Word: moseley
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Annual Sports of the Moseley Harriers at Birmingham, on July 9, was the occasion for their third joint appearance, and it was here that Merrill was hustled by a crowd of roughs who had bet against him, and who found that the only way to save their money, when the judges ruled out all of his opponents for unfair walking, was by preventing Merrill himself from finishing the distance and thus have all bets declared "off" on the ground of there being "no race." This blackguardism was the more unfortunate as at the time it happened Merrill bid fair...
Myers's next appearance was at the American Athletic Club Games at the Polo Grounds October 8, when he succeeded in lowering the best amateur 1,000-yards record (2 min. 18 sec., held by W. G. George of the Moseley Harriers, England) by five seconds. Special time-keepers at the 1/2-mile post announced that he also broke the 1/2-mile record by 2-5 of a second, covering the distance...
...London Athletic Club, whose records are very fast for the short distances, i.e., 100 yards in 10 1-5 seconds, 120 yards in 12 seconds, 150 yards in 15 seconds, and 220 yards in 22 2-5 seconds; and for the longer distances Mr. W. C. George, Moseley Harriers, whose record for the mile run, 4 minutes and 23 1-5 seconds, is about 5 1-2 seconds faster than Myers's own record. Myers's American friends, however, are confident of his ability to hold his own against any athletes England can produce, and he will leave New York...