Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
UNFAMILIAR SPORTS RECORDS.
Performances Of Rem arkabIe Athletes
Little Known to General Public.

@'eNiS NnoWn 10 SeneFdI FupHC.
The six day bicycle race is about The
last endurance test that remains with
us. Long distance racing. whether
afoot, awheel, or heel and toe, seems
to have passed out of vogue in recent
years. However, a glance at some CT
the remarkable and unusual records OF
athletic prowess of past aud present
may cause you to marvel-and possibly
wonder which side of Mattaewans wall
is the wrong side.
Martin Dobrilla. Bathurst Australia.
February. 1913 swung pair of 2A
pound Indian clubs for five days and
seventeen hours withou. stop.
Jack Burke and AudI- Bowen tcol-
oredD fought a draw. April &. 1893, IN
New Orleans. that las.ed seven hours
and nineteen minutes.
Jack Jones beat Patsy rnrney, Che
shire, England. in a battle thut lasted
2T6 rCunds.
George Littlewood, OF Sheffield Eng
land. holds all long distance records.
He ran 623 miles 1870 yards in l42
hours. He walked 531 miles lS3 yards
in 1919 hours.
George D. Noremac in a go-as-you-
please race covered 800 miles in 100
days. an average of 81 miles day.
Race held in Midlothian hall. New
York beginning November 2. 1854.
William Gales. on two occasions ran
1900 quarter miles III 1000 periods %
ten minutes. Cumming a quarter mlle
at the commencement vi ana "t!H'''
leach consecutive ten mlnuteS.) Ii
other words this means that ne ran
quarter mile every zen minutes Gay
and night. f0I >. days, y hours: ana
20 minutes. Gales performed this lea
once at the Canton Hotel grounds IN
Cardiff Wales. June IS. 1887, and late:
in the Agricultural hall London. oct
Fl of the same year
Eugene Estoppay ran 100 miles IN
! 900 hours-a mile each hour-in Los
Angeles. beginning Nov. 20, 1910. Eu-
gene was at his task day and night FOR
forty one days and sixteen hours.
Dan O'Leary walked the same Trims
LOCO miles in 1000 hours-at Nor
wood Inn park, Cincinnati. startin:
Sept $. 1907.
T. Payne walked l27 miles 81 yards
in twenty four hours without a stop a
London. England, Sept IS, 1909.
J. +. Donoghue ice skated 100 miles
in hours II minutes IS Is SECONDS
al Stamford. Conn, Jan. %, 1898.
II. Snowden roller skated hoo miles
in IA hours in Denver 1855.
Goulet and Grenda in siX-day oi-
cycle race at Madison Square Garden.
New York. 1914, covered 2,159 mile
and TWO laps.
J. NJ Barnett skipped the rope ll,slo
tim IS WITHOUT stop or miss.
Jake Schaefer ran 5000 points on
straight rail billiard table tIsxe).
John Layton, pocketed seventy eight
balls in pool match.
James Braid-idrove a golf ball from
the tee 395 Yards.
II. J. Whigham. former amateur
champion Of United States. played the
Garden City golf course, eighteen
holes. in fortysiX minutes and ninety
four strokes
George Bothner wrestleG NiflOck five
hours and thirly-three minutes 10 a
draw recently.
Miss Edith Jackson swan cOntinu-
ously for thirty one hours at Blackpool,
England. May, 1880.
T. W. Burgess swan The English
channel. Dover 10 Cape Grisnez. Sept.
e.. 1911, in % hours and 50 minutes.
NJ. Pauliquen, Paris, Nov. :. 1872.
swan under water for minutes ami
20 A. seconds.