Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09
SURPRISES ITS OWN RECORDS
Boston Athletic Association Holds
Most Successful Indoor
winter Meet.

"AhhNE mttts
BOSTON. Feb. .s.-The Boston Athletic
meeting at Mechanics building tonight, ex-
ceeding all its previous efforts in bringing
together well known athletes. While every
event was keenly contested, no record was
smashed, because the sprints by necessity
We're re broken into In many heats ana the
runs to permit any brilliant bursts of speed.
The number of men competing was nearly
ributed
AS usual, the team relay races were the
most promising of these. when Phelan Of
Princeton, in the race with Cornell, fell
and sprained his ankle.
held a slight lead over Princeton. Rogers,
for Cornell, had a good start on the third
a vengeance. On the second corner Phelan
trtpped and fell. This stopped the race.
The Harvard-Pen1sylvanla university
with the crimson ran away from the Penn
s~ylvania men. from the start. OF the other
Columbia, when the Hanover boys won,
and the Amherst and Williams race were
the best; Columbia 6s,o had az s q good "nd team ann but
two races by the close finishes of her run
ners. The Amherst-Williams race brought
were the runners more than twenty feet
apart and Thompson. for Amherst, and
i've feet in the lead. The time was only
three-hfths OF a second slower than the
The Harvard class team races were
really a feature. because Of local rivalry.
juniors their first defeat this season.
In the preparatory school relay Andoyer
had snrin an t easy thing with sp Exeter hr Tne fh ie
scheuber' Of Harvard was given a hard
Georgetown was naturally locked 10 as
the star, but he finished in the bunch.
S Sftis1e eIns th fculi piaos but f L s %ss not a a RlrSsesst
The time made, four and three-fifths Sec
onds. was the present record
In the mile run there were SO many COM
petitors that by the time three-fourths OF
the distance was covered the taii-enders
correct scores. The judges first decided that
Cook OF Providence was the winner. but
s of Am n gas at'e scratch Sn mSUI Sad S SSisRSetai
first, almost in a walk. To him, therefore,
the first place was awarded.
Dick Grant, who also was a scratch man,
got SO hopelessly lost in the heid that he
stopped running.
~Forty.yard dash, novice scratch, ina
heats: Won by G.. F. Hennebery. Harvard;
second, J. M. Crowell. M; l. T.; third, w. A.
4. F. Dufry. Georgetown, and Z. O.. SNOW,
tied Tor second. Time: O:Ol as.
SECOND heat won by p: Heaton. Amherst;
j. M. sullivan Holy Gross, secondi j. u.
Ond, Dgny third. Time; c;4 IS, witch
Team race between and Co
lumbia was won by Dartmouth Edison,
Smith. Hardy and HID by 14o yards. Time
Team race. Amherst against Williams;
0WSSH e,, Hy ~ amherst z sssf T TG0re' aMS Mem Crawford
Harvard class team races: Juniors de-
fsated seniors by Is feet Time: $:l2 ss;
Freshmen defeated sophomores by 100
Team race. Holy Cross against George
Evans sSyTsnni., R Msg a IL s 9 ss 10 ys sEda%%THis %s
Running hish jump; handicap; won BY
gscrStehl: iHisSiEht: 9 feet 4 inch ( g,
second place at same distance as ''J Jones'.
olsddsn won the toss for SECOND prize;
Ls%oyne. BrooEiine q feet 8 incSess. sec,
Foster, Harvard q feet 6 inches). third.
Distance: n feet Z inches.
q. F. Hesn asds na g ISeSesJ NM N. w Win Sy
eaton, Amherst q inchj. third Time:
Three standing jumps. handicap; Won
by b. Doherty. Dorchester e lnches). Dis
York Athletic club tseratchl, second. Dis
lance: "a feet. e. ]. Walker, Stoneham
P A c. q fOOo, third. Distances; q iset
Forty.nye yards. low hurdles. final: Won
BY 7. 4: shirk Harysrd q inchssl: r. ".
Blaekmer, Williams q inehes), third. Time
shirk. Worcester academy; w C.. Russell,
sehSoi: miro Time; o;55 s
shall. Columbia Is yards; a. <. Lees. Nal
den Css yardsl, SECOND; R M. Walsh; Har-
Team race: Phillips and Andover against
Phillips and Exeter; Won by AndoveT
q S%iisSSi Ssro EdT TiHs, III Iii. Edwards Gates
men beat juniors by is feet, Time: s:iS Is
tian Association against Cambridge Youns
Mems christian Association: Won By
Team race, Brown against Wesleyan
Won by Brown IGrecn. Cam kinsley
Pierce By rs ErS5Sss. Ti@ nsn s'st w vs.;
Psse, Buckley. Mason}. by Is yards, Time
Team race. Cornell against Princeton
Won by Cornell through accident on thirt
eo, yard run. handicap: Won by H.. q
Hslleck. Dartmouth GO yardsl; p. G. Perry
Princeton tseratchl, 10 YARDS behind sec
One mile handicap; Won by Cornell
rs YARDS. second +. L. Coates fPl rovi
dence CAS- ysrdsl. third; c. a. Campbell
Dartmouth go vards). fourth. Time: f.45.
Won by NJ. I. T. Time; 3:i7 as.
Team race. Harvard against Uniyersit,
OF Pennsylvania: Won by Harvard (Haigh
Liehtner Willis. Ruso' by half a lap
Time; 3;l4 SIS
HisIop villas ForEan Trophy.
Members OF the Omaha Curling clul
played two inter esting and warmly con
tested games at Cut-On lake Saturda!
afternoon. The first was between =. 4