Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-08
OLYMPIAN RECORDS BEATEN
Eastern Athletes Do Sensational Work
at Preliminary TryOuts, q.
TwO WORLDS RECORDS BROKEN
Another Olympian Record Wal
EquaIed and Close Approaches
Were Made TO Four
Others.

American team at the tryouts on Franklin
field this afternoon. the worlds athletes
who will meet in London next month to
measure speed, strength and agility will
have to perform wonderful deeds If they
expect 70 be crowned with the laurel wreath
at the great olympic games. Practically
the pick of the eastern athletes were en-
tered in the twenty events on the program
today, and before the last event had come
to an end two worlds records were
smashed. six records made at the olympic
games at Athens, Paris. and St. Louis were
broken and one Olympic record was
equaled. Besides this all but one of the
four records were approached by inches or
seconds.
The worlds records to go, were the pole
vault and the free style discus throw. A.
c. Gilbert Of Yale university set the new
worlds figures for the pole vault at II feet
~ inches. The former worlds figures were
IL 81 inches, and the olympic record, II
feet 6 inches. w. R. Dray of Yale, who
held the worlds record, and +. S. Nelson
Of Yale tied for second place at II feet pa
inches.
Two Exceed Discus Record
A. X. Dearborn Of the New York Ath-
letic club. with a throw OF 1Ss feet II
inches, and NJ. ]. Sheridan Of the Irish
American Athletic club Of New York, with
a heave of 1879 feet 6k incnes are the men
who broke the worlds free style discus
record OF 13s feet Is inch. Sheridan also
broke the olympian record Of lis feet 4
inches for the discus throw. Greek style.
M. w. Sheppard of the Irish American
Athletic club clipped two seconds off the
Olympian record of 1856 for the 500 metres
race; Charles ]. Bacon of the Irish Ameri-
can Athletic club, established rev figures
for tbp Ann r,atrav 4broo faa+ h,,ua1o ,,raz..
j. P. Halstead Of Cornell, the Intercollegiate
mile champion, cut the 1,5OO metres record
from 1865 to 4:O1b. and ]. A. Rector of
the University of Virginia. who is reported
to have sprinted the 1o0-yard dash in O:92k
this year, equalled the 100 metres Q,O92
YARDS record of 0:10M in winning the first
trial heat in that event.
HuRdred-Metre Race.
The greatest interest was taken in the
lOo-metre race because of the many fast
men entered. d. j. Kelly OF Spokane,
Wash, who holds the worlds record Of
!09% for the 100-yard dash, did not run be-
cause of a lame leg. Rector of New Jersey.
Cartmell of the University of Pennsylvania,
) the intercollegiate 100 and 2O-yard cham
pion, and Lawson Robertson of the Irish
American Athletic club qualified without
trouble. The failure of F. NJ. Ramsdell
of the University az Texas, who is said
to have done the 100 yards in :O94s, was a
surprise. 1t was anybody's race in the
final heat almost to the tape. but Robert
son managed to finish in front. with Rector
{ second and Cartmell third.
J. B. Taylor. the negro runner of the
University Of Pennsylvania and intercol-
legiate champion quarter miller, won the
AO-metre race easily, and f. G. Bellars
of the New York Athletic club captured
B the five-mile event after a grand race.
There was a great struggle between ]. ].
Gallagher of the %shanahan club, Phila-
! delphia, and Lewis Tewanima, a Carlisle
5 Indian, for second place, in which the white
4 man won.
a The American Olympic team will be Sc
lected Tuesday night at a meeting in New
$ York of the team selection Of
: the American Olympic committee. 1t is
r expected that forty men will make up the
. team. 1t was understood here that Presi-
= dent Roosevelt, who is the honorary presi-
dent of the American committee, will send
a good luck" message to the team before
D it leaves for london
Summaries of Meet.
. 1OO-meters run (IO9.3 yards). Olympic
record, 0:lO&, held by Jarvis, American:
|. can Athletic club; second, J. A. Rector,
' University Of Virginia; third, n. J. Cart
p neil, University or pennsylvania. Time:
OIL. Rector was set back one yard for
making a false start,
. So0Smeters run OS74.4 yards), Olympic
record, 1855, held by Lightbody, America;
: Won by W. w. Sheppard. Irlsh-American
Athletic club, New YORK; second, JOSEPH
Bromilow, jr, Irish-Ameriean Athletic
club; third, L. p. Jones, University OF
Pennsylvania. Time; lisa. Two seconds
9 better than than the Olympic record. F
! p. Sheehan, South Boston Athletic club
! and r. B. Parsons, Yale, also ran.
11O-TneteTs hurdle (120.2 yards), Olympic
4 record, OILS e., held by Kraenzlein, Ameri.
can (no trial heats): Won by l.. V
a Howe, Yale; second, d. r. Robbins, lale,
! third, C. Christine, Pennsylvania. Time
: 0:l5x.
5 Throwing the javelin. Olympic record
IT'S feet s inches, held by Lemming, Swe,
den: Won by Plat Adams. New Yorl
Athletic club, 1871 feet s inches: second
NJ ]. Sheridan, Irish-American Athletic
club, 120 feet 3 inches; third, w. c. Field,
, ing, New York Athletic club, ll6 feet
s,aoO-meters steeplechase ts,4s7.s yards)
no Olympic record for the distance: Wor
: by j. l.. Eisele, New York Athletic club
second, E. P. Carr, Xavier Athletic assO
citation, New York; third, s. w. Root
University OF Pennsylvania Time
Discus throw. free style. oiympi,
record. 1876 feet y inch, held by Sheridan
America: Won by A. K. Dearborn, New
York Athletic club. 1873 feet IL Inches
Exceeding the Olympic record and also thu