The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-03
RECORDS HARD TO LOWER
ATHLETICS SEEM To HAVE NEARLY
REACHED THE LIMIT.
Many Events Contested i'm the Country
Furnished Goo Sport, but Few
Great Achievements.

The athleti season OF 1903 will go down
to posterity as one brillinat in activity as
far as the number of events was concerned.
but with little done In the matter of record
breaking. AS the end of human achieve
ment has almost been reached in athletic
competition, II is not to be wondered at
that the records in the majority of stand
ard events nave not been disturbed. In
the short distance events some new figures
were reached.
Although there were numerous first-class
performances in the 900. 40. $50 yards and
mile, there were no new records, and only
in the two miles occurred the most notable
running feat of the year. At the fall meet
ing of the New York Athletic Club. Alec
Grant, formerly of the University of Penn
sylvania, but now OF the New York Ath-
letic Club, ran the two miles in 8 minutes
q 2-5 seconds. supplanting the former
American record of 8 minutes 32A seconds
by the late w. d. Day at Berkely Oval,
MAY IL, 1890. However good the perform
ances may appear, both are poor when
compared with the wonderful work of AL
fred Shrubb, the one, four and ten-mile
hampio of Great Britain. His time for
the two miles was Q minutes IL seconds.
The amateur and professional records to
date are as follows:
Anndte
1o0-yard Run-9 35 seconds, Arthur F. Du-y.
92C-yard Run-21 1-5 seconds, b. ]. Wefer.
44O-yard Run (straightaway)-7 seconds. NJ. W..
4io,yard Run (circular)-i7 25 seconds, NJ. w.
Long.
one-miie Run minutes Is s-5 seconds. T. p.
Two-mile Run-s minutes Il seconds. Alfred
Four-mile Run-ls minutes 81 As seconds. AL
fred Shrubb.
Five-mile Run-2l minutes 40 s5 seconds. Sid
Ten-mile Run-5l minutes 20 seconds. w. G.
i2o-yard HURDLES Is seconds. A. C. Kraenz-
22c-yard Hurdles s5 seconds. A. C. Kraenz-
i2-pound Hammer-ls4 feet 1 inch. John r.. De
Witt.
l6-pouni Hammer-1n feet . inches, ]. Elan
R-pound Shots feet 2 inches. G. R. Gray.
16-pound Shots feet 2 inches. ID. Horgan.
5s-pound Weight-36 feet 9As inches, j. Flan-
56-pound Weight (for height)--l5 feet Ss inches.
Throwing the Discus-127 feet So inches, M.
Standing High Jumps feet 5 inches. Ray C.
Eyry.
standing Broad Junp-11 feet 3 inches. Ray c.
R1nning Broad Jump-24 feet l1x inches. p. o.
Standing Hop. Step and Jumps feet 6 inches,
Running Hop. Step and Jump-4s feet u inch.
w. McManus.
Running Two Hops and Jump-5O feet u inch.
ID. Shanahan.
Pole vault-1l feet 10h inches. r. G. Clapp.
Three Standing Jumps-3s feet. j. Chandler.
Professional
lOO-yard Rum As seconds, III. Bethune.
Onward Run-21 40 seconds, III. Hutchens
4i0-yard Run (circular)-4S seconds. r. Buttery.
SSO-yard Rum minute 53is seconds, +. Hewett.
One-mile Run minutes 12A seconds. W. G..
George.
Two-miIe Runs minutes liz seconds, w.
Lang.
Four-mile Run-1s minutes % 25 seconds. p.
Cannon.
Five-mile Run-24 minutes 40 seconds, ]. White.
Ten-mile Run-51 minutes 6 35 seconds, w.
Cummings.
I2-pound Hammer-is5 feet s inches. T.. Carroll.
l2-pound Shot-50 feet \ inch, j. Mcpherson. :
l6-pound Shot-4 feet s inches, owen Duffy.
56-pound Weight-30 feet s inches, j. Cameron.
56-pound Weight Cor height)-1i feet, j. Max
well.
Throwing the DISCUSSES feet s inches. II. Gill.
Standing High Jump feet IL inches, II. An
drews.
Running High Jump feet IL inches, NJ. John
SON. J.. West and r. yardy.
Standing Broad Jump-l2 feet IL inches. j.
Darby.
Running Broad Jumps feet 1 inch. L. A.
Carpenter.
Standing Hop. Step and Jump-si feet 10 inches.
O.. TAFT.
Running Two Hops and Jumps feet 6 inches.
I. Burrows.