A.T.F.S. BULLETIN 2/2011 ASSOCIATION OF TRACK & FIELD STATISTICIANS 61st Year President: Paul Jenes (Australia) [[email protected]] Vice President: A. Lennart Julin (Sweden) [[email protected]] Treasurer/Bulletin Editor: Tom Casacky (USA) [[email protected]] IN THIS BULLETIN This is the second issue of the ATFS Bulletin for 2011. This Bulletin contains general information for members, several statistical and historical items and our usual listing of important publications. Future Bulletins require your participation. Please send items for publication to [email protected] or to PO Box 3122, Oak Brook, IL 60523 USA. ************************* DAEGU MEETING Paul Jenes will attend the World Championships in Daegu, and there is a good chance that Lennart Julin and Tom Casacky will also be there. ATFS members should contact Paul in the Media Center or via his cell phone (see below). The best day for a meeting (or even an informal gathering, perhaps over lunch) is Wednesday, 31 August, when only a morning walk event is scheduled. We shall hope to see many of you, as your schedules permit. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear ATFS Members, We plan to have an ATFS meeting in Daegu during the World Championships. We believe that a small number of members may be in attendance. If this is the case we will let people know venue and date as soon as possible. There are a number of issues to discuss and also prepare for ATFS elections which are due next year. The Executive is up for re-election and this is an opportunity for other members to get onto the Executive if they are keen to do so. We also need to address the future of our organization as to what we want to do, as well as the website and what it needs to have on it. As members your input is vital, as it is your association. We look forward to hearing from you even if you cannot make it to any meeting. For those who do come to Daegu, I will be staying in the media village. My mobile/cell phone is 0414 563 316. If you need the Australian prefix and area code, it is 613 before the number and you drop the first zero. If I get further contact details once in Daegu (arrive 23 Aug), I will relay them through Tom Casacky. Best wishes, Paul TREASURER'S REPORT (as of 31 July 2011) IAAF President Lamine Diack wrote the following in his introduction to the 2011 Daegu Statistics Handbook: “This book is a collection of data which has been painstakingly compiled by members of the Association of Track & Field Statisticians (ATFS), who for more than 60 years now have been the ones who have been putting the statistics of our sport in order. On behalf of the IAAF Family, I send my thanks for their assiduousness, without which we would be lost.” ATFS Treasury at last accounting (Bulletin 1/2011) 76,692.32 USD ATFS Treasury at 31 July 2011 77,226.81 USD A detailed account of income and expenses is available on request. As usual, our largest yearly expenditure is the fee for sending Athletics 2011 to all members in good standing. The book was mailed from the U.K. in early May; if you did not receive your copy, please contact me immediately. Remember that the treasury exists for your benefit, and to fund ATFS projects. Members are always encouraged to apply to the Executive for assistance with projects or in case of financial difficulties. The following names have now been removed from the ATFS roster. In all cases, they have not sent subscriptions for at least the past three years and have not responded to multiple requests (both postal and email) for information on their interest or status: Mats Akerlind, Vladimir Braun, Carlos Guzman Colon, Ricardo Diaz-Ruiz, Leonid Epshtayn, Owe Froberg, Arild Gjerde, Ladislav Karsky, Guy Kerfant, Grigor Khristov, Roberto Longo, Fabio Majocchi, Gianni Menicatti, Jonas Mureika, Pierce O’Callaghan, Tony O’Donoghue, Ignacio Romo, Josef Saman, Kevin Saylors, Mikhail Sokolovski, Gabriel Velasco Garcia, Rob Whittingham, Duane Wysynski. At this writing, there are 262 names on the current roster. At least 15 of those will be included in the list above unless we receive some notification of interest from them. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED Jad Adrian Washif, L7, 12th College, UPM, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia; [email protected] [proposed by Balwant Singh Kler} Arisnel Rodriguez Sosa, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; [email protected] [Email inquiry - Application Sent] Alfredo Sanchez Barrios, Calle 25 #1528 e/22 y 24 Apto Is Rpto Vedado Mcpo. Plaza, La Habana, Cuba; [email protected], [email protected] [proposed by Eduardo Biscayart] Priit Tanava, Vilde tee 107-46, 12911 Tallinn, Estonia; [email protected] [proposed by Pino Mappa] Grant Birkinshaw, 28 Major Drive, Kelson, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; [email protected] [proposed by Scott Davis & Paul Jenes] Bo Nilsson, Stavholmsgrand 40, 12749 Skarholmen, Sweden; [email protected] [proposed by Tom Casacky, Bengt Holmberg, Ove Karlsson, Jonas Hedman] In addition, Viktor Kopysov (RUS) applied for membership through Scott at Berlin 09, but I have neither an application nor a functioning address for him. Does anyone have his contact information? NEW ADDRESSES AND PERSONAL DATA There have been a number of address changes during the past three years. The most current data is always available on the Member Directory page of the ATFS website. In the future, updates will also be posted on the News page as they are received, as well as in the subsequent issue of the Bulletin. However, I realize that some members do not have web access, so I will prepare and mail an updated roster after the membership list is finalized with this year’s subscriptions. Pino Mappa has done a great service to the ATFS by compiling member information profiles, which have been placed on the website (if a member’s surname is underlined in the Directory, it is a link to their bio). This is a great way to discover members with common interests. However, many members still have not returned their information. If you are one of those, please fill out the information below and return it to Pino ([email protected]) or to [email protected]. First Name: Last Name: Birth Date: Address: E-Mail: Member of ATFS since: Hobbies: Publications: Statistics Interest: I have published/assisted with the following books, papers, etc.: Please include a photo: If you do not have e-mail, you can always send the information directly to Tom C. at PO Box 3122, Oak Brook, IL 60523 USA. ATFS BOOKS Several members requested (and have received) older ATFS Annuals listed in the previous Bulletin. If you did not receive your request, and/or are interested in any of the available titles below (and are current in your subscription), write to me for prices. ATFS Annuals: 2010 (5), 2009 (9), 2008 (12), 2007 (9), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2003 (12), 2002 (17), 2001 (50), 2000 (20), 1999 (13), 1998 (7), 1997 (23), 1996 (25), 1995 (15), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1978 (2), 1976 (15), 1975 (49) Members can pay utilizing the various methods listed on your 2011 Subscription Invoices. ************************* THE U.S. 7th ARMY’S OCCUPATION OF TRACK TERRITORY By Ulf Lagerstrom (ATFS, Brasil) In 1953 three runners were faster than all others in the world at 100m, by the watch. They did 10.3. That time was just one-tenth off the world record, and in the Olympic year of 1952 only one athlete was credited with it in legitimate conditions. The three 1953 world list co-leaders were all Americans, which was not really a big surprise. However, a stunning fact is that two of them, both being US 7th Army soldiers stationed in Germany, were completely unknown. “Well, sprinters and their strange marks…,” many a track statistician may have thought. All three posted their bests in Germany, where the tracks were known to be well-laid and fast. Abe (Abram) Butler was the first of the unheralded pair to drop his bomb, albeit very discreetly. On 8 July at Nürnberg, in trials for the Inter-Allied championship, he was clocked in 10.3 at 100m, followed by two other USAREUR soldiers, Ralph Butler and Jim Brown, who tied in 10.4. A report considered conditions legitimate. The marks still remain unlisted though ATFS and other statistical compilations. Now Ralph Butler, who had begun his campaign with an 11.0 performance in mid-May, in unknown conditions, was gunning for Abe. He got his revenge only five days later in trials, also staged at Nürnberg, for the big, international CISM championship. There Ralph went to town. He annihilated Abe´s powers and easily won in 10.4 while his adversary failed badly and finished metres back, with Jim behind in third. There was a slight headwind and the course was not quite dry. On 19 July they again clashed, in the Inter-Allied contest, for which the Army athletes selected were ordered to appear at Nürnberg three weeks before the meet for special work-outs. Abe got off fast in the 100m and was in the lead until Ralph came with a mad rush in the last 25 metres and nipped him. A metre separated the pair at the tape. Times: 10.3 and 10.4, respectively. John Crumplin of Britain was third, some four metres behind. Jim Brown was not in the final, but took the LJ event, and he and Ed Mims completed Ralph and Abe in the 4x100 m relay, which the squad won in a 41.5 record.