Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-08
John FIannaghan IrIsh.AmeP|GaR
Giant, HurIs 5G-pOund Weight
ThIrty-NIae Feel.
MEET MARRIED BY AN ACCIDENT
Weight Slipped from Flannaghan's
Hand and Struck C. J. Walsh, Of
New York, Breaking His Leg-Nlnc
American Athletic Union Records
Lowered During Afternoon.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, Sept.
Two worlds records broken anu
nine American Athletic Union senior
championship records lowered some
thing never before done. were the
features today of the jamestown
Athletic meet on the Exposition
grounds.
Ralph Rose. Olympic Club. san
Francisco. put the 16 pound shot ~
feet six ana n half inches. bcsting
the previous record of w. w. Cos.
Portland. Ore. by one .s.lr an inch.
Coo. who was also in the contest,
scored only 1872 feet.
John j. Flannghnn. lish-nmerlctn
Club. sent the 5G.pound weight five.
eighth of mn inch further Gan ever
before recorded. He held the previous
record of IS feet rs inches.
A. A. U. Records Broken.
the American Athletic Union re.
cords broken were:
go yard run-old record - 90: new
record - l-5. established by ii. !.
Huff. Chicago Athletic Association.
$50 yard run--old record. 1:552.5;
now record. 500 10. by w. Nj. w,
Sheppard, lrlsil.Amcrican Club.
Five mile run-old record, 2G:2O3 30 !;
new record. 2G:i, by J.. j. Daily. Irish
American Club.
40 yard hurdle-old record 10 sec
onds; new record. 10 80 seconds by
Forest smithson, Multnomnh Athletic
Club, OF Oregon
ll6 feet; new record 1913, by botn
H. 7. Cook and c. A. Allen Irish
American Athletic Club.
Shot put-old record, 4G feet 10 .
inches; new record. 40 feet Gl.2 in.
ches. by RALPH Rose, Olympic Club,
| california.
/ Hammer throw-old record lGG feet
l'2 inches; new record, III feet IA
inches. by John j. Flannaghan. New
York lrsh-American Club.
56ponnd weight throwing-old rec.
ord. 30 feet z inches; new record 30
feet inches, by. John j. F1anaghan.
| The meet was married by one nc
cidcnt. Charles j. Walsh. OF New York
had his right leg broken. A sixteen.
pound weight slipped from the grasp
OF j. J. Flanaghan and struck Mr..
Walsh.
Summary of Events.
| The summary of events follows
FIRST even.-hundrcd yards run, sen
ior championship. won by II. j. Huff
Chicago Athletic Association. Time
10 10 seconds. w. d. Eaton Boston
Athletic Club. second; Charles Paro.
son. Olympic Club. third.
Second event--halr;=ll run, won
by NJ W. Shepherd. Irish-American
Athletic Club. Time, :55 10 seconds
Andrew GlarnGr. Olympic Club, San
Francisco. second; frank C.. Sheehan,
of South Boston. Mass, third.
Third event-lG-pound shot put, won
by Ralph Rose. Olympic Club. OF Call.
fornia. who broke the worlds record
by half I'M inch Distance, 40 feet
IL inches. w. w. Coc, Boston Athle.
tic Climb, second; w Gilmore, Olym.
pic Club. San Francisco, third.
Fourth evcnt-120-yard hurdle. For.
asst Smiason. Multnomah Club, of
Oregon first. Time, 10 3-5 seconds.
a. Is. shaw, of Chicago A--,o1.y11c Club
second; w. r. Mccullough, New York
Athletic Club. third. Smithson ran
with an injured leg.
Poor Time Made.
Fifth conference.-the run, was n
disappointment as far as time was
concerned. James =. Sullivan, irish
American Athletic Club. won in n can.
ter; S. A. Rogers. New York Athletic
Club, second; Charles Bacon. irish.
American, third. Time, 4 minutes 20
seconds. Former time, minutes
22 40 seconds.
Sixth cvent-4i0-yard run, j. Z. Tay-
Tor. University of Pennsylvania, first;
c. u. Ford. New York Athletic Club
second; Andrew Glarner,- Olympic
Club. third. Time, 81 seconds. Tay.
lor is negro.
Seventh ovcnt-throwing 1Gpounu
hammer, won by ]. Birmingham Irish
American, New York, distance. IN
feet "a inches; NJ. p. McGrath New
York Athletic Club, distance 15G feet
z inches: VI. F. Horn, Irish-Amcrican
Club. third, i5f feet 4 inches.
Eighth event-rumning DToaf lump
won by Dan Kelly, University of Ore
gon. distance, 90 feet eleven inches ;
p. II. Cook, Jr., Irish.American Club
New York, second. % feet 2l.A IN.
ches; j. i. OConnell, New York Athle.
tic Club third. % feet IL inches.
Kelleys record beats that of NJ.
Prinstein, Irish-American Club, former