POSTLE BEATEN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5

POSTLE BEATEN.

DONALDSON COVERS i HUNDRED IN 93 SECONDS. , IBy Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright i . , London, February 13. i gator's' Johannesburg ■ correspondent .states..that Donaldsoii/won thehundred yards championship of. the world in 9J seconds, beating A.. B. Postle, the Australian, by 2J yards. . .RECENT PERFORMANCES OF THE "BLUE STREAK." Donaldson—the ■:"Blue. Streak" as he is fchown .- in the athletic world— is .reported' to be a world's champion over- alldistances between 100 yards and 880. yards.. Referring I '.to the. match which -'has '.jiist been' ■ decided, ' Mr: Rufei N&yh>r,; thewellknown. ex-Australian sports '; promoter, recently .wrote:/."Postle would lead.Donaldson • by. one • yard'- in' the', firstsdOj;: and would hold his start to CO yards, but then on", to .90 yards : "the/ Streak*.; would ;>;be travelling ; much the 'faster, . andwould thore than make up the/'leeway';".'''Some weeks ago Donaldson/ was; credited with-' having won a 100 yards.handicap in South Africa in 9 9-16scc.' : :-': -; In reply to criticism as ;to the:accuracy of,- the time in the handicap,; Mr.i Taylor 1 says :-r'3ear in mind that the Closest man to. Donaldson in > the .handicap '"was ~ on. 7yds., ; and ;, that.-'; almost - every/-man-; had; from, two to threo yards'more start than ever Arthur Postle/was- asked" to giveaway; and the best, A.B;P. could ,do was to run. fourth in. finals,^where .'the Streak'. - very: rarely. gets /.beaten.;'; I.: knOw the..time will, be : ridiculed' .by/;/lots ,\of people, but . the same Tieads" also ridiculed Arthur. Postle/being.,world's champion at Kalgoorlie/three- yeara .'Nevertheless' he proved by travelling the - world and . beating allcomers that no mistake had been made.' Even at that time.!l; did/ not - think the man.ever .Uved who could: run 100 yards under. 9 7-lftsec., as .that' was A. B. ■ Postle's .'best- on'.' a-' fair i track.';; Nowa-; days I should say Postle's;best is 9'iWsec. —certainly the 'best ;he: showedihero last, sumineh ; However;/ thevQueehslander/ is ;not'quite, as ! g6od'as ?he'-was three' years' ago.', After/years.,/0f. : .. studying;,/-.Postle's running, I have.concluded : that 100 yards is' one of : his: ' worst distancos. The ;Queenslander runs the first"6o.yards with; 'one breath and at a terrific pace; he then takes ,a'. second -breath,-and-'while doing .'sb'frbm,'6o^to:9Q':ya^;he. i is , -lpang:-grpund.j . From' 90, yards'ho- makes", another - spurt', to about-130 'yards;/at :, which distance I reckon him harder to -beat ; ,thanvat:/100 ; yards,! 'althouglW-Po'stle:/ himself;, thinks •different." 'It'may'also.be mentioned that ; Mr. Taylor avers that some watches gave the ;time . : for 'the handicap in /question; as 9Jsec.' ■'./" ; :/' : "[ : V' - '"'/v I. The contest to' which, the cable referß /was fixed to take .plaoe: in the Johannesburg • stadium!" .'lt was to bo. 'a.; sweepstake 'of £2QQ each' for nominators, ;wi3f ;£IOO added; winner'to take all; open to tho world.' When'' the;'last' mail : left, Donaldson'(who; is a Victorian); and Holway, of; American (the >: .world'ssprint, champion),"' had' subscribed) ; and ■ the Queenslnhder Postle - was : .a,-.-probable; subscriber": Thero was'.some!.doubt.' as • to: iwhether/. lloiway would' agree '. to/'; allow Postle to compete, as he reckoned Postle would not allow' him.vto,join..in':a;:mateh' in which Cartmell and he were engaged.. Seeing that .' Hblway's ! namS' is *ri6t.:mentioned in tho message,' it might/he that -he withdrew'ffoin/thdi'cdntest.' /It /is stated; that in, addition to , the runners mentioned,' Dayies, of r'Wales,/the world's champion, half-iniler, is sceldng a match with Donaldson.- The match was to come off five weeks after the sprint championship, for <£200 , aside, provisionally.'. on Donaldson beating Holway. ; / ,;: