The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-16
JEUETI'S PERFORM.ANCE
I. Il T.isei Over by Our Athletcs-Some
Facts.

! : - VSSF Nv wi NtTtetCS-sotoo
Facts.
Harry Jewett's reported performance OF 100
yards In . A. seconds caused u nuttcr yester-
Iny. II was hlilcd wherever athletes congre-
gate as n delightful role! to tho prevailing
!ioaotony in sporting circles. mud was seized
on with such u.i!ity 10y those to whoa u fresh
topic isr luxury that hello. what do you
think OF JCwctt's time great. wasn't IT, be-
came u general salutition. Secretary j. r.
Sullivan found the greeting gottini; monoto-
nous even before noon. What mado tho in
luisitorial procession particularly nE2ravatins
in his case was that. being Chairman Of tho
lecord Committee. no could not enter into any
discussion Of tho matter while there Is II prob
ability Of its coming before him officially.
Rule I OF the official handbook says: The
Amateur Athletic Union will not recognize any
new record until u report OF 1t is made 10 tho
Secretary of the taion. properly supported by
the nfldavits of the referee. timckcepers. and
starter. as to the corrcct.oss Of tho time.
measurement, weather. hour Of day. and
place. with signatures OF ut least six wit
nesses. including. officials" Such report has
not yet been made. but there is already sull-
cient unofficial information to throw consid-
cradle doubt on the gcnuinoss OF tho perform
ancc.
Tho race took place at tie games Of the
Cleveland Athletic Club. Cleveland. on Satur-
day. and all the accounts agree in stating that
the track was in splendid condition for record
breaking. and tho day itself simply perfect.
Some Of them. however. nnivcly add tho wind
being at the backs of the runners
This led one skeptic among the New York
critics to remark that there was probably II
good deal OF wind behind the whole transac-
lion"
iLlewsliyn. cleveland A. e.. yards: j. p. Kim;
II tn" final heat, TIE be,o. frer I;sss gives
t !%h ,oll1 ,%a nist l III al,S aesSSrl IswHtt Of had .he na prfH;
made his first leap before he had PASSED
L!ewellyn. who made u miscrnble failure OF
the start, and then commenced the light
The tw" yar,is' start between himself and
Stage seemed like u gar OF II mile. but inch by
iinish it had Al! bson eaten up; KiimmcI was
still II yard and n half ahead. A yard from tho
tape levitt was, in front. and he broke tho
only II yard behind kimlncl. The timers were
George ,~o!lister, !; D., rughI. W. A., >hink!e;
on . 40 seconds and toliistcr's. ,showsd =
shade better than even time. 50 tho Official
<" shade hcttog' Is novel. but in n dry. rec
ord table would sound - tritlc vaguo and out
of place. 1t will b. noticed that this reluctant
CHI ono.raph was in the hands OF the only
is known in the Last:
sun ETiUtl1k tHul INC llut was hl Sill
Stages extraordinary Improvement remains
to be accounted for. 1t needs little figuring to
discover thai n man running evenly III Il ton,
second gait is covering ten yards every second
or two yards every fifth of n second. 1t is also
no mystery that the average Splinter Is moy-
ing at his greatest velocity nearing the finish;
II this were SO in the case Of stage he would
have run two Yards more before the watches
showed ten seconds, This would cancel his
handicap and mako him ont doing 100 Yards.
less tho four feet he MIS- on. the winner Ill even
time
II Jcwctt's record is proven and allowed,
congratulations to the, Detroit A. {. vii be IN
order as tho organization possessing tho only
twoA American amateurs who have eyer accom-
Luther Cary in 1891. brt never acceIt"d., and
John Owen, Jr, has had no q one so fnr to share
Ing. also done 6.s at Auckland. Feb. o.
1901. For, years amateurs have found the
t eithsSs man msrf them an I'm imsnm atn siIcs '" ar thc;
Atlantic have reached it at different times.
Indeed, ono American; i. r La M,,ntaGnr: Is
sei s,s at has isia fnt = n yf isiI Iu an% at |" Mott 10 "f ii"Rsa
in 1910. The ten. second list is u length, ono.
including, Lon Myers. Z. J; Wendell v; C.:
Wilmer. Fred Westing, mud Luther u; Inry
and II host of others. doubtful and otherwise.
in England and tho colonies.
Even IN the professional ranks authentic
rare, II. NJ. johnson and II. ncth"ne having
the hunorS hatwcen them. II j. n somcwhnt
significant coincidence that Johnson'S record,
iikeJcwetts present ono was made at o'eVe'
On the contrary. there is no scarcity Of IN
stances where both amateurs and Irolessipn-
ais have eXeeedod this rate Il speed Th"n
lcast in ono case even time gait Ia b''ii
maintained VI to 300 yards. This eTc"ptionnl
performance was done BY. Harry linIch,ns'
2, 1854.