El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-19

CAL on March IS 1919, Howard P
! Drew, of the University Of Southern
California, equaled the record OF 80
seconds held by Keily-WhiCh was the
first time this had been cone since 1906
virtually another generation OF track
men. This record was finally accepted
by the Amateur Athletic union, and at
tine present time Kelly and Drew are
the only two record holders on the
books for this distance
dark still Stands.
Whether the time viii ever be bet
tered is rather doubtful when one
considers all the fast champions who
have never succeeded in lettering this
mark There are two or three men
however, who are capable Of doing
40 seconds and who have chance
Of eQualiuC the worlds record Of 9 5-5
seconds Jim Patterson. the flyer OF
the University of Pennsylvania, is one
of these men. and many believe him
capable Of carrying this out. Jim ran
9 4-5 seconds at the intercolIegiates
two years ago, but was not able TO re-
peat last year This year there should
be a different story to tell, and Patter-
son should again equal his former mark
and. as said before, has q chance Of
lettering his record.
The 20 Record.
The go yard dash presents a slight
iy different aspect and seems TO be just
where the 100 yard dash record was be-
fore it was broken for the last time.
Starting with 1856, W Baker was the
first one 10 run the distance in 'evens'
jim other words % seconds. This was
not touched until 1892. when H Jewett
ran it in q So seconds. The record
remained on the books until 1895. the
second year that Wefers ran As for
the hundred He also smashed the rec
ord for the 22Q and ran the distance
In 81 Is seconds. This record has
stood since then, but has been equaled
six times-twice by Ralph Craig-so al
the present time the record Of q Is
seconds is held jointly by six men.
The first one To equal this mark
after Wefers was Kelly, who in 1906,
at Spokane, after break king the 100 yard
dash record, the same day eQuaIei the
220 yard record held by Wefers. The
next man to equal this performance
was Ralph Craig. the last Olympic
champion for the 100 and 200 meters.
Craig equaled this record in two sue
cessive years, 1910 and 1911. at the in
tercOllegiate races both times. In 1913
LippinCott succeeded in eQualing the
record again, while in 1914 Howard
Drew, in February at Claremont park.
Cal, and George Parker in October at
Fresno, Cal. both equaled the record
again
May Set Mark.
This record. the same as the hun
drec- seems TO have reached the limit
t'AN AAlGLE AAAE0 oEtll 20 ne more OF a
chance for this mark falling than in
the shorter sprints. The distance IS
longer, and there is greater chance for
q Splinter TO gain momentum and speed.
The only record which stands for pro-
fessiOnaI racing in this event is one
made by J. Donaldson in Scotlsnd last
summer q year ago. Donaldson ran
the distance in q II seconds.
AS said above, there seems to be some
chance that this record viii be broken,
and the coming spring viii show to a
great extent just how much truth there
is in the prophecy. At the intercoUe-
siate, Smith. Of Michigan, Van VIM
KEEL of Cornell, and Lockwood. Of Penn
sylvania, viii all get together again.
and as these men have improved since
last year, the time should be better.
the best chance for the record
breaking performance viii be at the ex-
position at san Francisco. where the A.
A. T. championships are to be held
Here all Of the present champions and
record holders Will compete together
for the first time. and when two or
three men are in one race and jointly
hold a worlds mark. some one of them
should be pushed TO better it.