Re: t-and-f: the state of Duck track WhutchutalkinboutWillis?

2002-05-12 Thread William H. Allen
- Original Message - From: malmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: RE: t-and-f: the state of Duck track WhutchutalkinboutWillis? So a crappy high school track with cheap bleachers. Cummon! For anyone with a sense of

t-and-f: Extraordinary Performances

2002-05-07 Thread William H. Allen
Two outstanding, not to say breathtaking, performances, in the women's 200m and 400m, are recorded in the current NCAA Diviison I list. Bill Allen

t-and-f: Question

2002-01-30 Thread William H. Allen
Who can tell me what LOL and ROTFLOL mean? And, whoe er can, would he or she do so. Thank you. Bill Allen

t-and-f: Fw: Famous people who have run track

2001-12-13 Thread William H. Allen
- Original Message - From: William H. Allen To: TF Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Famous people who have run track Mention of Ryun brings to mind other public servants or politicians (characterize them as you will): Ralph Metcalfe and Mathias preceded Ryun as members

Re: t-and-f: Famous people who have run track?

2001-12-12 Thread William H. Allen
Ollie Matson, Zeke Bonura, Willie Gault, Bob Hayes, Renaldo Nehemiah, Buddy Davis (why not more highjumpers who made their way in basketball, by the way?); Chuck Hanger (another high jumper/basketballer); the shot putter who played many years for the 49ers (a 75-year-old's memory makes me forget

Re: t-and-f: Famous people who have run track?

2001-12-12 Thread William H. Allen
of those guys you mentioned. I doubt tossing out those names will get a single 14-18 year old to practice. From: William H. Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: William H. Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Famous people who have run track

Re: t-and-f: Famous people who have run track?

2001-12-12 Thread William H. Allen
Mathis, whom I should have thought of, remainds me that Bill Russell was also something of a high jumper -- 6-9 or so. Bill Allen - Original Message - From: Mike Fanelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: Fw: t-and-f: Famous

Re: t-and-f: dude with range

2001-12-10 Thread William H. Allen
Yeah, but what's his 100 meters time? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: t-and-f: dude with range from time to time we've raised the names of guys with super range (like sub-4:00/sub-2:10 people). Here's a

Re: t-and-f: USATF News Notes: December 5, 2001

2001-12-05 Thread William H. Allen
Selig, for heaven's sake! It's clear that Dave is neither a cricket nor a baseball afficionado.. Bill Allen - Original Message - From: Dave Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:10 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: USATF News Notes: December 5,

Re: t-and-f: suggested reading

2001-11-02 Thread William H. Allen
I feel a little hurt by what Mr. Jones says. For one thing, as I've told my friend brother Hill, I mentioned the Gladwell piece on the list some weeks ago. But it wasn't until some big shot like Hill mentioned it that anybody paid attention. And, the other thing, the piece seemed to me not

t-and-f: Gladwell on Doping

2001-09-24 Thread William H. Allen
I have just read Malcolm Gladwell's piece on drugs in track and field in the September 10 issue of the New Yorker. It seemed to me, an ignoramus in the matter, most insightful (as did the same author's piece in the same magazine a few years back on race and sprinting). Gladwell, once

t-and-f: J.J. Johnson

2001-08-25 Thread William H. Allen
BestFares.com, which publishes a magazine and runs a website devoted to airline, hotel, cruise, etc. bargains, seems to have some sort of interest in J.J. Johnson. A box in the August issue of the magazine, headed J.J. Johnson Goes International, notes that our favorite athlete, J.J. Johnson, has

t-and-f: J.J. Johnson

2001-08-25 Thread William H. Allen
Not quite a Delano Meriwether, who I recall was somewhat more advanced in years when he started out, but a little like? Bill Allen

Re: t-and-f: J.J. Johnson

2001-08-25 Thread William H. Allen
That's interesting. But at least I'm confident my spelling is right. Bill Allen - Original Message - From: Wayne T. Armbrust [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: T and F List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 6:24 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: J.J. Johnson William H. Allen wrote

Re: t-and-f: RE: something else to chew on

2001-08-22 Thread William H. Allen
True enough, but, though I agree with those who've written favorably of the United States uniforms of 1972, there were problems with identification even then. Lots of important track countries besides the United States -- West Germany, UK, Kenya, Tunisia (Gammoudi), Belgium -- featured white

Re: t-and-f: Post Edmonton thoughts

2001-08-13 Thread William H. Allen
Absolutely! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:55 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Post Edmonton thoughts In a message dated 8/13/01 5:05:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Was a hard meet to get up for for