Show r i t fk t 0 i 7 y PLUCKY CANADIAN ATHLETE E Work of Marathon Hero In ing Himself for Olympian Games Hamilton Ont Ont the 1 run runner runner ner who won the Marathon raco racy at Athens Is likely to come out abo about t to the go good d as a result of his hilt hiff victory for friends in Toronto and I milton have given him that amount since his return trip was was- wasa a lesson in econ omy When he left leit Hamilton he had hadIn hadin hadin in his pocket that was raised by his Ills friends and he had his private bank deposit with him the total amounting to about Out of this thin he had to pay for his Ills second second class class passage pas sage to Athens which ran away with about 75 and when when he got there he found expenses piling up en on every hand His board beard which was poor and meager cost him 2 50 a day for over two months What he got got to eat con can principally of rolls and coffee and anything outside of that he lie had to buy for himself Such items as meat i and fruit were heavy extras By fly the time he had paid his return passage by the Campania his money was all gone except about 20 and by the time he landed In New York he had dropped to 3 3 After winning the race he got everything for nothing and had it not been for that lie would Zie-would e would have been strapped completely While he was training 75 75 was raised at a con concert concert concert cert in Hamilton which reached him but that was cabled him on his victory never reached him t the e ex press company claiming that it was waa sent too late When he stepped oft the Campania jingling the few cop coppers coppers coppers pers remaining T. T M. M Wright handed him fr from m the Hamilton fund and that gave him plenty to go home with Speaking of the the matter matter said There were times when I faced the probability of starving I dont don't know know what I would have done if I had lost the race It It was the closest shave 1 J want to have in my y life I |