Rowing and Track Athletics (extract)

Track Athletics He had already won a national amateur cham– pionship as far back as I 899, and he had won the hundred at the English championships in 1900 and 1901. Duffey went abroad again with his new honor fresh upon him, and although the climate disagreed with him, and he went away off in form, he defeated all comers and at the championship meeting won again. For the fourth time, in I 903, Duffey again invaded England, and again he won at the championships and van– quished all comers with consistent ease in various parts of the United Kingdom. Duffey was the typical "born" sprinter. Even as a boy he found it easy to outrun the boys he played with, and although he tried the pole-vault when he first became interested in athletics, he soon gave that up for the thing he was made for. In I 899 he met and defeated Quinlan of Harvard, and the same season Quinlan went to England with the Harvard-Yale team and won. When Duffey won that year at the national championships, he began to suspect what he had in him. In shape and running form Duffey was again a typical sprinter. He was built like a watch. He had no waste tissue nor awkward joints. Rather short, but muscular and com– pact, and with a limitless amount of explosive energy, he combined many of the qualities of a high-power electric motor and a rubber ball.