The times., 1898-06-05
Capital City Athletes.

The wholesale manner in which col
fegiate and in some instances worlds rec
ords on field and track We're broken at
last weeks intercollegiate meet al Berke-
Iey oval has set all the athletic world
athinling and aguessing- 1t is scarcely
possible that some of the records made
will be touched at the annual Amateur
Athletic Union meet at Chicago on June
% Il seems now that matters athletic
are being reversed and that the collegians
have the reins and are setting the pace
Tor the erstwhile athletic club world
beaters.
A few short weeks ago John Flanagan,
OF the New York Athletic Club, was
looked upon as the holder of an unbeata-
BILE record as I6-pound hammer thrower
with a throw Of l53 feet inches 10 his
credit AT the New Jersey Athletic Club
games on Monday McCracken lowered
this record and made a new one with 153
feet 8 inches, which will probably stand
this season. The great Mitchell and the
almost as great Sheldon wisely stayed out
OF the competition. They have no doubt
dropped out Of sight as record holders.
There was a time when Mitchell. with
u 8 feet inches was looked upon as a
world beater bur there is a new class
now. McCracken Is Pennsy man and
his varsity j. proud Of him. Another COM
ing record holder from the same varsity
is TeWksbury who is making strides 10
the top. He covered the 800 yards in 81
seconds. just 2-5 Of a second slower than
the worlds record What a pity il is that
Wefers could not have gone against in
the 100 and 20 yards. for both of which
ne holds the worlds record. AS il was
the best Tewsbury was called on to do
was ten seconds fat, with Rush,
hard close second. At the inter
collegiate championship at Berkeley
Oval Prinzstein, Of Syracuse, established
new intercollegiate record, and beat the
american and English records, and came
wichin IS Of an inch Of equaling the
worlds record, in the running broad
jump Of 2 feet Z l-2 inches. held by Ros-
engrave Of Sydney, y. s. w. since Oc-
t3ber 1896. Several other collegiate
records We're smashed. Altogether it was
record breaking meet fun Of heart
breaking finishes.
McCracken. al the same meet made a
new college record with the shot, with
put Of - feet l-2 inches. knocking out
Hickoks mark by nine inches.
All this must give the athletes for the
season now well under way plenty Of
food for reflection and something extraor-
olnary, must be done before the wires
viii herald to the country z record
broken in this or that event.
Columbia Athletic Club.
With the annual picnic of the Column
bia Athletic Club Juniors out of the way
Prof Cr0ssley and his athletes will take
up the work Of training and practicing at
Columbia Field in earnest. 1t is quite
probable that a half dozen or so of the
winged arrow" track and field men will
DE entered in the Carroll Institute meet.
TO be held at River View on June I3.
If the Baltimore Athletic Club holds a
set Of games this season Speare. Stewart.
Caleyera, AlcElhone. Greene, and Curtis
may be among the entrants from here
These, with several others. are keeping
themselves in trim for nearby events.
Speare is moving well in the sprints
and adding speed and strength each week.
and he should have a chance to try him
self against some fast ones in open meets.
He Is undoubtedly one Of the most prom
lsing sprinters the club has had in
several years. He strides well and his