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The year was 1923, and Rosenfeld was at, "a
picnic in Beaverton, a three ring sporting
carnival. I was on a factory girls' softball team.
I had done some running at high school in Barrie
and was pretty speedy on the bases, and the girls
said: 'Why don't you go in the 100 yard dash?'
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"I said, 'Aw, what do you mean?' I was wearing
these big pup tent bloomers and running shoes.
Well, they persuaded me, the kids on the team, and
I went in and won the race. People crowded around,
and Elwood Hughes, then sports director of the
Canadian National Exhibition, wanted to know who I
was.
"They asked, 'Do you know who you beat?.' And I
said no.
"You beat the Canadian national champion,' and I
said, 'Who's the Canadian champion?'"
The Canadian champion was Rosa Grosse, who became
one of Rosenfeld's greatest rivals. In 1925,
Rosenfeld and Grosse shared the world record for
100 yards at 11 seconds flat.
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