Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 317, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1920 — EARLE REYONLDS’ RECORD OF LONG STANDING SHATTERED. [ARTICLE]

EARLE REYONLDS’ RECORD OF LONG STANDING SHATTERED.

When Bobby McLean, Chicago boy and world’s champion ice skater, 'glided fifty yards on a pair of skates in the remarkable time of three and two-fifths second, at a meet held in Pittsburg, Pa., recently, he shattered a record held by Earle Reynolds, Rensselaer boy, which was made as far back as the year 1893. j Saranac Lake, N. Y., jin the month of February in the year 1893 that Earle Reynolds, then a young man of 24 years, covered fifty yards in the remarkable time of three and three-fifths seconds, the fastest that any human being had ever- traveled the distance through his own motive -power at that time. The record made by the Rensselaer boy at that time success- | fully withstood the i attacks of skaters for a period of 26 years, (McLean turning the trick on January 1, this year. I Reynolds’ name, however, still appears in Spalding’s Guide as the holder of other records which are likely to stand for many years to come. I Earle Reynolds has appeared before 'the American theatre-going .public for many years 4 , as well as .those of foreign countries, but of all the fame that has come his way there is nothing that is such source of genuiine satisfaction as the records which he holds which are to be found in the Spalding record book. - - ■ ' v- -