The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03


ord, and did it twice. cutting another h1th
of a second off in the final instance. His
mile was made in 1872. cut of three-nIths
of second from the mark held by Iaylore;
the Frenchman. The major was paced
by 'quint' teams He did the half in 40 40,
lowering the record of AS held by Windle
His second trial at the half was still more
remarkable. being done in 40 So.
New and brilliant records have been mace
in fast swimming. At San Franciso, July
TO. Howard F. Brewer broke the worlds
swimming record for half mile, making
the distance unpaced. in 12:45 %, the
previous record being 1920 made by j. II.
Tyers, in England three years ago. Brew
er established his record under the super
vision of the officers of the Pacific Assocla-
ton Of the American Athletic Union. AT
this same swimming tournament in san
Francisco one American and two coast
records were supplanted. Brewer won the
220-yard race In 2:51. breaking reader
American record of 1851 20, and b F.
Stale won the mile in 2S:20, beating How
ards coast record by nine seconds. DR..
Paul Neumann broke two local records at
a swimming tournament in July, at a ma
tatorium, SiXtieth street and Cottage Grove
avenue, Chicago In the 10O-yard race he
lowered the time over course with two
turns from 1:12 to Ill is, defeating John
F. Haunty, of Milwaukee. The second local
record to be smashed was in the SS0-yard
event in which Neumann won from Vie
land with ease, and this time he cut the
record by a good margin. The record was
without any apparent difficulty, swan the
distance in 1881.
FLANAGAN'S VICTORY.
After his startling performance at the
Berkeley Oval intercollegiate games in the
latter part of May it was generally con-
coded that J. C. NcCracken, the Pennsyl-
vania football player. would soon establish
new figures for the worlds record with the
sixteen-pound hammer. At the New Jersey
Athletic Clubs carnival. May so, at Bergen
Point McCracken hurled the hammer one
inch better than the worlds record of 153
feet inches made short time before by
John Flanagan, of the New York Athletic
Club, in the southern championship, held
at New Orleans. Flanagan was McCrack-
ems only competitor in the event of May
30, and the best the mercury foot repre-
sentative could do was 142 feet inches,
while 'Pennsy'S champion" in his second
throw, landed 153 feet inches. But Nc
Crackers victory was short-lived. June II,
at the games of the New York Athletic
Club, held at Travers island, Flanagan
avenged his defeat in a most emphatic
manner. The two heavy weights were again
on scratch in the hammer throwing con-
test but Flanagans blood was up, and he
hurled the implement 1853 feet inches, beat
ing McCracken sixteen feet, and also his
worlds record of 1913 feet inches.
The best that could be done by the anna
| tours of Northwestern University at ham
mer throwing last year was lO6 feet inches.
This was the performance of Shorty" Lev
lngS, June TO- when he efTaced the former
record of 104 feet at that school. Changes
IN Inc neJnOu Oh throwing the hammer I6H-
der comparisons between the old and new
| schools of athletics useless, but in putting
the shot the rules have suffered little change
and the records indicate that the big men
| have fairly kept up with the procession.
Ifirty-SeVen feet, which won the event ten
years ago for H Pennypacker of Harvard,
would not have gained a place for him last
season, when J. c. McCracken put the 10
pound shot 43 feet inches and r. Sheldon,
vania football hero, June II, by putting the
sphere A feet 212 inches. The fourth man
in the same event had 80 feet inches to his
credit.
PRINSTEIN'S BIG JUMP.
In broad jumping the worlds record was
broken by Myer Prinstein of Syracuse Uni
versity, at the games of the New York
Athletic Club in June He jumped % feet
So inches. suppanting the record Of % feet
~ inches made by NJ. Rosengrane in Aus
tralia. In events requiring the exercise of
SKILL as well as the natural qualities Of
speed and endurance, the opponents Of mod
ern athletics simply eclipse the perform
| ances of the old school, The running broad
jump presents the most remarkable example
of progressive methods. A decade ago T. G..
Shearman, of Yale, won this event with
jump of 70 feet inches, a performance that
In 1898 would not have entitled him to COM
pete III the final day, when only the five best
performers on the trial day were eligible,
ana when such great jump as 70 feet 172
lncneS secured no better than third place.
Since Pr1nstein's record-breaking leap, how
ever, another worlds champion has come TO
the front who is said to have cleared nearly
foot farther than any other jumper This
is w. j. NJ. NeWburn, of Dublin University.
American athletes may soon have their cur
loSity to see this man and his wonderful
work gratified, for it is announced that he
| c0ntemplateS an early visit to this country.
lie stands feet inches in height, is well
proporuoned and decidedly good looking. He
has the inherent love of his race for music,
and invariably requests the band to play
while he makes his biggest efforts.
1t remained for the wear 1893 to bring ont
in a. e. Kraenzlein the greatest performer
over both high and low hurdles that the
| world has yet seen. This was at the meet
ing of intercollegiate champions in May.
Kraenzein won the 220-yard low hurdle race
over 2-foot 6-inch hurdles in % 3-5 seconds,
against 70 As seconds by Mandel in 1888, and
in the 120-yard dash over high hurdles he
romped home in the easiest manner in Is So
seconds, while Mapes, ten years ago, took
| II 1-5 seconds His figures discount those
made by the old-timers.
Look at the great work of the sprinters of
| the year More than one starter has COM
pleted the 10O-yard dash in 10 seconds.
/ Among the intercollegiate athletes Tewkes-
| bury, q dual victor in short Sprints last year,
! ran go yards in Il 3-5 seconds, while F. w.
! Jarvis covered the quarter in so 40 seconds.
! While these figures made no new worlds
| records they were almost equal to the best
! that has yet been done, and a long way
| ahead of old-time runners j. f. Cregan, of
! Princeton ran the haf-mile this year in
| / minute and SO 2-5 seconds, the worlds rec
ord being ! minute and % rs seconds. Gre
! gan was also a winner in che mile race in
|
seconds of the worlds record. With such
speedy men the sprinters of a dozen years
ago would find themselves classed among
the also rams" Upon the whole it is about
the greatest track work that has yet been
seen. In almost every event the records are
superior to those made at the annual games
| at Oxford and Cambridge, whose athletes
were competing for years before the era of
athletic games dawned in American colleges.
Edward Z. H. Blackwell, of Scotland,
broke the record for long driving at golf.
|. He is the only man who has ever driven the
long hole al St. Andrews in two, both ways.
The distance is SIG yards. He was out prac-
ticing, drove UP to the hole in two, and
turning back drove it again. He has also
driven from the tee at the Swilcan Burn up
to the steps leading TO the r. and A. Club
house. This is probably over $50 yards.
Physically Mr.. Blackwell is a perfect type
of athleuc strength Splendidly built, he is
six feet in height and fourteen stone in
weight, with enormously powerful forearm
and wrist and every ounce of his power is
put into his strokes.
Strange judiciary System in Cuba.