SIX YARDS UNDER “EVENS”
TMIK ordinary man might well marvel at the performance of the latest American sprint star who streaked over a measured hundred yards in six yards under even time. By even time is meant ten seconds for the 100 yards, or a speed of ten yards a second. Frank Wyckoff ran it six yards faster than that.
It remains to be proved that this performance was put up under ordinary conditions of competition. The Americans have been too fond of specially prepared tracks, starting blocks and other artificial aids in recent years to convince the outside world that their startling performances are as good as they iook on paper.
The American cracks of 1921 and 192 S failed badly at the Olympic Games against tlie British and Canadian champions, 11. Abrahams and P. Williams, respectively. In spite of the special steamer that was chartered to take the American team to the Games a couple of years ago. and its intensive organisation, the Americans won only one track victory at Amsterdam.
Meeting and heating a strong opponent without artificial aids on the track is the acid test of an athlete.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 997, 13 June 1930, Page 7
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