Show miscellaneous SPEED Worlds rd Time Com Coin pared prad With With Other Ot Renera ts eW York Vi r d Until a f four feW years ears ago 4 1 ic ran na 19 yards in less than ten tea seconds was us red Ii Beyond the limits Ir of jpe L More At than half hair a century c ago aso De s1 na fa t inous American Indian was vas credited with winning runnIng the e distance in nine mue and anda a half seconds but the timing was doubtful and the record r rd never ne r serious seriously ly thought or of as authentic Thousands of athletes for more than 11 years eus tried unsuccessfully ully to beat ten lert seconds Thin Than professional sprinting became popular in America and Harry Be Bethune Bethune Bethune thune and Harry Johnson were timed in 9 45 seconds In 1890 John Owens jr it won the American championship at yards at 9 5 45 seconds seco as and created a worlds amateur amat record Since then thena a dozen ibsen men have equaled i Owens time Again it wag urns thought that the limit I had been reached I Seven Sven years ago ako however Piper I Donovan of Boston one of or the greatest sprinters the world has known won wona a it professional race rac In seconds The record has always been looked on with mth suspicion In the intercollegiate games at Ber keley k ley oval OaI Arthur F Duffey Outre of George Georgetown town tours university ran r r n yards In 9 35 seconds and there is not the slightest d about the remarkable perform performance performance performance ance It was wa s made in the presence of thousands tl of spectators The timers were the most experienced In the coun try the th track Is level leel and ana an Inch over yards and there was as no so wind to aid alit the runner Comparisons of or speed with those of be a race horse and nd railroad train are re interesting When at full foil speed stride st de is 18 eight ei ht feet teet In run running fling ning yards ards In 9 32 seconds he stepped times crossing the tape tave in the middle of the thirty eighth stride He lIe covered and a quarter fet feet fe t in each second of ot his wonderful burst of ot speed A railroad train going a lJ mile mUe a minute covers coero feet In each second A thoroughbred race racehorse horse running a amile stile mile in covers 52 35 5 feet in a 21 sec see second second ond To further analyze speed he covered six feet three Inches each of a second and beat his own best performance that much to break the record Or if Of r he had been running against ag a man doing 9 45 seconds Dut fey would have beaten beat n him six feet reet three inches Should Durr Duffey break his own record he would at the rate of speed which he be h reached the other day be forced to beat be It by about six ix feet Anything Any thins less than that the stop watch would fail fall to record Most of or the great sprinters have hae been en enmen men ot or big frame and muscular devel development development speed Is all the more remarkable because he is but five the feet seven se n and a ahaU half inches high and weighs pounds He is smoothly muscled graceful in form ions and would make a good model for br a Mercury The secret of his phenomenal success as a runner lies In his wonderful nerve nene force and his ability to concentrate It all in a supreme effort and his careful persistent and systematic training He his calm courage in his h great race at Berkeley oval |