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Show NO TEN-SECOND MEN FOUND IN BASEBALL New York Players Can Run Fast From Home Plate to First. Jim Thorpe Doubts if Any Man can Cover Century in Less Than Eleven Seconds While Wearing His Playing Uniform. There is no such thing as a ten-second man in either football or baseball. Take the word of JlfTl Thorpe, "the greatest all-around athlete America has produced." James sl"ould know. Thorpe says he'li Itty a bet tha there is not a man In the mujor leagues who can run 100 yards in a baseball uniform in less than 11 seconds. "There are men on the New York club who can go from the plate to first at a rate of gpeed averaging less than 11 seconds, but they could not keep it up for 100 yards. Perritt, the pitcher, has a record of ten flat on the cinder path, but he could not do the distance in 11 in his baseball clothes. "One hundred in 11 seconds is fast traveling. It takes training to do that. When I, was at my fastest and in the best of shape I could nevei beat 10:01 running in flimsy track suit and running shoes. "Same goes for football, even more so, as football togs weigh more than baseball suits. Mount Pleasant, the famous Carlisle quarterback, used to ran away from me in the 100-yard dash, although I could leave him behind be-hind in the 220, but in-football uniform uni-form I would beat him any distance, any time. The weight of his uniform slowed Mount Pleasant up at least one second in 100 yards." |