The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-25

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n seoondn BY Tommy Burke still stands.
On more than one occasion sheppard
attacked the long standing record OF 2
n 10 seconds for the 1000 yards made
tw~enty-three years agO by the late L. y.
the Irish runner In not well aware OF the
task he tried to discharge, for this was
Myers's favortte distance and the record
is a yeritahle phenomenon. It has been
found a stiff customer by the best men in
the world, for all have tried II for the last
twenty years and failed To a man. Even
fitzpatrick at his best could not achieve
IL, the best In him being about 2,1A. Shep-
pard has not done this even, and until he
hOvera around IL for a while he need not
expect TO emulate Myers.
No alteration Of previous figures up to
and including the mile took place, but for the
latter there were a few good races. Guy
hung up the best figures OF the year at the
intercollegiate championships In May when
he did 4 minutes 20 9-S seconds. wtpinR
away the former intercollegiate mark OF
4 minutes 70 2-5 seconds by George
orion Of the same institution in lSd6. but
Il was far away from Tommy Conneh's
old mark OF 4 minutes rs 9-6 seconds, made
twelve years, ago. Haskins is q New
zealander. though the fact may not be very
well known, for the performance has been
repeatedly claimed for Amerioa n was
said by many writer's to be the fastest mile
ever run by a native American. Though
many years have flown by since Connen
cut suc a notch on the fame post Of ath-
letios. he still has some speed left. He il
In the United States Cavalry and In o
stationed in the Philippines. where a. Q
military tourney a short time ago he COW
cred the mile In 4 minutes AZ seconds.
AT the longer distances there was some
slight alteration here and there. but moth:
INK very startling. Floyd A. Rowe OF
Michigan University ran the two mile
intercollegiate championship in Q minutes
IA AZ .anxnA w..blr- - - ,,A-l k~w
the colleges and the nearest approach OF
the season to the American record OF 9
minutes "a SJS seconds by Aleck Grant Of
the New York A. &. three years ago.. q.
v. Bonhag ran two miles in Q minutes 80 ~
seconds at the Twenty-seoond Regiment
Armory and it was claimed as an indoor
record, but the A. A u. heretofore did not
recognize indoor records In the distance
run Tor the competitors can actually run on
the edge; therefore they hardly ever cover
On February 70 on the same foor Bon
bag ran the four miles in 20 minutes II Is
seconds, and the figures were better than
the outdoor record OF 20 minutes Is 1-S
seconds made by the late Willie Day at
Bergen Point, n. j., on November 8, 1850.
But it would have been much more credit
able for BOnhRg TO Ia made the mark
outdoors and IL would have gone on the
books " a genuine record. At Buffalo on
February 0 Bonhag ran special race against
Tom LOngboat, the Indian, the distance
being three miles, and Bonhag won in II
minutes % IS seconds. which 10 another
indoor record. TIT five miles record,
which is rs minutes % SIS seconds, made
by Il. G. Carter a generation ago, suffered
an attack by Bonhag on February ? In
Madison Square Garden, when his time was
rs minutes 50 lis seconds. However. sub
sequent racing showed hat Bonhag in
doors is a totally different man from
Bonhag outdoors, for John j. DAILY won the
five miles national event from him at James
town in much slower time-26 minutes Z
seconds. A short time ago both met defeat
in the four miles at the hands Of r. @. Bel
lars OF the New York A. c.. whose time was
20 minutes 80 IS seconds. the best bit of
running outdoors since Day made his
record. DAILY secured the ten mile cham
pionship in the most hollow style. though
he was a long way OF the record,
In the hurdling department the season
was opened in a sensational manner by
Shaw of Dartmouth, who made the 100 yard
high obstacles in IS seconds at the New
England Intercollegiate meet, but as one
Of the hurdles came down the record went
for naught; and anyway it would hardly
ave passed the record committee, for they
had grove doubts as to the correctness
Of the timing. This was borne put after
shaw was beaten by John G. Garrels Of
Michigan, who landed the title by five
feet, his time being Is 1-5 seconds. equallinR
the worlds mark; made by kraenzlein
1OAAlG Yoalb hhOs ~ NAAlAAAAhlh Illn DOOh
every hurdle as clean as a whistle, but
the judges said a breeze blew against his
back and the record will never adorn the
athletic annals. A new record for the
100 yard low. hurdles was made by s. G.
Northridge on March 80 at the Thirteenth
Regiment, Brooklyn, when he ran in IL lis
seconds, and IL will go IN the table as a
new event, there being nothing at the
distance for that style Of hurdle heretofore
attempted. C. b. Toole of the New York
A. G.. ran the 40 yard high hurdle in 8 LIS
seconds, and this would a been a new
record, but he knocked down one OF the
hurdles on his way.
The real big work was done IN the field
events. Walter Dray Of Yale opened the
campaign on May is when in the Yale
Harvard dual meet at New Haven he
cleared IL feet So inches in the pole vault,
and this wiped away the former worlds
more h a year ago: Dray maintained
his form in the intercollegiates by winning
with a vault Of IL feet 1l% inches. a new
record for the meet by an inch.
The work OF the big men with the weights
was considerably enlivened by the advent
Of Matthew j.. McGrath, who sported the
winged foot Of the New York Athletic Club.
He made a most vicious attack on the "a
pound hammer record OF 172 feet II inches
held by his friendly rival, John Flanagan.
McGrath threw in the n~eighborhood Of
173 feet more than once, and finally nc the
Canadian championships at Montreal on
September Fl he sent the missile 173 feet
7 inches, and this goes On the books as
the worlds best mark. Flanagan has had
the record for ten years and he was in
no mean shape all season., for in the Ma
tiona A. A. U. meet he beat McGrath.
though it must be admitted that the latter
was suffering from a lame spine. At this
same meet Flanagan gave a taste of his
quality by winning the SO pound weight
with a throw of IS feet 8 inches. and this
improved his own mark by fye-eighths Of
an inch. Lee Talbot, the Kansas Civ
acknowledgement ~schoolboy. figured
with the hammer and incidentally made
several records with the ~ pound, beating
the old mark of 1877 feet 8 inches by T. Z.
Shevlin Of Yale.
As usual, Martin Sheridan had things mia
own way in the discus, and he improved
the recordto 136f feet 10 inches. that is throw
ing with a turn. The discus thrown in the
Greek style. that is from a pedestal or box
OF dirt. was officially introduced in the ma
tional meet at jamestown, and until the
rules OF the sport receive more study here
and are better understood there is bound 10
be some friction as to what really CONSTITUTED
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