100 Yards In 9 4-5 Sec.

If the management of the Emanei].nou Ihy celebration Mondáy could have given a sufficient gtrarantee to satisfy the spofftfng world tjiat it could see as great a feat aecomphched as was done yesterday, they could llave áTarwa a crowd of 5,000 persons interested in athletics as easily as a bank president coukl a check for tiiat ïmmber of dollars. It was no leas a wondei'ful accomplishment than to se; a man step out after running 150 yards in 15 seconds flat and taklng a short rest again aipear on the track, and give an exhibition 100 yards dash in the phenoinenal time of 9 4-5 seconds, which is only 1-5 slower ílian the world's record for amateurs and professionals. It was a colored man named Rogers from Conneaut, Oi:io, wlio made this time. He is a man over six f eet tall and weighs 204 pounds sti-ijiped. He is a professional runner aud is likely to turn out a world-beater. There are ïr.any persons would be incliued to bc increduloua as to this mark being uoade and yet it was accomplislied if evex even time was boaten. The Times reporter stood directly behind one of the timers - aw the lever of the stop-watch jn-essed with the appearance of the smoke of the pistol and saw the wheels óf the watc'a movement stopped with the runner crossing the tape. Two stop-watch'ï.s in experieneed hands caught Jlr. Rogers in better time than 10 seconds. In the firet race with five entries Rcgers easily took Oio lead and, looklng aronnd .ali the way foc the last C5 yards, yelled to those behiud him to hurry up. The time in this race was 10% seconds for 100 yards. He tben gave the renownd Sara Johnson, formerly of this city, a handicap of 15 yards in }50 and beat nim in a og in 15 seconds flat. Then came lis wonderful exh;bitiou against time. For men interested in sprictmg t was worth going miles to soe. It monnt the sa;ne to lovers of toot raeing as for admirers of horse racing to see a norse go a mile in 2:01.