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词条 Levi Parker Webster
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Athletic Achievements

  3. Personal

  4. References

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Levi Parker Webster (aka Chief Tall Feather) (July 6, 1883 - May 2, 1962) was an Oneida athlete, professional runner and ultramarathoner. He is notable for setting two records for running nearly two decades apart.

Early life

Webster was a member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and grew up on the Oneida reservation. He was a student at Carlisle Indian Industrial School and received his diploma in 1905.

Athletic Achievements

Webster was a foot racer and played professional football for the Frankford Athletic Club (1906-1908), the Pittsburgh Lyceum (1909-1910) and the Massillon Tigers (1911-1914).

He competed many times against English runner Alfred Shrubb, including a 1908 race in Boston in which Shrubb challenged 5 opponents to run in 2-mile relays against him in a 10-mile race.[1]

In June 1927, Webster broke the record for the Milwaukee-to-Chicago nonstop marathon, 94 miles in 19 hours and 47 minutes. Promoters and the press drew attention to the run as a comeback, citing achievements of nearly twenty years earlier, including a record for the mile run with a time of four minutes, 13 seconds.[2][3] The sight caused one Time reporter to marvel at the scene: "Arthur Brisbane, Hearst newspaper seer, might have been moved to repeat one of his favorite homilies--'a sight to delight Darwin.' Indian Chief Tall Feather, aged 42, was running along the broad highways from Milwaukee to Chicago. Sleek automobiles swished by him. On his right, electric interurban trains were hissing and steam locomotives were chuffing. On his left, steamers were cutting the waters of Lake Michigan. It was a scene such as every child has seen in the educational "wonder books.""[4]

On his 50th birthday he ran 50 miles from Green Bay to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[5] For many years his family held an honor run of 50 miles, shared between them, each summer.

Personal

Webster married Servilla Dell Skenandore in 1930 and they had 14 children.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Shrubb to Run Ten Miles against Five Men |newspaper=Buffalo Courier |location= |date=January 15, 1908}}
2. ^{{cite journal |author= |title=Indian Runs 94 Miles in 19 Hrs. 47 Min. |newspaper=The American Indian |location= |date=June 1927|page=5 }}
3. ^{{Citation | last = Ewen | first = Alexander | last2 = Wollock | first2 = Jeffrey | contribution = sports, American Indians and | title = Encyclopedia of the American Indian in the Twentieth Century | publisher = Facts on File, Inc. | place = New York | year = 2008 | contribution-url = http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE43&iPin=ENAIT479&SingleRecord=True }}
4. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Runner Tall Feather |newspaper=Time |location= |date=June 27, 1927 }}
5. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Talking it Over |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |location= |date=July 17, 1934}}
6. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Teyulelu Cornelius |url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenbaypressgazette/obituary.aspx?pid=156719185 |newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette |location= |date=March 27, 2012 }}
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