Show SPORTS als ATHLETIC perhaps the most wonderful ie ot the victory of he american letes at the 1 plan game athens was le aj ing of marti sheridan of york single I 1 ed he score lounts nearly the entire scored by the elsh team at quarter of t mide by the SHERIDAN american gent many of the countries of rope represented by a generous i her of competitors in the vai events of the pro gramme falle tally even a third of what sher did alone that he tailed to win Pent halum representing the around championship of the w decided by a series of contest five events need not deprive hir deserved recognition as the grea athlete in the world to day in for the high jump in the ular series of events sheridan d his spikes into his leg in landing i was incapacitated thereafter 1 he was compelled to forego the r of competing tor the all around pion ship emblem was un doubt a severe disappointment to him a went to athens particularly bent adding this world s trophy to the title he bad already conj america in the olympic games sheri won the discus throwing and the ri put these two are his ameria specialties in the discus he n broke the world s record for alj he had three times before set i marks he was second in the stone in the standing high broad jumps scoring three points each of these events and five his two victories the highest t scored by any other american ath tin the games was ten made by I 1 ewry and paul 11 pilgrim these two men won through one particular line of activity E in jumping winning both the etab ing high and broad jumps and 1 grim in running taking the meter lie was first known in this cound as a weight thrower having come the united states from ireland aba seven years ago and first compe under the colors of the pastime aj letic club of new york later joined the irish american aphid association he put the shot in amateur athletic union junior abd pion ship in 1902 and won with i modest put of 32 teet 6 inches 1904 he was tar improved on tj showing as to win the national ev with a 40 foot 9 inch put tj same year he turned his attention discus throwing and threw it t inch he followed this up by wj ning the arent in the senior itan championship with teet inch in the olympic with feet and in the championship here he made a n world s record with the discus ing it teet 6 inches the following story Is told ot h john wagner better known as hadj 1 ho hard hitting shortstop of the pittsburg team boke into the na dional game which occurred about 11 years ago wag ners home was in carnegie pa and be has been play ing on the back lota for some an outfield er was needed by the independent team at steuben valle 0 and some one who had se wagner play him to management A te legra was sent to wagner offering him loo month to play and asking him it 1 would come or that sum would I 1 I 1 come he dian didn t know there was f much money loose in the country of course he would come A me sage was flashed back to him conj on the first train wagner hustled to the depot the first train happened to be freight though there was a ger train an hour later which aou have landed him in macj sooner than the freight dut oj ders were orders the message sail the first train and so wagner boari ed the freight he landed in ste benville in the course of time an with a pair of baseball shoes tied t gether and slung over his shoulder h hunted up the manager I 1 see you have your shoes s right said the manager but I 1 tea we have no uniform that will fl you oh that s all right said wa ner I 1 have my uniform with me good where Is it here said wagner rolling up hij trouser lega and exposing his baebi ball stockings and the uniform whery it bagged below the knees you are a wonder eald the man ager come in to dinner and we I 1 try you out this afternoon wagner was tried out that daya and the answer Is part of the history of the national game |