Outing . rathletes, this year, hasbeen Bernard J. Wef-ers, of GeorgetownUniversity and theNew York AthleticClub. He has provedhimself the fastestrunner in the worldat all distances up to300 yards, and is quitelikely in the near fut-ure to extend hislimit as far as aquarter mile. Wefersis 22 years of age, 5feet 1124 inches inheight, and runs at163 pounds. He looksevery pound of hisweight, and seems aswell able to throw thehammer as to has along, smoothstride, without anounce of wasted pow-er. He is not an un-usually fast starter,and is frequently ledby his opponents inin the first 20 or
Outing . rathletes, this year, hasbeen Bernard J. Wef-ers, of GeorgetownUniversity and theNew York AthleticClub. He has provedhimself the fastestrunner in the worldat all distances up to300 yards, and is quitelikely in the near fut-ure to extend hislimit as far as aquarter mile. Wefersis 22 years of age, 5feet 1124 inches inheight, and runs at163 pounds. He looksevery pound of hisweight, and seems aswell able to throw thehammer as to has along, smoothstride, without anounce of wasted pow-er. He is not an un-usually fast starter,and is frequently ledby his opponents inin the first 20 or 30 yards of a race, butwhen once well under way has most ex-traordinary speed, and in some of his fin-ishes, such as the Intercollegiate 220yards, May 30, or the New York AthleticClub 120 yards, September 26, seems torun faster than had been considered pos-sible by any human being. Wefers wonthe New England Association champion-ship 100 yards, in 1894 ; the Intercolle-giate 100-yard and 220-yard champion-. copyright by J. Burton, N. Y. C. H. KILPATRICK, N. Y. A. C. ships in 1896, the International matchesat 100 yards and 220 yards in 1895, theCanadian championship, 100 yards, 220yards and 440 yards, in 1896, and theNational championships at 100 yardsand 220 yards in 1895 and 1896. Hisprincipal performances during this sea-son have been as follows : 30 yards, 3 3-5S. 51 yards, 5 3-5S., but beat the pistolabout 4 feet. 75 yards, 2 feet behind 7 4-5S., and7 3-5S. twice. 78 yards, 7 4-5S. 100 yards, 10 2-5S., 4 feet behind 10 1-5S., 6 inches be-hind 10 1-5S., 10 1 5s.,half a yard behind1 os., 1 os. twice, 1 footbehind 9 4-5s., 9 4 times, and 2yards behind 9 3-5s. 109 yards, yards, 2 feetbehind 12s., and also 11 2-3 yards, 21 1-5S. 220 yards, , 23s., 2 feet be-hind 22 2-5S., 22 times, 21 4-5S.,21 3-5S., and 21 1-5S. 300 yards, racevariously timed from31s. to 34s., race vari-ously timed from 32 2-5S., and alsoin other races 31 4-5S.
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