Rowing and Track Athletics (extract)

Sprinting and American Sprinters 317 champion, probably did better than ro seconds flat. A fifth of a econd at that point in a race means six feet, so that a runner within twelve feet of the winner must have beaten even time. Moulton of Yale was third; Westing of Penn– sylvania, fourth; and Cadogan of California, last. The unquestioned accuracy of the time of Duffey's sprint, and of the length of the course, established Duffey's record beyond the slightest question of a doubt. Four of the most experienced timers in the country held the watches that day- Mr. Evart Jansen Wendell, Mr. Robert Stoll, Mr. Mortimer Bishop, and Mr. C. C. Hughes. The watches of the first three gentlemen all regis– tered 9f seconds; Mr. H ughes's watch registered 9} seconds, the strongest possible corroboration of the testing of the other watches, and at least a vague encouragement of the belief that even Duffey's time may yet be beaten. The course was measured directly after the race, and found to be one inch longer than the required dis– tance. With the record of world's champion thus attained, ' Duff y proceeded to e tablish his claim to the title by consi tent performances on all sorts of tracks, and under all sorts of conditions, both here and abroad. He won the hundred at Mott Haven again in 1903 in 9f second , mak– ing his third consecutive intercollegiate victory.