Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-02
DuFFEY's GREAT sPRINTING.
He Defeats Worlds Record That Has
 Stood for Years.

He Defeats a Worlds Record That Has
 Stood for Years.
 New worlds record figures for one hundred yards were established at the annual championship games of the In tercollegiate association at Berkeley Oval Saturday. The time made was 9 3-5 seconds, one-ffth of a second faster than mortal man had ever COW cred the distance before. The old rec ord of 9 4-5 seconds has stood for many years.
 The young man who accomplished this sensational sprinting feat is Arthur E Duffey, the 1.-the limbed little speed marvel of Georgetown university. When Duffey flashed past the judges a winner of the final heat in record time salvos of applause greeted him, while from grandstands and bleachers, colors of score of colleges were waved in honor of the king of sprinters. Col lege. feeling, usually running high in favor of athletics representing particu- lar colleges, were forgotten in Duffey's triumph, and partisans of Yale, Har- yard, Princeton and other universities shouted alike in honor of the little fel- low and his great athletic achievement.
 There seems no ground to doubt that Duffey will receive recognition from the officials of the Intercollegiate association and the Amateur Athletic union, as the performance was made 1 under conditions that insure it's ac- ceptance by those bodies. Four com petent timers held watches on the event. Three of these credited Duffey with having covered the distance in 3-5 seconds, while the watch of the fourth timer showed 9 2-5 seconds.
 Immediately after Duffey had ac- complished the feat the course was measured by men recognized as au- thority in such matters. The tape showed that he had actually run one inch more than one hundred yards. l Duffeys' marvellous sprint is of q more sterling character than the time l indicates, for the reason that the l Georgetown fiier was away none too well when the pistol was fired, and did not get through the leaders until the field had covered more than twenty-five yards. Then he showed in front, and, with Schaick, of Har- yard, at his heels, seemed to fly over the cinder path course to the finishing line. He breasted the tape two yards ahead of the Cambridge man, and fin ished strong.
 Immediately after passing the win ming line Duffey romped away from the officials in an easy and most un- concerned manner. He was by all odds, oldtimers said, the freshest look i ing record breaker that ever left a track.
 Tn his trial heat Duffey equalled the record for the distance. After passing the finishing line he remarked to q l friend that he had got away beautifully l at the start and he hoped that he would be equally fortunate in leaving his mark in the final heat, as he never felt better in his life.
 When interviewed after his achieve ment, Duffey said that he had got away badly and for time felt as if he would lose the opportunity he crayed for record breaking. He had soon steadied himself, however, and. get ting rapidly into stride, headed his field and satisfied the ambition of his athletic life.
 l While the official records of athlet- ics gave 9 4-5 seconds as the best time heretofore for running 100 yards, it has been claimed that Harry" Hutch l ings and Donovan, noted professional | sprinters of other days, had run 100 yards in 9 3-5 seconds. These per fOrmances were alleged to have been made in England, but the athletic au- thorities of Great Britain never offici- ally recognized them.
 The conditions for record breaking Saturday were ideal. The track was in perfect condition, being fast and springy. The weather was clear with only slight breeze blowing, and that at the backs of the runners. while thousands of athletic enthusiasts were present to encourage the competitors in their efforts to win medals and glory. The attendance was larger than at any preceding field meeting of the Intercollegiate association
 An intercollegiate record was also broken by F. G. Beck, of Yale, in the shot putting contest. Beck, who had been in poor form up to Saturday. put the shot A feet, S1a inches, which is l 512 inches better than the intercoIIegi- ate competition mark.
 Team honors went to Harvard's men I of muscle with q total of 34 points. Yale was second with 30 points and Princeton third with 27 points If Schlick is disqualified on the protest against his ineligibility to compete team honors may then be evenly di- vided between Harvard and Yale. Yale lost the cup emblematic of the team championship honor by quarter of an inch in the broad jump, c. $. Fallows, Yale's representative in that event, losing first place to Foster of Amherst. by the fraction of an inch.