The Washington times., 1905-01-01
RECORDS BROKEN
At PAST|ME MEET
Rose Established New Dis
tance For Shot Put.
LIGHTBODY I'M THIRD PLACE
Chicago Crack Beaten Out in One
Thousand-Yard Championship
by Bacon and Pilgrim.
LIGHTBODY IN THIRD PLACE

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. NEW
YORK. Dec. 31.-The annual games of
the Pastfme Athletic Club held here to-
night attracted an enormous crowd
The first real excitement exhibited by
the spectators was when james ..
Lightbody toed the mark in the 900
yard run for the A. A. Z. national cham
pfonship. The fleet Westerners fine per
formances In st. Louis last summeT.
made him decided favorite over the
rest OF his field. which included some of
the best men in the East He made n
good showing, but had &c be satisfied
with third place, after making a srli.a
effort in the final lap.
Set the Pace.
Chrfstoffers cut out the pace for a
lap and half. the track measuring ex-
actly 176 yards, with Sanford .secend. snd
Bacon third. Lightbody berg close nm
fourth Rodgers and Pilgrim then led
the held until Sanford prcks. out with
Bacon In close pursuit At the bell u.
Lightbody went out in the lead AMI
held 1t until he was half .yay mn the
back stretch, where the visitor weak
ened and Bacon forged ahead. Turn
ing into the short stretch, Bacon i'm
proved his advantage, and Pilgrim went
ahead of Lightbody, who ran !. game
race The winner. Bacon, crossed the
tape four yards ahead of Pilgrim, who
IN turn was about five feet in front of
Lightbody
The time, 2:22, was considered a good
performance. Great things were ex-
pected from Ralph W. Rose. ..The
Perfect Man who halls from Cali
fornia and represents the Chicago 4. A
as well as the University of Michigan
His prowess with the weights was well
heralded, but none expected that he
would give SO grand an exhibition as
he succeeded In doing IN the putting of
24-pourld shot. He simply had all his
opponents beaten from the start, al
though Richard Sheldon. of the New
York A. c.. was always in fairly close
to him With his first effort Rose sent
the shot with such terrific force that it
penetrated the wooden flooring of the
Garden and it had 10 be cut out with a
chisel.
Beat GTay's Record.
Then he made a magnificent put OF
IS feet 2A inches. eclipsing the record
OF George Gray. of the New York A. c.,
which has stood for nearly fourteen
years. Gray's hgur-s were 80 feet 1124
inches. Sheldon also went ahead of tho
old mark. putting the missile 36 feet :
inches
Summaries
Putting 24-pound shot-Won by Ralph
W. Rose. Chicago. a. A. distance IS feet
22l inches: r. Sheldon. N Y a. c., sec
ond, with Sc feet inches: l. E. Four
back N Y A c., third, with 90 feet 5
inches. This establishes a rew record.
the best previous figures being 33 feet
11A inches. made by George Cray, of
the n. Y. A. c., In 1890.
60-yard dash A. a. L. championship
Won by Charles j. II. Seitz. Georgetown
University; William F. Knakal, Column
bia University. second; Frank Rickert,
n. Y. A. c.. third; P J. Callahan, n.
Y. A. c., fourth Time, % seconds.
440-yard run, handicap-Won by L. P
Warford, n. Y T., "a yards: ]. E.
O'Connor. Erasmus Hall. g yards. sec
ond; w Horner, St. Bartholomew a. c.,
16 yards. third. Time. 40 4-5 seconds.
60O-yard run, novfce-Won by s. S
Bubb, st. Georges A c.; ]. a. Stack,
Company B. Thirteenth Regiment, sec
ond: Arthur Everett Central Branch
l. u A., tlllIu- 1l1Ilt. Id ID
SS0-yard run; handicap-Won by
William Edgar. Fourth Regiment, 3S
yards; ]. A Miller. N. Y A c. 90
yards, second: c: LGemainder. Mohawk
4. c.. 4S yards, third Time. 2:02
Running high jump; handicap-Won
by Walter Thomason, 7 NJ. g. A. New
York q inches), actual height. feet
IA inches; s. s. Jones. New York A
c. (scratch). second with S feet II
inch; John Ryan. st. Bartholomew A.
c. g inches), third with feet SA
inches.
Throwing 56-pound weight for
height; A. A. L. champioRship-Wo
by John s. Burke, p \. c., New York,
with il feet inches: William Prem
dergaSt, Xavier A A, New York sec
ond with Il feet 9 inches; N J.
Sheridan, Greater New York Irish ~
A. third with Ii feet inches
Two-mile hacdicap run-Won by J. p.
Sullivan, st. bartholomew A C. 100
yards; w G. Frank. Greater New York
Irish \. A, IL wards, second; Howard NJ
BOsson. !. NJ. G. A, New York, 10
wards. third. Time. 9:4l Is.
Pole yault.ng for height; handicap
Won by Louis Nand. Mohawk A c. l.
il ches. with 10 fec. e inches; Roger Ma
son. Po,yckicic Institute. Brooklyn. II
inches, second. with 8 feet inches; H
G. Rogers. Eramus Hall, Brooklyn. u
inches. third. with feet