A FAST SPRINT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 5

A FAST SPRINT.

BY WALKER. _ " " (DY TBIBCfti?tt—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTItttIH' , ) Pretoria,' January. 3. R E 'Walker, tho South African athlete, ian 100 metres (109 3 Bth yards) at Pretoria in 10 2-5 seconds ~W / (r . ~ E E Walker, representing South Africa, won the 100 metres event at the Olympic Games "The Times" reported —"ffihis/ was the groat event of the day, and the result caused greater cheering than has jet been heard in the Stadium E L Walker, of South ASnca, J. A Rector, end N J Cartmell, of the United States, and K Kerr, of Canada, were the. four runners Perhaps Kerr and Caitmell had been affected by their running in tho morning in the 20u metres, but at all events they finished third and fourth, and Rector,; -.the i;>much-fahowdi American, ivas beaten by Walker in. the fast time of 10 4-sseo by what looked like two yards This was the first time the South Atncan flag hid appeared at the masthead, and tho victory was extremely popular Th» dinner is said to be only 18 years old, and'has I been beaten by Korr in the only two former races thnt they have run against eaoh other " The other, day, Walker was credited, at Johannesburg, with 100 vards m 9 2 5 seconds, and with 120 yards m 11 2-5 seconds