New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24
WORLDS HURDLE RECORR
HILLMAN'S NEW, MARX
". 7. Il. c. HUrdIer Beats Kroenz.
Lein's Time at TraUers Island.

track and field athletes yesterday on the oval a.
the New-York Athletic Club at Travers Island
The occasion was the regular autumn meeting az
the NewYork Athletic Club the sevsnty-nfh
games Of the supporters OF the Mercury Foot
emblem. and the programme Of sixteen events
brought together many champions and record men
Only one worlds record bettered. that fo~
the 500-yard hurdle race. but several others zsr,
endangered. So good were the performances, IN
fact, ell the way through, that the crowd Of T6n
spectators who found places OF vantage all about
the track kept keenly alive with the exciting
features Of the contests
It fell to the lot Of Harry I. H1lman, f., Eha1
persistent maker OF records on the Nev-Tork
Athletic Club team. to clip two seconds from thu
800 yards hurdle race mark covering the distance
in a425 seconds, a new worlds record. The old
record Of IS 3-5 seconds was made by A c. Kraenz-
lem at Chicago on May u; 1897. allman cleared tas
hurdles without a break, and the performance
stamps HIM as the best hurdler on the American
The victory Of J. ". Morton, the English sprint
Ing champion, IN the special 100 yards dash was
off like deer with G J. seitz the best Of the New
York Athletic Cub men, right on his heels seits
be in trouble. a yard from the tape seitz went
down In heap, but he managed TO fall over the
line and secure second place TO Morton.
The Engusnmans stride was long ana clean and
SorRPdg o9 I faSf pa IA Toa 5hd
Pse ana ths the te t2 as spin. csTs &
dressing rooms, where DR.. A G, Keane. Of the
tured some Of the Iigaments Of the right leg.
In both Of the relay races. always popular with
and the WeSrers Of tie er ury FOO en- Stem wo
Close them. in second place. were the runners
Of the Irish-American Athletic Club
The one-rile relay was put on the track early. n
fa ad e Only e By 0f avar and the NsYorR AtSee
Club H A sedley' t. r.; Paul z u Pilgrim
Who last week won the Canadian championship IA
such fast tine tary 0urn ng a Jae qS c z guar
but the wind on the stretch held them "a < 50 that
vas a great race. and was finely run By the New
ait alternatey in the lead the New-York sn4 Irish
American long distance men kept the crowd at
T ta p fhe q ssf +eIav with P Sullivan out 70
the wire. the Irish-Americans had establish q
h9i CInb behind him, despite the s0lendS
effort the latter made TO cut down The distance
1t was until the -wo en- were On he las; turn
Of speed overhauled So Iivan. ard teat I'm 70 the
thin red line in the time Of 8o2 aat In BOT both q
bIen rather evened matters. for the two defeats
that they suffered in the senior Amateur Athletic
Interest in the FIELD events centred about the
came near to setting new marx Several times
flanagan caused the group OF ON 5ias 70 susls out
that the Hercules Of the Irish-Americans could DO
to the record OF 173 feet. The summaries follow:
TRACK .S.c goSTE TEST y x.v-ro,. .,s
etic Club team composed Of n \ seol9y' j ssui =
IrisArerican Athletic Club. second team composed q
one-hundTed-ya-d dash lsoratoh, specia9-w:a y
AthIetio GlGb Sec2na , g o.T6I! tnDs7'
TWomie :teepschase lAa;eur Athletic Union chan
CUB Edward P carr Xavier Athletic Association sec
Sullivan. Irtsh-A7nerican Athletic CUB thT
siTbIn5rei-vard run CAandicap(-von BY Harry Hill
man il NewYorS Athletic club tscEatchl H c5Tis;G:-
New-Yok Athletic Club 30 yards second ChSflss
ne-handTed-yard dash Cla2diespl-w9a SyNL
Cooke Mohawk Athletic Cluo q yaros]s '" J. Aeauns,
Delorne. Xavier Athletic Association q yaFd9 third
ONE one-Hie run Candicap)-won BY F A Rodg.s New
York Athletic Club 35 Yards: Freeman Xavtsr Al
hawk AtGIedc Club as yaTds5 third. Time 4:26sl.
I1 20 ,3. e t;erty IrishA1nericsa 1Saslo
CUE g vsTds5 second; arthur P s Maui unztzsasa e
55@5 7 SgEs5s 5ai' Asls:6
FISH iaisHs Athstie shd Ss4s
team Composed Of Paul H Pilgrim. h. ChristOfsrs
H Miller and Harry ' Valentine; Irtsh-AnsTteaT . An
Joseph Bromilow and J. P sqiJiysn sec1Rd T1zne s9@
samson. NeRYSrK Athlete Club ~ yards:
n J. Cooke Mohawk Athletic Club as yards) third
lime V''i FIELD CONTESTS.
Cunning osqaa re lamp A9R.. Cub Ga s N: :d 3
incnes) Cleared q 81 second G Ll,sIsi0ha
Throwing Is pound hammer (handica9l.Won y
John Flanagan drls ia inches lanes
Mitchell. Ne-York Athletic Club TO feetl dis.anss
inches second; H NJ V. Connolly, New
York Athletic Club (25 feet. distance l33 feet 50
inches third. , ,-....-
Running high jump (handicap(-Woa y R CotteT::
Irish American Athletic Club & inchesl esaIed s
Z II IriSh-Arnerican Athletic CUB
Is fnches1. cleared feet inches second c
Toole New-York Athletic Club IS inchesl' cleared
feet inches. third.
Standing broad jump (handicapl-Won BY Ray =
Ewry, New-York Athletic Club tscratch dlstance -
feet Louis Mang. Mohawk Athletic Sll2 81 ' R.I
distance ~ inches, second: l. F weber Ns.
York Athletic Club G inches) distance 10 fsst -
inches third
Pole vault height (haadieapl-wea ey ; :, =
Phillips New-York Athletic Club % inches} elssIo
II feet ) inches: T H Jackson. New fork AtH3eIsSr
Club (scratch), cleared II feet second Ar'Hu3 =
Maui unattached IS incheS), third
Putting Is pound shot Chandicapl-Won y hicas -s
sheldon NeN-Yorl Athletic Club scratch ctstaaSs
As feet inches; H. NJ V. Connelly New VOTE ~
Ietfc Club feet). distance 40 feet 10 inches
l. p. ]. Feuerbach. New-YOrk Athletic Ciuo tscra10N
distance IL feet 81 inches