The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-17
WONDERFUL JUMPING.
A. 3. George Writes About the
Worlds Best Records.
LEAPS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.

Great American Jumpers
There is no branch OF sport that embraces
such variety OF performances rs jump
ing. Besides standing and running high
and broad jumping there are the hop, step
and jump, pole vaultng, jumping with
weights, trick jumping, etc.
Both with the spectator and competitor
jumping always is favorite pastime, be-
ing interesting to look at and game that
can be practiced in small space. Almost
all country youths have INDUCED in friend
ly rivalry on the village green. and many
a champion has been thus developed.
There are many legends told of wonder
full leaps by horses, but Of those known to
be authentic the most meritorious are
Roseberry's high jump of IT, 81 in,
which was accomplished at Madison
Square garden, New York, in 1890, and
Chandler's leap at bennington Steepe.
cbases, England, March %, 1S47, when he
cleared 81 #.
1t would be impossible to give full de-
scription of trick jumping. OF the best
known performers, Malcolm w. Ford
shines conspicuously among the amateurs,
while in the professional ranks j. Darby,
Of England, has proved himself cham.
pion of champions. Probably the most
wonderful performance he ever accom-.
plished was at Glasgow, in December, 1889,
when he cleared a bar 5 IL. Q in. high with
his ankles firmly bound together. Another
of his feats is TO stand on brick, end up,
and jump over a bar 8 feet high, alighting
on another brick, also end up, without
knocking either Of them down. Besides
being trick jumper Darby is the best
standing jumper, with or without weights.
that the world has produced.
Another good performer is G. w. Row
den, of Devon, England. One OF his best
tricks is to place three barrels side by side
and jump into the first, out of that into
the second and from there into the third,
with his legs tied together.
The best amateur record for standing
high jump without weights Is #. IL
in., done at Worcester, Mass, May 2s,
1890, by S. Crook. The best standing
jump with weights Is #. 596 in., by J. T.
Kearney, professional, at Brooklyn, Sept
II, 1856.
The best standing broad jump ever made
without weights is l2 #. ~ in, by j.
Darby, at Dudley, England, May 2s, 1890
The American professional record for the
standing broad jump is II It. in, by E.
A. johnson, Aug. 3, 1881. The best anna
teur record, 10 IT. 94 in, was made by
Malcolm w. Ford, at New York, April %,
1886. With the assistance of weights
Darby once cleared IA #. 8 in. The Amer
lean professional record with weights
is IA #. 81 in, by G, w. Hamilton, at Ro-
meo, Mich, OFT. 3, 1870. The best done by
an amateur with weights is Il #. 0l6 in,
by l.. Hellwig, at Williamsburg, Nov. 20,
1884.
The best record for two standing jumps
with weights, % fl. in, was done by
Darby, at Glasgow, Scotland, December,
1889. The amateur record is 81 IT, in,
done by p. A. Hendricks, at Fordham, n.
Y, November, 1876.
Malcolm w. Ford did the best three
standing jumps without weights ever done
by an amateur in America-3i #. AZ in.-
at Brooklyn April 10, 1885, With weights
the record is 35 #. 8 in, by w. Lawton.
This record was made in California, May,
1876 The worlds record is Al It. in.,
done by j. Darby, professional, at West.
minister, London, Nov. 8, 1888. The best
standing back jump is IL #. 2 in, by w.
Booth, an English professional,
At the running high jump the amateur
is ahead Of the professional. For many
years it was thought an impossibility for a
man to clear over six feet, but eventually
NJ. j. Brooks, at the Oxford university
sports, England, succeeded in accomplish
ing the feat, and few days later, at Lille
Bridge, London, cleared q It. 216 in. which
record stood until July 8, 1890, when p.
DAWN, at Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, did Il
inch better. DAWN was fine all around
man, 6 feet tall and strongly built. A
etp 10 nfh hnt t,., \;
#. 1 in. in an exhibition lowing to some
one having moved his handkerchief, which
marked take Off, cleared Is #. in. from
the take off to the drop.
1t remained for w. Byrd Page, an Amer
lean, to beat Davin's record. He did this
great jump at Stourbridge, England,
clearing the bar at #. 81 in. The fol-
lowing October, at Philadelphia, Page
| jumped 6 #. 4 in, which Is the present
authentic record. At the Fifth Volunteer
Battalion Devonshire regiment sports,
Aug 0, 1890, G. w. Rowden cleared #.
81 in. Six officers swore before justice
of the peace to the genuineness Of the per-
formance, but owing to the fact of it hay-
ing been done at meeting where no we'll
known competent judges were in attend
ance, the record is not generally accepJed.
Rowden Is the man who tied Byrd Page for
the English championship In 1887. He
also cleared @ IT. 2M in, at Dartmouth,
England, June /, 1889. At the Irish nation
al games held at Boston, Aug. Q, 1890, j.
Fitzpatrick, q professional, cleared #.
| 4% in, using light dumbbells.
The first great broad jumper America
produced was j. S. Voorhees,, who held the
record from 1881 to 1886, his best perform
ance being 20 TT. tx in. M. w. Ford's % #.
in. stood from 1886 until 1890 when at
the A. A U. championship held in Wash
ington A. +. Copeland beat it by Is OF
| an inch. Q. S. RebeI of st. Louis, Is the
| present record holder, having cleared % IT.
| 61S in, at Detroit, July 4, 1891. In England,
| as far back as 1872, some great broad jump
| ing performances were accomplished, Il. j.
Davies winning the championship for that
| year with q IT, in. AT the Irish civil
| service sports of 1874 Davies met defeat at
the hands or rather feet Of j. Lane, who
| established record of % TT. ~ in. This
| stood until 1883, In which year p. DAWN
cleared % IT. ~ in.
At The Freeman's Journal sports, at
| Balls Bridge, Dublin, July 81, 1886, j. Pur-
cell made three remarkable jumps. The
| first measured 81 IT. IL 4 in; second, 90 IT.
| liz in, and the third, 23 #. liz in The
actual measurement of the latter from toe
| to heel was "a IT. 2 in. Purcell was robbed
| of his record, however. At that time a
bitter war existed between the Irish Ath-
letic association and Gallic Athletic asso-
citation. The record committee were all
| members of the former and Purcell mem
Der of the latter organization, which ac-
counted for the objection made that there
| was fall of a trife over four inches in the
| twenty-four feet.
A remarkable Jump was Accomplished