Show 10 pw 4 ira a bew york post ww w while 1 ile cops chased him frank james was star of turf T HE class in history frank james brother and partner celebrated jesse had a of the more long and successful career on the turf one year while the gendarmes gen darmes were conducting a nationwide nation wide search for him he raced a string of horses on the tennessee tracks and even rode a few winners in races open only to gentlemen jockeys later after he had adjusted certain banking railroad and homicide matters with tile the state of missouri he became an eminent betting commissioner for several seasons he be operated at old guttenburg course near wee hawken and handled handle wagers for some of the most distinguished improvers Im ol of the breed tod sloan probably the greatest of all american jockeys weighed less than 60 pounds when he rode his first race on an important track that was at latonia in 1888 one of the first ol of the american heavyweight champions this was in the bare knuckle days clays was an escaped convict from australia one of his noted contemporaries ended in jail maxe or rr after killing a policeman A third spent years in jail for robbery and assault but was released so that he might fight a brooklyn politician for the title bob fitzsimmons fought for the first time in 1880 when he knocked out four opponent to win an elimination tournament and become amateur champion of new zealand his last fight was in 1914 in the meanwhile he had been heavyweight champion of the world for two years and middleweight champion for six greatest single r was also the tiniest edward hanlan probably the greatest single who ever lived also was one of tile the smallest ue he was five feet eight inches tall and rowed best when n wei hing liing pounds hanlan hanian carne came from toronto was one of the best liked oarsmen oarsman of all time and was called canadas P boy ay in blue that last was because he always wore a blue shirt and cap while racing the first recorded international boat race participated in by american oars men took place in 1824 near hoboken then four new york harbor men e easily as beat a picked crew from the thames more than people witnessed the race and later the winners presented their boat to general lafayette frank ives one of tile the most celebrated of billiard champions also starred starre ol 01 as a baseball catcher bike rider roller skater and horseman perhaps his keen eyesight was the most remark rem a rk CAT THE lp 0 Lorri armour our aste vS Te f FIE oak jsn able a ble of all though old timers recall that when al aj the race tracts track watching horses line tp ip half a nille mile away he could spot his colors instantly while hla his companions peered vainly through high powered glasses lasses fc the Bri british open golf championship was plumed at hoylake Hoyl like in 1913 in a hard bard rain coupled with a driving wind this doubling doull illg up of the her Is perhaps tile the severest severe st test known to a golfer JH J 11 taylor blaed more than tuo shots during tile the 72 holes and was in the rough only illy once naturally rally lie he on his fifth championship even though two of his competitors were those other ott ier all tittle time greats harry vardon and jim abrald although tie lie aldaya hit threw and did almost everything ever athing else left handed bahe continues to sign bis big name with his fall right paw a moral without HIS Is 13 a story anis abut but once a great magazine commissioned made about a self me to do an article head of a 2 business the at man who was millions enter enterprise pris e capitalized at many seemed ned like an easy of dollars it seer assignment and detmore yet more th than an a month elapsed before the story was assembled although he be Is there was a reason fit at golf gon this gon lucky when lie he breaks iman hole in one so bo once had made a talking wing about abou t lie he spent the evenings ta that ace aw why hy I 1 talk abc about ut it he asked each time I 1 tried to change the subject suppose I 1 am the head of a so are lots million dollar corporation of other people but and here his voice always took on a new note ote made a hole how many people ever in one there was no use in pointing out that holing out in one stroke from the cup was a matter of luck and that the odds are perhaps a million to one that him again it was a it can happen to triumph that set him apart from ot others h he could walkabout talk about it and be happy no theorist could take that away from him somehow even though this often Is tabbed dabbed as a world given over much to vain regrets I 1 suspect that there are numerous others who feel the same way his job and memories are elou enough h for ex purr pug not so long ago I 1 passed the office of a great newspaper at the side entrance where trucks were gathered to carry tway away the first editions a tall man was standing cap tu tugged g ged down over cauliflowers cauli flowered ear As the match flared to light his AIl garette it revealed his twisted nose I 1 had not seen him for years had wondered what had happened to him we stood there in the shadows and talked about a career that once had been re revealed in the brightest light of the headlines kid I 1 said are you unhappy do you yo wish you had it to do all over again so that you might be a champion the tall man grunted then peered at me through reddened eyelids that had come into contact with thudding fists all too often in those later days d ays when the shadows were creeping persistently about him hugh hug h you sports writers think of the damnedest darn edest things he be answered 1 I got a job aint 1 and I 1 was pretty pr et good when I 1 was up there I 1 sure I 1 was Anybody 11 ll tell you that 90 ile he paused perhaps he be was thinking about a past not so far distant then he pursed thick lips and hit a target ten feet away well then he said why should I 1 be unhappy even if I 1 champion and even if it Is quite likely that I 1 could lick most of these buggs chorre around today what of it I 1 smacked over some of the best and enough for any man you cant have everything since most people have forgotten about him anyhow there is no rea real I 1 reason why his name should be hidden under the title of kid but a promise is a promise and so medals take away victories let us try again there Is the sto story ry of the indian chor won a trunk fui of medals and cups at the olympic games in 1912 later it was discovered that he had played while competing against these amateurs of all nations he was ordered to return his prizes newspapers of tile the day carried tearful columns about this decision of the overlords of amateur sport friends attempted to sympathize with him over tile the loss of awards greater than those that ever had bad come to any athlete jim thorpe peered through beady eyes noted all this hullabaloo and was wa s genuinely surprised what are you making so much of a fuss about abou tp he asked the mourners yeah I 1 know those cups and things looked pretty and they would have been nice to have around the house hous e but what of icv it yes jim his swell well meaning friends persisted BU aut think of what those things meant they were tokens of victory and you never can have the chance to win them again they and so on and on thorpe listened frowned and was silent it 11 is said that indians n never ever reveal their thoughts by the expressions on their faces so his friends may have been wondering what was going on behind those hight high copper colored cheek bones during the lo 10 long rig moments of silence but they did not have to wait long thorpe stretched out one long arm p pointed at them and spoke 1 I finished first in those events I 1 he be asked 1 I proved that I 1 was the best of them all IT well then what do I 1 need with a lot of trimmings yo you dont think that im going to forget all that do you this thi Is i a story without a |