The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-09
seymour to Shoot,

Sundays Duluth Herald contains an
account of the big trap shooting tour
nament to be pulled OF In that city on
July 16, and accompanying the article
Is "half tone" of B. o. Seymour,
formerly a resident of this city, now a
professional shooter. He is to con-
test with Hirschy, Morrison and
others of the ''profs."
One of the greatest athletic perform
ances of recent years, ii reports are
to be relied upon, was the 1OO-yard
run of Dan Kelley of the Multnomah
Athletic club of Portland, Ore, made
at Seattle last week. The time
credited to Kelley is 9 3-5 seconds,
which, If the Amateur Athletic Union
allows the claim will prove the
worlds record. There are few men
during the last few centuries that have
been credited with doing 100 yards in
such fast time, especially among the
amateurs. Harry Johnson, according
to some authorities, covered the 100
yards in 9 3-5 seconds at Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1886. Harry Bethune, another
noted professional runner, was credit
ed with making the same time at
Sioux Falls, 8. D., in 1886. Piper
Donovan, also a professional runner,
was credited with making the time at
Boston in 1904, but 1t was claimed that
Donovan had the advantage of run
ming on track that was slightly
down grade. Arthur F. Duffy, the
noted amateur Splinter, did the 100
yards in 9 3-5 seconds at New York in
1902. Duffy's record, however, was
disallowed by the Amateur Athletic
union, the claim being made that
Duffy admitted being a professional.
1t is only recently that A. G. Par
sons Of the Wisconsin university, who
halls from the Far West, ran 100
yards in AS seconds, SO that the
Pacific Coast can lay claim to two of
the fastest sprinters the world has
produced. Kelley is only youngster
as yet, and the chances are that he
will develop into wonder before
another two years are past.
Mad at Kent, Too?
1t must be terrible thing to have
disposition as mean and as small as
that Of the average Superior fan,
Here's some of the stuff the Superior
rooters like to read in their papers:
"The men at the head of Northern
Copper league are full of shakes and
shivers-evident disposition of several
of the teams to lie down and die
first one and then another-Hancock
was on its last legs-found an awful
mess at the Forks-in the meantime
Superior tickled to death to think
there isn't team in the league from
over here!"
Aren't they nice neighbors though?
After Duluth has been furnishing
them with a ball team all year, when
they aren't able to support one of
their own, that is the way they show
their gratitude. It's enough to make
one lose faith in human nature.
AS matter of fact, however, the
league is not likely to go out of busi-
ness, or even suspend operations be-
cause of the Grand Forks mix up
Grand Forks got an unfortunate
start, and the manner in which the
team has been losing games has made
the fans lose interest and pessimistic
reports are being sent out. But as
long as Duluth and Winnipeg and
Calumet and Fargo continue to draw
the crowds they have been drawing
all season, the league will not be like
ly to bring up on the shoals of finan-
cial disaster.
And the funniest part of it all is
that the men against whom the Su-
perior fans are the bitterest are men
like Kent, Van Praagh, Kuehnow,
Price and Lamb, who did everything
in their power last year to holding
their blooming team together.