The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21

draw away as soon as he left the marx.
In the sixth lap he was a quarter OF a mile
ahead and he won by a big space In Y min
Of walking. il Is said the English Judges
have not the least doubt as to Yoemans's
style being absolutely fair 80 he has knocked
all former records into smithereens, nclud
ing those OF Lamer, Sturgess Raby. the
professional, and our own Cinders Murray.
Yoemans was carried on the grounds on
the shoulders Of the spectators mid the
widest excitement.
So. MILES IN s23:27. ,
The road walk of 52x miles from Big
Ben," the Westminster clock tower, to
Brighton has attracted a great deal Of at
tention among English long distance
time to time the record has been gradually
lowered, but a recent event under the aus
pices Of the Polytechnic Harriers was the
means Of another slice being taken from
the previous best. Until the month OF
April, 1897, several essayed this task, but
no amateur had walked the stretch OF road
in less than nine hours; but about that
time II. Knott Of the South London Har-
riers won a contest in the record time OF
g hours SO minutes ~ seconds. Since then
several men a a shy at the record. but
Knots figures remained mistaken until
March IL, 1908, when j. Butler OF the Poly
technic Harriers brought the mark down
10 8 hours % minutes 10 seconds. A little
more than a year afterward 7. E. Ham,
mond won the interclub walk of the Black
heath and Randolph Harriers in 8 hours
20 minutes 81 2-5 seconds These figures
stood unassailed until the recent Poly
the record, his time being s hours 70 minutes
"a eoonds, or 3 minutes 80 rs seconds
faster than Hammond's former mark:
Hammond started in the race. and 80 did
W. j. Sturgess, the former n and seven
miles champion, but the former secured
second honors. his time being 8 hours AZ
minutes IA seconds. while Sturgess did not
finish the journey. The distance from
and Buffers time there was 4 hours 30
minutes Is seconds, a new record.
THE v%AULTERs.
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 notable feat
under this head was the pole vault, and a
new worlds record OF u~ndisputed merit
came to light. The vaulter was Leroy
Samse Of Purdue University, who on June
? at Northwestern Field, Evanston, Ill,
cleared IL feet AZ inches. and this dwarfs
heretofore achieved, no matter
where. The occasion Of the record was
the beat vaulters OF the Middle West and
South were in the competition. Samse
not try until the Crossbar went up to
II feet I inches and he cleared it by a foot, |
II was raised three inches at a time and
sailed over each successive height
until it was at - feet = inch, where he
displaced it on the first trial. Hazard
Of Drake cleared II, but il fell As he walked
away, and on his next trial Samse got over
II. The bar was then placed at II feet 30
and Samse knocked il down twice,
was successful the third Offer and there
great excitement, for he had broken
all previous records. Not being satisfied
with what he had done Samse ordered the
put up to IL feet 5 inches and,
like the previous height, he displaced il
twice. He tool his time for the third trial
sailed over il by more than two inches.
When an accurate measurement was taken
Of the vault IL was found TO be an eighth
of an inch shorter. Still SRmse was not
and the bar was moved higher.
up to ~ feet 7 inches. On one OF his trials
body was clean over, but his arm struck
he bar and it fell; the two other trials were
not nearly as good.
Juror on Memorial Day by v~aulting IL feet
inches in a act Of games at Long Island
City, but a little investigation on the part
Of a member Of the record committee re-
vealed that the officials in the anxiety for a
record actually held the bar on the peg
and kept it from being displaced. 1t was
Immaterial whether or not Samse's record
happened, as Gilbert II feet 8 inches would
not be accepted. The former pole vault
record was II feet / 82-lO0 inches, by Nor |.
Ildl DOlo vi SdlllAEAAiAs OA " ~ W
Gender, h French champion, who won
the vault at the Olympic games, had a bet
ter mark than Dole, his figures being ~ feet
Ia inches. Full, the Japanese Splinter,
about u feet \ inch. He did not use a cross
bar, but a cord weighted at each end; but
although it was stated that he did not touch
the cord records made this way are tabooed
by the authorities.
THE BEST Jumps.
The broad jump record OF "a feet ~
inches, by Peter O'Connor, and the high
were never in the least danger Of being
disturbed. Charming Hall, with a jump OF
feet ~ inches, was the best American at
the game, though good contests were to
the credit Of Marshall OF Yale, Jerry Mahoney
and Cotter. W. H. Kerrigan, who went
TO Athens as the American representative,
was completely out of form, yet he jumped
we'll. Con Leahy OF Ireland, the winner
Of the Olympian jump, maintained his form
throughout the season won all the big
events in Great Britain. His best effort
Q feet 2 inches.
The best broad Jump OF the year was that
Of Dan H. Kelly. the Splinter, and it was
"a feet 2 inches made in a dual meet between
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural colleges,
on May lS. There is little doubt that Kelly,
no matter what he might do as a Splinter,
Ia a great broad jumper. When he ran the
100 and go in such fast time at Spokane
he also won the Droad jump Win ZS leeC
9b inches, which IL a Northwestern record.
Peter O'Connor won the English, Irish and
Scotch-Irish international titles, his best
being % feet I inches.
Whatever interest developed around the
standing jump lies to the credit Of Ray c.
who seems to have things all his own
way at tn IS particular branch Of athletics.
He won both the high and broad events at
Athens with notable ease. In the broad
Jump he cleared II feet 8 inches on August 4
at the American League Park in a benefit
set Of games for the San Francisco sufferers,
but il vas found that the ground sloped
nearly two inches, so RAYMOND lost the
Later on, at the New York A. G.
fall games. September 20, he jumped II feet
3 inches, but the day was too cold and he
failed to reach his old mark OF II feet ~
made at st. Louis in 1904.
WEIGHT THROWING.
In the weights John Flanagan did not i'm
prove upon his records with the SO pound
or the is pound hammer, but he showed
consistent work and that he Is almost as
good as ever. His best effort with the
was 40 feet, which is only 2 feet II
inches behind the worlds mark, and half a
dozen times he beat 1873 feet. On one occa-
sion he threw the SO pounds from the circle
30 feet 7 inches, but it was an exhibition
throw and did not count, but his best official /