Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1914 — THE CHAMPION RUNNER'S LAST RUN. [ARTICLE]

THE CHAMPION RUNNER'S LAST RUN.

He Certainly wai a Fast Sprinter, But Ran Into Debt. “I’m the real thing as a runner,” said Howard James majestically as he seated himself at the first home dinner since his return from college. His mother and sister looked at him in sheer admiration. “Yes, mother, I wish you could have been at the university to see me run. During the football season I ran away from every ’one on the team. They were not in it for a minute. In the classes I took the lead leaving them in the lurch. I always stood highest in my lectures. And then when it came to selecting a president for the naughty-nine class I made the race. When the voting started I ran second, but at the last, well, I ran ahead of all of the other candidates. There’s no doubt about it, I’m a runner. Of coursd, when the baseball season opened the crowd wanted me to get on the team. At first I hesitated because I realized my superiority, but persuasion succeeded. I went on the team and the way I ran bases was a positive shame. Then I went info the track meet. T ran ten yards in ten seconds almost equalling the world’s record. Yes, I am a runner. Then —” “Then you ran into debt,” interrupted old man James frith a distinctive grunt, “and I have to pay you out”