Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-08
JOE RAY GREAT miller
EXPERTS BELIEVE HE CAN
COVER DISTANCE IN ALL
Nncrd During FIRST IIuIY-niic Injured
ncc"rd for Rnr~ Against john.
OrcrtUn RccrntIy.


Tho carly bird catches The worm. and
IN" carly speed wrecks ,hc records
"u"n on TIA" Trail Of Father Time ono
cannot husband any too much energy
Tor 'hc last dash 60, the tape Lying
1hck and watiu" FOR th"'iuiaf Inay win
.""a' nut ~ "ill 40, smash records.
When :. rUaocr '.,ut.
'hinS from tho record book he must
S'"r' III .rasin% At gum" anh Keep
IL hp every step of i,c Na-
Winch all touches on ;bc recon,
'Nrrtoh- Ray nile race In Madison
:HH"r- ''"rdcn and IN" failure Of Ray
10 WIZ" out Dvcrton'S indoor mile rec
ord OF i:l6. Both Ovcrtou and Ray
ar" '"pahi" of HtcppinE eight furlongs
over the boards IN better than i:l5.
ia" only reason tic winner Of the big
mn" ducl ia the Garden lat W"dncs
day night did not smash the indoor
record {" sinithcr"cns was the absence
Of early Sp.ed
All of the rmnning ~, rhe l;ay-Over-
ton duel Was rlrdr it, the las; half
mile. y !osGug FIRST h;tir IN o:lG"-
saved the scalp OF Father Tnm" Rays
hehrtbrealEinE last half mil" in ::o2 30
caused ov-rtrn 10 crack. hut II didn't
c"cn make the record tTciGoIc.
IT Ray had ran his hs,i" II 2.Of
better n" certainly would lave come
home under ilG. RAY ctp sep a half
mule In 2:0I and cXp"ld only trim.
10 20. Atop OF his 9.IG half h" could
plant Il second h:tf pt eco. 80 expert
Who has seen the Ghica4ndu Ia action
doubts for on" iuiaut" lay = 'rD"h billy
"i running mil" Wi;h halves @! 2:"'
aud 2.6s, rcSpcctiyclr. In tie condition
Ray recently has been ,u 'n' writer
believes Joie .apabl" or running a first
half I'm 2:D3 and with proper "ompe-
iiton on the last half covering the last
four fur!OuEy around 9:Os.
What. YOU cNciaint, Eay capable -
- I'll mile" Ycs. Sire. And II Joic
can hold his rrcscn; form this sum
m"r's campaign most likely VIII prove
III" contention.
The only micr who ever hung up
great time Tor the nit" ia which the
hrst half Nas not q fast on" IL John
Paul Jones. And had John Paul Jones
run the right Kind Of t race the day
he turned in his famous i.ii - the
lauky Coruelliau certainly would have
covered TIA. mile around 40 The
writer only is repeating statement
he made on tn" day OF tn" great mile
by Jones. III" SAM. opinion has been
made by such rcc"r rizcd athletic an
;horitics ny tho late James T.. Suili-
van, Lawson Robertson, sparrow
Robertson. Pouch Donavan, johnny
Mack and others.
Fn.t On EinnI Quarter.
When Jones ran his remarkable =
- mite h" covered th- hrsi u"|t ia
:. ~ 30 and raced his last nal -.ui!-
in 2.o5 Ito practically mae" nii or
his running on the last quarter. Si"p-
ping IN" tw" furl0ngs 20 - J.. ser-
onds. If there had hecn "rt "l" 20
push him on the Inst quarter. tn" COR
ucll!an probably woulu haSo r.n ~
cyou more remarkable tim"
When ". g. Gcorg" made his worlds
professional! mile record 90 i.l'3-' iis
first two quarters w,"e termed ia = !-2
AM 81 l-2 seconds. respectively. 'USnel
every step OF the way ~ Hlli, CAM
mings. t;-org" ran las thiid uuaCtc~ IN
81 g.; ana 80 seconds. resu-ctirrIN.
Compare IN" quarters ia tic GoOr-v-
Cummings duel on ii" Lille irthGc
track. IS - 90 =. s. and &C. " ith
II" quarters in IA" iiay-pvtrton duel
iu Madison Squai" Garden, Is ). IS.
80 81 aud So aud the reason rh" Ray
lid not smash IN. record ~ APPARENT
Remembering Eay'- two irs' pu"i tcr4
Of * % and - seconds. consider the
first and second Uu"r;crs mad" in oihcr
famous mile races when TOMMY Con
n,T did his t.lj3-a mile AZ Travers
island in 1895 his nrst twO quarters
wore "a and G3 seconds. respectively
when Tinclcr led corncn hor,c in
4l5l-5, in their memorable nrofcs-
sioual mic match on old Worcester
oval in 1921. George did hts nrst
quarter in ~ seconds ana MS cpnd In
80 i-5 In Eiviats .i5&.. race II
irI@ Abcrg first two quarters we're run
IN - and ST.. seconds. respectively
When Norman Taber 'uade his worlds
amateur mile record az i.l23- tn"
Brunonian turned his hrst Iu r''r in ~
seconds and his second in 80 seconds
Taber's record w"> made responsible by
slashing hrst aud last quarters. h!i
opening quartet ~ - seconds beng
popped ty last quarter 60; . 30 see
onds
II the ruuuiue had nc,u made rieht
from the gun. - IL should nave been,
in the recent pycrtou kaJ Iucl III"
winner certainly would hsvc com. bone
under +.i5 Hoth runners have .ho*n
themselves capable uf it, When over
ton cd his i.li over the boards AZ
Philadelphia n" ran his first half in
200 >. y faster first half that even
ing would have resulted in faster tine
than 4.l6 being turned N.