Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
RECORD OF THE
YEAR IN SPORTS
Steady Improvement Shown
in Many Lines, Though the
Season Has Not Been
a Marvellous One.

While 1907 has not been marvellous in
record breaking for the whole sporting
calendar there has been a steady i'm
provement in many lines of sport. and the
notwithstanding performances have been
OF a nature to excite wide interest
In the ice and snow sports. the snow
shoers set a new mark in cross-countrv
running Of nine miles in Al minutes 20 Sec
onds and the ski jumpers. who have rap
idly attained prominence, have placed
the record for jumping at ia feet. The
local skaters were handicapped by late
season and poor ice, but in the interna-
tlonal meet new records were made, about
the best being minutes 8 As seconds for
5000 metres g miles 1873 YARDS In ice
yachting twenty-mile course item
turns) was covered in 80 minutes 80 Sec
onds
Racing autos were credited with MANY
new records. the fastest mile on circular
track being that of 81 seconds by Walter
Christie. In road racing Nazzaro (Fiat
covered the Grand Prix course in France
or 4iS miles at an average speed of 30 81
mics per hour. Duray de Bietrich) made
the fastest round of AS miles in 1884.
Charles NJ. Daniels, the New York A. C.
swimmer, will receive the greatest credit
as one of the best record brea kers of the
year. He created more than forty new
American records, his 1oO-yard mark of
% % seconds in the English champion
ship and mile in 23.40 in a Co foot pool
being simply marvellous. In aquatics the
one-mile canoe record of $40 with double
paddles, straightaway, was a good per-
Torrance.
1t was unfortunate that Colin. the cham
pion horse of the season, found nothing tn
force him to record-breaking efforts in
the way of best worlds marks. New
records
being the one-mile and an eighth in l50 3-5
by Charles Edward at Brighton Beach,
and the six and one-half furiongs In
l. II %, by Brookdale Nymph at Belmont
Park.
The worlds trotting and pacing records
were not shattered, but the newcomers
showed such improvement that something
may be expected next season in this line.
OF the new trotting performances. tho
two-y ear-old Tramfast (2.12A) and the
three-year-old General Watts (2.06%i), also
the mare Reproachless (204L) among the
PAGERS. divided the honors as the fastest
of the season.
The shooters had their eye on the tar
gets in the Palma trophy international
match, in which a worlds record of LIZ
out of "a possible 1,s00, was made. and
even Topperwein's record for breaking
1000 flying targets was broken by Capt.
Hardy, who smashed IL, 066. and then quit
because one of the judges had to be home
on time for his supper.
DR. Hudson of New York set up a new
worlds record of 1.165 out of a possible
1.250 points on a ring target at 200 yards.
in fifty consecutive shots Rudolph Cute
made 400 out of a possible 200 in gal
lery match of the Zettler Rifle Club. Will
liam H. Herr. the L. NJ c. Remington
professional. made a new worlds record
at the traps, where he shot at IL, 053 tar
gets in competition and broke 963 per
cent
The professional billiardists appear to
have nearly reached their limit in the
balk-lne games, although. it is not unreal
sonable to believe that something further
may happen in this line the present sea-
son. Calvin Demarest in winning the
national amateur championship, put up a
new record average of 27.27 at 142 Willie
Hoppe made run of 81 points "off the
red" Bush of Elmra, pocketed ~ balls
from the break at pool; Nolan averaged
10 in a three-cushion game OF twenty-five
points and Sutton made q run OF I'll
points in practice at Isl balk-line this
season.
Total attendance at the National and
American League base ball games was
G. 1856 $500 600 more than the previous
best record of 1904 Cobb of Detroit led
the American League batsmen with an
average of S52 while Wagner. Pittsburg.
clouted the horsehide in the National with
an average of 800.
A homing. pigeon made an average
speed of 1912 yards per minute for COO
miles Thompson's Colts bowling team
five mem rolled 2S53 score for three
games Ralph Rose, John Flanagan. Mar
tin Sheridan. George Bonhag and Melvin
Sheppard. all broke athletic records.