The morning call., 1893-10-22

the Berkeley football men this Sunday
morning than they were just week ago.
The Edwards episode which threatened to
disrupt things entirely for few days has
resulted in more unified harmonious re-
lation between management. players and
student body that has existed before this
term. More players are showing up for
the evening practice and the varsity team
is playing much better ball. Opposed by
teams of thirteen and fourteen men of but
less ability than themselves the varsity
eleven have played an even and even bet
ter game with them. During the coming
week Coach Heffelfinger will strive to
remedy the great defect of the team al
present-high tackling. Work on the
tackling-bag will be in order. This bag is
a plus recovered arrangement, with soft
interior, and is about the height of man.
Suspended by rope and pulley in the GYM
nasium it will be put into motion and the
men be practlced In diving at it on the fly
as 1t were.
Manager Denman yesterday went up to
Petaluma to arrange game for the second
eleven. Long '95 is also In correspond
ence with the Stockton High School boys.
who played the Stanford second eleven
yesterday, but the second eleven will
probably have the opportunity to visit the
Slough City. The Sacramento Club team
Cancelled the game which was to have been
played yesterday. as several of their best
players were absent from the capital. The
game will come later in the season.
At the annual meeting of the p. A. OF
the A. A. A., held at the Olympic Club last
Monday evening, letter was read from
w. b. Curtis, editor of the Spirit of the
Times, the acknO nOwledged authority on all
athletic records, with reference to Walt
Henry's 120-yard hurdle record of 15%a
seconds. made at the champion games held
at the Olympic Club grounds May 80, 1892
Mr.. Curtis denies that any preJud ce
against Pacific Coast men and their rec
ords exists among Eastern athletic off,
cials. He says in part:
in deciding on thsir records, records
are records and athletes are athletes, nc
matter where they live. and the idea of the
locality where the record Is made does not
enter into the calculation in any way. But
on the other hand it must be remembered
that timing of a short-distance race is a
science by itself; that men who have q
national reputation as timers of horse
races have again and again proved them
selves utterly unable to time a 100-yard
race correctly when tested alongside oi
men who are really experts in that line.
For this reason where record is made a
long way from New York and the ability
of the timekeepers is unknown to the
committee it is their duty to scrutiniZe the
performances very carefully, and satisfy
themselves that the time-keeping was ex-
pert as we'll as honest.
The documents submitted in favor of
the Henry record show that it was not
timed by three timekeepers, as one of The
three-Mr. Jordan-states over his own
signature that he did not time the race,
owing to a bunder ON his part. | don't
see how the record committee could pass
this record. or how the board of governors
could approve of it.
with myself and the Spirit the case is
different. We have no castiron rules, and
are al liberty to accept record if we be-
Iieve it. The Spirit has already accepted
Mr.. Henry's record, and would have done
so a year ago if the proper papers had
been forw warded to it"
This settles the matter. and though the
A. A. U. cannot recognize Mr.. Henry
record the credited authority in records
publishes it as the "best American anna
teur record, which is also the worlds best
amateur record" j. OSCAR DOWNING.