The sun., 1910-06-26
'NEYS OF TM ATHLETES
BEST RECORD ON THE BOOKS
AND IT'S PROSPECTS.
New DlvIsioa % ths a. 4. q. stin Wanted
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No running record on the books e the
present time has been the target Of 80
many attacks ~ ne marx % ana for the
90 yArda. made By the late Ion Myers
twonty-nlne ycars agO. ana apparsntly
the record is a. aafe to-day aatt Nas the day
aftor MyeFu had established it In the long
string Of years which have since aitted By
many . goOd man has tried 10 duplicate ths
feat. and needless 10 state all have failed
IN fact every man who a. ell worried him
elf into the front rank Of middle dlstance
running tflod the old record, and whlle
osvofal I'D Well the majority were away 81.
One Of the 6sss attomDta stands 10 the
credit sf Charlie Fitzpatrick. who IN the iall
Of laaS did minutes u seoonds a. Travern
island. and he ran hlmAsli almost 10 death.
ThOae around Travera Island at the time WaTs
Of the opinion that Of all the middle distance
men fitzpatrick was he most pFOnising 70
tumbls this supposedly hvineibls feat,
Ne had spssd end cOuld stay the journey.
20 with the hope that be Wonld DO TIE trick
the race was pat on specially with a limited
handicap - hat be could be vel extended
a. every stage Of the rae. Kilpatrick ras
nplendldly. doing the half mile IN i.Ss, but
the Old timers Who had ssen hysrs d his
record shook their heads and said the gait
was TOO SLOW. a. they said Myers did better
than 81 when hs uaada ths record. Seem
iAgly thsy had Tho oOrrpot dope. for XII
patrick failed though he ran himself clean
cut 10 the last ounce. week ago Melvin
Sheppard made q good attempt at the
eames Of the Past9nAe A. c.. by running
ascOnd 70 . hAndlesp man who aid fra.-
ttOn gloWeP than the record.
But whlle numsrOua bids are advertised
for the .0n0 yard homer n n singular thaa
mona Of the cracks ever advertised 10 take
a fail out Of the record Of o. "a secondp
for the thres-uuarters Of a mile made by
Tommy COnnen IN isos u h easy 70 ar
count Tor che neglect, for this n the best
record 90 The book, and the One shove eli
the others AGAINST Whioh the tip toppsrs
of the present Weuld cut bat q very poor
agnra Any one of the men Who would
aspire 70 emulats connsG at this particular
distance can 30 10 the best track In bio
nsiRhbCghood and try 10 run the sort Of 4
race hs did He Waa leading a the half
mile IN . -. and every stride after that he
drew aWay from EilpaiFtok. hts Aggressive
Opponsni. and won by about tWeniy Ave
yards Previous 10 that daY the record
Waa 3 01. and knpatrick beat thia by frac-
Ton This thFee.quarters OF a mile record
! the cas that should remain iOAgsss on
me Pitisburg Athletic Association and
those Who have lately taken q fancy 70
track and Aeld apogts around the steel Chy
have not abapdoped ne idea thai they
want . nev & division q he 4 .i The
eastern UhiO and Hesi Virginia some
time ago the PtiisbuFR people had a hit
az . dlapute With the south Atlantic ~.
sOclaiion and pitis6nIg ImmsdialslL wan, ed
y Nould brssf away frsm the A James
y SulilNan -ecretaFy trOaaarer Of the
I saif there would he 20 nev as-
cialion and u The It,!sbnrg people wanted
ais .tSirmsnt look a little of the f.s
0ut OF the smoky tity hEhteFs for = Rhile
but they are edging aropnd toward the
Who y president Of the 4 4 I. says thsTe
Will BE- = new association and that he Wtll
lag The mattar before the national body
newt Nov enter. hQee Who arr Ccnversanl
WITH tho stats Of athletlcs In and around
association aa the South Atlantic Aasncia-
tion peopis are vel able 10 take care Of the
tsrritoy
a. hia recent nargoTmance of q feet o.
inches would Indicate FOr q while a. the
end of lnst asaR0n u looked a. n Irons had
tSns he lass b, e ia@plss for , b. '.re.sd
sIn baked isasid 1t ssSttIs Irons Sas
Siep and iuno. though the psrformancs
vas no, : els one gy any neansi "a, res ss
iuap 6ut vas 90 much IN paln after Ne
took one try that he has been In retirement
ever alNce
In lee twelve Aoar wslL 9sld a cogPls
no, only sss there ! new. smatsur mari
Tor the full disisn~s bui there Waa = nsW
sfring of Eecords from. 81 20 "a milea IN
clnNivs Ihe winner u ne event yas J
In the " hours he covered u miles ~ yards
nd he hsd beaten his nearest competiiOT
Y y Roberts II the same club BY mile
and y yards Was only after TIE con.
Payne went INTO the Iced. 6ui fast E.il
vas matntA ined IN the meaniime. For the
hve hours Payns had covered eKactly q
TseoFds msds ~ ] BGileS IooFsd 70 b "
danEeT bYt as time wore on they became
A. tRs SsSri y InilSs Payne vas = lons
onward Ne began 20 make Sthietio history
and he kept no the pare 20 vel that At y
miles he had beaten II p Hammond q
FecoFd by - minutes. IN the llst 0f records
Eivan hel0w q N worthy Of note that
the professional record for 70 miles wac
haaten hy hb0ut q minute. the 0ld mark
70 the credit Of J. Hibbard being y hour
~ nllnutas . aecOnda, made at the Agriegl-
tural Nall L1Ddon on Nay a. tsA. While
for u and u miles Payne waa vel ahead
Of w. Howe's'a times The n miles pro-
aeconds. and " miles iRii hour ~ minutes
2 seconds and made In May, isao. With
the eH6eDtiOn of the records for 50. n and
- miles whfh we're 10 the credit 81 r. v
Hammond al Tie ngeviQua records riven
below were uvade BY " brown AZ the sta-
dium on september "a ia0a. The follow
ing lisi show the neg recOrds and the old
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