho Olympic games an amateur Ho He was a a poor boy Before ho he departed for Li don ho be had be been on employed as a clerk in a department store H His J salary was about 10 a week Ho had bad obtained that position through the influence of friends in tho the Irish Irish- American Athletic club and he considered considered consid ered it a mighty precious asset Became Became- a a. Professional But upon his hi's return he decided to become como a professional Ho could no longer lonter associate with tho the Irish Amen can club a purely amateur organization and BO so he withdrew Ho also resi resigned nod his clerkship in the store storo Ho JIo left tho time humble bumble littLe tenement on East Forty Forty- 1 fifth fth street for a room at the Vanderbilt hotel signed a contract to appear in vaudeville and practically cut off nfl all the friends who had started him on biscar his bis I car career er and made mado it possible A mouth month or more before tho time race with Dorando do Hayes signed a contract to torun torun torun run tho the Italian Th The contract t was made in UI time the presence of his best friends who were confident of his ability to defeat tho the Italian and who had arranged d to provide pro him with the tho best trainer avail avail- able Hard training was necessary beI because because be be- cause he had slighted his work Ho I had to be built up a again ain A few days later Hayes repudiated I the contract He Ho appeared with a manager manager man man- a ager er declaring he ho would not race raco under any circumstances Ho throw threw over all his old friends Another week wept went by and finally a new contract was made Ho was forced to deposit a guarantee of 1000 that he be would live up to his contract contract con con- tract and race His Work Vork Had Been La Lax But h pad mad d been lapsing and his work ork had bad been lax laL Tie Tic was without the acl advice ce of hi bi hia old friends He chose to go o it alone He had nothing but contempt fr Dorando On last Monday ho he sent for a man who had trained him hun for former races He lie said he ho was wag in great reat shape Tho trainer quizzed him How arc your arms arms' 11 the trainer asked W Well said Hayes It they the do get act a 3 lIttle heavy after I go o a n dist distance co Then I Then you are aro not in condition and you rou cannot win win the tho trainer said Ho IB is beaten said taid the sao same trainer train trainS er Cr when Hayes had bad gone Jone two twenty miles Ho Io can run for an hour yet at atI atthe atthe the s simo same log oa but ho he cannot sprint J Hayes finished the race Ho o had bad the i heart and tho the courage e but not tho the 1 speed lie He was not in hi condition Ernie trainer of the Irish Irish- American Athletic club and probably I the best jud judge Q of athletes in the tho United States sa said d to tho the writer Hayes can beat belt Dorando He lie can beat him easily But ho he needs a 1 months month's training at it least The Tho saddest thin thing about Johnny Hayes' Hayes defeat lies in tho thu fact that Dorando Dorando's Do Do- rando randos 3 victory was a vindication of f tho the Englishmen who helped tho the Italian over o tho line lino at nt Shepherds Shepherd's Bush |