Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-15 | Page 10 | Teddy Jr. Quits

TEDDY JR QUITS ole Breaks and Presidents President's Son Is No Longer a Vaulter Young Teddy Roosevelt is a student at Har aliJ and amid there thero ha have been many ninny stories told of f his experiences as a rt football player anti and how he was rough housed rough rough-housel and hail hall his nose In III in but nothing was said all until recently why he dill did not make mako the tho Harvard track team lam Teddy Jr was very anxious to make the thc team and as us he lie Is a very er light youngster he Ill was advised to try pole vaulting as ns the thu event ent ho would most likely succeed in Teddy reported earl early carly to Coach Bill Quinn and was taught the rudiments of vaulting Vaulting l' l Pole lc ie BIuk After several days' days work he lie succeeded suc sue In lii clearing the bar ual at nine feet eight inches IncItes but on his hits second trial at ut this height the lie polo 1010 snapped nut and Roosevelt plunged down lown limb into the tho soft l bed of saml arid and sawdust that serves herves as Is el a landing handing pit lie He stuck out his hands to push lush the polo away and amid landed landel on un lila Ills head In imi the soft sort pit lilt hall haIr eyes cars nose and amid mouth were tilled with sand for foi the presidents president's Sm son dived pl ll in Imi up tip to his neck Decides to Quit After Arter finding where his lila feet belonged belonged be ue- longed longel Teddy confided to several of or his friends that hint pole lole vaulting was a very strenuous game garmie and that ho he thought his father rathel would II not flut lit approve e of uC his risking his neck and that If Ir the track management ment did lil not seriously object 10 iI would keep closer r to tn the tIme ground in iii the lie future TIme The management mild did not object and bo su Harvard ard lost u a promising prom ising pole vaulter aulter