Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21

one. There is one thing that can be said
of him. and that is he never entered a nan
dlcap race in which he was placed ary-
where but on the scratch. In the summer
fall and winter Of 1894 he entered num-
Der of events. in all of which he came eff
victorious.
1t was at the games of the Boston Attn
letic Association. April ~, 1898, that he
ran hundred yards for the-tirst time in 10
seconds. In June of the same year he en-
tered several handicap events. all Of which
he won. July 4, at Newton Center Mass.
at the Newton Athletic Club games. he ran
the hundred yards. and beating the pistol
yard was added by the official placing
his time at 10 10. On the afternoon of the
same day. at Worcester. Mass, at the
games held by the Worcester Athletic Club
he ran two heats, each 40 yards. his time
being a. seconds for each heat, with the
rain and win in his face.
1t was his splendid performance in this
race that attracted the attention of the
New York Athletic Club. M. C. Murphy,
then trainer at Yale, and handling the
team Of the New York Athletic Club Sc
lected to meet the English athletes, wit
messed his speed. Murphy who, Wefers
says. is without doubt the premier trainer
of the country Is now with the University
OF Pennsylvania. Among the other men
picked up by Murphy were T. R. Lee. who
then held the worlds record for 30 yards,
and c. II. Stage. who won two worlds
championship records at the worlds fair
d
trial race for fifty yards. which he won in
) % seconds. The result was gratifying.
and he received the first training in his
life. He well remembers the rigid dis.i-
pine and the restrictions that were placed
upon him. His first competition under the
Partnership of Murphy was at the st.
George athletic games in New Jersey,
where he was placed on the scratch with
Tom Lee. and ran go yards for the first
time in his life. His time was ~ 10 sec
onds
On Labor day of the same year, at Ber-
gen Point. N. j.. he met J. v. Crum, who
held the intercollegiate championship for
100 and 20 yards. Crum was the crack of
the country, and had never been beaten.
More than that, he was a favorite. and
everybody predicted a walkover for him.
Goodwin OF Louisville. the Kentucky Won
DER Stage and Lee were in the race, a 1OO-
yard invitation run. Wefers won the first
neat IL 10 10 seconds, with Crum second
In the final Crum managed to win out by a
root his time being the same as that made
by Wefers in the trial heat This was the
first of the trial for the composftion of tho
all American team.
On the following Saturday, at M,nhat-
tan held, the second trial came off We
fers ran the 100 yards in ten seconds heat
ing Crlm by one and a half yards with
Lee third and Goodwin fourth On the fol-
lowing Saturday. September IA. the Ameri-
auspices Of the Amateur Athletic Union at
the same place. Wefers ran the 100 wards
in 10 seconds. beating Crum by over a yard.
and the 20 yards in y 40 seconds euualino
the worlds record. His performances at
this race placed him first man on the ali
American team.
The competition with the English ath
!etes came on on the afternoon of Septem-
Der 1 at Manhattan field, where Wefers
met G. A., Bradley and Stevenson both
Engilsh cracks. and managed to win all of
the events in which he entered His per-
romance placed him before the whole
country. and his name was published in al
most every newspaper in this country and
In England.
He came to Georgetown University Oc
tooer II Of last year. and his main work of
the rall OF that year was at the field day
meet held last November. He won the 100
and 22O-yard runs, and also practically u on
tne relay race against the team from the
University Of Pennsylvania. 1t was at the
American English games that he ran 100
yarus IN 40 seconds. equaling the worlds
record for the first time. He finished first
with Bradley second and Crum third In
the 20 yards he made the fast time of 81
80 seconds. establishing a worlds record.
me following week, under the auspices of
/ the New York Athletic Club on Manhrttan
field. he ran for the worlds record for 9rO
yards which was 81 2-5 seconds. He sue
ceeded In clipping off a fifth of second
from this record. Subsequently he suc
ceeued In covering the distance In 20 &,
seconds at Travers Island. N. Y This was
on September 26 of this year. and ut TIE
held day meet of the Georgetown Uniyer-
sity on November he succeeded In break
Ing this record by a fifth of second,
After the English games he went to his
nome. where he was given q royal recep-