Maybe he wouldn't even have to be 25 years old. If I recall, Reg made a comeback when solidly into middle age.
Reminds me of the story about Ty Cobb. Late in his life, a reporter kept asking him how he would do against the then-current major leaguers. Finally, after the reporter asked him for the 4th or 5th time, "What would you hit against today's pitching?" Cobb answered "I figure about .250." The reporter was taken aback, as Cobb of course was (and still is) the lifetime hitting leader with a .366 average, and had never been known for false modesty. "Only .250?" the reporter asked. "Well hell," said Cobb, "you have to remember I'm 80 damn years old."
Maybe it would be a similar story with Reg.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
Brian Booth <swiftybjb@yahoo.com> wrote: Philip (with one L),
I was being somewhat flippant about Reg, after all he was my hero as a young lad growing up in England, and I have one of only 3 known to have been made in his factory Reg Harris track bikes, photos available if Dale ever puts them on the Reg Harris page! But there were no drug tests in his day so we will never know, and I once asked him if he ever took dope (this was after he retired and was riding the Manchester Wheelers club time trials for fun and fitness, I was also a Wheeler). Half joking he said yes, and said he had a big jar of caffeine, which at the time (1965)was not a banned substance, but is today if used in excess.
Reg, who was a superb physical specimen and still riding his bike regularly, died relatively young at 72, could his life have been shortened as a result of doping when he was younger? We will never know will we?
Brian (without a Y) Booth
Toronto, Canada
> And then again, if no one had aloud drugs, they'd
> all be pretty quiet
> and we'd never know anyway. Right?
>
> Philip with one "l", trying to recall his misspent
> youth and just how
> loud those drugs were, anyway.
>
> Brian Booth wrote:
> > Phillip said
> >
> >
> >> If Reg Harris was alive and no one was aloud
> drugs
> >> everyone use a lie
> >> detector test. Reg would beat the all these cats
> >> taking dope and riding
> >> track bikes today.
> >>
>
> Phil Sieg
>
> Knoxville, Tennessee
>
> USA
>
>
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