The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
NEW ATHLETIC RECORDS.
FEW WORLDS FIGURES MADE DURING
THE PAST SEASON.

Nth the New York A. c. games At Trnvcrs Island
on Sept. Is and tho intervening week has been
,pen by those interested In athletics In comparing
the records mndo during tho past year with those
Accomplished in previous scasons A study Of tho
performances al tho important meetings shows
that tho athletes Of day arc q class superior
10 those Of any other period in athletic history,
but the remarkable achievements of the phencmc-
nal performers that have graood tho trnok and
field during. tho past decade render tho breaking
OF existing records moro difficult than over and
she few now worlds records established form
high tribute 70 tho ability Of the stars VINO haVo
succeeded in altering the accepted tooloa
That tho limit of human speed and endurance
Is almost reached is evident from mo iac' 'ha' no
world record has been broken during tho past year
a, championship event thu! does not require Tho
use OF knack and style AT regulation distances
from 100 yards to ten miles on the fiat, at both
walking and running, the records OF 1898 remain
unchanged despite the frequent competition Of
..,lmstched men in championship and inter-
national contests
The sprinting honors OF the season arc divided
b.,we,n A Duffy OF the East Boston A c.,
A. A L champion, j. ". b. Tewksbury. Uni
ye.,l'v Of Pennsylvania. Intercollegiate champion,
and j F Quinlan winner at the International
VARSITY meet OF these Duffy is the only one
VIII, has pretensions toward tho worlds record
oto4 ) seconds held jointly by half a dozen Amer
leans and two Australians
Il IL scarcely likely that tho New Highlander
will have his name enrolled on the record tables
as a result Of his past performances, even though
one Of the occasions which he is alleged 10 have
covered the hundred in fifth Of a second less
than even time was at the A. A. L. champion
ship meeting held al Boston on Aug. 20 In
DuIv's trial heat. when he was not forced to exert
himself unduly two of the ,mekeepers returned
the tine as As seconds whlo the other watch
registered 10 seconds Competent judges state
that wind which varied in force during the after
noon aided him in this effort. and this view is
borne out by the result Of the final heats in which
Duffy got an excellent start. was forced TO run
his best by kraenzlein. and only succeeded in
doing 10 seconds AT Concord. on Aug 81
Duffy was again credited with running 100
ya,ts in /. ) sec )nds but the track was remeas-
ured and found to be Ave yards short The stua-
lion was rendered more complete by his running
nncxhbiti1n later in the day the full distance,
when strange TO say. the timers again recorded
e45 seconds
Duffy s only appearance in metropolitan circles
was a; the New York A. c. gamea He was beat
en- five feet in the final heat of the l2o yards in
IL seconds, a performance that scarcely warrants
the belief that he has yet arrived at the stage
where he can compass 100 yards in less than
even time
j. W. B Tewksbury won tho 100 yards
al the Intercollegiate games in 10 seconds The
track was not in the best condition, however
and il is probable that II ono OF the presentday
sprntcIs is destined 10 equal break the coveted
record the University Of Pennsylvania Splinter
will 10 the man Though J. F. Quinlan was
beaten by both Tewksbury and Duffy before
he left for England his voyage across the ocean
tuned him up TO such pitch that in winning
~ htnnS at lAfa
OF oxford and Cambridge he equalled the Eng
lish record OF 10 seconds
After tho meeting OF T. E. Burke Of Harvard
and d. Boardman OF Yale in the quarter milo
run at the Yale Harvard games on May l3 there
was little competition among tho crack middle
distance runncra Neither OF the above cared
TO contest the Intercollegiate championship with
~ W. Long OF Columbia College two weeks later.
and the latter's only incentive to fast race was
the Intercollegiate record OF 49i, seconds made
by G. b. Shattuck OF Amherst as far back as
1891. He succeeded In clipping the smallest
fraction of Shattuck's time and the Intercollegiate
record for quarter Of mile now stands at 40 2-6
seconda
OF all the mon who have competed in track
and field contests during 1899 A c. Kraenzlein
Of the University Of Pennsylvania and New York
A. C. stands out prominent As a hurdler and
brosdiumper he is in class by himself, while
a, sprinting and high jumping he took second
place TO the champions at the respective games
The worlds records at both high and low hurdles
stood at Kraenzlein's credit at the beginning
Oft season, as result of his proves last year
but the American record for the broad Jump was
rs feet 81, inches by Myer Prinstein and the
worlds figures were "a feet I, inch by W. j. II.
Newburn. Kraenzlein early In the season showed
immense improy ement in his jumping and at
one Of his college meetings was credited with
jumping "a feet 81, inchea Naturally this per
Torrance on his own grounds was received with
sceptcism. but tho marvellous athlete set ell
doubts at rest to his supremacy as a broad
jumper at the Intercollegiate games on May 20.
On Manhattan Field. which has always been
Considered q poor ground for Jumping, Kraen-
zlein cleared 23 feet 1O,, inches his first at
tempt which broke the Intercollegiate record.
His second effort resulted in a jump OF "a feet
q. inches Before the spectators had recovered
from their surprise the champion had nerved HIM
SCI. for third trial His feet struck the dirt
nearly six inches beyond the record mark. but
after landing his hands swung backward and
touched the ground "a feet A., inches from the
take of, giving him the worlds record by 4 inches
The break made by the jumpers heels shows
that he actually covered "a feet9's inches kraen'
9sin made his broad Jump record in trials
held on the nrst day Of the meet He was salts
ncu Iudt MS Dig euort NOuIu 10 SuiHCicnt W
win tho event for his University and confined
his efforts 10 winning both hurdle events on the
following day. In tho 12o-yard hurdle race he
ec!ipsed his own previous intercollegiate record
Of is SIS seconds by fifth OF a second After
the Intercollegiate games Kraenzetn turned
his attention 10 spnnting and alaround ath
leucs instead OF improving his own iecorts lie
was prevented by strained wrist from com
peiing in the An-around Championship fol
which he trained. but his brilliant work ct the
A A. L. Metropolitan and Canadian champion
ship meetings. stamps him as the best all around
athlete that ever lived. Kraenzlein finished
The SEA son by winning the l2o,yard hurdle race
81 the New York A c. games in Is So seconds
sQla!llng the world record over a grass course
F z Fox OF Harvard is the athlete who shares
With Kraenzein the honor OF holding the high
hurdle record on grass He was another OF the
American team who apparently benefited by his triI
Abroad FoI's great performance was made IN
h7 fale-Harvard vs. oxford Cambridge games
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