Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-27
CONSIDER WALKING FEAT
G0ULDlNG EQUALLED MARK;
ON TRACK LITTLE LONGER
Went Eight Yards More. mud Amateur
Athletic Union May Accept
New Record.

NEW YORK. January 26.-Amatcut
Athletic Union officers are CONSIDERING
| the question as TO whether George T.
Goulding, of Toronto, Canada. should
receive special credit for his feat ii,
recently eQualing his indoor mile walk
Ing record of miles Is steps. made
, In this city under the international
Athletic Federation rules. In this even;
Goulding only cqualed his previous rec
ora made at Buffalo in 1911. althoug h
he walked close to eight yards further
in New York than he did at Buffalo,
! owing to the difference in the system
OF track measurement.
The case has been the subject or
much discussion among track and field
authorities, and the consensus of opin .
ION among the experts Is that since
/ iouiding. under the international sys-
TEN or track measurement which now
prevails, covered nearly eight yards
more than he did in the Bnnalo event
special mention should he given the
performance which is virtually . new
record. The new rule. which calls for
margin of twelve inches instead CT
eighteen inches from the inner edge
actually compels the walker or runner
10 cover fraction over seven yards to
the mile more than the old rule re {.
CURED. The wording of the rule. to the
casual reader. would make IL appear
-
letc would save n few yards in a mile
one or those who did not know lust
now the track is measured and where
me new rule requires n competing ath-
iete 10 cover more space aud WIS one
or those Interested in the discussion
asked an explanation from William II
tSpnrrow") Robertson the well
known athletic authority and tract,
builder, who has had years of expori-
ehce IN preparing and measuring ind cor
and outdoor tracks
This question comes up very fro
quently." said Robertson in reply land
an erroneous impression in regard 10
II seems TO prevail. In measuring n
track for an exact mile or any part
OF II the correct distance is marked
by line and then under the rule the
curb or inncrmost limit commonly
called the pole is set up or pain,ed
distinctly, twelve inches inside Of tho
correct measurement line Formerly
space of eighteen inches was tho
rule. so 1t can readily he seen that
the new conditions compel the walker
or runner TO cover more ground BY
several inches to the lap than under
the eiGhtccn-inch rule"
The sale OF the Chicago National
IenEue Club to Wceghman and others
is supposed to mark the passing tenn
porarily at least. OF Charles Wehb
Murphy ana many stories are cropping
up regarding the former president Of
the Cubs. One has TO do with a hoax
which he perpctuated upon baseball
correspondents and prominent fans
some years ago. Shortly before m.
opening Of the National League season
all were In receipt OF an annual pass TO
the Chicago ball park. regardless Of
the city in which they lived. In each
case the card bore the number y" care
fully stamped in the space allotted for
! me serial number. The recipient i'm
neo'a'ciy assumed that I'm making out
the cards Murphy had thought of him
hrst II was not until mtdscason M,
Il discussion OF the point brought about
a general comparison OF cards and tho
discovery that all the passes carried
put one figure and that was 81"