The Washington herald., 1906-10-22

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IS As seconds.
Relay racing. received its share of atten-
ton, especially at the big annual earni-
val promoted by the University of, Penn
sylvania in April. Michigan University
came East with a strong team for the
four miles, which they won In IS minutes
10 % seconds. breaking the old record,
which stood TO the credit Of Cornell, by
9 As seconds.
Foremost among those who claimed
distinction over the hurdles was John ].
Garreis, of the University Of Michigan,
by his work in the 100 yards high OBJ
stacles. At the intercollegiate conference
meet on Northwestern Field, at Evanston,
H., on June 4, he won the championship
In Is Is seconds, thereby equaling the
worlds mark 10 the credit of Alvin
Kraenzlein since June Is, fsSS. I. vas a
rafting performance. but Garrels un-
ayoidabiy violated one Of the rules Of
record breaking that is. that all the
hurdles must be standing after the
hurdleT has struck the tape. In his eager
ness to make good time he knocked down
two Of the hurdles. so the Is l-5 seconds
will find resting place in the record ref
use heap. What appears TO be a genuine
hurdle record is fifty yards in Is sec
onds by Walter Steffens, of Chicago Uni
versity, in dual meet last saring with
Wendell Phillips School. Tn. Obstacles
were two feet six inches high and Steff-
ems was joint holder of the old record Of
6 4-5 seconds with NJ. S. Catlen. Of Chi
cage.
j. =. HiITs HuraIe Feat.
Joseph S. Hill, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, has made claim for a new rec
ord apd nc T., -oo,,,.. - b. n ,-frrb. ord
the first one Of its length and arrange
ment, it viii make new paragraph in
the book. It's length is 100 yards, hur-
dies . feet inches high. the first hurdle
being 20 yards from the start. Stronach.
the English champion. maintained his SUI
periority over the timber in the Old
World but the only performance with a
record-breakiHg atmosphere about il was
that Of l., A. Burton. Of the Seton Har-
riers, who attempted new figures for the
300 yards, 3 foot hurdles, at Felle Vue,
Manchester, On September S. His time
was IS 4-5 seconds, just equaling the old
mark, mace by Dr. T. n Donovan Of the
Queens College, Cork. in lS96. Hubbard
of Amherst, was the best Of tie college
men, with Is 3-5 for the high and "A IS for
the low hurdles. made AT the New Eng
land intercollegiate meet in May
VauIters, Thro,yers, and Jumpers.
In the field events the weight throwers.
jumpers, and vaulters contributed their
part with an interesting series of high
class competitions. BY far the most no.
table feat under this head was the pole
vault, and a new worlds record Of u1dis-
puted merit came to light. The vaulter
was Leroy Samse. OF Purdue University
who on June at Northwestern Field
Evanston. Ill. cleared L feet AZ inches.
and this dwaTfs anything heretofore
achieved, no matter where. The occasion
Of the record was the intercollegiate con-
ference meet, and all the pest vaulters Of
the Middle West and South were In the
competition Samse did not try until the
eTOssbar went up 10 II feet inches and
he cleared il by a foot. Il was raised three
inches at time. and Samse sailed over
each successive height until IL was at y
feet Z inch, where he displaced IL on the
first trial Hazard. Of Drake, cleared g.
but il fell as he walked away. and on his
next trial SanSe got over Il. The bar
was then placed at y feet 3k inches, and
Samse knocked IL down twice. but was
successful the third offer and there was
great excitement, TOR ne had broken all
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what he had done Samse ordered the
crossbar put up to u feet inches and.
like the previous height. he displaced ID
twice. lie took his time for the third trial
and sailed over il by more than two
inches. When an accurate measurement
Was taken Of the vault il was found 20 be
an eighth Of an inch shorter. StilLSamse
was not satisfied. and the bar was moved
higher, up 10 y feet inches. ON one Of
his trials his body was clean over. but his
arm struck the bar and it fell; the two
other trials We're not nearly so good.
The Best Broad Jumps.
The broad jump record Of p feet ll2s
inches. by Peter O'Connor. and the high
jump Of s feet - inches, by NJ. F.
Sweeney. We're never in the least danger
of being disturbed. Claiming Hall. with
a jump Of feet rs inches. was the best
American at the game, though good CON
tests were TO the credit Of Marshall. Of
Yale Jerry Mahoney and Cotter. W. II.
Kerrigan. VINO went 10 Athens as the
American representative. was completely
out of form. yet he jumped wei. Con
Leahy, of ireland, the winner Of the
Olympian jump. maintained his form and
throughout the season won all the big
events in Great Britain. His best effort
was feet inches
The best broad jump of the year was
that of Dan II Kelly, the sprinter, and
ii was a feet inches. made in a dual
meet between Oregon and oregon Agricul-
tural colleges On May Is. There is little
doubt that Kelly, no matter what he
might do as "a Hprinter. is great broad
jumper When he ran the 100 and 20 in
such fast time at Spokane he also won
the broad jump with 3 feet 81 inches,
which is a Northwestern record. Peter
O'COnncr won the English Irish, and
ScOtCh-ITish international titles, his best
being % feet inches
Whatever interest developed around
the standing jump lies 10 the credit of
Ray c. EwTy. who seems to have things
all his own way at this particular branch
of athletics. He won both the high and
broad events at Athens with notable ease.
Weight Throwing.
In the weights John Flanagan did not
improve upon his records with the So
pound or the 16-pound hammer. but he
showed consistent work, and that he is
almost as good as ever. His best effort
with the hammer was 40 feet. which is
only . feet Il inches behind the worlds
mark. and half a dozen times he beat
l6S feet. On one OCCASION he threw the
fifty-six pounds from the circle 90 feet
inches. but il was an exhibition throw and
did not count, but his. best official mark
in regular competition was 81 feet 10
inches, or 92s inches short of his record,
made q couple of years ago. IN throw
with unlimited run and follow. using two
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