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On September 15, at the Polo Grounds, New York, Myers, in a handicap match with H. Hawes of the Olympic Athletic Club, San Francisco, covered the 220-yards in 22 1/2 sec., thus lowering the best previous American amateur record (his own) by 1/4 of a second.
This was Merrill's last contest in England; but Myers competed at the Widnes Athletic Club Sports, and easily won the 1/4-mile and 1/2-mile runs in the respective times of 53 3-5 sec. and 2 min. 5 sec.
Their first public appearance since their return was at the joint meeting of the New York and Manhattan Athletic Clubs, on September 17, at Mott Haven, when Myers ran 300 yards in 31 1/2 sec., beating the previous best record for the distance (held by R. S. Haley of San...
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...
Myers's next appearance was at the games of the Olympic Athletic Club, at Philadelphia, on October 15, where he attempted to beat his own record of 48 3-5 sec., at the 1/4-mile run. He ran the distance in 48 3/4 sec.; a strong wind on the home-stretch...