Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1910 — MONUMENT IS MAKING GOOD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MONUMENT IS MAKING GOOD

British Runner Proving to Be Valuable Man on Irish-Amerlcan A. C. Team In Gotham. Jack Monument, the blond-haired Briton—what little hair that fringes the sides of his bald pate is blond — certainly is proving a valuable man to the Irlsh-American A. C. Since Lawson Robertson* whipped him into condition Jack has made good in almost every start for the Winged Fist tnen. Jack has improved and is running in much better form than when in England. Jack was a classy man on the other side of the pond, but never succeeded in being anything more than a near

track champion. He finished third In the half-mile event at the English championships of 1008. That was as near as Jack came to capturing track championship laurels In England. Under the tutelage of Lawson Robertson, however, Jack has developed into one of the greatest mllers In the world and undoubtedly could go home to England now and make a cleaningup. Though Jack Is only 24 years old, he has been running more or less successfully since 1904. In 1906 he won the famous Morbeth road race, covering the distance, only a few yards short of 15 miles, in the grand time of 1:20:27, the record for the course. Jack started In as a long* distnncer, but later found the middledistance events more to his liking. Monument was brought up In classy company, but did not strike his gait till Lawson Robertson whipped him into condition here in New York. Jack began to get into the limelight early In last July. His race that month against Abel Kiviat In Newark, when the pair came dSWn the long home stretch as If tied together, Kiviat winning only by an eyelash In the last desperate drive for the worsted, made sport sit up and take notice. A few days later at the Junior metropolitan championships in Celtic Park, Old Baldy captured the mile event in 424 3-6, not only hanging up new figures for a junior championship mile but smashing the track figures as well. Jack suffered from bolls after the Junior championships and had to go op on the Maine coast to recuperate.

He had only a little training behind him he faced the barrier for the senior mile metropolitan championship, but he succeeded in getting home in third position. In the Canadian mile championship Monument ran second to Kiviat, giving the stocky little Staten Islander a terrific race. Jack has struck his gait again now and great things can be expected of him.

Jack Monument.