The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-25
Big CROP or WORLDS RECORDS
SEVENTEEN NEW MARKS IN ANA
TEUR SPORTS.

Dnn KeIly a DlsappUlntmcnt I'm tho 200
Yards-Hls Record Questioned Ralph
\ Rose. inc Giant shot Putter. Aim of
> Recerd NHAkoTs-MeGrath's Fine Work.
Another season OF track and field sports
has passed away, and when the athletic
historian chronicles the star feats Of the
generation he will find tho session Of 1907
replete with stirring vents. In all eighteen
new records saw the light. and what is
most striking is that they were made on
American soil. Twelve Of these are worlds
records AZ well; five are solely YANKEES,
and one which equalled a worlds mark
was rejected owing to a te~chnicality. The
condition speaks volumes for the progress
Of amateur sport in the domain Of Uncle
Sam and augurs well for the success OF the
American team at the Olympic games In
England next year. Perhaps the prospect
of a trip TO the British festival spurred
the performers to better things; but whether
or not. the result is gratifying, especially
when IL is remembered that thirty years
ago or less not a single amateur worlds
record was held by an American.
But good a IN season was IL differed
from those in The past as far ~ sprinting
was concerned. for at all intermediate
distances from twenty-five TO 100 yards
there is M new mark to deal with. Tit
100 yard mark OF 0 SIS seconds made by
Dan Kelly Of the University Of Oregon
remains intact Of course. but not the validity
OF the performance. for from out the sage
brush are coming rumblings that every
thing about the record was not exactly
correct. With this the A. A.. U. record
committee has nothing to do. for il had
no alternative but to accept the record
on the strength of the seemingly incon-
trovertible bundle Of affidavits furnished by
the Western people as to timing. starting.
survey of the course. the weather condi-
tons and so on.
Regarding the timing, one point presents
Itself as notably strange but not improb-
able. The evidence says that five watches
agreed on Q SIS seconds. It is a rare oC-
currence this. for not often do two watches
agree. and very seldom will three watches
be found to stop on the same fraction; and
Il IL not on record that -four watches held
officially ever clicked the same for a sprint
race. For i've watches to agree is a record
In itself. Kelly appeared in the East this
year at the A. A. U. national meet Mt James,
EOWUs AUu kTedA was kU6 CuElOhlJY hO SEQ
how he would acquit himself. He cut but
q sorry figure and did not run within eight
yards Of his record form. for neither in the
trial nor the final-which hedidnot win-did
be show better than 10 2-5 seconds
He said that the Virginia weather
affected him. but at any rate he exhibited
none Of that power and dash over notice.
able In the -better thar evens" sprinter Of
to-day. In his trial heat he started advan-
~sageously and ran fairly well for fifty yards.
but every yard after that he shortened up
In his stride and his head went back for
all the world like an unframed novice. OF
course. IL Kelly did 0 SIS seconds honestly
nobody In the East wants to deprive him
Of the glory. but he was away of the form
such figures mean at jamestown. Yet he
could not be In very bad physical condi-
ton, as his work In the broad jump showed.
After the two salliee at the hundred he
Btrolled over to the broad jumping path
and cleared % feet II inches. the best per-
Torrance over recorded for a national
American championship. Charles L. Par
sons Of San Francisco. another Western
dyer, came TO jamestown and great things
were expected Of him; but he too fell by
the wayside. Early in the summer no flew
the hundred in 0 As seconds at a con-
test on the Pacific Slope. but in the A. A. U.
meet he could not do 10 is seconds, and he
was only third in the final. Parsons was
surely "a Of form. and he looked it.
The record OF Fl lis seconds for the fur
long. held jointly by Kelly and Wefers,
remained unruffied. the nearest approach
being II as seconds by Cartmell Of the
University OF Pennsylvania at the inter-
collegiate meet in May, and he was credited
with better than sven time for the century
Cartmen varied his training methods after
college closed by making the tour of Eng
land and let nothing pass him in the shape
OF a sprint. He ran in the English 100
yard championship and was beaten by
j. W. Monitor. the British champion. from
whom the Quaker suffered several subse-
quent defeats. Late in the season CartmelI
turned the tables on this rival.
A wide margin separates the present
day performers from the speed necessary
70 take a fall put OF the records for the
G4O yards both on a circular and straight
away path. For the former the figures
are Al 4-S seconds, and AZ seconds for the
latter, both made by Maxey Long about
ten years ago. Out Of the long list OF those
who essay the "long sprint the palm be-
longs Z o J. b. Taylor. the colored man OF
the University Of Pennsylvania, who at
the intercollegiate meet in May did 4S As
seconds, the best championship mark since
the memorable quarter between Tommy
Burke and Wefers on Manhattan Field in
the National A. A. U. meet OF 1909. when
similar figures were made by the former.
Taylor broke the former intercollegiate
record OF 40 is seconds. held by himself.
and within about three yards Of him was
Coholan Of Yale. and the pair can easily
be rated IA the best of the season. THAT
Taylor was better than the figures reveal
that day was evident. for he lost yards
by running on the extreme outside. The
colored fellow won the National A. A. u.
championship at jamestown after being
several times nearly thrown through the
fence by the other competitors.
The half mile record Of 1 minute So rs
seconds by c.. II. Fitzpatrick is still en-
blazoned on the scroll Of fame. and it was in
no great danger Of being erased at any stage
during the year. Melvin Sheppard was the
only man expected TO approach the mark.
but at his bess he was yards of anything new.