The Washington times., 1905-12-25
TRACK AND FIELD
REVIEW REVIEW FOR 1905
Greatest Season in History
of the Sport.
YEAR OF CLEANING OUT
To Wesley Coe Goes First Honor for
Defeating Ralph Rose in
Shot-Put.

A1OIulN a meet mas peen a failure, and
hardly a set of games has failed to
develop something sensational in the
athletic line. Champions have been
made and unmade with bewilderinv
rapidity. and new records set up in all
sections of the country
BY far the best feature of the situation
is the undeniable evidence that a great
athletic revival is sweeping the country.
From north. east. south. and west re-
ports have piled in on the Amateur
Athletic Union, of school college. and
athletic club meets which denote beyond
a doubt that young Americans are Civ
ing proper amount of their time to the
pursuit of good. healthy exercise
Coe Heads List.
As far as performances go. first place
on the list of Yankee record-smashers
must be conceded to Wesley w Coe, OF
Somerville. Mass, who journeyed all the
way from the Bay State TO Portland.
Ore, in order to get a chance to COM
pete against Ralph Rose, who at that
time held the worlds record OF 4S feet
inches for the sixteen-pound shotput
Coe beat the worlds record nearly a
foot, with a put of 40 feet inches.
which effort stands as the premier per-
formance for 1905.
In the Sprints Charles L, Parsons Of
California has come to the front with a
rush Parsons, although almost unheard
OF in the East, has never suffered a de-
feat at his faVorite event the loO-va I'd
dash. He took the measure of the
heretofore unbeatable Archie Hahn at
the national championships in Portland
with apparent ease. OF the Eastern
sprinters' Shick of Harvard has proven
himself oIie 0f the most consistent men
that ever wore spiked shoe. His
two-twenty'' in q 2-5 last spring stands
year at that distance.
Good Time in 4:4o.
The quarter mile always a stirring
race, has furnished some great sport
during the last year. First place among
the country's long sprinters should rest
with Harry L. Hillman. jr., Of the New
York Athletic Club, who turned the
quarter mile better than 81 at least
dozen times. His best effort was at
the Canadian championships in Mont
real. when he did 40 rs. and go on the
same afternoon. After Hillman comes
Walter, of Wisconsin. with "a - sst the
national championships; Hyman, of
pennsylvania, the college champion, and
GrOman. OF Chicago
Great Improvement has marked the
work of American distance runners, and
signs point to the fact that the day is
not so very far off when we will be able
TO clip the wings of our British cousins
at this game. Parsons. OF Yale. ran the
half mile in 1:56 at the intercollegiate
games in Philadelphia. which should
place him in the van of the half
men. Lighthody, of Chicago. leads the
Western $50 flyers With a couple of
1-51 races Lots OF people figure Light
body better because he has not been
forced to show his best OF late. Like
wise in the mile the Chicago runner IS
far superior to his Western rivals. but
is forced to yield the palm TO an East
erner. as far as time goes. j. p. Sulli-
van. a New York boy, almost unheard
of. reeled OFF mile at the Metropolitan
time ever made by an -American-born
athlete. Among the college milers in
ures the best. with performances Of
z:241z and 4:25 1-5.
Hail of Yale.
In the longer distances Harvey Cohn.
OF the Irish-American a c.. has shown
the best all-around ability In tiIe East
This remarkable little athlete enters
any distance event from $50 yards TO ten
miles and the charging of the bell for
the last lap invariably finds him up with
the leaders. Cohn is credited with 1:5s
for the half mile. IN addition TO his
sterling races in longer events. w. j.
Hail. the Yale two-miler and cross
country champion, has done the best
iong-dlstance running In the Eastern
colleges. his best effort being 9:47 for
two miles Just one second behind
Halls is the performance OF r A
Rowe. Michigans champion two-miler
In the low hurdles. as in the quarter
mile. the honOrs rest with Hillman OF
the New York A. 9. Only once during
best. At the New York A c. fall meet
Hillman 'let himself OUT in the 300
yard low hurdle race. and came home a
full two seconds ahead of the record OF
30 3-5 seconds. held by A. G. Kraenzlein.
On account of "a technicality as TO the
distance between the flights, Hillman's
time does not displace Kraenzlein's. but
stands as q new event and record. The
only hurdler in the East ca pable of Civ
ing Hillman run IS Castleman. OF
Colgate University. The Olympic cham
piOn took Castleman's measure at the
Metropolitan championships 50 easily as
TO leave no doubt as TO their respective
ability.
In the high hurdles the college athletes
have mOnopolized the honors. Amsler.
OF PennsylvanIa. Castieman OF Colgate:
and Ashburner. of Cornell. lead the
Eastern division in respective order
the best time accomplished being y 3-J
seconds. by Amsler. Friend Of Chicago;
Catlin. Of Chicago; and Shredder. OF In
diana. show up the best OF the Western
ers in topping the tall umbers.
Good Field Events.
In the hammer-throwir~ events John
Flanagan. the Irish Hercules, has prov
en- that man can stay IN athletics sue
cessfully for more than five years
Flanagan has been at the top OF the
heap in this country for nine years or
more. and there IS no one in sight 10
give him any worry. In an unofficial
event last summer the big Irishman
threw the sixteen-pound missile the un-
heard-Of distance OF I7J feet A. ID.
Plaw. Cf California. Is the only man in
the world who has 4 chance 10 give
Flanagan rub at hammer throwing
Plaw won the national title from the
Western crowd at Portland
Likewise IN the -siX-pOund weight
FlanaEan is the peer. with his friend
James ;. Mitchell. OF the New York a
C. right after him. Mitchell has been
in athletics twenty-five years. but is still
the best '5s; man in the country. bar
ring Flanagan and Dick Sheldon. OF the
y. Y. A. G.
BY wonderfully consistent work. Meyer
Prinstein has fairly won the title Of
premier American broad Jumper for 1905
Time after time this veteran has gone
out and bettered IS feet. and ne Is by
dong odds the best in the country. After
\Cinsfei3 come Symonds. OF Princeton
feet 2Iz fnches). and Friend. Of Chi
(23 feet u inch.l
high jump has witnessed the