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This Day in Observe & Subject–Might 31
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1880—Lon Myers, a Nationwide Corridor of Fame constitution member, set an American Report of 4:29.5 for the mile in New York.
1902–Georgetown’s Arthur Duffey ran 9-3/5s on the IC4A Championships at NY’s Berkeley Oval to ostensibly set a World Report within the 100-yard sprint. Duffey had shared the earlier mark of 9-4/5s with many others. Nonetheless, primarily based on a 1904(1905?) article that claimed that Duffey (and others) had obtained expense cash that exceeded the allowable restrict, the AAU branded him as knowledgeable and retroactively wiped the mark (in addition to all of Duffey’s different marks) from its report books (The IC4A adopted swimsuit).
There was hypothesis that the AAU took a robust place towards Duffey as a result of he had “…footwear specifically made, fairly than utilizing gear from the corporate headed by A.G. Spalding, an in depth pal of AAU President James L. Sullivan”. (From the Development of IAAF World Data).
It took some time to get him in, however he was inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 2012
HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/arthur-duffey
NY Occasions Protection:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/06/01/118472424.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
https://www.dotnews.com/2012/arthur-duffey-s-odyssey-tale-redemption-fastest-human-1902
Here’s a hyperlink to nice footage of Duffey working later in 1902 at a meet in England. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3J_KGwlwWY&function=associated (From the Mitchell and Kenyon Assortment.
1913—Cornell’s John Paul Jones, who was 4th within the 1500 on the 1912 Olympics, gained the IC4A Mile at Harvard in 4:14.4, setting the primary World Report within the occasion acknowledged by the IAAF.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78625
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(athlete)
https://bringbackthemile.com/information/element/john_paul_jones_all_round_college_man
1913–Sweden’s Alexis Ahlgren lowered the Marathon finest to 2:36:06.6 in London.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
