The Washington herald., 1913-08-18

Athletic sharps throughout the United
States would welcome the discovery Of
a new champion who would convince i'm
partial critics and timekeepers of his
ability to run 100 yards in 3-5 seconds.
Only two men in the history of amateur
athletics have been credited with this
performance. They are Arthur Duffy, of
Georgetown University, and Dan Kelly,
the latter representing the Multnomah A
c.. of Portland, Ore
Both of these records have been dis
credited The Amateur athletic Union
and the Intercollegiate 4. A a. both
agree that Duffy made his time legiti-
mately, but in series of magazine ar
ticles which he subsequently wrote ne
bcasted of some of his actions as an
amateur in such a way that both bodies
disqualified him as a professional and
expunged his record from their books.
Dan Kelly is still credited on the A.
A. L. books with the world record Of
3-5 seconds, but no person, not even
the A. A U. officials themselves. really
believe that Kelly ever made this time.
They were helpless, however, to do other
than accept the record, because the track
was properly measured and the timers
made affidavits to the time their watches
recorded To have refused the record
would have been to discredit the A. A. U.
officials in the West, where the meet was
held.
Kelly Beaten by IN-Sccond Man.
What convinces the competent critics
that Kelly never made the time credited
to him was that from the time he made
his alleged records he was never able 10
win solitary race in time better than
l0.l5 When he came East, and even
after he was acclimated. he was repeated
ly beaten by Ben who could only do 10.
This led to the conviction that Kelly got
his record through incompetent timing.
Because of the circumstances attend
ing the performance of Duffy and Kelly.
the discovery of bona fide :OS 80 man
would be extremely gratifying. 1t re-
uuires an almost abnormalathlete to run
100 Yards in :O9 3-5 At present there arc
in the United States just three men
who look to be capable of such per-
formance. They are Howard Drew, OF
the Springfield CMass) High School, and
Don Lippincott and ]. f. Patterson. both
# the University of Pennsylvania.
1t is the belief of those who have
studied the possibilities of all three OF
these men that il running 100 yards in
:O9 3-5 is physically possible, one of them
will accomplish 1t before his athletic
career ends. providing they all concen-
trate upon it.
Drew Looks Best.
OF the three men Drew looks to be
slightly the best. In a school meet in
Maine on May 81 he was credited with
having made this wonderful time, but
the record has not been accepted. and is
not likely to be. At the Olympic games
last year Drew broke down in his semi
final heat of the 100 meters and was not
able to take part in the finals. Except
for this breakdown Trainer Mike Murphy
declared that Drew would have been the
winner. and, further, that he would have
won the race in time that would have
amazed the athletic world. After the
breakdown at Stockholm Murphy made
the following comment:
} 81 am sorry that Drew met with this
accident, because IL he had been able to
start in the condition he has been dis
playing since his arrival here he would
have won the race by a yard and half.
/ am not saying this to underestimate
the ability of Craig, who actually won
the race. But in practice Drew showed
speed such as I never saw displayed by
any sprinter. I ran him repeatedly with
Lippincott and I know just how fast
Lippincott was.
Beat Lippincctt.
"Lippincott was doing even time con-
sistently and he showed how good he
was when, IN MS preliminary heat OF
the 100 meters. he made what is now
the worlds record of 10 3-5 seconds for
the distance. and this was better than |
4-5 seconds for 100 yards. In all the |
trials that Drew and Lppincott ran Drew |
continuously beat Lippincott by any,
where from a yard to two yards. never |
saw such wonderful leg action as Drew
possessed His legs new like pistons, and |
IL 1t were not for his accident he would |
have astonished the world with his time.
II he ever RECEIVERS cornnlstslv from that