Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
WONDER WHETHER
To GIVE WALKER
SPECIAL CREDIT
George f. GouIding Equals His
Own Record for indoor
Walking but Over a Longer
mile Track,

tsr aosaae lousasL esactsl ttssrp wi"rl
Now York. Jan. 27.--Amatrur Ath-
lstic union officers arc considering
the question az 20 whether George r.
Goulding, ~ Toronto Canada, should
receive special credli for his feat IN
recently eq0alling his indoor mile
walking record Of minutes 2s sec
onds, made In this city under tho In
tcfnatlnnnl Athletic Federation rules
in this event GouldinR but cqualled
his previous record made at Buffai7
m 1911 although he wnlked close 10
eight Yards farther In New York than
he did ~ Buffalo owing TO the diff
ference IN the system Of track meas
urement.
The case has been the subject Of
much discussion among track ana
field authorities and the consensus OF
opinion among the experts Is that
glnce GouldlnB, under the inttrnntion-
"a system of track measurement which
now prevails, covered nearly eight
yards mare than he did IN the buffalo
event. special mention should he
given the performance which " viz
iuailv new record The new rule.
which calls for margin Of twelve
Inches Instead Of eighteen inches from
the inner edge. actually compels the.
walker OF runner 10 cover Il fraction
over seven yards 10 the mile more
than The old rule required. The word
ing OF the rule, 10 the casual reader.
would make Il appear that under the
nov condition the athlete would save
fcw yards IN mile.
One Of those who did not know Just
how the track is measured aud where
the new rule requires Il competing
athlete "a cover moro space. asked an
explanation from william H. ("Spar-
row. Robertson, the we'll known ath-
Ictic authority and track builder, who
has had years Of experience in prcpor-
Ing and measuring indoor and outdoor
tracks.
This question comes up frequent
~" said Robertson In reply. and an
erroneous impression IN regard TO u
seems to prevail. In measuring "A
track for an exact mile or any part Of
IL the correct distance Is marked by
line and then run under the rule,
the curb or inncrmost limit commonly
called the pole IL set up or painted
distinctly. twelve inchea inside Of the
correct measurement line Formerly
apace OF eighteen inches was the
rule. 10 II can readily be seen that the
new conditions compel the walker or
runner 10 cover more ground by sew
eral inches IL the lap than under the
eighteen inch rules
THE Hale af the Chicago National
ieanae club IN WeeHhman and others
is supposed 10 mark the passing, tom
norariy At least Of Charles Webb
Murphy and many stories are cropping
up regarding the former president of
the Cubs One has to do with a hoax
which he pernctrated npan baseball
correspondents and prominent fans
some years ago. shortly before the
opening Of the National league season
all were in receipt Of an annual pass
10 the Chicago ball park, regardless of
the city In which they lived. In each
case the card bore the number II"
carefully stamped Ia the space allotted
for the serial number The recipient
Immediately assumed that In making
out the cards Murphy had Thought of
him first. II was not until midscnson
that discussion of the point brought
about general comparison OF cards
and the discovery that all the passes
carried hut one figure and that was
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