El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-03

EW YORK, June shake hands
NJ with the greatest runner the
Il world has known The name is
James =. Merecfth. Call him Ted, II
YOU prefer It TO the James E. This
husky son Of the University OF Penn
sylvania has proved himself the most
wonderful all around foot racer since
Adam Just how fast Adam went at
various distances is not known accur-
ately because he was not timed by the
present methods. but the chances are
that Meredith could outleg him over
any course from ten yards 10 p miles
We state without hesitation thal lne
most remarkable days running ever
done by anybody was that shown py
Ted Meredith in the INTERCOLLEGIATE
at Cambridge Mass, last Saturday In
creating a new worlds record IN inc
quarter mile around a turn OF 4 %
seconds and setting a new lntercolle-
siate mark Of one minute, % SECONDS
in the half he displayed his aoiIIts
TO run entirely different KINDS or
races. In the quarter. which came
first he was racing against pracIi-
csIlv nothing but the Watch, TOT ne
simply ran away from his field in the
last 100 yards ana won oy margin
OF at least eight YARDS.
The half mile found him in battle
with Bill Bingham OF Harvard rlgnl
Up TO the last stride he had some
bodr 10 beat this time and had TO call
on his famed reserve power to nose
out the Cambridge man by yard and
a half in the first race he ran Tor q
record. in the second he ran TO win
and the reebrd was natural accom-
panimeut of the victory under the cir
cumstances. for Bingham himself was
clicked in -53 %.
Broke His own Record.
Meredith's half mile at Cambridge
rHs.Hs for saHrFaa HTf
orr vvav of thinking that his faster
one in Philadelphia two weeks before
when he shattered his own world =
record made at the 1912 Olympic games /
in. stockholm by tray elins me olsl -7 ne
in one minute, 80 10 seconds IhaJ +
worlds record race was only Tour :
fffths Of a second faster than the one 1
in Cambridge. which was run just after b
a worlds record quarter Meredith Z
had no more than half an hours rest F!
between the final OF the 40 and the .
$50. To have a 1913 performance IN &
him after travelling A IS quarter
is astonishing
There are Still old timers who will
sing the praises Of Len Myers as an
All around fOotman. but they viii be
put Of order now If they try TO com
pare his work with AIeredith's. The
wonderful Ted could beat Myers on
he greatest day the ancient star ever
Knew. He could thrash Myers at any
distance. from the shortest spring TO
he longest grind Myers was sup
POSED to be at his best in the middle
distances, from quarter TO q mile. but
light there is where Meredith would
exhibit the greatest superiority over
lirl. At distances greater than a mile
Meredith could simply walk away from
Myers and he also is q greater sprint
get M more speed for Q short
dash down a straightaway-
Fast in the Dnsbes-
In the dual meet with Dartmouth
exactly four weeks ago Meredith ran
the 100 and go yard dashes. letting
the longer races alone He wanted to
~ sprints
he won both events with ease. be
ne clocked in 10 seconds for the 100
nd % seconds for the furlong. In the
90 one Of the watches caught him at
40 seconds and in the 22O one of
hem had him as fast as q s..
Taking Meredith at distances Of more
nan half mile is opening the door
n a public mystery The average
ouoWer Of track and field athletics
oeSn'r know that TED has run mile
training at the rate Of four minutes.
s seconds. without anybody to pace
i'm OF TO press him to a record at the :
nlsn- In a two mile jog at a rapid
ace ne has recorded nine minutes 81
sconos- better time than was made by e.
oLter OF Cornell who won the inter :
two miles last week In
Fe mile iimoering up spin one day
60 covered the distance in &c minutes
seconds, without any effort at all
attain real speed. The chances are
lat this bird could set new worlds q
CORDS even at these longer distances {
ne should 20 out for them >