Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
MART SHERIDAN BREAKS
WORLDS RECORD IN VAULT
CLEARS % FEET 8 INCHES; BEATS
OLD MARK BY 6 INCHES
Setz and Smithson Run Sensational
Seventy-fve Yard Dash at A. A.
v. Indoor Championship
Meet

NEW YORK, Nov AFTER beins
beaten by a hairs breadth in three con-
tests during the evening. Martin ]. Sheri
dan made a new worlds record in the
pole vault for distance in the closing
event of the indoor track and field cham
pionships of the Amateur Athletic union
last night at Madison Square garden
beating the old mark by six inches. He
cleared 2S feet inches, and won the event
by over three feet. Before the last trial
Sheridan was third to Happenny, the
Canadian, and Moore of the New York
Athletic club, beating out his fourth
championship by a shade apparently. He
made a last gigantic effort, and got away
so well that he landed three feet farther
than any of the others and made the new
worlds mark.
George Bonhags Good Run
This was the best performance athletic
ally of the night, though George Bonhag
came within three seconds of new mark
in the two-mile run and might have bet
tered it had he not been forced to make
his own pace all the way. He won after
hard drive at the finish by Bellars, but
was fresh as daisys
All the contests were extremely close
and interesting. especially the 75-ya;t
dash, which afforded the feature of the
evening. 1t developed a remarkable race
between c.. P. Seitz, the veteran sprinte-,
and F. Smithson, the fast Oregon sprinter
and hurdler, who recently made such a
sensation at Yale by his wholesale vic
tories. The two men ran abolutely even
the whole way and finished so close 10
gether that the spectators could not tell
which had won. Seitz was awarded the
win, but there was a big demonstration
when the award was announced from
those who thought the swift westerner
was in front The time was seconds
even.
Summary
Running high jump-Won by H, F. Porter,
Irish American c. with feet III inches;
II. A. Gidney, Boston A. A., second. with 6 feet
Il inch; Con Leahy, Ireland, and w. L. Grum-
pelt ST. Bartholomew A. c., tied for. third,
feet 11al inches.
10O0-yard run-Won by NJ. w. Sheppard Irish
American A. c.; j. A. Bromlow, Irish-Ameri-
can A. c., seconds A. link, New York A G..
third; time, 2:25
Standing broad jump-Won by Ray Ewry'
New York A. c., with 10 feet inches; M. ].
Sheridan, Irish-American A. c., second with
10 feet AZ inches: B. Tomkins, Irish American
A. c., third, with 10 feet u inch.
75-yard run trial heats two)-Won by j. It.
O'Connell, New York a. c.; D. Murray. Dub
lin, ireland. second; time, 00S Second-Won
by c.. j. Seitz, New York A. c.; w. j. Keat-
ing Irish-American A. c., second; time, 0;os'
Third-Won by f. smithson, Portland, Ore; L.
B. Stevens, New York A. G., second time.
O:OS. Final heat--Won by C. j. Seitz. New
York A. c.; f. Smthson, Portland, Ore, sec
one; w. ]. Keating. Irish-American A. O.,
third; time, 0:0S
SOO-yard run trial heats)-First heat-Won by
L. B, Dorland Pastime A. c.. r J. Kerr
New York A. c.. second time, O:33 3-5. Sec
ond heat-Won by w. r. Bursch New York A.
C.; a. j. Crockett, New York A. c., second;
time 0:s4. Third heat-Won by L. b. Stevens
New York A. c.; j. ]. McIntee, New York A.
c., second; time.o;34 2-5. Final heat-Won by
l.. B. Dorland, Psstime A. c; W. r. Bursch,
New York A. c., second; A. ]. Crockett, New
York A. c., third: time 0:3S S-5
Throwing the 56-pound weight for height
Won by Mathew McGrath. New York A. c.,
with 10 feet 8 inches; James S. Mitchell, New
York A. c., second. with 10 feet; W. w. Coe,
Boston A. A., third with IA feet inches.
Putting the S-pound shot-Won by W. w.
Coe Boston A. A.. with 81 feet 2l5 inches; M.
]. Sheridan. Irsh-American A. c., second, with
60 feet 7lz inches Dennis Horgan, New York
A. c. third, with 60 feet l inch
Two-mle run-Won by G. V. Bonhag. irish
American A. c., f. G. Bellars New York A.
c., second; F. A. Rodgers. New York A. C.,
third; time, 949 1-5.