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r' ,. - l'Jtmsmr---B-asp&&tFzK?C&gXQ 5gfee tBSicWia gaffajSajjIe: jBataffaqj pcortrittg, plartTt 32, 1890. 6 s? 5SFcirw', mi Malcolm W. Ford Writes of Short Distance Running". THE I2IP0RTANCE OP THE START. Different ilethod Practiced by Various Schools of Athletes The Position of I,ej and Anas How Champion Sherrill Does It "Bcatlnc tho Pistol." Sprinting or short distance running is prob ably the first gamo tried by the average man who visita en athletic field to see what he is pood for. The idea of running fast attracts most men, and as the only way to determine how speedy one may be is to try and see, it is quito natural that this jjamo should be much more than usually popular. Sprint races in clude distances from 800 to -MO yards. The first distance is generally considered the limit, although somo claim that a 440 yard run is a sprint quito as much as a 220 yard run is. A distance which is a sprint fcr one man may not bo so for another, for the term defines a distance where full speed is sought for from the beginning to the end of a race. As men vary at distances in which full speed -JiS:SibJ- -' position roit "setting." From an instantaneous photograph. can bo maintained, there can bo no specific distance mentioned as being tho limit of a sprint. Tho largo majority consider tho ex treme point to 1)0 anywhere from 250 to 3o0 yards. In running distances of -100 yards and over an athlete will hold himself in during the first part of tho race, and the longer tho race is tho more iniportanco this holding in gains. In all races where full speed is maintained from start to finish ono essential point is to bo abloto start and get into one's stride with as littlo loss of time as possible. Tho shorter the race, tho moro important this point is, and many contests havo been won by gain ing an advantage of two or throe feet in tho first fivo yards and holding, without being able to increase the advantago to tho end. An athlete winning a race of that kind shows, not that he is moro speedy than his oppo nent, but that he is ablo to get into his stride Fooner and thereby got going quicker. When foot racing was young and the dif ferent contests were not governed as well a3 they aro now, tho habit of "beating tho pis tol" used to bo so prevalent that an athlete was considered qnito a novice if he could not steal a yard or two on the pistol firer. Beat ing tho pistol means that after a runner has been told to get ready, h starts on his jour ney beforo the pistol has been fired, but after tho starter has begun to pull tho trigger. In this way an advantago (unfair, of course) of a fifth to two-fifths of a second can some times bo gained over competitors who wait, honestly, for tho signal." ' It can readily be Imagined what a peculiar sight it was when four or fivo sprinters in n race anticipated tho firing of a pistol and ran off. Six or eight years ago such a scene at amateur sports was quito common, but now it would be considered a curiosity, so much has tho management in this line improved during tho last half dozen yoars. Even now in lo calities whero nthletica aro not well estab lished, beating tho pistol in tho sprint races is practiced, but tho important games nearly always havo a pistol firer of known ability who is paid for his services, and as his repu tation depends upon his getting the men off evenly in a race, thero is a natural incentive on his part to do the work properlv. Tho method employed by several pistol firers of known reputation at tho present time to dispatch contestants in a sprint race is, after tho clerk of tho courso has put them on their moi-Jis, to tell them to "set." Most of them will then assumo a position similar to that shown in the illustration "Position for Setting," aud they will wait thero for Eorao feconds, or until tho pistol firer is con vinced that all aro steady, when ho will pull the trigger. The advantage of holding one's solf in tho attitude shown by this Illustration is that with the arms extended and tho posi tion which tha feet aro in one can get under way very quickly. It will bo noticed that ono foot is about twenty inches back of tho other. The front foot, -which in this case is tho left one, is supposed to bo on tho lino with tho too of the hind foot resting in a littlo hole dug in tho track to get a push OTOEn jiETHODS OF STABTIXG. From an instantaneous photograph from. An athlete in this position when he hears the pistol bring? his left arm back and his right arm forward until both are about parallel with tho body, when the motion he has made with his feet in ths meantime will necessitate his extoutfingtbem again in about tao same positions, only to bring them back in exactly tho reverse position which is the c mmencenient of the arm swing used by all printers. The re are two ways of using the feet in t'ris stylo of starting; one is to stop out with t back foot when the arms aro drawn half wav back, and the other is to levo the back foot where it is and take a short stride with tac front foot, the arms in ttiis case going through the very same motion as when tho first movement of the feet is made with the ln-k one. Tha length of stride when tbs Lack footsnd first would bring the first stop about three feet in front of the scratch mark which Is whero the front Sns is resting. If the front foot Is put forward first, it will b rikethe ground anywhere from ma to fif teen inches in front of tbe scratch line, and tha movement is followed by a regular g'tride made bv the brrk frot Th two vte. ns Vihtn B&by was sfck, we gsre her Castorta, "When sfee was a Child, she cried for Coatorio, When abe beaauie Miss, she citing to Castotta, "When b8 had Ch&lrea, she j&ve them Casteria, rapid spm '111! w V lwvt can be Eeen, are quite different, and each method has many advocates. Some claim that the short stride with the front foot when the legs are already some distance apart, mokes them sag too low by further spreading the legs, and that an ath lete cannot recover so well to take another stride, simply on accouafrof the sagging when the body is not enough in motion to stand it. The advocates of this style say that the posi tion of "settiug" necessitates their bearing nearly all the weight cf tho body on to the front leg, and that a short stride of about a foot with the front leg pats them better in mo tion than if they struck out directly with the back foot, which necessitates, before a stride can bo taken with it, the putting of a certain amount of weight on it so that it can be nushed from. 2Teariv till the weight beins on tQ f, ioot brings about a loss of time af- ter the pistol is fired in transferring some of it to the back foot before the latter can be used in shovipg. Another way of holding tho arms when tho back foot is used to stiring from is shown in the illustration, "Other Methods of Starting." Tho athlete in this picture has his left foot at the scratch line, as in tho first illustration, but his right arm is forward and his left arm is pointing back. He will use no half swing with his arms, but will, when ho heara tho pistol, step out with his back foot, bring his right arm back and left arm f orwurd all the way, and go on with his arm swing, which is rendered possible by it being originally com menced in accord with the stride of the legs. The style is not used very much, although it has been, proved by somo sprinters to be good enough' to be worthy of a trial. After an athlete is at home with a certain ttyle of starting it would be ratner foolish for him to change his style unless he is convinced that some other method is better than tho one he uses. If ho continually practices different styles confusion will show itself in the race, and as to much depends upon the start of a sprint race an atbleto should feel thoroughly at homo when on his mark and bauble to movo from it with a sensation that ho has been long accustomed to. Another style of getting ready to start is shown in tho illustration, "Other Methods of Starting," by the athlete, who has both hands and right foot at the scratch mark, stooping down with his left kneo just above tho ground. It was used successfully by C. H. Sherrill, the 100 yard champion of America of 1SS7 and lutor-collegiate champion 100 yard limner of ISSSand 1SS9. In his later races ho has not used it, but stands on tho marl:, as shown in the illustration, "Position for Sotting." The stooping start is-not popu lar, and Sherrill said he adopted it to prevent falling over the mark, which he seemed un able to avoid when he used tho regular posi tion for t-etting. Some sprinters have used tho stooping start to good advantago, but out side of its making Sherrill hold his mark, it was of no advantago to him in getting into his stride. At tho time ho usod it he was running very fast and won his races, although it was tho universal opinion that he invariably lost a little distance at the start. Tha principle of this stylo of starting i3 to riso quickly ou tho leg placed at tho scratch mark, which in Sherrill's case is the right one, and step out with the other. A little push can bo given with the arms, but it must necessarily bo very slight. If tho shoulders are stooped far enough to enable the arms to be bent, it brings tho athlete too closo to tho ground. Sherrill was taught this stylo of starting at Yale college, but latterly he became recon ciled to the ordinary stylo, TUB FIRST STRIDE. From an instantaneous photograph. Tho illustration called "The First Stride" shows two athletes in jv raco just after tho pistol had been fired. It will bo noticed that tho one on the left hand side has brought his arms back and is giving tho half swing as described beforo. It was a handicap raco and tho one on tho left side had ono yard al lowance. Tho runner on tho right is nearly nt tho extreme point of tho arm swing. Both aro on the loft leg, but tho one to tho right is further advanced into his strido, for his right leg is being put forward and the angle of his body shows that when tho stride is taken ho j would bo almost level with his oDDoncnt even though he started a yard back. The position of the athleto on tho left side looks ns though his legs had a tendency to straddlefvBnd there is not the direct front motion which is noticeable with the other. To bo abla to start well in a sprint raco re quires a great amount of practice. The best way for an athlete to learn it is to have some ono tell him to set, and start him either with tho word "go' or with a pistol just as though he wero in a race His friend should hold him on his mark different pariods of time and if any motion ;s made which resembles the ath lete's premeditating tho pistol ho should bo held until quiet reigns again. At tho pistol ho should run off, using rather short strides until he gains somo momentum, when his regular running stride can be used. Any where from thirty to sixty yards is n good distance to run at each trial. Half a dozen or even a dozen of thoso starts whenever he practices will in time maka him fool at home while standing on his mark and getting into his stride. It makes no difference whether one is prac ticing for 100 or 800 yards, tho starts should always bo tried, and ruuning tho full dis tance occasionally should be done according to tho athlete's feelings. In practicing for SOD yards, for instance, if tho athlete wished to test his finishing powers he should try a stiff 200 yards and only a moderately hard S00 yard run occasionally. Practicing starts not only teaches tho ath leto a quick way of getting into his running, but tho action of tho running itself is devel oped. Not so much attention to tho finish of tho raco concsming probable staying powers, etc, is necessary as might be supposed by a novice. The finish of a raco generally shows tho strength of a man's staying powers, and this is doveloped more by starting than by finish iug. fhjZJtct Li..;Z&l rzC Ho Thourht It Ukoly. Mrs. Coroso "What do you think of tho new theory that tho birthplace of tho human race was near tho North polo! Cumso The theory is plausible, my dear. Noah navigated in the ark-tic regions, vou kow. Yenowine's News. A Candid Girl. r They sauntered past the candr shop "With tempting cfcaatles sprccd; She looked unutterable things, ButnotawrdsaeaMi. He drew his cash risht thero and thca. And bought a pound that man dfc!; Heccmld refuse her nothla? whan tier :nas&er was bo candied. SjuT&Io Coaritr. Jtetter Than u Uiarr. For fif tesn cents you can buy a neat and convenisnt pocket scrap book, large enough to contain the published accounts of 100 rail road accidscts. If vou cat one Jan. 1. 1S93. yen hare already siod np sxtr-aree acci- dents and goi a nice start. You can fill j tfaroa such books in the year, and they are j nice things to ponder over and woader why j no cao has been held to blotno, Detroit Fre'e j p- - - 1 P Fair while turn Brlsfit eiear com 0ft healthful ARS'-TiB Great English ssmimeTi-ni-JMiimmif-jiik..ixvr71 Tl SSIP. LJIAU What the Recent Meeting Sug gested to W. I. Harris. SHALL CHANCE FOR EIGHT CLUBS. Indianapolis Clings XJlte Grim Death to Her Franchise Tho Iirotherliood's Great Strength Tho American Association Pre pared to Fight Hard for It. My ideas of what the National league would do at Cleveland didn't pan out very well, except in that my belief that Indianapolis would not bo forced out proved correct. Cer tainly if unanimity on tho part of tho other clubs and persuosivo eloquence could have done tho business there would bo only eight clubs in the League today; but John T. Brush was determined nob to bedislodged, and with typical Indiana persistency he held the fort and is still holding it. There are a great many people in tho vicin ity of Now York, and in other plnees, too, who firmly believe that Brush will yet capitulate, and the League will only havo eight club3 when tho bell riajs. It seams to mo rather a forlorn hope, and yet I know that somo of the New York club managers still believe that Brush will weaken. Messrs. Soden, Spalding and Pvobison, the committee who tried to argue Mr. Brush into selling out, are persuasive men. and if they could not talk over the Indiana man thero is littlo chanoo of others succeeding. Tho schedule has been made and the ten clubs seem to be fixtures. That ten clubs will handicap tho League financially is quito evi dent. It forces them to lap off fourteen games from the quota of each club, and this, together with eight open dates, gives a total loss of twenty-two games to each club, en tailing tho sacrifice of the receipts such games would bring, which may safely bo estimated at 20,000 a club. Then comes tho loss in drawing power, owing to tho weakness of two or three of the teams. "Washington is lamentably deficient in playing material. Pittsburg Is not over strong, and Now York has not got the team that its importance re quires. Still, by tho time tho season opens, six weeks from now, Mr. Day will have a team that will satisfy New Yorkers. Pitts burg will strengthen some, but where "Walter Hewitt is to get a team to represent Wash ington that is of any account as compared to tho others, is one of those things no fellow can find out. His chance seems to lio iu tho disruption of the International league, but that organization seems so tenacious of life that thero ishopo for it yet. Tho Brotherhood has prepared its schedule, and its managers aro in high glee over tho discomfiture of John B. Day and at tho pros pects of tho now leaguo. Thoy say that John T. Erush by refusing to get out of the leaguo moro than makes amends for having per suaded nine Brotherhood players to stick to the League. One of the minor leaders ad mitted to mo tho other day that with eight clubs, with the Indianapolis players in Now York, the playing strength of the two leagues would bo pretty well balanced. "But," said this gentleman, "thoy ain't in it with ten clubs." It is just possible that thoy will be in it with ten clubs and very much in it, I think, when ail the linos are set for business. And thero Is yet a good chance for a reduc tion from ten to eight clubs. Collectively the Brotherhood has about 10 per cent, the best of tha League iu players, 1 bclievo. Compared team for team, so far as paper calculations can demonstrate it, the Brotherhood has a much greater advantage in somo places. Leaving New York aside, because tho League team is not completed, the Brotherhood appears to havo the strongest teams at Chicago, at Pittsburg and at Cleve land. In Brooklyn the Leaguo team leads. At Philadelphia and Boston it is very near a stand off. At Buffalo the Brotherhood will not havo League opposition, but the Indian- upohs or L-inoiuuati teams aro far superior to tho Buffalo aggregation. Tne League have no opposition at "Washington. Indian apolis or Cincinnati. Of couroj these estimates based on papar strength. When actual playing is made the test it may turn out that tho weak aro strong and the strong ' weak. Such aro tho possibilities cf baseball. Tho preliminary exhibition series give one a few tips in this direction, and with fair weather the practice season promises to be interesting aud exciting. Tho American association, which seemed last December to be hopelessly knocked out, has recovered from the shock much better than any one expected it would. It has com pleted its circuit and will start out with eight cities, which are all liable to do well with tnonty-five cent ball The list comprises Brooklyn, Rochester, Syracuse, Philadelphia, Toledo, Columbus, St. Louis and Ijomsvillo. The Association has lost the prestige it on- joved last year. Although still a major league and a party to the national agreement of the first virt, it really clashes little better than the Western association, and even the Atlantic association is liable to push i for importanco as a leaguo. The Association this season has a pretty hard row to hoe in several of its cities. In Philadelphia and Brooklyn it will have two clubs in opposition, and all strong ones, too. The Athletics, however, have a strong hold on tho Philadelphia public and may pnll through, but tho los of so many of the old favorites will hurt tho club a great deal Still, with Welch, Purcoll, Seward and Rob inson Wt Manager Sbarsig may mats both ends meet, but that they will make a dollar profit few baseball men believe. Indeed, tho opinion prevails that all the Pniladelphia clubs will lose money. The future of the Brooklyn American asso ciation club reems to me to rest very largely upon whether or not it is permitted to play Sunday gamei If it is, the team may pull throngh with small loi Othrwiio it will not bo in it financially, even thouja its salary list is lighter, parhsps, thn any team in tea Association. Rocnester wiU do weil enough. Toledo will bold its own if its team is any where in the race. Syracu wiil lose money. I doubt if its managers expect to maka anv. Columbus, with its expensive team, ought to stayup among the leaders and mafco both ends meet financially. St. Louis will come near being in the turreen before the saatcn is over, and Louisville well. Jack Chapman may sava it from disaster by his rax&igtvrial shrewdness, but h- will have a very diScult tas o&er ths experi-nc LcuisrlGe wis throcgh last ssa33n wuh a fair bt terribly mismanaged team. On whols iLe ootfeok for the American associsdoa is not briUiaat, bet every clofed bos its jUrsr.liir. cad ocrhar tha trrrfrr OSs K iXIOIt Osoipfelen SOAP.Soid EverpliBfe." THE MAXWELL ATROCITY OUTDONE. Xbe Terrible Crime with Which. Beginald Blrchcli Is Charged. When Maxwell murdered his friend, coun tryman and traveling compauion, Preller, in their -private room in St. Louis, and after forcing his mangled body into a trunk left it to be discovered, all readers said that th6 limit had been reached. Treachery, brutality and criminal folly in neglecting precautions could go no further. They were wrong. Another young and "gentlemanly5 Eng lishman has just outdono Maxwell, as far as Maxwell outdid the common ruffian of the slums. And'chis new champion of treaeher- SIR, AND MRS. BIT.CHELI ousjyillainy is a "gentleman" in fact, being Reginald Birchell, son of Rov. Joseph Eir chell, late rector of Church Kirk and rural dean of Whalley, in Lancashire. Ho is a college bred man, of much suavity and pleasant address, but noted as a phenom enal liar among thoso who know him best. And what is still moro surprising, both his vfctims (for ono survives) were men of edu cation, good family aud fair social rank. In the whole transaction the American reader gets a forcible impression of the confidence educated young Englishmen so often place in each other on slight acquaintance. After many minor tricks this Birchell, in 18SS, married tho daughter of David Steven kon, general traffic manager of tho London nnd Northwestern railroad, and using her, or making her his accomplice it is not cer tain which entered on a regular course of victimizing young fellows of his own ago and class who were anxious to get into business. Advertising that he wanted "to meet a gentleman's son to live with him and learn tho business of managing a large farm iu Canada," ho soon secured Douglas Ray mond Pplley, of "Waldon, Essex, and Freder ick C. Benwell, son of CoL Benwoll, of tho British army. Those three, with tho wife of Birchell, sailed to Now York, and weut thenco to Niagara Falls, by which time Pelley had become suspicious aud very uneasy, as he had abundant proof that Birchell wa3 a scoundrel. On tho 17th of February, Birchell and Benwell left tho falls for the alleged form; ) the former returned alono and told Pelley that Benwell had gone "further up counter." , Fifty-five miles west of the falls, in tho township of Blenheim, is a not ed tamarack swamp, which, the people say, no ono had traversed for twenty-five years; but on Feb. 21 George aud Joseph Eldridgo, two lads of tho vicinity, de cided to go to a re cent " wiudfall"and BESWELLr SCEKS OF THE CRIXX. cut dry wood. In th densest jyuri of th thicket they came suddenly uwn the frozen corpso of a handsome- and richly dressed t young man. In the back of the head and in the neck were pistol shot wounds. It was-the corpse of Frederics Ben well. With incredi ble hardihood the murderer Trent out and identified it. Then Mr. Pelley hastened to a magistrate and gave ovidenco which soon placed Birchell and wife in prison. Tho proof against the man isoverwheltninp and evidence rapidly accumulates that he has lured other Enchsh men to their death in like manner. Hs wife is younp, beautiful and refined, and of conn the supposition is that she knew nothing of tho contemplated murder. Her father has sent friends for her defense and will soon ar rive in person. The murderer is young and of pleashig, plausible address. All the evi dence pocs to show that he is on of those pe culiar beings sometimes sent into tho world who hare all the qualities of mind and body for average manhood and yet are totally de void of a moral nature. Too Jtacli for nim. "Ah, ha!" erciiiaed a shark; "Sae, ha. Here i a msrtel choicn for zae That isat hard and Gisty." One gulp tbe man was seen ms5de. -Grea: Scott "'the ocean zncssUr cried, Aad atr&ishtwar doubled tip aad died; For it bad dowsed ZIcGtaty. FMIadeteata Press. Jfothln- Venture, Kotfeln Hat. Her eyes say "yes," y-t ier lips 7 "so; I rtaHy tr.rn'c f wtTdjrc If. 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For Township Officers. we have a complete line of blanks and books snch as are used by township officers. Attorney's Poeket Dockets. ''The Lawyers' "Vade Mecum" can be used In any State ana in any court. TJae most complete and conven ient pocKt;t docket ever published, with two Indexes an alphabetical index and a diary Index; shows at a glance just what date a lawyer hasacass In court; keeps a complete record of the case. Handsomely bound in flexible back, a convenient size to curry la the pocket. Endorsed by attorneys everywhere. The followlns strone endorsement from Coptnla i JohnH. Ah. er-Juilseof tho aiith Judicial DUtrlct Bute or Indiana, lie writes as lolloir October 25, VK. It la the njMt complete nnd conclw work of the sort I hae ever met wlttj. I cannot ! how the irslenrntlfc practlclac lawyer can do without It. It aaonJd be entitled Tbe Lnwrer"s Vada Mecum." Truly and sincerely yours, JOHN U. asH. Attorney at Law, Wklilta. K.iDaJ. Price of docket SI.OO. By mail postpaid to any ad dress upon receipt of $1.07. Address. R. P. MUBDOCK, THE WICHITA BAG-LB. Business Manager. Wichita, K&os&a. MISCELLANEOUS. r , , We nave a large number or appropriate cuts for use in Premium Lists-can get tnem out on shorter notice than any other rirm. For school catJUogpea w o&vo neat type faces Tor that especial worfc. Coastlwitlona and By-Laws for Lodges, Building to Loen Asioot- tlons, etc. Sehool Records, Etc. "We desire to call the tendents, school district of rlcers and toacbers to oar line of school publications as glren below. Oar school records and boots are novr oalng used excluwtvoly in quite a number of countloa, and are superior to any in the maricet: Cla&sif location Term Bxjord. Bacord of Apportionment of State and County- School Puad3, Snpsrintendent'3 Becord of Scnool Vlait. CPockut size). Becord of Teachf ra Ability, CPocfcet Slzo), Rec ord of Official Acts, Annual Ftnaodsi Beoorte, An nual Statistical Beports. 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