The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-07

WAS A RECORD
BREAKING YEAR
American Athletes Do Well on Cinder
Path.
TWENTY-FIVE MARKS FALL
POOR SHOWING OF DUFFEY WAS
ONE OF THE SURPRISES.
MARKS FALL

American athletes work in the cinder
path last year will fill many pages in
athletic history. which promises to re-
main fresh in the minds of enthusiasts
for many years.
While past seasons have brought forth
the usual amount of new worlds records,
the performances Of the athletes in gen
eraI were of a more uniformly high
standard than ever before.
me fact that no less than twenty-five
new world records at standard events.
TO say nothing of the numerous other
records were created during the season
shows how high class the performances
of the Yankee athletes were
In connection with this might also be
mentioned that eight of the records were
established in New York. while two
others created out of Gotham are cred
tied TO New York representatives.
This speaks well of the prOwess Of the
metropolitan athlete and the manage
ment and training methods at all large
trict.
Duffey's Poor Form.
The reversal of form shown by Duff
fey. holder Of the, 10e-yard record at 9 3-5
seconds. in defending his title in the
English and American intercollegiate
championships was one of the surprising
features Of the season.
The American lost his title to J. ".
Morton of the South London Harriers-
in the English event, after holding it for
two years
In beating Duffey. Morton won in even
time. but later on he showed his ability
by going the distance in 8 40 seconds,
Duffey
The latter qualified for the final at the
intercollegiates but did not compete. Of
fering as an excuse poor condition. Early
Yards A A I. championship at Madison
Square Garden. but was defeated by d
T Torrey of Yale The Eli athlete was
never again able to duplicate his per
Torrance.
At Washington. Feb p. Duffey dis
played his best form. when he reduced
the worlds figures for fifty yards. going
the distance in 90 rs. which reduced the
mark of :O51z, made by L. +. Myers, Dec
i, 1884.
Others Are Corners.
The Georgetown flyer, however. viii
have to share the new record with Vic,
tor s. Rice of Chicago. who covered the
I in the same time
But it might be said in justice to Duff
fey that ae covered the distance from
two feet behind the starting mark IT
| the final heat. as he was penalized for 9
false start
W s. Shick of Harvard and Archie
Ham Of Michigan snare hOnOTS IN ne
short distance sDrints. Eastern college
men and athletes base the reclaim for
the crimson man from the fact that h
wOp the victory in the dual games witt
oxford and Cambridge! when he equaleC
Duffey's English record of :09 40
ShiCk 5 friends also claim that his vii
of the sprint in the intercollegiate also
entities him to the hOnors of the Splinter
The Harvard man ran second to Duffey
when the latter created the present fig
uTeS for the hundred and performed con
sistently through the year, winning
among many other races the lO)-yarC
dash IL the dual meet with oxford
Cambridge and the same event in thu
dual games with Yale.
Hahn is to be entitled to much If no
most of the spTinting hOnOrs. as he wOI
| the dashes in the great Olympic game
I and also figured prominently in A A I
championships
The diminutive spTinteT from the nOrtl
! has been training all winter. most Of TIT
I time on the ice. and has created new au'
! equaled many worlds marks on the road