Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
Discus Throw and Pole Vault.

| inches, whereas the record is 175 feet &
inches, held by a Swede.
Discus Throw and Pole Vault.
| The worlds records to go were the pole
vault and free style discus throw. A. &.
| Gilbert of Yale University set the new
worlds figures for the pole vault at T.
| feet { 81 inches. a remarkable perform
ance. The former worlds figures were
| II feet 6ls inches. and the Olympian
| record, IL feet inches. w. r. Dray of
Yale. who held the worlds record. and
| r. 5. Nelson, also of Yale. tied for second
| place at l. feet 2la inches.
| a. *. Dearborn of the New Athletic
| Club, with throw of 139 feet II inches.
and NJ. ]. Sheridan of the Irish-Ameri-
can A. c. of New York. with a heave of
133 feet 61s inches, are the men who
| broke the worlds free-style discus rec
| ord of 1856 feet 1-S inch. Sheridan also
broke the Olympian record of us feet
| inches for the distance throw, Greek
| style.
Shepard Breaks Record.
| NJ. W. Shepard of the l. A. A. c. clipped
two seconds off the Olympan record of
1.56 for the S0O-meters race; Charles j..
Bacon, Irish American A. c., established
new figures for the 100 meters-three-foot-
hurdle event; J. p. Halstsad of Cornell.
the intercollegiate mile champion. cut
| the LOO meters record from 400 % to
| 4.01 1-o, and J. \. Rector of the Univer-
| sity of Virginia. who is reported to nave
| sprinted the 100-yards dash In 10 this
year. equaled the 100-meters 109.2
| yards) record of 10 4-5 seconds in winning
| the first trial heat in that event.
Because OF the greater number of en-
| tries from the athletic clubs, clubmen
| carried off more events than the collegi-
| ans The form shown by the clubmen
1 f,,1i, hot 1iSvl no i
| versity men in last Saturdays intercol-
legiate championships, and. no matter
whether the majority of the men " no
make up the American team are club
or college athletes. the United States
will be represented by men that the rest
| of the world will find hard to beat.
Interest in 1OO-Meter Race.
The greatest interest was taken in the
| 100 meter race. because of the many fast
men entered. d. J. Kelly of Spokane
Wash. who holds the record Of $50 for
| the 1OO-yards dash. did not run because
| of a lame leg. Rector, n ]. Cartmell
| of the University of Pennsylvania. the
| intercollegiate 100 and 200 yards cham-
| pon, and Lawson Robertson of the irish
American A. C. qualified without trouble
| The failure of F. NJ. Ramsdell of the
| University of Texas who is said to nave
| done the 100 yards in 9 40, was a sur
prise.
In the final heat Rector was so fdsety
| that he made false start ana was sc.
| back yard. Robertson was Oft IKE a
| flash and Cartmel was slow to get away.
| 1t was anybody's race almost to the tape,
but Robertson. by great eHort, man
aged to finish in front, with Rector Sec
| ond and Cartmell third. There was no
daylight between the three.
| J. B. Taylor, the negro runner of the
| University of Pennsylvania. and inter
collegiate champion quarter-mlier won
| the 4U0-meter run easily and r. u. Der
lars of the N. Y. A. c. captured the ilVe-
| mile event after a grand race. There
was a great struggle between j: j. Gal
| lagher of the Shanahan Club. Philadei-
| phia, and Lewis Tewanima, a tarlsie
| Indian, for second place, in which the
white man won.
Will Select Team Tuesday.
| The American Olympic team will be Sc
| lected Tuesday night at a meeting in New
York of the team selection committee OF
| the American Olympic committee 1t Is
expected that about forty men will make
up the team. 1t was understood here
| that President Roosevelt, who is the hon
| orary president of the American commit
| tee, will send good luck" message 10
the team before 1t leaves Tor LONDON.
Summaries:
| IL seconds held by Jarvis, America. Two heats,
first three in each to qualify:
Virginia; second. Robert Clowen Irish American
A. &. New York; third. !; u. Whitman nni-
ysrsy Of ormg &
yersity of Texas. failed to qualify ,-,a,
ssgnd by un1er
MOI mouth Tine Time Il Is seconds a, 80
| 40 meters hurdle u20.2 yards,-olympic rec
ord Is 20 seconds held by KraenZlein, Ameri-
ca mo trial heats: Won by l.; '; Hove Yale
tine. Pennsylvania Time. 10 IS seconds.
500 meters run ,s74,4 yards, Olympic record.
ess By SO W Nd sh nsS Si %s
G.. New York; second, Joseph Bromilow. Jr
Irish american A. C. third l. p m 5ones snis se
ends. Two seconds better than the Olympic
record. +. r. sheehan. South Boston A. C.. and
| f. Il. Parsons, Yale. also ran.
Throwing the javeln -oympic record, 1!a feet
8 inches. held by iemmins, Sweden.W 70, by
second. NJ. ]. Sheridan, Irish American A.: G.,
New York, 100 feet ) inches: third. ". Z. Field
| ing New York \. G.. He fees ) inches.
100 meters. final heat-Won by Lawson Robert
son. sh-American A. G.; j.: A; Rect9r' Tniser-
sty Of Trs ssGSnd third J. Tms ss snsfT
Rector in the final was set back one yard for
making a false start.
Running high jump Olympic record. 8 feet
80 inches. held by Baxter. America,.Won by
H. + Porter Irish american A, C.; feet TO-.
a hSHei IL l. Gidney Easton A. c. third fee;
| 1900 meters steeplechase t3.407 YARDS. no
Olympic record for the distance-Won by J. l..
| Eisele New York \. C.; +. +. Carr. Xavier A.
| A.. New York. second; ). W. Root, University OF
| PENNSYLVANIA third. Time. ln.iT.
| Discus throw free style fOympic record. 1916
| feet Ia inches held by sheridan. America Won
| by A. X Dearborn, New York y C.. lS9 feet II
| inches exceeding Olympic record and also the
| worlds record Of 1856 feet inches, held by
| Sheridan: NJ. ]. sheridan. Irish American A. c..
second, i29 feet 6la inches also exceeding his
own two records: N. T. Horr. Syracuse Univer-
! sity third 133 feet So inches.
| 200 meters dash t21s.6 yards; Olympic record.
| OF So, held by Hahn. America. two heats first
| and second in each heat, and fastest third man
| qualifying for final.
First heat-Won by y. J. Cartinell, University
| of Pennsylvania second. Shcrm2n. Dartmouth
| third H. W Faraday, New York A. {. Time,
| Second beut-Won by J. ID. Whitman, Cniver-
| sity of Pennsylvania second, Robert Clowen,
| Irish American 4. c.: third, L. Il. lDorland.
| Pastime A. c., New York. Time, % 20 sec
onds. Faraday qualified as the fastest third
100 4oo.meter shurdle 1872 yards-oiympic rec
| ord SO seconds. held by Hillman. America: Won
| by Charles J. Bacon, Irish American A. c.; sec
ond. II. l.. Hi!lman. New York A. C.: third J.
| V. Mulligan, Aqunas A e.. Philadelphia; fourth
| l.. " Howe Yale. Time. 30 10 seconds.
Hil!man's record of 81 seconds for the event
was made at ST. Louis. 1904 over hurdles feet
& inches. Todays hurdles We're 3 feet. the time,
81 -. constituting new record.
], 503-metcr run Il, G39.3 yardsl-Olympc rec
| ord 1 inmates % seconds, held by Lightbody,
| Amerira Won by j. l.. Halstead. Cornell: sec
end, j. +. sullivan, Irish-Amercan. New York
/ third. +. H. Riley. Irish American A. c. Time,
4:0l 10. breaking the Olympic record.