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...beaten the world's record by more than the requisite .5 m.p.h.† He covered the Indian Creek course of one nautical mile (6.080 ft.) southward in 36.87 sec., northward in 37.35 sec. and computed his average speed, subject to official confirmation, as 111.712 land m.p.h. In Manhattan- Joie Ray's greatest mile race was run in 1925. His time-4 min. 12 sec.-equalled the indoor world's record set ten days earlier by Paavo Nurmi. Lasi week Gene Venizke, a 23-year-old German-American of Boyerstown, Pa., who was unknown two years...
From 1915 to 1925, Joie Ray was considered the best mile runner in the world. In 1925 he tied Paavo Nurmi for the indoor record?4 min. 12 sec. Three years later he astonished everyone by making good his boast to become a marathon runner. He was on the U. S. Olympic team in 1928. Since then Ray's achievements have diminished, but not his confidence nor his odd, insistent courage. He competed in C. C. Pyle's second transcontinental footrace, lost a six-day race against a horse in Philadelphia. He tried prizefighting, long-distance roller-skating, driving...
...anchored by Carl Coan who, generally late for practice, is seldom late in a race. His teammates were James ("the Rabbit") Healey, Howard ("Schoolboy") Jones, Horace ("Horse") Steele. They had beaten by five seconds (7:30.4) the world record made by an Illinois A. C. team in 1923 when Joie Ray was anchor...
Quebec to Montreal. In 1925 little Joie Ray could run an indoor mile faster than anyone else in the U. S. Three years ago, too old for mile runs, he entered the Boston Marathon and finished third on bleeding feet chafed to the bone by ill-fitting shoes. Last week he strapped snowshoes on his feet and entered the 200-mi. snowshoe race from Quebec to Montreal, competing with northwoodsmen who had used snowshoes all their lives. Frank Hoey started ahead and Joie Ray was far back in the pack. His cheeks froze; he tramped through deep snow with...
...first act began very well, but unfortunately a lack of spirit left some of the hilarious possibilities of Shakespeare's comedy untouched. The whole business was carried off well enough, but the joie de vivre necessary for the superlative was lacking. This discrepancy was in all probability owing to the slightly flat antics of Walter Kingsford as Sir Toby Beich and Arthur Hohl's Sir Andrew Aguecheek. For some reason or another they failed to make their foolery convincing...