The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
BROUCHTON
 BREAKS THE :.
 OLD RECORD. Makes a. New Coast Mark in the Broad
 Jump Event. The Pacific Athletic As sociation Champion #
 ship Games. Morgan of Stanford Scores the Greatest Number of Points
 .Individually.
 ATHLETES OF PROMISE.
ATHLETES OF PROMISE.
The Unfsvorable Condition of the Weather Interferes With =
 Good Records. :.

Several surprises happened yesterday at the field day of the Pacific Athletic Asso- citation of the American Amateur: Union, the most notable of which were. the lowerz. ing of Drum S ScolorS in the 1G0-yard dash and the remarkable =. performance Of Broughton in the broad jump :: The latter gentleman just separated himself 23 feeet inches from the starting: board by a single leap, and he is HOW the proud pos sessor of: the coast record for.th broad jump. This was done in the face of a strong wind, with the mercury so low that nearly every undressed' athlete on :. the grounds was chattering from the marrow. piercing cold The oEd-time athletes pres, ent are ,unanimous in the opinion that Broughton would have broken the world s. record $under favorable: weather condt-. tions and: they took upon. this 23 feet I inches jump as. something worthy of in deible inscription in athletic archives. =.
 The historic jump of Schiefferstein, made many years ago,.is now a record of the past For several years the jumpers have worked to improve upon 1t. but not until yesterday was 1t even approached.
 Another surprise-a sorry one: to the. officers of the association-was- the. slim attendance The bleak grand stand of the Olympic grounds shone out in all its pris- tine baroness, with the exception of a few black spots on. it here and there: The chilling blasts and an overcast sky are: charged with. the. poor attendance. A. south wind rattIed through tie rafterS, and the sluggish circulau ton :of the spec tators refused to .respond to the. false eX- citations of stamping and shouting; Now and then, when some exceptionally me performance on the track or field drew fheir attention the benum bed limbs and hands were forgotten for the moment Considering the few people there, a, re- spectabe volume of noise emanated rom
 
 due to the vain attempt on the part of the spectators to shake of the cold, not a spontaneous explosion or pent-up en-. thusiaSm.
 It took three heats to settle who should run in the finals of the 1G9-yard- dash. A Abadie, A: A. L., with wings. on his feet: Drum. who since his entrance at college has not tasted of defeat in any race, and Broughton, his college mate, afl started on the mark. Abadie, with a dash, took the lead, and gaining an ad- vantage by a speedy start, tore down the stretch to the tape. The few yards Ealned by the start was an absolute quantity. Knowing no variance, and Abadie finished just as far in advance or Drum once the undisputed but now the ungarlanded champion; Tor Drum record of 10 1-5 seconds was not touched by his younger competitor. The time was lO 70
 Soon after the 1O0-yard race was run the announcement of Broughtons rec ord-splitting adventure caused wave or excitement, and it looked as if something wonderful was about to happen every minute. But the half-mile, well run ana in good time, gave the perturbed feel fngS of the grand stand occupants time to settle Neither Smith of Stanford or Carroll of California entered, so the race went not to the very swift, but to the second-rate men. Carpenter of Calfornla took first place, with Straut of Stanford second and Goshen, A. A. L., third The time was fast. two minutes and three seconds which shows a great improve ment in Carpenters running since last Saturday.
 The star performer of the day was Morgan of Stanford. The wind that neu- tralized it's quickening influence in the long distance races by blowing on the backs and against the faces of the run ners alternately favored Morgan in the high hurdle race. He took the sticks seconds. In the low hurdles, the way in which he moved over the ground and the vigorous finish told the spectators that the 220 hurdles in 26 seconds fiat, equaling Torrey's record made on an Eastern track In the high jump Morgan got sec ond place. which combined with two vic tories in the hurdle races gave him the all-around championship of the day.
 the banner after half the programme had run it's course. California will have an- other emblem to add to its collection of track trophies California scored 55 points, the A. A. L. 40 and Stanford 20.
 The mile run brougt out Finne, a sprinter of great promise. He won easily from Carpenter and Jackson, the tried athletes of California
 In the 40 the pride of the A. A. L., Cadogan, won from Woolsey and Hing neither. of whom could catch the prep school-boy. Cadogan covered the distance in 52 seconds, which was very fast time for the day.
 Flaw the hammer thrower, did what was expected of him. beating out Edgren and the California contingent with ap- parent ease.
 The summary is as follows:
 1oo-yard dash-Abadie A. A. L., first Drum