A.T.F.S. BULLETIN 2/2013 (December) ASSOCIATION of STATISTICIANS 63rd YEAR

EXECUTIVE President Paul JENES () [[email protected]] Vice President A. Lennart JULIN () [[email protected]] Treasurer Tom CASACKY (United States) [[email protected]] Secretary Michael J. McLAUGHLIN (Australia/USA) [[email protected]]

THIS BULLETIN Welcome to the second ATFS Bulletin of 2013, which contains words of wisdom from our President, Paul Jenes, details of standards for inclusion in the 2014 Annual, another interesting article from Ulf Lagerstrom, a list of publications for sale by members and the usual administrative information. Remember, that this Bulletin is YOUR Bulletin, and its effectiveness can only be achieved with contributions from you, the member. Please feel free to send me any items that you feel would be suitable for publication.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear ATFS Members

The new ATFS website should now be available to all members. It is important that it is up to you the membership to indicate what should be included in our website and also to invite you to use the website. If you have anything related to the website don’t hesitate to contact Michael McLaughlin our secretary.

The historic work continues. The 1900-1910 period is progressing very well with a very enthusiastic group of statisticians involved. I would like to thank the members for their enormous work in bringing to life a period of athletics well before our time. Tomas Magnusson has done an enormous amount of work in setting up the master files and continually updating them with great support from the members of the team. Next year we hope to be able to give a projected publishing date.

The availability of newspapers of the past on the internet has made the job a lot easier and quicker. However there is a lot to be done yet especially in cross referencing the data.

Rooney Magnusson and Nejat Kok are continuing their work on the 1911-1920 lists and hopefully we will be getting an update in the near future.

There are a number of major international competitions next year, and these could be an ideal opportunity for an ATFS meeting, particularly the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA in July and/or the European Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, in August. If we have enough interested members to have a quorum we can start planning now. Please let me or our secretary know if you have plans on being in Zurich.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very happy Festive Season and a healthy and peaceful 2014.

Kindest regards,

Paul

Ed: Paul and his wife Robyn have just embarked on a life sea change and have moved to a lovely seaside town. His new mailing address is listed below..

FROM THE SECRETARY

Member Passings. Unfortunately our ranks have been thinned further over the past few months with the untimely passing of Lionel Peters (GB), Gert le Roux (SAF) and Skocovsky (Cze) .

Website. The new website has been up and running for a number of months now and it is pleasing to see that many members have taken the opportunity to access the members area. It is a slow process, but I am gradually adding content to the members area, particularly historical content. All members should have received an email with their Username and system generated Password that allows access to the Members-only section. If you are having difficulties accessing the website, please don't hesitate to contact me.

I have set up some discussion boards, and more topics can easily be added, and it would be great if members started some discussions and we saw interaction between our widely dispersed membership.

As I mentioned in the last Bulletin, I would like to make the website more interactive and "interesting" for the general public, so, if you have any new/recent publications that you would like to advertise, please send along the details, with an image of the front cover, and I'll include on the website. Also, if members would like their website listed, with a link, again please send me the details. And on the matter of member websites, I am investigating the idea of the ATFS providing hosting of members website as an added benefit your membership. Further details to follow early next year.

World Junior Championships 2014. Several US ATFS members are interested in organizing a meeting/social gathering of visiting members at next year's IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in mid-July. If you've previously attended a World Junior meet, or have ever enjoyed athletics in Eugene, you'll want to be there. If you haven't yet experienced the famous Hayward Field atmosphere, this will be an excellent reason to do so. As mentioned by our President, if you are intending attending this meet please drop me an email of your intentions.

TREASURER'S REPORT

As of 31 October, our ATFS accounts showed a balance of 77,152.25 USD. This total includes all Euros previously held as cash, which were converted to dollars prior to my move to California. Another 1150 Euros remain in our PayPal account. At current conversion rates, this brings total ATFS assets to 78,715.97 USD.

Subscription notices for 2014 will be sent in late January. Dues will remain at 25 Euros/$32 USD. Please note that wire transfer fees for US banks have increased (at our end, not yours), to the extent that it is no longer reasonable to send your subscriptions in this manner: More than $20 of every $32 remittance is removed by the banks. So we encourage you to use a Paypal account (www.paypal.com), which is free to you, or to send cash (preferably in a registered letter).

Best wishes to all.

Ed: Please note that Tom and his wife Julie have relocated to the wonderful wine country in California and have a new postal address that is listed below.

MEMBER MENTIONS In Memoriam Lionel Peters. Long time ATFS Member Lionel Peters (GB) passed away on the 18th July 28 at the age of 78 after a long illness. Born on the 15th May 193, Lionel was a chartered accountant by profession and had a wide range of interests apart from athletics, including chess, theatre, cinema, opera and jazz. He joined the ATFS in the 1980's and, frustrated by the paucity of junior results in the various athletics publications he started publishing World Junior Athletics News from January 1994 and following this success established a website for junior results, etc., in 1999. Unfortunately he suffered a severe leg injury after a fall at the 1999 World Junior Cross Country Championships which affected his health and forced him to scale back his work. Many of the top athletes of the current era first gained a mention in one of Lionel's publications. Lionel made a strong contribution to the sport's documentation of statistics and historical material with the compilation and publication of numerous annuals and other booklets during a 20-year period from the mid-1980s. Abbreviated from a tribute by Mel Watman.

Gert Le Roux. Former Executive Committee member Gert Le Roux (South Africa) pasted away on the 17th August 2013. Born in 1935, Gert started his working career as a reporter for the South African Broadcasting Commission before taking on sports reporting roles with the Die Transvaler, and from 1962 to 1971 at Dagbreek en Sondagnuus (he was Sports Editor for six years). He took on the full-time role of Secretary of the South African AAU in December 1971 and steered the sport during some of the most decisive and trying times in its history, retiring in 1994. In 1995 he was honored by the IAAF with the "Veterans of the IAAF Award". Until his failing health in 2010 forced him to reduce his activities, he was involved for some 50 consecutive years in the publication of the SA Athletics Annual, the publication of the SA Athletics Statisticians (SAAS), of which he was the Editor for many years. He served on the ATFS Executive Committee for a number of years providing statistics and information on track and field in his homeland. Although originally from a rugby background, Gert always had a soft spot for athletics and this love for the sport was ignited when he reported on the then World Record performance by Gert Potgieter in the 440yards Hurdles (49.3) at the SA Championships in Bloomfontein in 1960. Thus began a life-long association with track and field. Gert is survived by his two sons and three grandchildren. Thanks to Riel Hauman for providing the above tribute.

Milan Skocovsky. A member of the ATFS since 1968, Milan Skocovsky (Cze) passed away unexpectedly on November 24th at the age of 76. Born on 25 February 1937 in Prerov, Milan spent a lifetime working as a teacher in Nymburk and later in Parting. Between 1967-1969 he was chairman of the club Lokomotiva Nymburk, becoming an ATFS member in 1968 and commenced his yearly work on the World Junior performances in 1973 and attended some eight World Junior Championships. He was a founding member of the Czechoslovakia Association of Athletics Statisticians and was intimately involved in the production of their yearly ranking lists. From 1973 he was a member of Technical Committee Czech Athletics Federation and for many years worked as a senior manager extraleague women. He was co-author of a small encyclopedia of athletics and Who Was Who in the Czech athletics. Thanks to Milan Urban for providing the above details.

New and Reinstated Members • New. Reijo Kiviniemi, Katariinankatu, 18 CG, 67100 Kokkpla, [[email protected]] Proposed by Paul Jenes • New - Pending Bolakale Ebenezer Alake, P.O. Box 18973, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria If any member knows Mr Alake, can they please advise the Secretary to confirm his application. • Address Updates Paul Jenes - 36 Clarke Street, Portarlington, Victoria 3223, Australia Tom Casacky - P.O. Box 4288, Napa, California 94558, USA • Applications Pending Risto Karasmaa - Tontunmaentie 44 G, 02200 , Finland - [email protected] [Awaiting Application and 2013 Subscription]

Note: Members, if you receive this Bulletin by post and you have an active email address, please send along your email address to me, (Michael McLaughlin) Those members who have an email address on file receive this publication weeks before those that receive a posted copy and are instantly notified regarding the availability of IAAF publications that we periodically receive for distribution. And of course, they have access to our website.

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ATHLETICS 2014

Through to the end of March 2014 I will be working on the International Athletics Annual, to be published as usual next May by SportsBooks (see their website for new address). In order to achieve this we have a series of deadlines, so as always I will welcome assistance. The format remains very much as for the current Annual – and contributions will be welcomed for any section – whether national lists from regular suppliers or just miscellaneous titbits.

• 2013 Lists Please send details from your country/area to the standards below and if possible more detailed national lists, with full information on performances, together with dates of birth of athletes and if possible their heights and weights, to me ([email protected] or by post) and to the other leading compilers: Richard Hymans, [email protected] (235 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13 9QN, ) Mirko Jalava, [email protected] (Verkartanta 4 C, 4. kerros, 20660 Littoinen, Finland) Juniors: To Be Advised We will be publishing world lists containing 150-200 performers for all standard events – with shorter lists as appropriate for other events. There will also be the top 30 or so performances. For juniors top 20s are listed, together with the top ten performances. I will be working on world lists from now in conjunction with the above compilers and other helpers, and will format them for the Annual by March. I can, if necessary, make further corrections up to nearly the end of March but please do not leave too much as late as that! It is most useful for me to have your full lists for compilation and checking. Please do not delay in sending in information. We strive for complete accuracy, but it is not necessary to wait for everything; we would be very happy to receive main lists at the end of this year, and then additions and amendments later. Series: As per my usual format I plan to include the series for the top 30 or so field event performances, so please help to fill any gaps in such information. * If they have not been published in Athletics International, then I probably do not know them. Completeness. We want to present all possible information and follow a policy of inclusion (intermediate times, wind assisted, exhibitions, downhill etc. in addition to marks in the main lists), also being happy to correct mistakes made in official results. Where possible I would be happy to add appropriate notes to such changes or to add details where there are doubts about accuracy. So do please let me have any necessary comments. Amendments. As usual I am collecting amendments to the lists in the 2013 Annual so I would welcome any corrections that you may have to the 2012 lists (or indeed earlier years if you have any). * My current list of amendments is on the ATFS website. Road Races. I would welcome contributions of significant performances and details of whether courses have been properly measured or if they may be of doubtful distance. Biographies and National Champions. I aim to complete most of the first part of the book (articles, results and biographies) by the end of January, so I would welcome information from you as soon as you can provide it. I will be sending draft entries to many of you, but would be happy to extend this to others on request – just let me know what you need. It is always helpful to know about top athletes who have announced their retirement. Obituaries. Please let me know of leading athletes (those who achieved international status in their generation) who have died during the past year (other than those already noted in Athletics International). If possible I would also welcome career details. I will be happy to send what I have prepared so far to anybody who would like to help with this section. Miscellaneous items. Do please let me have any miscellaneous items of interest for possible inclusion as space-fillers. These might include such items as details of success by top athletes at other sports or vice versa, notable sequences of winning national titles or maintaining high standards. I need details of leading athletes getting married during the past year, or changing nationality. Distribution to ATFS Members. Distribution of copies of the Annual to ATFS members will again be undertaken by Tom Casacky who will advise arrangements accordingly. The results that we have printed this year in Athletics International form the basis of my own world lists information, and to a large extent, I am sure, that of other compilers. My very grateful thanks to all who have sent results during the year. Please keep the supply flowing – and remember that I will welcome any corrections, new or previously unpublished details – to the same standards as for ATFS lists. With very best wishes and thanks as ever,

Peter Matthews [email protected]

ATHLETICS 2014 Deadline dates – send by end December – articles to Peter Matthews mid January – national lists end January – national champions and biographical information mid March – final date for any late amendments

ATFS/AI Standards These standards give an indication of the possible levels for annual listings in the International Athletics Annual and for publication in Athletics International. These should provide adequate depth of coverage so that we may cut off at higher levels for year lists. Note, however that in Athletics International we will also publish performances below these levels where these are of international significance, by top athletes, for instance in slowly run races. In the ATFS Annual for senior men and women we list top 100 marks in full and the top 30 (or more) performances, with further marks to the 150-200 level in two columns. For checking purposes we do need full details of these lower marks. Other statisticians also compile 200 deep performance lists. For non-standard events we list to levels compatible in standard with the main events.

Event ATFS Shot 18.45 Men Discus 58.00 100m 10.32/10.1 Hammer 68.00 200m 20.82/20.6 Javelin 74.00 400m 46.29/46.1 7400 800m 1:47.60 20km walk 1:25:00 1000m 2:19.2 50km walk 4:10:00 1500m 3:40.5 Further ATFS senior standards: 1M 3:58.0 60m: 6.64, 300m: 32.9, 500m: 1:01.0, 600m: 2000m 5:02.5 1:16.5, 2M: 8:33.0, 15km: 43:35, 10M: 47:00, 3000m 7:53.0 20km: 59:00, 25km: 1:14:30, 30km: 1:30:20, 5000m 13:38.0 100km: 6:55:00, 24Hrs: 245 km, 60mh: 7.75, 10000m 28:35.0 200mh: 23.20, 300mh: 35.8, Weight 21.50, Half Marathon 62:20 Pen: 3600, Ind Hep: 5650 Marathon 2:11:30 Walks: 3000m 11:40.0, 5000m 19:40.0, 2000m St 5:32.0 10000m 40:40.0, 30km: 2:14:00, 35km: 3000m St 8:40.0 2:38:00, 100km: 10:00:00 110mh 13.89/13.7 Relays: for countries: 4x100m: 40.0, 4x200m: 400mh 50.79 1:22.0, 4x400m: 3:08.5, 4x800m: 7:18.0, 2.20 4x1500m: 15:15.0 5.35 7.80 16.25 Women Hammer 61.00 100m 11.49/11.3 Javelin 53.00 200m 23.45/23.2 5400 400m 52.99 10km walk 46:45 800m 2:03.5 20km walk 1:39:00 1000m 2:41.0 50km walk 5:05.00 1500m 4:14.0 Further ATFS senior standards: 1M 4:34.5 60m: 7.29, 300m: 37.5, 500m: 1:10.0, 600m: 2000m 5:48.0 1:28.0, 2M: 9:50.0, 10km: 33:00, 15km: 50:00, 3000m 9:05.0 10M: 54:00, 20km: 68:45, 25km: 1:27:00, 5000m 15:45.0 30km: 1:45:00, 100km: 8:15:00, 24Hrs: 220 10000m 33:10.0 km, 60mh: 8.20, 200mh 27.2, 300mh 40.0, Ind Half Marathon 72:00 Weight 20.75, Pen: 4100. Marathon 2:33:00 Walks: 3000m 12:45.0, 5000m 21:55.0, 2000mSt 6:32.0 Relays: for countries: 4x100m: 45.2, 4x200m 3000m St 10:12.0 1:33.0, 4x400m: 3:40.0 100mh 13.39/13.2 400mh 58.35 Field event series High jump 1.84 Also needed are complete series for any Pole vault 4.15 individual performances above these standards: Men: HJ: 2.32, PV: 5.80, LJ: 8.25, TJ: 17.30, Long jump 6.35 SP: 21.30, DT: 67.50, HT: 79.00, JT: 84.50 Triple jump 13.30 Women: HJ: 1.98, PV: 4.70, LJ: 6.80, TJ: 14.55, Shot 15.90 SP: 19.75, DT: 63.50, HT: 74.00, JT: 64.00 Discus 53.65

ATFS standards for Juniors For junior lists we publish 20 deep performers lists (and also leading performances) in the Annual.

Marathon 2:17:30 Event Juniors 2000m St 5:42.0 Men 3000m St 8:55.0 100m 10.39/10.1 110mh 14.14/13.9 200m 20.94/20.7 99cm 13.69 400m 46.49 400mh 51.40 800m 1:48.4 High jump 2.18 1000m 2:21.0 Pole vault 5.20 1500m 3:43.0 Long jump 7.70 1M 4:01.5 Triple jump 16.00 2000m 5:05.0 Shot 17.40 3000m 8:00.0 6kg 19.00 5000m 13:46.0 Discus 54.00 10000m 29:00.0 1.75kg 57.50 Half Marathon 65:00 Hammer 64.00 6kg 71.00 10000m 34:00.0 Javelin 71.50 Half Marathon 74:00 Decathlon 7000 Marathon 2:42:00 Jnr spec 7200 2000mSt 6:40.0 10000m walk 42:00.0 3000m St 10:21.0 20km walk 1:27:00 100mh 13.60/13.4 50km walk 4:20:00 400mh 58.70 4x100m 40.5, 4x400m 3:12.0, High jump 1.84 Pole vault 4.15 Women Long jump 6.30 100m 11.49/11.3 Triple jump 13.30 200m 23.55/23.3 Shot 15.50 400m 53.10 Discus 52.50 800m 2:05.0 Hammer 60.00 1000m 2:43.0 Javelin 52.80 1500m 4:17.5 Heptathlon 5300 1M 4:38.0 10km walk 47:30 2000m 5:54.0 20km walk 1:41:00 3000m 9:12.0 Junior: 4x100m 46.0, 4x400m 3:45.0 5000m 15:50.0

********** THE LOW HURDLE EVENT IN 1902 By: Ukf Lagerstrom

During the years of the running ATFS statistical project for 1900 through 1910, it was the 1902 season that stood out as the most memorable one as far as the 220 yards hurdle race was concerned. The event was indeed crowded by US athletes. In that year (1902) three young college students of well off families, were battling for the dominance of the event. Two of them attended Harvard and one was at Yale. They were Joe Willis of Morristown NJ and Frank Scheuber, a Texan, both representing Harvard, as well as Edwin Clapp of Yale, a Wisconsin- born graduate from a St Paul, Minnesota, high school. Three slender, agile boys, each with a fighter´s heart, fighting it out on fast straightaway tracks.

Willis had no known high school track background, and very probably he was first brought out for the hurdles at Harvard, by coach Lathrop. In the early spring of 1900, as a sophomore he did 27,0 at 20 of age, after trying the quarter mile in his freshman year.

Yet Scheuber had been regarded as a rare teenage prodigy. At Worcester Academy in Massachusetts and after at Hopkinson School of Boston, he excelled at sprints, 220 yards hurdles, and the pole vault. Even before being 17 of age he twice did 26,0 at the low hurdles, and two years later he set up a national interscholastic record with 25,0. (Frank himself alleged that his high school best was 24,6).

In the short, indoor sprints he even edged up-and-coming Art Duffey out of the win on one occasion, in heat and final, and at 45 yd low hurdles he broke so-called world records. In the outdoor 100 yd flat final of the North England IS meet in June 1899, not quite unexpectedly he was defeated by Duffey, yet managed to handle another to-be sprint star, Billy Schick.

Clapp, too, had a solid HS background, relating to wins at the hurdles (26,4 best) and the high jump. Even in 1901 both Clapp and Willis were ranked high by the watch, the pair of them besting 25 flat, while Scheuber did 25,8 in the autumn as a recently enrolled freshman, four months after doing his 25,0 in a regional high school meet.

The statistical leader that year was a westerner, Fred Moloney, with 24,4. Then came the 25-flat boys.

In the all-important dual meet between Harvard and Yale, it was Joe Willis who took Clapp´s measure, being timed in 25,0 (after a fast 25,4 heat). He was expected by track fans at the college, and by others as well, to repeat the treatment in the IC4A final.

However, there were torrents of rain that drenched the track at the IC4A meet, and Willis was unluckier - and heavier - than Clapp. He was leading in the final up to the fifth hurdle, where his problems commenced. He slipped at the take-off and lost stride and ground. At the end he came in only third, yards behind Clapp (25,4) and a very able Harvard team mate of his, Joe Converse, despite trying a desperate rush on the run-in.

THE HEAT BEING ON IN 1902

As regards the low hurdles, the 1902 season opened with a bang at Harvard. After producing an easy 25,2 in April, then at another intra-mural affair on 2 May, Willis was facing “the new Harvard phenomenon”- Scheuber. The pair of them, now trained by John Graham, were fiercely fighting it out, the former winning by two scant feet in 25,6. They were running abreast up to midway, where Scheuber missed his step and lost a yard. He was then unable to rope his opponent in. Both of them had their fans at the varsity, betting on them.

Ten days later Willis pb´ed 24,4 at Cambridge. On that occasion Scheuber set a fast pace, pressing him hard in the early phase, then disappearing from the scene, as he was not formally entered for the race. Obviously he just did service as a “hare” for his friend and foe. Meanwhile, Clapp was credited with 25,0 when turning down the best Californians at New Haven.

The Harvard duo´s next battle occurred three weeks later in the Harvard v Yale match, with Edwin Clapp added as a further challenge. There, even the heats were scintillating. In the first, Willis exhibited fine form by posting 24,8. In the other, Scheuber held off Clapp to do even better, with 24,4.

In the final Clapp got off at a fast pace, taking the lead. However, the Harvard boys were soon getting closer and after passing him they fought another duel out. Willis again won, this time by a couple of yards, in brilliant 23,8, with Scheuber returning 24,0 - if timed. The winning time may have been a “fast” 23,8 as at first it was reported at 23 3/5, equal to Kraenzlein´s world alltime best ex 1898. If so, Willis would have tugged Scheuber to a sub-24 sec clocking, him too.

In fact, Willis possessed admirable stamina, which he proved by running a fast leg in the Penn Relays mile relay event, timed in a sub-50. Early season he had even considered making the 440 his main event, yet the trainer wanted him to stay 100% with the hurdles.

A week later, the IC4A meet took place. Just before it, tough luck hit Scheuber. He was suspended for competing at (indoor) AAU meets as a freshman, infringing some IC4A rule, without knowing. Behind the suspension was the IC4A executive committee, on which Willis was, after some politicking.

That left Willis and Clapp as the main actors. They went through the prelims hands down. The fastest time was Willis´ 24,8 in his semi, downing Herb Cheek of Cal. In the final, after a poor start the Harvard lad ran a splendid race, coming home in another 23,8, with his Yale antagonist some four yards back. Cheek took third, not that far behind Clapp.

It was Willis´ very last race at the lows, and he did not get to Kraenzlein´s “world record” though he twice was close. While he was chasing that record, Scheuber was hunting him. Not until 1913 did another hurdler dip below 24 sec - and tied the world record, for good measure.

Joe Willis was graduated and hung them up. He who also did so albeit prematurely, still only aged 19, was Frank Scheuber, very regrettably. Obviously deeply hurt following the suspension, he never competed on the tracks again. Later he returned to his home state to continue his studies at University of Texas.

CLAPP A LONE STAR

With the two Harvard stars out of his way, Clapp, trained by legendary Mike Murphy, collected both IC4A hurdle titles in 1903 and 1904. He was expected to participate at the 1904 Olympics in St Louis, though he early declared that he did not intend to go. He did not. There was another reason though. In the summer he went to England as the leader of the Yale track team, and when travelling through Europe before his return home, he got typhoid fever and was seriously ill for a while.

Like Alvin Kraenzlein, both Clapp and Willis were world class high hurdlers, though they did not have in them the record holder´s speed on the flat Unlike Kraenzlein they never started at the national AAU championship.

At 120 yd hurdles Clapp was faster than Willis, and became IC4A champion no fewer than three times. Willis twice was third. Scheuber never cared for the distance. The 440 yd hurdles was not yet run, which event otherwise would have suited Willis very well. Like Willis, Clapp also played tennis and was good at it. After graduation he continued to play competitively. Willis´ post-graduation sport was mainly golf.

If Scheuber was unlucky in his track ambitions, the two others were so in their lives. Willis, being a member of a distinguished family in Morristown, and he and his wife belonging to the local high society, found an early death in a car accident in California. He was then only 39 of age, living in Hollywood for three years. He was a member of the Stock Exchange. His grandfather had been a renowned writer of books. On his mother´s side there had been successful shipping merchants in the past.

Edwin Clapp later studied at university in Berlin, , and received there the degree of doctor of philosophy. Back in the US, after being a consultant and editorial writer for the Hearst press, he became an economist and influential financial writer. Due to illness, financial losses, and family problems he committed suicide at 49 of age. Only a year earlier, his daughter married an Italian prince (probably there were many of them around).

Scheuber was working as a cashier for a Fort Worth company in the 1920´s, after that we lost track of his whereabouts. His father was a businessman and the mother a well-known librarian, art museum director, and a civic leader for many years. Francis “Frank” Scheuber lived until he was 66. He died in Texas.

Returning to the matter of the lows, in a way the event had a lifetime of some seven decades in USA. However, despite being thrown out of the championship meets there around 1960, it continued to be run though less frequently. The last, official world record set on a straightaway was Don Styron´s 21,9 at Baton Rouge in 1960. The event never became very popular in other nations albeit still being run now and then.

It was included in the major US title meets at the time, as follows:

National AAU 1887 - 1962 IC4A 1888 - 1959 NCAA 1921 - 1959 (from the start) We ICAA (Big-10) 1901 - 1962 (from the start) ______

NOTE. Both Willis and Clapp were members of (pre-IAAF) world record setting relay teams. A Harvard four-some, with Joe Willis on the third leg, bettered the 4x440 yd mark in 1902, pushed by arch rival Yale with Clapp. Willis was timed in 49,6, his being the fastest leg of all. Two years later Clapp was on a Yale team beating the 4x880 yd record albeit indoors, running 16 laps!. He also was on three Yale squads that won the main mile relay event at Penn Relays (in 1901, 1903 and 1904). ______

WILLIS´ FASTEST CLAPP´S FASTEST

23,8 (1) v Yale Cambridge 24.05.1902 24,2e (3) v Harv Cmbridge 24.05.1902 23,8 (1) IC4A NY/Berk O 31.05.1902 24,2e (2) IC4A NY/Berk O 31.05.1902 24,4 (1) hcp scr Cambridge 12.05.1902 24,6 (1) IC4A Philadelphia 28.05.1904 24,8 heat v Yale Cambridge 24.05.1902 24,8 heat IC4A NY/Berk O 29.05.1903 24,8 sf IC4A NY/Berk O 31.05.1902 24,8 (1) v Princet New Haven 07.05.1904 25,0 (1) v Yale New Haven 11.05.1901 25,0 h v Harv New Haven 11.05.1901 25,2 (1) hcp scr Cambridge 11.04.1902 25,0 sf IC4A NY/Berk O 25.05.1901 25,4 heat v Yale New Haven 11.05.1901 25,0 (1) v Calif New Haven 10.05.1902 25,4 heat IC4A NY/Berk O 24.05.1901 25,0 sf IC4A NY/Berk O 31.05.1902 25,4 sf IC4A NY/Berk O 25.05.1901 25,2 (1) IC4A NY/Berk O 27.05.1903 Their top-10 average: Willis 24,8, Clapp 24,8.

MOLONEY´S FASTEST

24,4 (1) games Louisville 05.10.1901 25,0t (1) v Wisc. Chicago 25.05.1901 Ky 24,8 (1) v Mich. Ann Arbor 18.01.1901 25,2t (1) scr, hcp Chicago 02.09.1901 24,8 (1) games Louisville 04.10.1901 25,4t (1) We Conf Chicago 01.06.1901 Ky 24,8 (1) v Ill. Champaign 03.05.1902 25,4t (1) v Mich. Chicago 17.05.1902 25,0t (1) v Ill. Chicago 12.05.1900 25,4 (1) Ea-We Buffalo 04.06.1901 IC His top-10 average: 25,0. However, half of these races run on a turn, which would improve on the quality of his performances.

PUBLICATIONS Members who produce publications that could be of interest to other members and the general track and field population can send a copy of their work to the Secretary. These will then be publicized in the next Bulletin and included on our website in anticipation of potential sales. Please be sure to include your name and contact details for purchase as well as the cost.

New Titles A History of Indoor Track and Field (1849-2013) To be launched in conjunction with the 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Grant Birkinshaw (NZL) has authored a must have book for all Indoor track enthusiasts. The book spans the era from 1849 to 2013 and is some 500 pages on the history of this aspect of the sport. It includes commentary on the milestones in the sports history as well as profiles on the history makers and contains rare data and some never before seen images. A website is being developed which will contain videos from as far back as the 950s. The cost of the book is expected to be $US40 plus postage and can be obtained from the author at: [email protected]

Cross Country in Yugoslavia Member Ljubisa Gajic (Ser) has authored a new book on the history of Cross Country in Yugoslavia. It is a 64 page A4 style booklet. It is available from Ljubisa at Vukasina Stefanovica 9, 35000 Jagodina, Serbia at a cost of 25Euro or $US30 - cash only. His email address is: [email protected]

2013 FAST Annual & USATF Media Guide. The 35th edition of the FAST Annual is again combined with the USATF Media Guide. 819 pages constitute the most complete resource available on US athletics, including revised and expanded all-time lists, 2012 year lists (50-75 deep) for both men and women, and indexes containing career progressions and personal data for nearly 2500 athletes, including resident foreigners. The book can be obtained from Tom Casacky at PO Box 192252, San Francisco, CA 94119-2252, for $25 USD in North America and $42 (or 30 Euros) abroad via air post

South East Asia Athletics Annual 2012/13. This essential guide for those interested in the performances of athletes from the South East Asian region, particularly countries like Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines and Malaysia has again been produced by Jad Adrian Washif. The 165-page publication contains annual rankings for athletes from the region, results of major competitions performances of region athletes at major international competitions and all-time lists. The cost of the publication is $15.00 USD and can be purchased from Jad by contacting him at [email protected]

Combined Events Annual 2012. ATFS member Hans van Kuijen (NED) has produced the 20th edition of the definitive events yearbook. This superb book contains the 2012 world rankings for men and women, the top 200 men and women and all results down to 7272 points for men and 5325 for women, results of major meetings in 2012, all-time men's and women's performers and performances, national and international records, indoor rankings for 2012, the 2012 and all-time rankings for junior athletes and much more. The book is a must for all fans of the multi events. The price is 30 Euros or equivalent for European orders and $US50 elsewhere. Order from Hans at de Bergen 66, 5706 RZ, Helmond, . Or contact him at [email protected] . A few back copies are still available.

The Pentathlon of the Ancient World. Dr Frank Zarnowski (USA) has departed from his usual realm of decathlon statistics to write this definitive history of the pentathlon, beginning with its origins in ancient Greece and extending to the present day. This is a scholarly study, complete with citations, notes and references, a well as photographs, drawings and tables. If you want to know how the modern multi-events evolved, and why the characterization of a superior athlete is important, this fascinating book should be on your list. It is 216 pages, soft cover, and can be obtained for $35 from the publisher at www.macfarlandpub.com.

National Records Evolution 1912-2012. Our Polish colleague Janusz Wasko, along with John Brant, Gyorgy Csiki and Andrzej Socha has produced another monumental (458 pages) publication, this time detailing the evolution of national records in all men's and women's events for the current top 34 athletics nations (but also including two past entities, the GDR and Yugoslavia). The criteria for selection: a sustainable level of development in all events. Every entry includes the athlete, the mark, the venue and date. Relays and multi-events are fully detailed. There are also lists of the "top 30" national records by decade, beginning in 1940. To obtain this valuable publication, write to Janusz at [email protected], or at Aleje Wyszynskiego 28/48, 22-400 Zamosc, Poland.

Israeli Athletics 2012/2013. This is the latest in a series compiled by ATFS member David Eiger comprising detailed 2012 and all-time lists, biographical profiles of leading athletes, national championship results and all relevant records. The cost is $US10.00 or 7Euros. Order from David at [email protected] . Past editions are available at reduced prices.

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