Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-08

derful powers of endurance, the searchers no doubt would be surprised. He has most remarkable physical en- dowment. There is not a man in the world, 1t is believed, who can hold a candle to Americas wonderful middle distance runner. Ted's strength bor- ders on the superhuman.
 Did you see him at the 1912 Pennsyl- vania carnival go through his 44O yard stunt for MercerSburg Academy in AS 4-5 seconds? Maybe unless you were a track and field expert, you did not pay much heed to the cleverness of that performance. To critics who saw that race astonishment was theirs. Ted started off with a sprint and not once did he slacken that terrific pace until be breasted the tape. Did he collapse? :? He certainly did not, and for one who had been through such a grueling con- test his recuperatiVe powers were won derful. If you did not pay much at- tention to the glowing stories of the press immediately following his sen sational run on Franklin Field, you were forced to know him by his bril- liant 1912 Olympic performances, when he won the 800-metre run. In that race at Stockholm he continued on to the half establishing new worlds records for the two official distances 1:51:9 and l.: g F, respectively. As though this was not enough, Ted won his way to the finals in the 400-metre run anu WdS lOuTIn III d CIOS6 DruSn with Reidpath, America; Braun, Ger many, and Lindberg U.. $. A. In the seminal heat Ted trotted to the wire in 4S:8. In these worlds champion ship events he proved his tremendous powers.
 At the intercollegiate championships last year Meredith ran one of the best fields of quarter -milers ever gathered in America. In his heat he was con- tent to lope along, Jansen, of Mich4 gan, taking the trial in 50 Is. In the final it was different, and when he started no man living could have held him safely. The time here was 48 2-5, the next fastest quarter Ted ever travelled. Just to show his great ca pacity for punishment, Ted answered the clerks call for the half-mile. How he raced here will ever be remembered by those who witnessed the race. It was not generally believed Ted would be able to stand the strain after his hard quarters, for fresh men were against him here. He surprised his stanchest admirers. At the first quar- ter he was at Browns heels. The Yale man was running like a f1end, with Caldwell, the ultimate winner pock- eted- M. S Hayes, Princeton, was running a bit off the pole at Mere dith's shoulders, and just behind the pocket came Capper, of Harvard, and the color runner, Granger, of Dart mouth. Ted held them all safe until the final sprint. Then it was diScov- cred that even Meredith was human. He finished third, and his distance was not far behind the winner, Caldwell, who was forced to smash all existing half-mile intercollegiate records. The winner was cloclled in 1 minute 53 2-5 seconds. Brown, who had led nearly all the way, was second, while Capper and Hayes were the next in order after Meredith.
 It is typical of Ted that he doesn't know just how fast he can go, for he is seldom distressed. At the Canadian game last year he was credited with a 47:4 quarter, and it is the belief of thousands in America that the long existing record of AT seconds fiat, made by Maxy Long, on the Guttenberg race track, New York city, will go flying when Ted makes a try of it on the 440-straightaway at the Panama -Ex- position championships, San Francisco, in August.