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Show Malone, Noted Irish Athlete, Is Dead Australian sporting papers contain an account of the death of T. M. Malone, Ma-lone, tho Irish-American athlete and all-around sportsman and, Incidentally, Incidental-ly, the first amateur sprinter to be clocked In 9 4-5 seconds for the 100 ' yards. Tho feat occurred at tho Market Field, Limerick. Ireland, In 1879, and It was so astounding then that no cro-denco cro-denco was given to tho thing. Chronometers Chro-nometers wero common enough In thoso days in tho Old World, yot It was the general belief that "oven time" was beyond tho reach of tho I amateur for tho 100 yards, and to ac- oompllsh a. fifth of a second faster I was out of tho question. Still, more wonderful, tho track was a grass one. and that made tho claim for tho record rec-ord ovon moro ridiculous. As an all-around performer. Malone was without a peer. Ho could put the 16-pound shot a distance of forty-two forty-two feet and run any distance up to tho half mile. Ho won the English broad Jump championship In 181 and cloared twonly-threo foot In the days prior to the Introduction of tho tack-off tack-off guard and when men Took off from tho turf. Malono was sixty-seven years of ago. |