The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-26

tney acHieVed lacked the hlo cast over
the mantle Of distance running Of the palmy
days Of Conneff, Day and Carter.
Relay racing is a branch OF pedestriansim
which has gained great Roadway OF late
owing TO- the attention paid TO the sport
by the University Of Pennsylvania. This
Franklin Field on April 20 when the Harvard
team, Schick, Lightner. Willis and Rust.
IN four relays covered the mile in minutes
q 2-6 seconds, just egualling the worlds
best mark. made by the New York A. {.
team, Burke, Long, Lyons and Wefers.
ward was in evidence again in the two
miles, setting up new standard. the quar-
tet. Boynton, Adams, Blu Boise and Baer,
covering the distance in minutes As
seconds.
Across the water the Englishmen have
done better work at the distances, the
championship at Stamford Bridge on
July being made memorable by the fine
work OF j. Birks in the mile. His time
was minutes 10 AS seconds and the old
Bacon was removed and placed in the
archives of athletics. Another sterling
distance performer is A. Shrubb of the
South London Harriers, the four-mile
champion, This athlete made no secret
that he intended to place a new mark for
ms favorite distance and in tn" early fall
at Remington Oval. on a grass track, made
the four miles in 10 minutes 81 rs 'onds,
As the English A. A. A. has rule forDidding
The recognition OF records on grass paths.
Shrubb's wonderful feat was negatived,
but the London A. c. came out with special
race. on Sept. % TO give Shrubb another
chance. Owing to having moved too
fast in the early part Of the race Shrubb
Jagged at the end and just failed by frac-
ton to land &. &. Willcr's record of 10
minutes 80 As seconds made In 1890. Two
weeks later, however, there came another
opportunity which Shrubb awaited himself
OF and was this time successful. making the
four miles in 10 minutes 81 As seconds,
which now rests as the worlds best amateur
figures.
The year opened auspiciously for batch
Of hurdling records, for at the spring han
dicaps at Harvard Capt. j. s. Willis skipped
over the 200 obstacles In "a 2-5 seconds and
u was thought he would take a fall out OF
kraenzlein's % 3-5. but the bes, the Crimson
timber-topper could do was to come within
fifth Of a second of the mark set by the
man from Milwaukee. The high hurdling
of Converse, a college mate of Willis, was
a feature. On Nav "a al Cambridge, over
ten hurdles feet inches high. he cleared
III yards in 10 3-5 seconds. His time for
the 100 yards at the Intercollegiate games
was Is 3-5 seconds.
The standard field events easily survive
the assaults OF the cracks, though several
technical ones went by the board. EarlY
In the season Flanagan sent the hammer
at the fordham College games, and 1t wac
expected that later on he would add several
feet to the record, but as the season waned
he lost form. and his defeat by Dewitt on
Aug. 81 capped the climax OF his decIni iss
feet inches, and this earned for him the
hammer-throwin palm OF the year A,
the same meeting Martin j. Sheridan sent
the discus l2I feet 81 inches, new world
record. On two or three subsequent oc-
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cial investigation unearthed some flaw
in either the weight or the ground upon
which il was thrown.
Early in the spring at Madison Square
Garden Flanagan tackled the old method
Of throwing the j6-pound weight from
in establishing new mark Of rs feet 5
inches. This remained at the top notch
until II was beaten by both j. y. Mitchell
and r. j. Sheridan on Nov. /, the distance
Of the former being 30 feet inches and the
latter 20 feet o inches. A week prior to
this Sheridan threw the SO pounds, unlimited
run and follow, with two hands, 80 feet AZ
inches, which Is now the best American
record The worlds record is 80 feet II
inches, made With one hand by 7. +. Kelly
Of C1rrick -on- Sei". Irel'n
Even the reappearance OF George X:
Gray In the shot vas not productive Of
anything new. the old record Of ~ feet
being still Untouched, Gray's effort at the
championship being only 46 feet 5 inches.
The best feature OF the jumping depart
ment happened in the pole vault. Magee
Of Chicago University vaulted II feet
inches in the West, but he was beaten by
Gray of Pennsylvania afterward in a compe-
tition which the latter won, with II feet
inches. A little before the intercollegiate
championship it was discovered that Gray
by peculiar method climbed the pole.
lie did not do II hand over hand, as they do
in England, but he slid the hand under
meath up 10 the hand overhead, and this he
removed up a bit further on the pole. a
scheme entirely at variance with the rules,
which say that the upper hand must not be
removed, under penalty Of foul. When
Gray's trick was brought to light il threw
him completely out in his style, and he was
easily beaten by D. S. Horton OF Princeton
at the intercollegiate meet. who got over
II feet 7 inches, unquestionably the best and
most genuine pole vaulting Of the year.
At odd events there were some new
records. Charles p. Lucas Of Medford,
Mass, a man who monopolizes potato-rac-
ing figures, was responsible for two-s po-
tatoes 2 yards apart. 81 seconds; 10 pota-
toes, 2 yards apart, 4, 30 seconds. A.
long giving on dry land frank Zumbrook
did 10 feet IA inches. At pole vaulting
Baird propelled himself 81 feet ~ inches
at the Philadelphia Sportsmen's Show last
spring. +. c. Crane OF Aurora, III made a
double kick Of feet ~ inches, and in
rope climbing Edward kunath scampered
up IS feet Of hemp In 8 SIS seconds.
Following are the worlds standard
events made in competition:
Record