Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-13 | Page 9 | Browne Learned to Sprint

Brown Learned to Sprint. Down in Boston one day lart summer a young reporter asked Harry Browne, the speedy outfielder of the Giants, how he learned to run so fast. "What my paper Is- particularly anxious to know." he went on, "is how you ac-qJjej ac-qJjej the knack of getting down to first so fast!" "Oh,. I don't believe I know myself," answered Browne. ; "I can tell you." spok up Roger Bresnahan, the great utility player, whose "work sets the Gotham fans crazy with delight. "When Brown waa a 1 little boy he waa naturally very slow. In order to encourage him to speed up, Ma folks used to see to it that every day about 11:57 he was a good-half mile from the house. Then some one , would go to the door and yell, "Dinner' "Din-ner' ready."