The Washington times., 1906-08-05
ENRY MAKES NEW
RECORD IN JUMP
Field and Track Carnival for
Benefit of San Francisco
Orphans a Success.

NEW YORK. Aug. 4-Ray @. Ewry,
che worlds champion standing jumper.
broke the worlds record in the stand
Ing broad jump here i'm the great ath-
letic carnival for the benefit Of the
uon-sectarian san Francisco Orphan
Asylum fund this afternoon. The old
mark was II feet As inches, and Ewry
jumped II feet g inches.
Secretary James f. Sullivan, of the
Amateur Athletic Union. was present
when the new record was made, and i'm
mediately examined the ground 10 see
if the record would stand He found
that all conditions, had been fulfilled
and said the record was good.
Sheridan Wins Discus.
Martin J. sheridan, the world
champion discus thrower, also tried To
lower the record in his event, but only
succeeded in hurling the circlet l32
feet inches This was enough for
hlm 10 take first place from scratch.
as none of the other competitors, with
their handicap. could equal the mark.
No records were broken in the run
ming races, as the competitors had 10
run on the grass, and few Of them We're
used to it,
Flanagan Beaten.
Harvey Cohn and James Sullivan. two
athletes who competed in the Olympic
games, started in the mile handicap
from scratch There were over fifty
starters in the race and The OlympiCs
were unable 10 pick their way through
the big field of contestants The best
race Of the day was the three-mile
scratch event. This was won by George
V Bonhag, of the Irish-American Ath-
Ietic Club who was a member of the
American Olympic team, IN l5,25 20
Ills closest competitors were William
Nelson, the Pastime Englishman. and
John j. DAILY, the Irish runner. Nelson
led the first mile DAILY the second. and
Bonhag the third, finishing winner by
twenty-five yards over DAILY and 100
yards over Nelson.
John Flanagan. of the Irish-AmeTican
Athletic Club, was beaten in the l6-
pound hammer throw by s. p. Gillies,
of the New York Athletic Club. whose
throw was 16O feet inches. Flanagan
threw lfi feet inches. but Gillies had
five feet handicap
Summaries.
lOO-yard dash. handicap - Won by
James J. Archer. Irish-American A. c.
Is vards) r. WOhlgemith. Pastime a. c.
Is yards). second; William Slade. Pas
time \. c. az yards), third. Time,
10 10 seconds.
Standing broad jump. handicap-Won
by Raw c. Ewry. y. Y. A. c. (scratch),
with an actual jump of II feet g inches;
Louis Mang, Mohawk A c. g inches).
second. with 10 feet inches: BeIville
Tompkins. Franklin A. G, Is inches),
third with 10 feet inches
SOO-yard run. handicap-Wol by L.
Katsenstein, Mohawk A. c. 90 yards) ::
c. Leahy Irish-American A. Q. (3S
yards). second; /. r. Muller. Mohawk
y. c. C46 yards). third. Time. 1853 4-5.
Mile relay. Y NJ. c. Avon by West
Side Y. NJ. Q. A. first team, Brooklyn; !;
Brooklyn Central Y NJ -. A. second
team, second: West Side Y NJ. c. A
l second team. third. Time. 3:4SI Is.
Throwing the discus; handicar Won
l by Martin J. Sheridan, Irish-American
4 A c. (scratch), with an actual throw
I of $50 feet 6 inches; II. r. Geemer. An
chor A. c. rs feeD. second. with 1O2
| feet 3, inches; NJ Frank Harr. Irish
American A. c. QS feeD. third. with
I 100 feet y inch.
| 220-yarC dash; handicap-Won by G.
/ Z. Hall. Irish-Ameriean a. c. On
/ yards); Charles Hulgen. Brooklyn a. c.
Q7 YARDS, second; I. B. Dorland, Elm
wood A c O5. YARDS. third. Time.
O:22 2-5.
Mile run; handicap-Won by. Harry
Davenport. Trinity a. c. $50 yards) 4;
l Matt Geiss, Holy Cross Lyceum (s5