Evening star., 1922-12-31


.'ro.. ;!.c s.a:.cp ,iy.' =; '.;--:o..--
!, Jor- t..v .e;r ss.:' ia;,:.l -llrjlii:lG
1T tests ;n. r.,=- ;.;.i teams
: "-..ich Gere .EicneSsc;. ~ crowds II
= s.Ee w.t;io:t o;'trclen>- f..ia US
e.. H:-rtieu!aElZ ,.ac 49, :, ~. rcoiie-
f. = pla"eG - Ti.ilaucipl:i:4 ;-t.o oI.
,, Long IslaI.. i. golf. -l.';.ci. cents
4 ID IL tear.is. O:l -.:s otter G:-I.,i.
, ''.a aggre2,ate OF tte:C;ii.,e - pc
/, essionAl base Lalt p;~rks Shruusi-oat
. Tie courtr;' is -.c.Ioicc 70 Lave -ec.-
f. ,..ial,e- thar. in recent years. ;-..- &c
f, .'ac.:s E;-vu no I'cpoI - record
. Ca: : & c-'l .i.',s ., ti,c -.....s.ies.
i: IL reeretti-llc TIA tas .A:.i>.sei4-
-4-..-et.c tn:1!. v.-f' ''o:..' -i-cC 20 e
'S''ort.-nre kis.1, spirits - v&:.!as
! distances il: California this Eea!'. -
; .;ause -it.. S2ch SaCcti,. "e - uli
: ave the pleasure Cf h:-n...s = Ter.t-
, Ao,s phe'oTeao:.. - i { ',:-ae stA7',S.
, However. uc oi:e ,.a..' :" ouGhl -
concede thac i'auGock IL tie greatest
, exponent OF tho t:;is:ie.' :il"- S'iis. IL
! this worlG an. hope Ia. vpci. ili.s
EeXt essay 'ti:cse I'll "i.<.c.v- M
meeting will take c:--e .f.t,.if..+ i Lift
! c-clct,ng cause f0- '7'':''t = f'aa "G-
co-f,s az reporte'..
Paddpck's Tra.i- Er:.t>.
called :-to l-esCio;l :ove-' al the
sprints froE. sixty - ore hundred and
seventy-five yards. Tho "esc cccst
, Eyer was ciockeG in the sixty - 1 Is
$ seconds, which was q sifth Of = second
. below the previous record. He did
the same for THE seventyyard Gasr.
. being ciocked fo. the G.st:Ice -
10 seconds. For the eighty yards
lie was tiTleu IT 49, seconds, tte
previous -ecort. being secu:!ds. lie
tempered over the i15-g:trG lane IN
Ire timers: o:.e a..o one-!iitf1 seconds
below the -ecord. lie CiG The 20
-arC Gasa g i-G seconds clipping
..rt.l OF !. second tronl the recorl.
X was generally believed that this
speedster. tho shares "a tne Wor.;!
would have his records officially
sanctioned by the y. A. L.. especially
. iecause of the fact that one of the
officials was q former president ct
'..at BODY. After long delihera ton.
however. the story of :: i4ievemeIlc
told by the tim-pieces OF The clock
..rs was not accepted. What Paddock
:. i'll Go about /: IS p"ohlenatical, bnt
r,4~ chances are he viii go out III
1873 ana attempt T. demonstrate t.iat
l. really Gid the remarkable: -hi-.gs
reported.
EfI1ucu NreNcN.
Track aEor,s. sp- a.it.es iii i na-
tioI.al sense. ill be il : much better
-Usition when the ;.rS Of timing is
:.:cepted seriously. Eeene Fitzpat-
rt.k. the Princeton coach. says that
t.!ere are all too few timers in this
cuuntry simply because il Is = branch
o. sport III which a limitedNnumbcr
Lave specialized Under such con-
ditIons where there is doubt Of the
accuracy Of reports Of record-break-
Sag performances turned in we are
Rot going to get very far.
While on the subject of track per-
5orrnanceS one might express q wish
that the new year may see becom-
::.g spirit Of amity as between the
J. 9. A. A. A. A.. the eastern track
tior.al Collegiate Association, whose
last two meets have been held in
'A.cago. The great point at issue
lens to be that the Inte"coi;es.a .a-e
..lssociation officers are fain to re
:;;-rd their annual meet US ''national',
thereby irritating the westerns. WHO
rnink that the easterners are arro~at-
:.g too much to themselves. When
Ill is said and done the whole mat
Ter is absolutely silly and could be
s;ettied by 4 little broad-nlnde dnass
OF both sides.
Great Feats Recorded.
Aside from Charles Paddock, how
ever. we are IN position to ha;l
other iliustrious athletes whose feats
fa-e unquestioned. AS, for example.
Johnny weisnullcr. who this year
established himself as by ali ODDS
= ne greatest swimmer Of whom the
y orld has record; Walter Hagen. who
.on the great British open cham
/ pionship in golf: Jess Sweetser. who
turned in one of the most remarkable
i,a.mes Of golf ever played in this
,rountry in winning the American
amateur championship. and Walter
Hoover, the international king among
:cullers. A general summary of all
nports and their champions as col
,acted and arranged by the writer