Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-07
RECORD FOR 44O
Event MADE ON
TRACK IN 1900
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ner was j. B. Taylor, the colored flyer
of the University of Pennsylvania.
Taylor at one time held the record
in the intercollegiate Taylor and
Nat CartmelI were two of the stars
at Pennsylvania at that time, and the
colored runner entered the 44O at Nor
folk From the start it was anything
to beat the colored runner, and Taylor
was forced outside. but by a burst OF
speed he passed the bunch close to
the tape and won one of the greatest
races in the A. A. L. history. Taylor
was a clean type of athlete and the
track fans in numbers regretted to
hear of his death, which occurred
some time ago.
Around 1908 and 1909 I.indberg OF
Chicago took much of the honors in
the 440-yard run, but Jack Nelson of
w. s. G. also showed burst of speed
in this event, and he was one of the
few short distance men who could
cover the quarter-mile under so Sec
onds Chicago University gave
great runner to athletics In Ira Daven-
port, who was star half-miler as well
as marvel in the 440-yard event. In
1910 Davenport ran the quarter in
4S 40, which is still the conference
record
Reidpath Star.
Then Halpin came into the lime
light in 1912, and at the same time c.
d. Reidpath of Syracuse jumped to
the front He made the quarter In 48
flat. which still is record for a col
lege meet, and topped this off by beat.
ing the best of the $40 men at Stock
holm After Reidpath left school Haff
of Michigan was the star. but the Ann
Arbor wan never came up to the mark
of the Olympic winner.
Following these men came Ted
Meredith. who has been the peer of
the Quarter-milers for the past two
years. He has been beaten by Cald-
well in special races, but Caldwell is
better known in the SS0-yard circles.
OF the present day men Meredith, Slo-
man of San Francisco, Wilkie, the
Yale runner, Bingham and Wilcox, the
football star of Harvard, and Des-
mond, the colored runner of Chicago.
may be classed as stars. Robinson of
Michigan, who was real star at pre-
paratory school, promises to equal
Merediths mark, but at the present
time is out of athletics on account of
failure to burn the midnight OIL
Minor Athletes.
Each club and school will claim |
their stars. and each section of the |
country bids for honors, but to the
East and Middle West must go the
major laurels. There have been a
number of stars on the coast. but |
Frank Sloman, who ran close to Mer-
edith last year in AZ flat, the record |
not being allowed on account of the
wind, is perhaps the best Quarter-mii- |
er that has ever represented the West |
Campbell. Nelson, Kadderly, Wyman
and others have starred and Dick
Grant of Stanford promises to be a
star, but it is up to the present day |
men to take the laurels from the East |
Amherst men have much to say of
Young, who was a real college cham.
pion.
There are many other quarter-mile |
runners who have made good, but |
those mentioned have secured the
most laurels when the 440-yard men
are mentioned Hawaii has not yet |
secured the right to claim a star man
creased interest in track It is certain
that soon runner will be developed |
who can crowd the so flat mark. Mills
next Saturday promises to break hi. |
present record, which will be one step
In advance. The next article will tell
of the stars in the half-mile event