The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-11
ROSE BREAKS
WORLDS RECORD
KELLY OF OREGON RUNS IN
HUNDRED YARD DASH
UNPLACED.

JAMESTOWN, Va, Sept. "a
crowd that taxed the capacity of the
exposition athletic field assembled to
witness the events in senior cham
pionships of the Amateur Athletic
Union All the men entered were in
fine form, and everybody was looking
for record breaking feats.
Melville Sheppard, of the Irish
American Athletic club, New York,
won the half mile dash in l minute
SIS is seconds. He clipped one-tifth
of second from his own best rec
ord in the effort Andrew Glarner of
the Olympic Amateur club, San Fran
cisco, was second and Frank Sheelan
of Boston third.
The 100 yard dash, upon which
either Kelly of Oregon or Parsons of
San Francisco was supposed to have
a mortgage, was won by H. j. Huff
of Chicago Athletic club. w. b. Ea-
ton of Boston was second, Parsons
third Kelly ran unplaced. Time,
10 10 seconds.
In the 16-pound shot put, Ralph
Rose, Olympic club of San Francesca,
broke the worlds record by half an
inch His put was 40 feet IL in
ches. w. w. Coe of Boston was
second with 45 feet 2 inches. w
Gilmore, Olympic club of San Fran
cisco, was third with As feet inches.
Summary of results:
Summaries of the Senior A. A. L.
events were as follows:
H. J. Huff, Chicago Athletic club,
won the 100 yard run, defeating Dan
Kelley of the University of Oregon
the former champion, and Charles
Parsons of the Olympic club, San
Francisco. W. d. Eaton of the Bos-
ton Athletic association was a close
second, Charles Parsons of the Olym-
pic club third. Time, 10 1-5 seconds.
The half mile run was easily won
by M. Sheppard, Irish-American Ath-
letic club, New York, the present
champion for this distance; Andrew
Glarner of the Olympic club, San
Francisco, second; Frank Sheehan of
South Boston, third. Time, / 55 Id.
This beats Sheppard's former record
by one-fifth of second.
In the 16-pound shotput Ralph
Rose, Olympic club of San Francisco,
broke the worlds record by half an
inch His put was 40 feet 6 IL in
ches. w. w. Coe, Boston A. c., was
second with As feet 2 inches; w. w.
Gilmore, Olympic club, San Francis
co, third with AS feet 3 inches.
Fourth event, 120-yard hurdles
Forest Smithson, Multnomah club of
Oregon, first Time, :15 ga. A. b.
Shaw of Chicago Athletic club, sec
ond W. K. Mccullough, New York
hfb1otio club third Cmjfbcon .rou
with an injured leg.
Fifth event, one mile run-James
p. Sullivan, Irish American Athletic
club, won in canter; S. A. Rogers,
n Y. A. c., second; Charles Bacon,
Irish-American, third Time, 4:29.
Former time, 4:22 As.
Sixth event, 440-yard rum. B.
Taylor, University of Pennsylvania,
first; c. b. Ford, New York Athletic
club, second: Andrew Glarner, Olym
pic, third Time, so seconds. Taylor
is a negro.
Seventh event, throwing 16pound
hammer-Won by John ]. Flanna-
gan, I. A. A. c., distance III feet "a
inch; M. p. McGrath, N. Y. A. c.,
159 feet 7 inches, second; M. f.
Horr, l. A. A. c.. third, 1874 feet A
inches.
Running broad iump-Won by
Dan Kelley, University of Oregon,
distance % feet II inches; second, |
E. T. Cook Jr., I. A. A. c., New York,
90 feet 1-2 inches; third, G. F.
O.Connel, N. Y. A. c., % feet II
inches.
Ninth event, throwing discus, free
style-Won by Martin j. Sheridan, |.
A. A. c., distance 129 feet 5 "a in
ches; second, A. K. Dearborn, N. Y.
A. c., 121 feet 10 inches; third Leo
Talbot, |. A. A. c., 121 feet
Tenth event, five-mile run-Won
by ]. J. Daley, I. A. A. c., &c minutes
seconds; George Bonhag, I. A. A.
c., second; Thomas Collins, I. A. A.
c., third. Daley beats the record by
Is 2-5 seconds.
Twelfth event, 220-yard hurdle,
won by John j. Eller Jr., 7. A. A. c.
Time, 25 1-5 seconds. A. N. Shaw,
Chicago A. G. S., second; w. s. Lee,
New York Athletic club, third. Ell
ler's record in this event ties that of
former Champion H. l.. Hillman, New
York Athletic club.
Thirteenth event, 220-yard run,
won by H. ]. Huff, Chicago A. A.
Time, % Is seconds; second, p. c.
Gerhardt, Olympic club of San Fran
cisco; c. J. Seitz, New York Athletic
club third Huff's time beats by
one-fifth of second that of the for
mer champion, II. L. Young.
Fourteenth event, throwing the Sc
pound weight, won by John ]. Elan
nagan, I. A. c., distance 3S feet
inches; P. M. Mcdonald, I. A. A. c.,
second, 80 feet 8 inches; James r.
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