by Keith Conning
My father, Daniel Ralph Gell Conning, was born in Oakland, California on August 20, 1897. My grandfather, James Conning, married my grandmother, Amy Katherine Gell, in San Francisco on April 28, 1894. The Connings lived in West Oakland near what is now the West Oakland Bart Station. My grandfather, James Conning, worked for the Bank of London in San Francisco. At the age of nine my grandfather moved the family back to London, England. In 1914, at the age of 16-17, my father kept a diary of his daily activities. He was interested in the sports of cricket, soccer, and athletics (track and field).
At the end of his diary he had a section entitled:
"Big Athletic Things I have seen in 1914.
W.R. Applegate wins the 100 yards at the Polytechnic Harriers sports in 9.4-5 sec.
W.R. Applegate runs the 220 yards Championships in 21 1/5 sec. (Equal to worlds record) at the Championships, July 4, 1914.
H. Baker, New York A.C. wins the Half-mile Championships in 1 min. 54. 2/5 sec.
W.M. Oler wins the High Jump Championship at 6 ft. 2 1/2 ins. after a thrilling struggle with Baker of Liverpool who cleared 6 ft. 2."
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World Records
200 METRES Turn
y=220 Yards (201.17m)
The IAAF first distinguished between records made on a full turn and those made on a straight track in 1951.
21 1/5y Willie Applegarth (GBR) London 04.07.1914
AAA Championships at Stamford Bridge:
2. Victor D'Arcy 21.7e, 3. John Rooney 21.9e, 4. Francis Shaw (IRL) 22.0e.
This was not shown in Misangyi's initial IAAF-Record-Progression lists, but has been shown in post-1945 official lists. Lagerstrom in his fine work "The sprinters - Volume 1" notes that this was around a slight turn of 70 yards, but photos of the ground suggest that the bend was sharper than those now in vogue.
Source: IAAF Progression of World Best Performances and Official World Records, 1999 Edition.
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Willie ApplegarthFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for United Kingdom
Gold 1912 Stockholm 4x100 m relay
Bronze 1912 Stockholm 200 metres
Willie Applegarth (William Reuben Applegarth; 11 May 1890 – 5 December 1958) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
[edit] BiographyBorn in Guisborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, William Applegarth was one of the best European sprinters during the World War I.
At the Stockholm Olympics, Applegarth was eliminated in the semifinals of 100 m competition and won a bronze medal in 200 m. As the anchoring leg in the British 4x100 m relay team, he won a gold medal, in spite of finishing second after United States in the semifinal. United States was later disqualified for a fault in passing the baton, the same mistake was made in the final by world record holder and main favourite German team.
Applegarth was a British AAA champion in 100 yd (91 m) in 1913 and 1914 and in 220 yd (200 m) from 1912 to 1914. Shortly after the Olympics Applegarth repeated the Donald Lippincott's world record in 100 m of 10.6 and set a new world record of 21.2 in 200 m in the 1914 AAA meeting. His 200 m record was not broken until 1928.
In 1915 Applegarth turned professional and emigrated to America, where became track and soccer coach at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. He also played for Brooklyn in the American Soccer League. William Applegarth died at age 68 in the same year that his British 100 yd (91 m) record of 9.8 was finally broken.
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1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & Willie Applegarth
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CONNING/GELL In San Francisco April 28, 1894 Rev.John Emory at St. Peters Episcopal Church James CONNING and Amy Katherine GELL San Francisco Call, Volume 75, Number 130, 29 April 1894
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfcall1894.htm
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