The sun., 1910-06-26
NEWS OF THT ATHLETES
BEST RECORD on THE hooks
AND IT'S PROSPECTS,
New DaVlsloa q ths a. a. q. SIN wanted
b FittNbuFW PeoplS-Waikmg Aec-
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No runninE record on the books 81 the
present time has been the tarHet Of 90
many attacks a. the mArk Of lia for the
.ooS yards. made By the late Ion Myers
twenty-nlne years aEo. and apparenuy
the record Is e aafe to-day ~ u Uaa the oay
aftsr MyeFn had established H. In the long
ssFinF Of years which have since fitted oy
many a goOd man has tried 70 duplieate ne
feat. and needless 70 state all have failed
In fact sveFy nan who a. ell worked him
self INTO the front rank Of middle distance
running trisd the old record. and While
several aid well the majority were away on.
One Of the bsst attempta Stands TO ths
credit of Charlie Fitzpatrick. who IN ne iah
OF IaaS did minutes II seconds ~ Iravets
Island, and he ran himself almost % death
Those around Travers Island At the tins we're
OF the opinion that Of al the middle distance
men Fitzpatrick was the most PROMISING 70
tumble this supposedly invinctbls tea'
Ne had apsod and could stay The journey
90 with the hope that be would do u. tTics
the race vas put on specially with ilEnited
handicap 20 that he could be well extended
a. every stage OF the rae. KnpAtriok ran
aplendidly, dong the half mile n i:Ss, but
/ Inc old timers Who had ssen hyern % his
record shook their heads and said the SAT-
vas 100 STOW, as theg said Myers did better
than 81 when hs ma1e the record. seem
inaly thsy had the correct dope. for Ah-
patrick failed though he ran himself eiean
! out 10 the last ounce. A week ago Melvin
sheppard made a good attempt o. the
eanSs Of the Pastlme 4. C.. oy runniAg
aee0nd 70 a bandleap man Who did trao-
tlOn sloWer than the record.
nut while numerOus bids are Advertised
for the go yard homer u = singular tha'
nons Of the craoks ever advertised 70 taks
a fail out Of the record Of , os i-S seoOnds
for the three e-uuarteFs Of a mile made oy
Tommy COHnsR In isos I, h easy 20 ac-
count for the neglect. for this h the best
record on the book. and the one above al
the others AGAINST Whioh the tip toppsfs
OF the presrnt would out ba, a very pool
aaurs Any one Ol the men Who Wo1lo
asplrs 10 emulate cOnneH at this particular
distance can 90 10 TIE best track in ht'
nslEhborhood and try 10 run the sort Of
race hS did. Ne Wus leading a. tho hal
mile IN / g. and sVsFy stride after that b
drew away from Fitzpatrick. his aRereael''
opponsni. and won by about twenty -hV'
J Yards Previous 10 that day the recor'
vas 3 Of. and Klpatriok beat this hy frao
ton This ihres-guaEtfrs Of z nile ls rseor, =,
IS the one that should remain 'oasea' Of
me pittsburg Athletic Association AM
those Who Rave lately taken iancy =
rack snd asld sgoSIs around the 5sss' ~ W.
J ant a new division Of the 4 -
: ,eTTitory 70 take in Nesierm fennay ivanta
, sastern uhio AND West virginia. som
lime sgo the It,,s9urs psSp's nS1 ~
sociation and pittsbuTg tmmediatelI Wanie'
IN form 4 new district body ~ else the
Mould breah away ftem he Jane
III sullivan. sesIs,aiy itS1sHrs, ~ n, M sn ~
soci alton and " the iftlsburg people wan'e
, : TO Fe, out they could DO 80. but they Noul
, have 10 stay Oui ,,..,- -, -.
Oh; @i ~ ne is'SsG' Snsa, 2G t9y SsSssFs ior NH
y but thsy are edginG around toNard ~
I. bslIiRerent side agaln for y euett & BrONt
= Who Il president Of the 4. \. says thef
: viii b. q new association and that ~ ~
2 Isy he matter before the national bod
new No, emheF hose who arr ccnverAar
With the state Of athlstirs IN and arOun
jttahurR say there u 20 need Tor ne
= aasSclatlan aa the South AtlAntic Aasocia
ton people arc Weli able 20 take care Of N
: FrsnE Irons. the Olympic chaUplo
u broad jumper Il rounding INTO share afal
Inehs. soulA Indicate For a shlls a. q
end of Last aeaaan y looked a. " Irons ha
!. done he last BIZ q iumping for he srnevs
from q sprain of the ero'n Out On "
SSs.S .Ss Sstsd ,s ~ ns rss,. ~ ~ Sar n re hS
siep and iuno. though the pertormAns
was not a bic one gy any meansi
" up e1, wSi 20 nue. esl sn % pSh n r.slrsT., s,
- avar alTre
" In She Twelve hour waIk held coup
u of Wekks aRO % stamford BridEe, Londo
GS Ss RsTS mi ia ss sST. ne SS @sT ,hsTs sSL me-
al string Of records from u 70 ~ milee y
y. elusive The winner ~ ne event rs
q, Payne Of the MiddleaeN walkinE Clue sI
"a and 10 hsd beaten his nearest c0mpetit9
~ n n Roberts of the sane club by nj
a. and 70 yards Wss only atter me ~
q, test had been aVe hour under % Ssy 10y, ,a ~
- was ma inta ned in the meantine, For q
al I've hours Psyns had covered eHaciy
miles and then R0beFta vas about 50 yar'
Ss9,@s a. h % y '9'' S@ss s'ss iSs SSFsG 70 sS 5.
=, danger. but as time wore on hey becaH
ut well out II reach.
" a ths sxari . miles Payne wss 2 lol
SS,ss SSy S;hs6 SS sssn Ss toms 70 %S % hsloT
and he kept 10 The pace - vel that ~
i. niies he had beaten 7. p HAmmOne
70 record ~ - mlnutes. In the list Of necor
ne given below L II worthy Of note N
r. the professional record for 70 miles
10 haaten hy ahOut q minute, the Old ma
u. 70 Ire crsdii of } Bibbara being y hpu
NJ. ~ minutes - seconds, made ~ the Agrte'
he tuFnl Nall iODdon, on May ~, lsNs w
~ Tor II and u miles Payne vas vel ahe
lot Of " HOve's's times. The y mile. y
a tesaiomal mark II 70 hour - minutes
ne sec0nda. and " miles iiNi3 hOurn ~ minul
80 2 seconds and made IN May, ise0. WI
tho eHt ept ION Of the recoTde for 81, a
lm ~ miles Which were 10 the credit o. u.
rin Hammand all the previous recOrde NV
,r- helOW were wlada by " Brown a. the "
"a dlum on september "A. te09. The folle
he ing list show tho new records and the old
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