The Washington herald., 1908-06-07

Of the field Bromilow, who had been
laying behind, found his stride, and both
he and Jones passed Sheehan. Sheppard
won by three yards from Bromilow. with
Jones third, seven yards. The time OF
! minute 81 seconds is a worlds record
for the event beating the fcrmer mark
OF l minute Sc seconds, by LighrbOdy, of
the Chicago Athletic Association, at the
Olympic Games at ST. Louis. 1904
The 1,500 meters proved that Halsted.
Of Cornell is the best miller now in the
East, and in all America. for that mat
ter. He beat James p Sullivan. Of the
Irish-American Athletic Association, by
twenty yards.
Eleven men started. with Beck, OF
Pennsylvania, showing the way for half
mile. Riley, of the Irish-American
Athletic Association, was IN second place,
with Splitter. of Yale third Halsted was
fifth all the time The time was 4:01 Is.
and il beat the Olympic record by is
seconds.
Bellars Wins Easily.
The ive-mile run was a send-om prae-
tice canter for F. Bellars, Of the New
York Athletic Club. for when he was
ready he came away and won with the
greatest ease.
Almost as one-sided was the S,2OO-meter
steeplechase. Eisele, Of the New York
Athletic Club, won easily having a lead
OF 200 yards.
One OF the most startling Of the field
events was the discus throwing. free
style, in which Martin J. Sheridan the
champion OF years, met his Waterloo.
His conQueror was A. X. Dearborn, OF
the New York Athletic Club. who threw
l% feet II inches, beating the record of
1856 feet 9s inch made by Sheridan at
Athens IN 1906.
Sheridan won the discus. Greek style.
with a throw of 116 feet ~ inches, which
was said TO be new worlds record. The
old mark was 115 feet inches. by J. A.
Ervine Of Finland. at Athens in 1906.
Gilbert, Of Yale, made a worlds record
in the pole vault and incidentally. beat
w. r. Dray. the former record holder.
Gilbert cleared II feet Z inches, beating
the former mark of u feet 6Ja inches.
Dray and Nelson. both Of Yale. tied at
Il feet 215 inches.
The broad jump was exceptionally close
between Cook. Of Cornell and Mount
Pleasant. the Carlisle Indian the former
"-+4'4AAie ~ q Nudi AcI Ol an luCu.
The Summaries.
lOometer hurdle-Howe Yale. first; Robbins
Yale. second; Christine Pennsylvania, third Time.
OILS 4-5
sOO-metsr hat-sheppard, Irish-American A g.
first; Brown, Irish-American A. c.. second; Jones.
PENNSYLVANIA. third. Time, l:a beats Olympic
record Of 1851
lOometer-Robertson. Irish-American A. c.. first.
hector hector Virginia. second; Cartmel. Pennsylvania,
HNTfor ran
start being penalized for false start
Javeim throw-P Adams. New York A. c. first:
sheridan. Irish-American A. c.. second; Fielding,
New ~ YORK A. c. third. Distance. l3l feet inches
Isl' CMr Aayler A. G., second Root Pennsyl-
vania, third. Time l047
Discus, free style-DearbOrn New York A q
nrsti Sheridan. Irish American a C.. second: Hon
Syracuse, third. Distance l39 feet II inches
Breaks worlds record Of l36 feet inches
Running high tmp-Porter. Irish-American. first:
Mo1ett. Pennsylvania. second: Gidney Boston A
o. third Distance. feet 2 inches.
sOtmeter hurdles-Bacon Irish-American A. c.
hrst; Hillman, New York A. c.. second; Mulliean.
Aquinas A. c. third
Putting shot-Coe Boston A. c.. first. Krleee-
Swarthmore, second Hon. syracuse, third. Dis
lance. IS feet leif inches.
standing high iump-Ewry. New York A. c..
hrst Biller. Boston A. c.. second AIuenz. Pas.
time A. c., third Distance, feet
0Vmeter dash - Cartmell. Pehnsylvania first.
Whitman. PENNSYLVANIA. second; Sherman. Da,;.
mouth. third. Time. On as
l.5@mcter Hun-Hastead. Cornell frst: Sullivan
Irish American. second: Riley Irish American third
Time 40l Is. breaks Chicago Olympic record Of
4O5 PSI -
Running broad junp-Cooke Cornell. first; Mount
Pleasant. Carlisle. second; OConnell New York
A. G.. third Distance. 3 feet "a inches
Discus: Greek style-SheTidan Irish American
first; Dearborn, New York A. c.. second; Nc
Donald lrish-American third Distince il6 feet ~
inches. Breaks Olympic recorlLT
sOOmeter run-Taylor Pennsylvania first: Atlee
Princeton. second; Pruut, Boston a. A. third.
Time oa9 45
Pole EGult-Gilbert. Yale first Dray. Yale sec.
ond; Nelson. Yale. third Distance. p feet ~
inches Breaks worlds record
Hop skip. and iump-AdamS. New York A. G.
first, O'Connel. New York A. c.. second; Fiezei
unattached. third. Distance. 46 feet II inches
Standing broad tump-EwTy. New York A. C.
first; Butler Brooklyn A. O.. second: Adams New
York A. c.. third. Distance Il feet y inche.
Hammer-thrcw-Talbott Cornell first: Folweu
PENNSYLVANIA, second; Hor. syra5Nse third. Dis
lance. i66 feet inches.
Firemile run-BeIlan. New York A. c.. first.
J. Gallagher. shanahan, second: Tewenema, Carlisle
third Time. 8;A