The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
NEWS OF THE ATHLETES
LACK or OFFICIAL TIMERS NAY
NILLIFI 1000 YARD RECORD.
Only One Reliable CiOcker There when
sheppard Ran His Great Race Old
timer aees 40 Runner Like Myers ~
Present sprinters VINO Gould stay.

During the last few DAYS the 4. \. ".
record committee has been making some
inauiTies about the details OF VI. " Shep-
pard's record Of / minute ~ - 'onds
/ Tor the l. 600 yards last sunday. and though
| nothing official has been done IL - under
stood that the record Sill not be accepted.
| Up to the time OF writing no oncAl clam
had been lodged with the authorities as To
| the validity OF the performance. but the
| timekeeping will surely come In for inNes'i-
CATION.
| IL appears there was but one o'h"ial
| timer G. J. Dieges the other three whose
| figures were quoted being more ar less on
| the plan Of volunteers. one oi thes" Was
| Capt James }. Archer OF the Irish \. \ G.
and being . Splinter himself he should know
| how to hold a watch but of the other Two
one was the Irish clubs trainer and a friend
ofhiS. At least this h the information that
| has hoated toward the record committee.
| which II IL proves to be- true will work AGAINST
| the acceptance OF the new mark.
! REGARDING record making the A. 4. I.
| rules are explicit enough. for there must DE
at least three timers OF reputation who must
| furnish aiIidavits AZ to the actual figures
| recorded on tao dial Of their tmepiece-
| and their ability a. timers. Perhaps the
| record committee may he satisfied with the
| work Of the three Others with Dieses. hut
| IL g. hardly likely. for ,. ". Ruben. who
| n chairman of tho committee. acid yester-
\ day that IL the conditions OF timing were a.
reported the record would not go. When
| asked about the record Dieges said that he
\ had not the least doubt that Sheppard can
| do around that time any dRy and that he
! was sure the figures which ne gave and
| which were the ones announced we're be
| You'd question.
That Sheppard was moving about ths gait
| which would give him the record was eNi-
4 hanN fF0En ha AZ N a ha he at her COM
pstitors and It IL a pity that proper steps
| were not taken to have reputable timers
! on the ground. \ private watch holder
| says that no ran the first quarter IN "a
seconds. which would he about the gait
that would land him at the 90 yard mark
! In ala OF Whereabouts when Myers made
/ his mark AWAY back on cold October day
In 1881 he hit up about tho same gait as
| Sheppard. We passed tho half milo post
a little better thsn 50. tharshv giving him
| self moro thsn - seconds to DO the last ~
yards. OF course the season i still young
doubtless take another cut Al the old marx.
but he should 500 for himself that the right
| sort Of timers are ON hand.
| The fact that Myers = long standing mark
got shaking has once again attracted
| public attention 10 the doinRs Of this great
\ r,nnar In speaking about him an old
timer who saw him IN nearly all OF his hes,
middls sn a,.,,nc. men who "ouLI sprint and
| .printers who could stay. hut with all your
bsasied progress m track and n"ld .pottr
| you have not produCed anyt hing like Myers
| Runners At odd periods may hroak on" or
| two Of his records. but they could not do what
! Myers did hu~t think Of IL At once time
he held the record ~ ~ seconds for N"
| i'o yards. ~ ~ SECONDS Tor III" 10 yards.
80 "-Sna n. "F Tor ."T tho sl n an" ard Rs ws
/ neck and nsCk With " q George IN the
nIe whom tho EnglShnan made ~" record
! ~ minutes 80. seconds ~ ~" old Polo
! Ground-
| track fur that rare and that viii give Won
an idea % the merits "l N" p"riorman'"
! Until the mon Wer" about thirty yards
from ~" tar" we all th"nxhi NAV Mt"f-
rtVide. ~ I;enrCe'- we're ton much Tor Lon
How many men nowadays Ar" ahl" =" beat
here touching h.s record IN N" half mile
| u occurred IN N" fHll Sain"s Of The Man
! haitian 4 G 49,. the dat" being ele"tton
dRy The rsra was = hAndi'ap aud ~ va.
nearly dATk whom tho runners came OUT
There we're about twenty Nv" men On liner
ent marks W 80 about nry yards Myers
| Vas the last 80 take hts MARI. and in doing
50 made a mistake To the extent Of about
work around on tho outside 81 his field and
on the home-tretch had 80 duck under one
,S tInn ;s. Gmi " s Srd", ,h, MvSr.
suffered from he must have run -on"'hing
like twenty yard. over m" half Then YOU
/ must remen her that ~ runner - far has at
! ~ var'i, All in one d1N MNer- DID that ant
he did more lie WAS IN" first AmsTiC'n
who made worlds 70, nrd- ~ standard d.
tances and no was th,. hr-t american tu
shos h,s heels 70 ~" n"c'i%a,"n men men I've, n"
forever IN the history ~ American Aih-
lctics.
Who could -tav a htt has disappeared alto
7 gstf~r ! supp0S" IN" - ~" fp' that men
| imorirA ami England had some notAhl"
cases IN dsN- gone hN FollnN"r~ ~ ath.
l~tic. about a, Giar'cr ~ = c"niir, AZ" n~;'d
could have upset MAN r'-."rt1 from
sprint - a half mil" had he trained seriously
,hc Scn,lTy 81, he =" va. VERY fne sprintar
and quarter miller. hlNfn Won IN" English
Inar,er In iS7S. ~ amt =; and the half mile
ample 81 IN" Splinter Who Gould STAY MAS
y {. 4. Tindall 81 Camhr,ise niy"rsiiv.
Seconds and m '.s' hs won IN" English
quarter mile oharnV .ouship N -. 49, nud-
and tho half rnils ~ Iuluut" ?" 20 49, oni-
I & bredin Na- such an"ih"r man A. n
dali for he could du Hr"uni 10 p seconds
TO the i"o Yards. bile y WI h- T"nrm-
bercd that IN "a" English championships
Of isal he Won the go wards IN ~ ! - 49, nnd~
and the hall mt" IN mlnn'" - - -',,"nd-
seconds and Tor IN" half -
I am 81 the opinion ma, IN" most notable
,hsi ~ steve Rn-rnli. an AMERICAN pro-
fe-sionAl. Nh" wt- 'r'sir"d VIII running
The i"o yard. in .',"9h. a H";,%n in IN
name of : Donovan won ~" Sh"n"ld
haIdlc.p in $50. .ni gam III $50 won s.n
. ability 10 cover the quarter and hail. fh"r~
| Mas no doubt. " b"lug ,UWn"Uly accepted
that he ,oukt 30 the go ards lu - So undz
! and that no could com" ir-id" ! miuut" -
seconds for tho 49, wards ht"r Myers
returned from australia IA l~SN Farrell was
. anxious for match. - BE- composed ~ two
/ or thr,.e distances but Nv~r~'- friends dh
not vahi any thing of ~'"N" and ID" runners
never met IomW' krau" 81 Bn-'on wa-
another noted Nr.o-i'Hu professional vho
could sprint aud -iJN In is1t h" V"u the
Chumpi"nship for ~" 80 wards
and soon aftcrW ards turned professional
lie vent 20 England ard Won IA" sheffield
hAnduai,~ for 49,, and 'Ur on 'hr o'' t-ion
OF his fr-i win D." covered lcu' yards IN
~ as se'ond-
| I could 90 On FOR 4 week puoting cases
81 oil timers who could sprint and STAY.
hut n nio-t notable cas-" u - that Oi Frank
Z. Skurry Hewitt. who BE- vet on M" books a.
holder 81 tho professional haf mil" record
of / minute sgi ~"rUud- made H' Melbourne
Australia on Sopt"tnb"r .. lN5l lot 81
/ money was was"r"d IN U"vu' 2" beat
minuts s. -~,oud- and N" ugurs- ar" IN"
hest proof that he DIT ~ u T. = fat per
hairs nor known thai HcaItt ran the nr~i
/ quarter Of this hnlf In - seconds Va" year
prev ious Hewitt engaged "a som" sprint
races and on Marth was ~" ~ tn" scratch
men Ia a iOO yard event ~ M"lbpuTr" The
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