Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — FAMOUS ATHLETE TO RETIRE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAMOUS ATHLETE TO RETIRE

Ralph Craig, Wonderful Runner, Who Captured Sprints at Stockholm, Quits the Game. t Athletics is to lose one of its brightest stars. Ralp Craig, the fleet-footed American boy who carried the stars and stripes to victory in the Olympic games at Stockholm, Sweden, will not be seen on the cinder path any more. Craig’s folks are opposed to the young man following an athletic career and did not want him to contest at Stockholm. But patriotic pride impelled the great runner to go along with the other Americans and it was well for this country that he did. He won glory enough at the Olympic games to last a lifetime. Craig ran two grand races—the 100 and 200 meter events—

and easily beat out the fastest sprintters in the world. Craig is a member of the Detroit Y. M. C. A, where his wonderful ability as a runner first Attracted the attention of the athletic world. I

Ralph Craig.