The Washington times., 1902-01-26
ATHLETIC RECORDS AS
OFFICIALLY given.
SOME CLAIMS NOT ALLOWED.
Duhcy Is Among the Leaders-Sears
Has Many New Marks-FInnagan
the King ia the Weigh. Events
Sprnkcr the Hest Broad Jumper.

The records for performances among
amateurs in track and field events during
1901 have been promulgated by Thomas F..
O'Brien. official Handicapped for tho
Amateur Athletic Union, Metropolitan As
sociation.
The list contains many surprises. and in
some instances records were declined by
/ the A. A. U. for some very remarka BILE
performances. Technicalities or faulty
measurement or poor timing were the
main reasons why some of the new
records were not made official
Duffey's indoor ffty-yard run in five
seconds will not go as record.
The years list of remarkable perform
ances includes the following:
Sprint Events.
| 100-yard run-9 As seconds. A. F. Duff
fey, Georgetown University, Louisville,
Ky. October 5; As seconds, A. F. Duffey,
| Georgetown University, New York, May
"a; 10 seconds, C. Dupee, Yale, New York.
May "a; AS seconds, Lee C. Deming.
A. S. Of o., st. Louis, May Is (record not
allowed; As seconds, F. NJ. Sears.
Cornell. Buffalo, June Is; 10 seconds. A.
June 4; 10 seconds. Harry Kane, First
| Regiment A. A., Concord, ". H., August
20; 10 seconds, A. F. Duffey, Georgetown
University. Philadelphia. Pa, April q:
| 10 seconds, C. NJ. Leibler. University OF
Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mich, May 1S: 10
seconds, F. Hahn, University of Michigan.
Chicago, June 1; 10 seconds, L. v. Bell.
| University cf Illinois, Camp Randall.
Wis, May II: 10 seconds. C. Schriner.
Northwestern University, Champaign, ILL.,.
May %; 10 seconds, F. NJ. Sears, Cornell,
Ithaca, N. Y, May 30; 10 seconds, H. III.
CIoudman, Bowdoin, Worcester, Mass,
May IS; 10 seconds, N. H. Hargrave. Yale,
Cambridge Mass, May Il; 10 seconds, N.
H. Hargrave, Yale, New Haven. Conn.
May 3.
22O and 40 Yards.
22O-yard ruI-21 2-5 seconds, n. H. Har-
grave, Yale, New Haven, Conn. May 3;
21 3-5 seconds, F. NJ Sears, Cornell. New
York, May "a; q 3-5 seconds. W. A.
schick, jr., Phillips Exeter Academy.
Cambridge, June 5; 81 As seconds;
L. v. Bell, University of I'LL
nois, Champaign ILL.,, May 25; 81 4-5 sec
onds, F. NJ. Sears. Cornell Ithaca. n. Y,
May 4: q 40 seconds, n. H. Hargrave.
fdle, cambridge, MASS, May II, - SET
onds, II. II. Cloudman, Bowdoin, New
York. May "a; % seconds, L. " Bell, Uni
versity of Illinois, Camp Randall, Wis.
May Il; % seconds. C. Dupee, Yale. Cam
bridge, Mass, May II; % seconds, F. NJ.
Sears, Cornell Buffalo, June Is; % 2-5
seconds. C. B. Long, Hill School. Buffa-
10, July 4; % 2-5 seconds. ". A Sehiek.
jr, Phillips Exeter Academy, Andoyer.
Mass, May 25. tThe last two records are
those of sehoolboys.)
440-yard run+9 3-5 seconds, F. L.
Thompson, Amherst. Williamstown. May
81; 40 As seconds. E. S. Merrill. Beloit.
Chicago, June 1; 10 As seconds. H. e.
Smith. Phillips Exeter Academy. Andover,
Mass, May %: 80 seconds, E. C. Rust.
Harvard, New York, September 25; 30 1-5
seconds, E. c. Rust, Harvard, New York.
May "a; so 2-5 seconds, W. A.
Mahoney, Chicago. Buffalo, June 4; 80 rs
seconds, 5. Poage. University of Wiscon-
sin. Camp Randall. May II; so As sec
onds. R. NJ. Barrett. Chicago Central Y.
NJ. c. A, Louisville, KY, October .; 80 4-5
seconds. d. Boardman, Yale. New Haven,
Conn, April 20.
Middle Distances.
SSO-yard rum minute So 3-5 seconds.
Rev. H. ". Workman, Cambridge Univer-
sity New York, September %; l minute
80 seconds R. Harris, University of Min
nesota May II: minutes 3-5 seconds. A.
NJ Widdicom, Hill School, Princeton, N.
j., May 1.
One-mile rum minutes 26 1-5 seconds
F. c. Cockshott, Cambridge University
New York. September 25; minutes, 20 Is
seconds. Alex Grant. New York \. c.,
Buffalo, September S.
Flanagan Star Weight Man.
Sixteen-pound hammer. 7-foot circle
III feet 9 inches. John Flanagan, Irish
American A A. Long Island City. Sep
tember .; III feet inches. Alfred Plaw.
University of California, California,
June Z.
Sixteen-p pound hammer. 9-foot circle
175 feet 49s inches. John Flanagan. New
York A C.. Long Island City July 4.
Pole Vault feet inches. c. E.
Dvorak, University of Michigan, Chicago.
June /: II feet inches, r. W. Albert
SON. Chicago Y NJ C. A. Louisville. KY,
derson. New York \. c., Buffalo, Sep
tember I.
Running Broad and High Jump.
Running high jump feet inches, G.
p. Serviss, Ithaca. n. Y, Buffalo, n. Y,
September !; 6 feet 22l inches, S. 5. Jones.
\. Y. L., Philadelphia, April 81; feet 2
inches, S. S. Jones. y. Y. T., Buffalo.
June L.: feet IL inches. ]. D. Spraker.
Yale. New York, September %; feet IL
inches. II. E. Smith, Phillips Exeter Aead-
erIy. Buffalo, n. Y, July 1S.
Running broad jump-22 feet 101:
inches, j. 5. Spraker. Yale, New York, Oc-
tober >; % feet I inches, II. p. Mcdonald.
y. Y. a. c., Buffalo, June Is; 30 feet
inches, w. S. Edwards. Knickerbocker A.
c.. Buffalo, June Is; % feet 81. inches. ].
5. Speaker, Yale, Philadelphia, April "a:
30 feet 5lA inches. r. O'COnnor, Irish
American A. A.. Buffalo. September 6; %
feet inches, J. 5. Spraker. Yale, New
York. September %: q feet 6 inches, W.
H. Bowman, Hill School, Buffalo, July IL.