The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-08
'AMERIGANAThLETE
BEST ! I|N||iTH||IE|: WORLD u!
Some Records Which Bear.
Out That Broad As.
sertion.

NEW YORK. May s.-That the Amer.
lea athlete hans reached a stage OF
preparedness that would bode II for
rest Of the world athletic were the
olympic games TO be held this sum.
mer as originally scheduled, can be
readily appreciated by a glance at the
reports OF track meets held in yari.
GUS parts OF THE country each week.
Five worlds records were broken Sor
equaled In two sets OF games last Sat.
urday and the time In some OF these
events could easily have been bet.
tered had the performers realized how
near they were to record figures.
At the University OF Pennsylvania
Relay meet the Cornell university four.
mile relay team. consisting OF Tay.
lor, Hoifmire, windgate and Potter,
equalled the record Of lin 81 1.5s,
a nd Potter, who ran the last mile.
could easily have clipped this time
had he known that he was within
reach OF the worlds record. The Yale
university two.mile relay team con.
sisting Of Rolfe, Cooper, Barker and
overton, also equalled the best time
for the distance and here again il was
within the bounds OF possibility thu
the quartet OF .half.milers might nave
done even better than I'm 53s had
they been informed how near they
were to the existing mark.
In the 120.yard high hurdles race
Simpson OF the University OF Miss.
ouri, skinned over the bars like a
swallow in los fat on grass course,
which was not particularly fast. equal.
ling the best time ever made on eth.
er cinders or turf. The star perform.
ance Of the day, however, was one
that went unchecked from an official
standpoint. That was the running OF
the final quarter OF the one.mile re.
lay by Captain Ted Meredith OF the
University OF Pennsylvania. Meredith
was timed by a number Of expert hand.
lers Of stop watches from &c 3.5 to
A As seconds for his relay. when he
was trying to make up the long handi.
cap given him by the third runner
ofithe Pennsylv ania team.
The difference In the figures record.
ed by these unofficial timers Is ea.
explained by the fact that they start.
ed their watches at different stages.
Meredith went back fully ten yards be.
yond the starting line TO meet tho
fast firing Scudder, who was running
the third relay. When he took tbs
baton he carried It fully 450 yards in.
stead OF $40 yards. Some of the tim.
ers started their watches the moment
he received the baton while others
waited until he crossed the actual
starting mark. These were the tim.
ers who clicked Meredith in better,
than AZ seconds fiat on a curved track
wereas the worlds recond AZ seconds.
held by Maxey Long on $40 yard
straightway. p
The record breaking OF the day
was not confined entirely to the east.
however. for on the Pacific coast Fred
Kelly one of the record.holding hurf.
lers did "a 2.5 seconds for the 22O.
yard hurdles around a curve thus bet.
terlng the existing time. Kelly has
been hurdling In wonderful form all
spring but he is not without worthy
rivals since Earl Thompson defeated
him in the 120.yard hurdles in Is sec.
onds fiat thus equalling the wtrld's
best time at about the same moment
that Simpson was accomplished SINH.
lar feat at Philadelphia.
A remarkable exhibition of game.
ness was recently given in New York
city by Jack Niflot, former Olympic
champion wrestler. In a special match
with gorge Bothner for large
side bet and purse Niflot had his
right shoulder clearly dislocated al
the end OF SO minutes Of wrestling
The fall was given to Bothner. Dur.
ing the ten minutes intermisslon q
surgeon reset the dislocation and MI.
lot returned to the mat and wrestl.
ed Ave hours without Bothner being
able to gain the second fall, and the
referee declared the bout a draw az
the conditions called for two falls
to win.
At the opening day OF the "War
Racing Season" at the Berlin trottinr
course Of Mariendorf, $4,000 was pali
in gate money and the state betting
machines took in about $4,000. 4
large number Of race meetings are
planned for May and June.