The Washington times., 1902-08-31
Remark BIZ Performances
OF Two World S Rec
ord Hold. rs
THlRTY-0EE FEET A SECOND
Length of Strides and Distances Cow
ercd-List of Records Made by Each
Man-aao Yards il Il Seconds-Both
Are Georgetown Boys.

: There is some doubt ABOUT Arthur F..
Duf-cy. of Georgetown University. the
crack sprinter OF two continents. retiring
from the ciader path. Notwithstanding
the reports last month that the condition
of his knee was such that he seemed per-
n'anently disabled, he ran at the Clifton
vile, England. games on August 16. and
was defeated from scratch in the 100
yard dash by Murray, of Dublin. who had
two yards handicap.
Reports of the meet say that Duffy ran
as well as ever. and he is apparently
good for several more years of sprinting.
The remarkable speed shown by tbs
clever little sprinter in his world beat
ing 3 So seconds for the 100 yards has
brought up the question as TO how much
ground he covers each second. the length
so on.
Thirty-cpe Feet in a Second.
II he covers iaa yards. or 300 feet. in
So seconds. he covers 1914 yards or S12
feet in one second. His stride has been
measured and found to be within a frac-
tion of "a. feet. Now. if he covers ~
feet in one stride. and has to cover 31.2
feet in one second. he is compelled to
make 3.9 strides OF ~ feet each in one
second.
The little sprinter weighs about 125
pounds. and is of medium height, and the
distance he covers in one stride and the
ground he gets over in second is rather
remarkable
Still more remarkable was the per-
formance OF Bernard J. Wefers. once the
king OF all sprinters and stiil the holder
of several worlds records. which are
liable to stand for some time to come.
Wcfs-s' Stride Feet.
When ne first cqualed the worlds
record of 9 as seconds for the 100 yards,
on September ., 1895. being the first
man to duplicate the performance Of
John Owen. jr.. who set the mark in
October. 1850. on Anaiostar Island. op-
posite this city. he weighed 1s5 pounds.
and was six feey talIe The weight he
was carrying then and the ground he
covered each second. his stride being
eight feet, makes his performance the
most remarkable IN athletic history.
IN covering the 1G0 yards at 9 as see
cr'is he took 371a strides CT feet The
length CT his legs and their construction
made it possible to do this. aud it is
little wonder that he annlhilated space
and fractured cherished records. His
III. - 1
ord made his performance all the more
and many doubted his per-
formaHec.
Flccter Thar Kings Courier.
After making the go yards in 2l Sec
onds fiat at Toronto. worlds record,
which has not been approached. New
York writer of sports who was carried
away with enthusiasm over the remark
able performance. said of Weters: Be
side him the dcer-footed Indian is slow;
the kings courier snail. the Zull
warrior. even the fee;-fcotcd u-rslop-
gass. a tortoize" Again he said: The
nan that could maintain that speed ia
could run from the city hall
to Harlem Bridge in 22 minutes. 10
which point it takes the fastest elevated
rain more than half hour to go. re
,ould run from New York to Albany
loo milos-in seven hours. and with
Under path across the ocean ne could
,utrun the fastest ocean steamer and 20
rom New York TO Liverpool in a little
,ver four DAYS"
List of Wefe,s' Records.
Al the ra;e Arthur Duffey covered the
90 yards and the ground he cleared in
ach stride in the e:O9 S-5 record all the
sod things said of Wefers when he was
4 his prime and maker OF worlds
eccrds are applicable to the newest
-cnGer in the sprinting world.
Wefers still holds the worlds marks
; 20 yards at O:c5 -; 20 Yards.
CA S-5. originally by Eddie Bioss. Of
Harvard. ard eqUaled b. GuTcy 30
ards, O:95 SIS. equsled BY Duffey; IS
ards. C:c72-5 IS yard. O:o7 50; 1e9
ards. o:O9 -: iC9 yards. OIL; 10
ards. e:1I -. $50 yards. e:14 2-5. 20
ard. O:2f, with a turn; go yards,
.21 Is. straigktaway; SEQ yards,
80 g.. Also holder of the record as
iItif'btI u tHt it-dS tt2u N4lE1si JEdS
orld's mark. RE finished tha last quar-
7 IL 0:1S 40
DuTey's World Ma-ks.
DuIey is hoiGcr CT records for the 10
ards at eel -. ard 20 yard al 0.05 So.
eth also tcld b. Wefcrs; 50 yards n
C62-5. and loC yards in C:cg s., the
resent worlds record. He never sue
,eded in any distance over 100 Yards.
@ mas repeatedly cquaicd the above
cures. except the 100 yards time. and
ems coed for lots more hard track
crk.
These two great Iprinters are. indeed.
credit 10 sriatcur athletics. and that
georgetown University has the honor TO
Ill hcth her boys" is . pleasing fea- .
re Of her altogether brilliant though
shcrt athletic history.
4 Sure Cure for Diar1hoea.
Coming. a, it does. In the busiest season,
hen a man can least afford to lose time