ATHLETICS.
: SHERIDAN RETIRES.' " According to a New York message to the London "Sportsman." Martin Sheridan; the all-round amateur athletic champion of America, has just announced that he will not again compote in public, except possibly at some future Olympic Games in Europe, if he could so far retain- his form, i Sheridan has been' prominently identified with athletics since ho came to the country from Ireland over ten years ago, and undoubtedly was a fine all-round man, weight-throw-ing, the discus, polo-vaultfng,,. jumping, and hurdling being'his specialities. Hβ competed successfully in Athens and london,, and has. been a member "^ of tho Irish-American A.C.—one cf .the few genuine members so far as nationality i 3 concerned. Ho is a policeman, and has a quiet job at the' City Matrimonial Bureau, and" of. is interested in politics. In athletic circles Sheridan is popular, and his retiroiient from . the ranks will bo received with regret.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 7
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151ATHLETICS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 7
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