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Thursday, September 21, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Running legends to compete again
Ryun, Clark say its just for fun and enjoyment
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Jim Ryun and Ron Clarke were two of the greatest distance runners in history, yet they never met competitively. Finally, they will face each other after all these years.
There won't be much at stake, however — and that's just the way they prefer it. At their age — Ryun is 48, Clarke is 58 — they're running for fun and enjoyment.
The occasion will be the "Dream Mile" at the inaugural International Senior Games in Bermuda next April. The Games, which will offer competition in more than 20 sports, are supposed to be limited to athletes 50 years and older, but exceptions are being made for the Dream Mile and cricket.
"When I think of the great distance runners, I think of Ron Clarke," Ryun said yesterday. "His achievements haven't been matched."
Clarke set 18 world records in eight events between two miles and 20,000
meters in length and earned a bronze medal at 10,000 meters in the 1964 Olympic Games.
Ryun, who ran track for Kansas in the 1960s, was not as versatile as Clarke, but just as effective. He broke the world mile record twice, and the 1,500-meter and 880-yd records once each and won the silver medal for the 1,500 at the 1968 Games.
He still competes on the track and on the roads, but not with the zeal he had as a youngster.
"He doesn't take it as seriously as he did when he was 20 years old," his wife, Ann, said. "He wants to stay fit. As far as running fast times and winning, you get past that.
"You don't have to prove yourself. Now, you feel pain that you didn't feel when you were younger."
Clarke, who generally doesn't run competitively anymore, is making an exception for the Dream Mile.
He won't be lacking for conditioning, however. He stays in shape by running about an hour each day. And he has run health clubs in London for several years, where he has worked out.
said. "I just like to run.
"It's the event, not the prize at the end. There should be less emphasis on winning and more on competing. When I ran, I was disappointed when the race was over. If I won, I knew I had been my best friends. If I lost, I beat me. Afterward, I was already looking forward to the next event. Athletics is such a pleasure."
"I'm not all that competitive," Clarke
Ryun has some of the same thoughts as Clarke.
"As you get older, you realize that everyone can compete," he said. "Age doesn't matter.
"I'm in running shape, but not in great shape. I enjoy training, but my body doesn't enjoy it."
Ryun generally runs about five to seven miles a day, but he has some injuries and now must cycle and cross train to stay in shane.
Despite his age, Ryun's accomplishments have not been forgotten, and there are those who still think he can run fast. For example, when he was in Stockholm, Sweden, last year for a mile race, he was asked about the possibility of running 4 minutes, 10 seconds.
"He didn't realize my legs had slowed down." Ryan said. "I ran a blazing" 5:19.
NFL owners hear Jerry Jones'side
Dallas owner being sued by league after signing deals with Nike, Pepsi
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue's voice rose in anger as he tried to explain the league's $300 million suit against Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
"I'm not angry, I'm just a little bit frustrated when people don't seem to understand the big picture." Tagliabue said following a four-hour meeting of NFL owners Tuesday. At the meeting, Jones was allowed to present his case for the agreements he signed with non-league sponsors Nike
and Pepsi.
"The National Football League has very clear-cut ways of doing business, which have distinguished it from all other leagues and made it as great as it is," Tagliabue said. "When you have a successful philosophy which has worked for 76 1/2 years, you hold it pretty sacred."
Tagliabue suggested that the contracts negotiated by Jones outside the scope of NFL Properties, Inc., threatened the future stability of the game and the rich heritage of the league.
NFL Properties, the league's $3 billion-a-year marketing arm, filed the suit in federal court in New York on Monday. Jones was served the court papers while he ate lunch at the airport area hotel where the meeting
By Linda C. Black
was held.
"It made my clam chowder a little harder to digest," Jones said, adding that he was pleased with his reception from fellow owners.
"I got a great hearing," he said. "I could tell by the look in their eyes that they were genuinely wanting to hear me out, and several of them that did make remarks; it was done in a very courteous way."
Jones wants the league to change its revenue-sharing system, under which all 30 teams divide licensing royalties evenly. It amounts to about $3.5 million a team each year. The Cowboys accounted for about one-fourth of the revenue last year, and Jones believes his team deserves more than a one-thirtieth share.
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