New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-29
WORLDS RECORDS BROKEN.
PERFORMANCES OF CON-
NEFF AND SWEENEY AT
TRAvERs ISLAND.
ar FORMER RUNS MILE IN AiSss. THF
LATTER CLEARS FEET INCHES IN THE
HIGH JuMp-coMPETENT OFFICIALS PRE-
SIDE AT THE rRIALs-pREpARINo TO

,,cu ,rMP-CoMPErENT OFFICIALS PRE-
SIDE AT THE rRlALs-pREPARINo TO
MEET THE ENGLISH ATHLETES
p.cords are being smashed in every branch OF
ort ms, now. and 1895 is likely to go down in the
w. 80 ,hletcs as the year in which some OF the
..,,arkahle performances on track and Held
-. h.an made Even baseball Is making "A record
:" ,h,. city but It is not the sort OF record when
,.os the future welfare OF the sport In this
neighborhood ,,o
rsora was considerable excitement among the
.mau army OF athletes and enthusiastic New io'
.,h,.,,c Club men at their Ina ndsome summer home
49, ,rs Island las; night for T. =. ConneH. the
w rd NJ F Sweeney, the jumper. had each
-, worlds records late in the afternoon There
vaudeville entertainment at the clubhouse at
rars island last night. and the utmost Jointly
,.a and Sweeney and Connen were the heroes
OF the hour.
rparNING FOR THE COMING CONTESTS.
,,,s,es who are to meet the English cham
.s who are now their way to TINS country
~ nao, training indus iriously at Travers Island
.or anne time past in preparation for the coming
tional games Mike" Murphy, the trainer
- tent q watchful eye upon the boys. and as ne
- convinced that at least two OF his charges were
a. ,,d,ton 10 try for worlds records. 1t was deter
,rsd 70 have the trials yesterday afternoon. con-
1 and Sweeney made their efforts just before
nd successful.
ties, expectations Of their jolly Yale College
.,,,.r The announcement that efforts would DE
- 20 aclipse all existing records In the one-mile
n and IN the high jump served 10 attract good
.,.d crowd TO Travers Island, many old-tiIne atm
,e,ss and followers of the sport being present. some
., the best athletic experts in the neignDorhood
,s-e nresent and no suspicion can be cast upon
.hs correctness of the records as made. James l..
sullivan. the secretary of the Amateur Athletic
1.,,on was present. witnessed both performances,
md he saws that there is no doubt but that the
A L. will allow both records
Rartow 5 Weeks. ex-president OF the New-forK
Athletic Club: A. A. Jordan. the ex-amateur all
around champion e. J. Wendell and Robert Stoil
were the timers. all experienced men In such mat
tors TIE referee ID. f. Brown. the ex-presi-
dent Of the Scottish Amateur Athletic Association
CONNEFF'S SUCCESSFUL TRIAL.
corrsn looked the picture OF perfect health when
ne stripped TO make his trial on the track lie
mas 70 be paced by f. c. Carter. the long-disance
champion and George W. orion. the college cham
MON runner At the start orion jumped off with
,he lead and a merry clip for the first quarter
Of A mile with little Connect so close behind as TO
Amos tread upon his pacemakers heels. At the
sud Of the quarter orion dropped cut and Conner
Get bis pace for the next haf-mi;e. carter
was TO take up the work Of pacemaker for the last
ouarter-mile. which he did in good shape. He car
ried Connect over the line in min 10 SO sec.
cheers {rom the delighted onlookers while smile
Of pleasure twinkled about the corners OF Conner
n,on,h \The best previous record was Az made
Wv + = Bacon in England last month. The Amer
Nom record up to yesterday was Az 40 mace py
sonner AT Cambridge. Mass. two weeks ago, TINS
1rccord stood until Bacon lowered 1t last month and
E,onpcn has been upon pins and needles ever since.
l SWEENEY A HUMAN FLYING MACHINE.
l NJ F. Sweeney the especial pride OF the Navicr
IA,hcr1c Club. but wNo Will compete for the New
{york Athletic Club In the coming international
r,r.s. can lay claim being the human Tying ma
chine Sweeney set out TO make new inquire loi
,he h,sa, jump and ne declined 10 have any tral
horses" to go along with him. The bar was placed
., fyc feet for his first attempt. ana ne saien over
!, Nth he ca SO of n bird Then the bar was placer
q, 4 feet 6 inches. and then at six rect ana sun
cxsnev few over II at will Then the bar was
rseed at 6 feet inches from the ground' a am
SSssney prepared for his supreme effort re
Cleared the bar with an inch and half to spare are
snS All existing records made on both sass OF r,e
ecoan went by the board. j. NJ Ryan or
Ireland held the old record OF feet az incn.s;;
msae on August 10 last. The best American record
vss made by Sweeney himself AT ira'e's iS""'
Two years ago. a., 49,. .or,o raro ath.
49, ,,mher when they reach these shores -,
Connect believes that II the pace rau D'' hava
Ss faster in the first quarter ne Oo""u ""'
made the mile run in even better u"e'