New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
ROSE BREAKS RECORDS.
MAKES SIX NEW MARkS.
Wins Eight Shot Putting Events at
n. I. II. &. Games.

Fully ten thousand lovers Of track and field
athletics focked to Travers Island yesterday TO
watch what proved 70 be one Of the best held
days ever held IN this country. They were the
eeventy-ninth games OF the New York Athletlc
Club. The track unusually fast. the wealth
er was ideal. and practically ali the events were
Shotly contested
The best athletes in this country took part in
the games including the Western champion
.uuartet-Glarmer. Rose. Kelly and Forrest
ssrnithson- Parsons. the old Yale sprinter. was
also entered in several events, but was forceo
10 return home Unexpectedly on Friday night
The shot putting Of Ralph Rose the giant
Representatives OF the Olympia Athletic Club. o,
San Francisco. was the feature of the day Rose
established six worlds records He broke al
previous performances in putting the s, i, IA,
is. 21 and % pound shots. and easily won the
i16 and "a pound shot puts as well W Gilmore:
of the same club. also got place in each OF
F1fe shot putting events.
For spectacular interest the 6o0-yard run sur
passed the other events n w Sheppard the
Irisi-American Athletic Club champion, ana
Glarrner the Western crack, were placed at
scratch. Hardly had the echo OF the crack OF
the pistol died away when Glarmer was on
Sheppard accepted the challenge, and groan
went up when the Western runner quickly
gained three-yard lead over his Eastern rival.
But Sheppard had just begun TO run" Be
sore the race was half over he passed Glarmer.
end then began a wonderful sprint
Threading his way through a broken held' ne
passed man afIer man nnllA ne NHS 1IlAoiS nv
headers. The large field proved too much Of a
handicap for the distance. but Sheppard man
aged 10 cross the line scant two feet behlno
the winner, in the fast time of minute Il 40
seconds. within two seconds Of the worlds rec
ord
The 120-yard hurdle race was hotly contested
Forrest Smithson. Of the Mutomah Athletic
Club. captured the event in 16 seconds II. l.
Hillman won his preliminary heat Of the ~
yard low hurdles in easy manner Human
oTrfrl a HIS and simply
5ogged across the line Smithson also won ms
preliminary heat in this event The final heat
saw q bitterly contested race between Langan.
lSmithsOn and Hillman. The last had clear
dead OF two yards when he struck the second
hurdle from the end and fell. Langan. with
i1o-yard handicap, beat Smithson out by few
feet.
The two-nlile run had two crack entries.
aisele. the Princeton runner. wearing the colors
lof the New York Athletic Club. and Bonhag'
under those Of the Irish-American Athletic
Club. Bonhag started from scratch, while Elsee
Rad handicap of forty yards.
Il f. LORI, Of the Mohawk Athletic CLUB. Win
a 20O-yard handicap held the lead for the first
1--we laps Fisele in the mean time had been
lrunning easily and without apparent effort Wen
tback il the field. At the sixth lap Bonhag be
gan 10 work TO the front. Eisele started al tIie
beame time and al the end Of the lap was rght
3on the leaders heels Bonhag was nghtlns
sdesperately and gaining some ground. but he
did not show his usual form With EiseIe lead
.ang knight second and Bonhag closing in the
;nen swept into the last lap. The former Tiger
showed his form ths Running al appagTtsy h s
steadily widened the gap and won with ease by
more than twenty yards
There was keen disappointment when Dan
tKeIIy, the Oregon sprinter. failed to appear for
the lO9-yard dash. II was expected that on the
fast Trayers Island track he would be able to
perform near his record Of $50 seconds. The
dash proved rather a tame affair when he oio
not compete
Con Leahy jumped feet inches, but the
field was so heavily handicapped that he got
-only third place. The summaries follow:
TRACK EVENTS.
onehundEed das-ToB BY g j. Me5z 5sv &7H1g[ To
Atbis5S club q & yards second & C woir
iached. third- Time, o-lo - ,,,o-
AtRiera Sab 80 yards R J. Doody Moha2k Ath-
3ese sesn 6is 6 &c 5 SrGs s Ts thT Time 2I2
Cne-huI.9tea yaE1 S Dg 1 or
stsoratoh). Charles Doole, New York Athletic Club
second; A P. S Maui. New York Athletic Club 20
ub relay CLOSED TO Ns :. Afhies b dc cg5 qna
Athletic Club; 2Sd Y n { a. second; Xavier
Three -hundred-yard runEWon by A House. New
M Gk yTs Ahlss ssoas S19 e X WBe E5& 5a oTk 4 Asc A
GU M gaf55 3RT m s Pse os5 s $ York Athletic
Club go yards a G Knight irish american Athetio
Club 900 yards). third Time, $50 IS.
u Langan Irish American Athletic Club 90 yards);
iForrest smithson. Multomah Athletic Club Oregon
ltscrsteh) second John West Rational Athletic Club
stl2 yordsl- third. Time. O-25
/ Six hundred-yaTd run-won by !. Bromflow. 1r.
tlrish-ATner1can A c 90 yards; Sheppard, Irish
fAmerican A c. fscraIchl. second ?. J. Murray.
iXavier a c. C3s YARDS. third. Time, 1I2%.
Club and college relay-Won by New York 4 9;
fcSew York A c. second team second Time 3.2928
FIELD EVENTS
Pole vauit-YVon by Il Peabody. New York A c r12
f.nches(; W NJ Pauieing. West Side Y. II. c. a. t14
itnchesD. second: II. s. Babcoek New York A Q "a
i;nchesl. third Height. II feet g inches
I Putting Ispound shot-Won by Ralph Rose. of