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who will take, part in the week-long grind at the Coliseum, beginning Feb. 2, will arrive, here tomorrow. Some oMhe long distance pedallers already h'ere are practicing on the boulevard? . A new indoor track record is ex pected when Howard Drew- of Cali fornia and Jo .Loomis of Chicago meet in a special 70-yard race at Jo Loomis and Howard Drew. Madison Square Garden, New York, Jan. 27. Drew was beaten in the national amateur meet at San Francisco last summer and said he would never race again, but went into training recently and is said to be moving in his Olym picform. Loomis has.gone through a special course of training for the race. While some ballplayers will receive salary cuts this year, with the war over, some will continue to draw big pay because, during war time, they signed long-term contracts. Joe Jackson, Eddie Collins and Johnny Evers have good contracts that have two years to run. Jake Daubert has a nice contract that will not expire for three years, and so has George Sisler. The contracts of Ty Cobb and Wal ter Johnson, calling for big sums, will carry them through this year. v Records for a mile, compiled by George Moreland, statistician, show the automobile still the fastest of all. The fastest time in which a mile was ever covered is 25 2-5 seconds by an auto driven by Bob Burman at Dayton in 1911. It was a straight away dash. The fastest time by an aeroplane was 28 5-8 seconds by N. Prevost at Rheims, France. Other auto records: Speedway, 33:35 seconds by Burman at Indian apolis in 191L; circular track, 46:20, by Louis Disbrow at St Louis in 1914; standing start, 40:53, by Oldfield at Dayton in 1910. Outside of the auto and aeroplane the fastest mile was made on a mo torcycle, 36 seconds, by L. Humiston at Los Angeles in 1912, and next comes a mile in 37 seconds by the Empire express train of the New York Central lines in 1891. Other mile records: Trotting (Gelding) Uhlan, 1:58; (mare) Lou Dillon, 1:58; (stallion) The Harvester, 2:01; to wagon, Lou Dillon, 2:00; under saddle, Country Jay, 2:081i; with running mate, Uhlan, 1:54; teams, Uhlan and Lewis Forrest, 2:0314; three abreast, Bella Hamlin, Globe and Justina, 2:14; in races, Hamburg Belle, 2:01ii. Bicycling Motor paced competi tion, Bobby Walthour, 0:59; against time, Alfred Goullet, 1:51; competi tion, P. H. Hahir, 1:47 3-5; tandem, MMMHMMHHHHI