The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19
Believes Sprinter Has Reached Limit

EAOR many years it was the hope
 of every ambitious amateur sprint CT to cover the "century'' in 10 sec onds-5 After F.. westing cut the time to S4-5 seconds there was a long lapse until the present time of g S-5 seconds, which stands as the record. According to many clever track performers and close observers of form, the sprinter has at last reached his speed limit in the 100 yard dash, although the 220 and 40 yard events provide better 5oppor- tunities for fast time. Among those who believe that there is little chance for a lower mark is Donald F. Lippin- colt, captain of the University of Penn sylvanta track team and one of the fastest sprinters~ in the country In discussing this important athletic sub 1ect Captain Lippincott says:
 When the Amateur Athletic union was formed in 1888 and the records were placed on the books of the asso- citation the first one to be. put down was the 100 yard mark. At that time the fastest century run in the course ] Of that year was by F. Westing, who ran the full distance in g 4-5 seconds. This time was not even equaIed until 1895, when B. J. Wefers did the same time, repeating the performance in the following year In 1897 J., Maybury and Wefers were credited with 4-5 seconds, and J. H. Rush equaIed this | time in 1898. This mark was not equaf led again until 1902, when w. A. Shectl of Harvard did the distance in the same time. c. Blair, w. D. Eaton and c. l.. Parsons all did 4-5 seconds in the following three years.
 "The next year provided the big sur prise and the sporting world was as tonished when it was announced that the 100 yard record had been broken. It was believed that no man could l G~,e,A g 4~5 seconds. However, in 1906 D. .I Kelly succeeded in doing this and ran 100 yards in g 3-5 seconds. This rec ord has stood since 1906, although many 1 times since there have been run1ors of men having eQuaIed this record How ever, there always has been some mis- 1 take, either a short track or not enough watches or some other reason, and there has been no other record accept ed for this distance
 +Last spring, however, another world beater came to light. At a meet at Berkeley, Cal, on March 2S, 1914, How ard P. Drew of the University of Southern California equaled the record ! of 3-5 seconds held by Kelly. This record was finally accepted by the Amateur Athletic union, and at the present time Kelly and Drew are the l only two record holders on the books for this distance.
 ''The 220 yard dash presents a slight ly different aspect and seems to me to be just where the 100 yard record was before it was broken for the last time Starting with 1886, w. Baker was the first to run the distance in 'evens'-in other words, in p seconds. This was not touched until 1892 when H. Jewett ran it in 21 3-5 seconds. This record remained on the books until 1896. the second year that Wefers ran 4-5 for the hundred. He also smashed the
 
 tance in 21 Is seconds. The record has stood since then, but has been equaled six times-twice by Ralph Craig-so that at the present time the record is held jointly by six men,
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