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Show 5porW fjb55ip. It Is noticeable In reviewing nth-lotlc nth-lotlc history that tho "atlilctlc llfo" of a welRht thrower outlasts that of n runner nearly duutile. Men HUti John PlntiUKan, .Martin anil Dick Sherldnn, DennlH Harfiim. Dick Sheldon, Alfred PIhw and .1. 9. Mitchell wcio Kood a. dorado ngu, nnd nil look to he able to ro nlonc at the same clip forflvonior yenrs. Hut what of tlm runners who were top-notchertf a decade ngo? Whnt has become of A. C. Howen, Ocorgo Orton, Alexundcr Orant, O. O. Jnrvls, W. K. Srhutt, Johnnie Cregnn and Dick (Irnnt the boy's who were fnnioiiR us runners six orielKht yenrs nun? Their "nlhletlc life" Is over, while tho I)Ik weight throwers nrc still n tholr prime, after six or elRht years' :ani)alRnlnR. nifferenco In trnlnlnR mothodn tuny b said to ho responsl. oln for this condition of affair. The welRht man wnxvs fat on training, his object bcltiK to tnke on wclsht and still retain Ills speed. Mil has his beer and clears If he wnnts them, and seldom, If over, Is In danger of becoming becom-ing "fine." Tho weight thrower's of. fort In roiniietltlnn seldom costs him nioro than n pound or two- Compnre this lino of work with that of the nv-cragn nv-cragn runner and you can readily sco why the wclxht man stnys In the gnme longer. Tho i miner Is no good until he gels "lino" nnd begins to look ,1rnwn In the face. White ho Is In llesh he might Just as well stny at homo for ill the good It will do him to go Into i race. Then, too, his effort In competition com-petition In vastly more wearing than weight thrower's task. Asldo from the actual weight lost, tho norvous Htraln Ih great. A half nillor generally drops nhoiit two pounds IiitIs race, while u mini running five mllas gunur ally Iosch from four to six. Desldes this, the runner loses weight In his training every day, nnd It Is undoubtedly undoubt-edly this tearing down nnd building up Hint affects thu runner to tho ox-tont ox-tont or inuklng his period of usoful-nogs usoful-nogs on tho chidcr pnth much shorter than Hint of his fellow athlete, tho weight thrower. Frank labcll perhaps lias played his Inst gnmn as n member of tho world's champion Chicago White Sox. Isbell wns paid off tho other day and loft for his homo in Wichita, Kan., where, noxt season, ho Is to manage tho Wichita team nnd engage In the Imrdwnru business. Isbell was spiked In tho hand while frolicking with I'atnfMktv during morning ,praclcUsflflHHMUAi2h. nounced the Injury serloiM st sorl' nus that Isbell would bo unable to piny during tho remainder of thu sca son. Tho loss to tho Wlilto Box will not be great. Isbell has not been playing gooil ball, and It Is known that ho linn lost heart nnd could not keep up the gnlt. He Is worn out, and tho strnln wns so great that ho "quit," to use the expresMlon of the gamo. Ills woak nets has boon apparent during tho recent re-cent games, und tho management ol tho team was far from satisfied. Ply balls fell safe which ho ordinarily would havu captured easily, nnd he did not appear to cover ground with his usual force. Apparently both 1b boll nnd tho White Sox mnnngemont were ready to sovor connections, Amnteur und professional billiard Ills nru considering new methods ol enrromu for Ilia season which Is about to begin. Tho ninnxlng u-eords which were established last yoar by Calvin Demurest, the boy who won tho na tlonnl umuteur championship nt 1-1 Inch bulk line, nnd by Oeorgo Sutton and Willie Hoppoof runs and averages at ISIncIi balk line, mnke It evident that some changes must be made In tho game. Oeorgo P 8losson has recently favored u tG Inch bnlk-llno gamo, ono count In bulk for tho professionals. Ills Idea Is supported by a nuiubor of tho foremost professionals, among them Maurlco Daly. Tho 16-Inch game would bo absolutoly now and would causo tho professionals to readjust tholr angles. Slotson is an earnest ad-vocal ad-vocal o of a now American championship champion-ship being established under such restrictions, re-strictions, nnd plans nro already afoot to bring such a tournament about In Madison Square Garden Concrt hall. Wllllo lloppe, who Is now In cormnny, has written In favor of the project, which would bring him bac.ic to this country, Hoppo has been ulnylng In Holland, with some matcWus In tho early summer In 8puln, whi)ru he displayed dis-played his skilful mnnliutlon of the Ivories before King Alfonl J. |