An athletic primer by Sullivan James Edward 1862-

Author:Sullivan, James Edward, 1862- [from old catalog] ed
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Athletics
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing company
Published: 1907-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

On the importance of accurate timing, I wish to cite an in-stance of injustice that occurred in the case of incompetent and inexperienced timers. Several years ago a schoolboy ran loa yards, and of my two associates one had the time as 9 4-5 seconds, the other 10 seconds, while my watch showed 10 3-5 seconds: but with all the argument as to the unfairness of this performance, I could not convince these two men that it certainly would be a great injury to this young man in future •competitions, especially where it would be an impossibility, under existing conditions in which this race was run, it being a well-known fact that until that time there had been but three or four men in the world who had run 100 yards in 10 seconds. There is now, however, a record on the books of 9 3-5 seconds for that distance, which has been made by Dan Kelly, a Western athlete, in 1906,

In closing, 1 desire to call your attention to the importance of being conscientious; whether right or wrong, give your time as your watch records it. If you should have an accident with your watch, and the time of the race is important, refuse under any conditions to act, which course on your part would add to, rather than lessen, your reputation.

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