Outing . tering the Univer-sity of Wisconsinin 1894, as a junior,he won the 220-yard Universitychampionship inthat year, the 100yards an d 220yards in 1895 andagain in 1896; histime for the 100yards being 10s.,and for the 220yards around aturn21 4-5S. He alsowon the 100 yardsand 220 yardschampionships ofthe Western In-tercollegiate Ath-letic Associationthis year. At quarter-milerunning T. , of the Bos-ton Athletic Asso-ciation, still retainsthe leadershipwhich he won lastyear. He is twenty-one years of age,5 ft. 11 7-8 ins. in height, and runs atabout 146 lbs. To the casual observerhe l
Outing . tering the Univer-sity of Wisconsinin 1894, as a junior,he won the 220-yard Universitychampionship inthat year, the 100yards an d 220yards in 1895 andagain in 1896; histime for the 100yards being 10s.,and for the 220yards around aturn21 4-5S. He alsowon the 100 yardsand 220 yardschampionships ofthe Western In-tercollegiate Ath-letic Associationthis year. At quarter-milerunning T. , of the Bos-ton Athletic Asso-ciation, still retainsthe leadershipwhich he won lastyear. He is twenty-one years of age,5 ft. 11 7-8 ins. in height, and runs atabout 146 lbs. To the casual observerhe looks tall and slim, and hardly strongenough for severe racing. He was bornand has always lived in Boston, Mass.,graduated from the Grammar School in1890, and from the English High Schoolin 1893. After a post-graduate courseat the High School, he entered the LawDepartment of Boston University,where he is still a student. He playedon the High School football team, andran his first foot-race in the winter of. Copyright by J. Burton, N. Y. 1,. J. WEFERS, X. Y. A. C. 1893. Although best at a quarter-mile,he does not confine himself to that dis-tance, and has during 1896 competed at100 yards, 100 meters, 400 meters, 300yards, quarter mile, 600 yards, and halfmile. On Holmes Field, Cambridge,Mass., he has twice run 220 yardsstraightaway, in carefully timed privatetrials, in 21 4-5S., and in public compe-tition has made the following records:100 yards run, 10 1-5S.; 150 yards run,15 1-5S.; 220 yards run, 22 1-5S. ; 300yards run, 31 1-5S. ; 440 yards run,48 4-5S.; 600 yards run, im. us.; half-mile run, im. 58 1-5S., and at standingh op -st ep-and-jump, 28 ft. 5)4 his fouryears on the pathhe has won 128prizes in open com-petition. He ran aquarter mile in lessthan 50s., seventimes in 1895 andfive times in won the NewEngland Inter-scholastic cham-pionship at 440yards run and 600yards run in 1893,the championshipsof the New Eng-land Association ofthe Amateur Ath-letic Uni
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