Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-02
THREE RECORDS
BROKEN YESTERDAY.
p.,olis Of Contests in the OIym'
plan Games at ST.
Louis,
/ D. LICHTBOOY RUNS SOME.
,.,,.,cd a Mark by Five and Two
fiNhs seconds aud Ran Away
From German Competitors.

t,us SEPT. lin The Olympia
o ,oday one worlds record and three
SympIa records were broker. One of the
Wy ,,st races Of the 1904 Olymplan was
oo.metre run, SdS9 yards.
Va, only did James d. Lightbody of the
,,,..co Athletic ASSOCIATION lower the
ormplc record Of nye and two-htths Sec
IA. hut he ran the legs on the German
n,esentatiyc, who collapsed at the I'M
kh. .....
rbo discus throw attracted little Wien'
.1e ninth the announcers called the result
,J J. sherdans flrst throw II came
.vbp few inches Of cQuallng the
,,rds record made by himself Of ~
feet, 9Is inches
when sheridan again stepped INTO the
..ron. foot ring the croWI awaited almost
s,,,ibiessly while the steel discus whlled
Ryongh the air, The measures raced 10
Va snot where the discus had buried IT.
w ill feet Inches from the starting
.ont The result of the next throw was
lS feat even The discus used by Sberl-
Jsn was weighed and found TO be once
Jghth ounce overweight
Ibo enthusiasm of the crowd was re-
reHsd a short time later when Michael
prnstem OF the Greater New YORK
ttblsut association added 6Is inches
,n tho Olympic running broad jump
'seord established by A. &, kracnzlcln Of
,hs University Of Pennsylvania at the
PARIS games OF 1909 kTaenzlein who was
ii.o Ne olympic champion In the 2O0-mc-
,ie hurdle. was deposed by n. W, lllll-
man OF the New York Athletic club,
Ulllman got away IN front. and, al-
,boIgh headed In the early part of the
,are. regained the lead and crossed the
,spe In the record time Of "A 80 sec.
onds.
There are no events scheduled Tor to-
marrow the day having been set aside
Ion the competing athletes 10 rest and
nreparc themselves for the final events
Which would be contested on Salur-
day.
THE SUMMARIES,
Al metre hurdle-H T.. llillman New
YORK Athletic club, New York. first IT,
tasileman, Greater New York Athletic
eub New York, second Time-.2i 3-5
Throwing the discus handicap event
NJ ]. Sheridan, g. N. v A. A.. New YORK
ecratch. first. l32 feet, John Flanagan
n Y. NJ G, A. New York . feet l3
ieet II inches.
~ metre ruu-James ID, LightbOdy a.
A. A., Chicago, first, H. " Valentine a.
T. A. c., New York. second Timc-l.lj
Running hop, step and Jump Prlnz-
TIN. G. n. y |. A.. New York A. feet.
inst. Fred Englehar. Mohawk a c.,
New York second As feet, VA inches.
International tug-Of-war hnal-Teams
Of five men, unlimited weight Milwaukee
A. e. defeated New York A. G., Time
lH 3-5
Throwing B.pound shot. handicap event
Albert A. Johnson, G., " NJ G. A., 81.
Louis Ol feet, first b feet inches. g.
G. Chadwick ~ Y. A. c. New York Is
ireO second, p feet Distances are actual
throws
Running broad jump-M Prnzstein. q.
g. ]. a. A.. first, q feet, 1 inch; Dan
Frank, n. w. A. c., New York, second.
I. feet ~ inches
Throwing 6j-pound Wcght-E Desmar-
NaU Montreal first. % feet I inChes
John Flanagan q. n. v / A. A.. New
York. second, % feet, I inches,
30 yards hurdle, handcap-L, @. sykes.
" A. e., Milwaukee GO yardsl. hrst'
William II. Mccain, G. y. NJ. G.. A.. Chi.
Cago % yardsl, second, Time 20 les.
I'D yard run, handicap James D. Me
Gam, C. Y. NJ, A, Chicago 90 yards
nrt J. T. Lukeman. Montreal Canada
l0 yardsl, second Time-,22 As.