The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-22

COuISt ~ iHt OutlJOA 49, HN1ht -
a mark Of 2 minutes / AIS seconds, the old
mark being 2 minutes 4 SO seconds, mace
Club, in 1905. Glarner. the. middle-distance
of the Olympic Club, of California,
pEeyiously had ad.o hqng fo up tb a d rsford Of II =
inject held, on the Pacific coast.
The hfty-six pound weight event is
safely in the hands OF the present worlds
gan, OF the Irish American Athletic Club.
for, in addition to winning the national
and metr1opolltan titles with the r pig
the missile SO feet s inches, which broke
the old mark, held by himself, by five
Martin Sheridan. the ali-around cham
pion, again managed to establish a new
record in his ~favorite event, the discus
throw; sheridan, at the Mayo mems gamss
scaled the saucer 1876 feet 10 inches, break
ing his old record by l foot and 3 inches.
Matt McGrath, of the New York Ath-
letic Club, a newcomer among the weight
throwing experts, made his presence felt
In many competitions. When the outdoor
season got fully started there were many
who predicted a great career for McGrath,
even saying that he would break tlana-
gan's hammer record. After many tussles,
In which one or the other would emerge
victorious McGrath, on the day OF the
Canadian championships at Montreal, flung
the hammer 17S feet 2 inches, breaking the
Irish-American mans record By eight
Inches. On many occasions both had sur
passed the best previous acknowledged
mark of 12 feet Ii inches, but the men.
either on account of the lightweight of
the missile or the fact that the handle was
not official, did not get their records, and
the old mark remained till near the end of
the outdoor season.
TaIbott a New Star.
At the beginning of the outdoor cam
paign q new star in the weight-throwing
| ornament appeared-a schoolboy, who did
great things. He threw the 12-pound ham
mer, the discus and the, shot great dis
tances. most of which before this year
were undreamed of in the interscholastlc
world. The boy was Lee J. Talbot, lie
competed IN thu West IN the various
manned for his asst year in Mercersbdrg
Academy to see the breaking Of the
worlds 12-pound hammer record at his
hands. Talbot on four or five occasions
smashed the record of 1877 feet 8 inches,
made by Tom Shevlin, the old Yale
weight-thrower. when he was a school
! boy. Talbot also established schoolboy
records in the discus throw and shot put,
as well as the 16-poubd hammer.
At the Yale-Harvard dual meet, held at
New Haven on May IS, Walter Dray, the
Yale pole vaulter, reached II feet 54s
inches In his f~avorite event, but these
figures will go into the record books as
height ever attained by an American
athlete in competition. Smye G. North
ridge. the Irish-American A. G: sprlnter
and broad jumper, who turned his atten-
ton to hurdle racing among other things,
gets credit for a new record in the 100.
yard low hurdles, of 10 hurdles, each 2
feet 6 inches high. The time, IL 10 sec
onds. will go down on the books, because
the competition never wassheld before the
present year. Northridge's record was
made at the Thirteenth Regiment games
on March 30.
In the distance running field there are
only two records for the compilers OF the
almanac. The one probably best liked by
metropolitan followers of athletics is that
of George V. Bonhag, the h-American
Athletic Club distance champion. BonnaG
IN the indoor games of the High School of
Commerce, held in theTwenty-second Regi-
ment Armory. New York, on February y
last, ran four miles in 20 minutes IL 10 sec
onds. In this race he competed against
men in relays, each man running two miles.
The men-Frank, of the Irish-AmericaI
Athletic Club, and Spring, Of the Pastime
Athletic Club-both OF them good distance
runner9. ran Just we'll enough with Bon
bag TO force him to do his best. How we'll
they succeeded Is best told by the result.
3onhag's time not only marks the best per-
lformance ever achieved indoors, but even
snrpasses the old outdoor record OF 20 min
utes Is As seconds, made by w. ID. Day
1889
The other distance record was created
by Tom Isongboat. the phenomenal Cana
dian Indian runner. in the Marathon race
of approximately . miles, held by the
boston Athletic Association. Lcngboat ran
the distance in 9 hours "a minutes % 4-5
kOliA WhiNu Lltb 1ll Ittoid ny
more than five minutes Longboat, by his
queer actions and utter disregard for the
laws of the Amateur Athletic Union, has
disqualified himself from ever competing
under the sanction of that body, and at
present a rumor is going the rounds that
ne intends to turn professional.
List of Records Created.
"A full list of the few American records
created by athletes of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union and its affiliated bodies fol
| lows:~
ben |; time, Pm. | 4-5s.
Four-mile Run-George V. Bonhag, Irish
American A. c., at Twenty-second Regi-
ment Armory, New York, February 20;
Boston A. A. Marathon Race of %
Miles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Longboat,
Canada, at Boston, April 10; time, 2h. Pam,
20 4-5s.
1M-yards Low Hurdle Races. C. North
bridge, 1rish-American A. c., at Thirteenth
Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, March 80;
time, 121-5s.
Pole Vault for Height-w. r. Dfay, Yale
University, at New Haven, May 49, height,
LIFT. 54$in.
i6-pound Hammer THROWN. p. Nc
Canada. September q: distance, 173ft. Tin.
S-poupd Shotput-Ralph Rose, Olympic
Club, San Francisco, at Travers Island,
September IA distance. 67ft. lin.
lH-Rohiih g9iibAbAt- AAAihh ANp9Nf ct llhf
ers Island, September IA; distance, 55ft.
11%in.9
ii-pound shotput-Ralph Rose, at Trav-
crs ISLAND, September IA; distance, 51ft.
6%in.
i6-pound shotput-Ralph Rose, at Mon
treal. September q; distance, 49ft. 714in.
1S-pound Shotput-Ralph Rose, at Trav-
ers Island, September IA; distance, loft.
91An.
21-pound Shotput-Ralph Rose, at Trav-
ers Island, September Il; distance, loft.
33in.
2%S-pound Shotput-Ralph Rose. at Trav-
ers Island, September a.; distance, 34ft.
5Ain.
Throwing 5G-pound Weight-J, j. Flana-
gan. Irish-American A. c, at Norfolk, Va,
September z; distance, SSft. Sin.
Throwing the Discus-Martin J.. Sheri-
dan, Irisli-American a. G. at Celtic Park,
June %; distance, l3ift. l0in.
75-yard Three-legged Race-H. l.. Hill
man, New York A. c., and Lawson Rob-
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