Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1917 — JOE HIGGINS GREAT RUNNER [ARTICLE]

JOE HIGGINS GREAT RUNNER

Irish-American Athlete Hailed as Suecessor of Mel Sheppard as Middle-Distance Man. Joe Higgins, the/noted runner, is being hailed as the successor of Mel Sheppard as a middle-distance man. Higgins, Who wears the colors of the Irish-American Athletic Club of New York, received his early training at Holy Cross. Higgins has not decided whether he will stick to the mile and 1,000-yard runs or whether he will go in for the mile. "