New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-07

: = cause tor generalization that Marathon,
'--c-s-oount-y and distance racing Is the boom
n TITS COUNTY. and more particularly II the
metropolitan district Madison Square Garden
hacked IS never before % see Do-ando turn the
tables or Hayes few days ago, while crowds have
--e8 ne course Al ever important 'cross-country
~ he'd This raL Further than that the two
e.. Hve nile races Al the indoor championships
lss- week aroused chief interest. and Tot only be
cz-se new records were established. as, so far as
re o-looke-s were concerned. they were an arTer
thought There are more good distance men run
mig This tine than ever before = few may be
mentioned Il Ton Collins. VINO broke Eddie Car
-Eeaty-one yea--oId record for five miles last
Tuesday. and indoors a. thar, Mike Driscon. who
--s1e new mark for Two miles last Monday. J J.
Lee he -unior -cross-coUotry champion; Fred Bel
.s-z re national 'c-oss-Co-nt-y champion: Eisele
- tor-ne- Princeton star George Bonhag, J F
C--4Eev. The yo-kers Marathon winner sam Mel
lo- z-a 7 P No--tsev- II the professional ranks
=. such men Is Do-andC. Hayes. Longboat and
s-r---1 No wonder r1e distance running fever is
r1r1-g n vtr1lent form. The making of
American records tor and FIVE miles a. the
.-tco- championships last week by Drlscol and
Collins respectively. considered the more
c-e6ra De because accomplished over board track
E7cke y this James 2. Sullivan president Of
Ire Amateur Athletic Union. and he surprised NE
~ asserting that n MS opinion. good board
rack WIS faster than ire ordinary ctnder track.
T1is rot ss5d u be-1tte Il any way the
brilliant performance Of the Two men bUr 70 ex-
pan E-rar a0resreG unusual Feat ? Nc
6snEI6 Jumped into the I:ueIighr weight man
y making g new worlds record Of Is feet q inch
= throwing the ffty-siX-poUld weight for height
Z vas wonderful heave. suG Mc1rath, Sheridan,
Gee and others VII have : mark 10 90 after for
sor-e tine 70 cone That skill and knack count as
We n bulk and Drawn in weight events was
clearly emphasized when 7. J Elliott. seventeen
yez--oId schooIboy weighing -25 pounds and stand
i-g fva feet nine inches put the eight-poUnd shot
g Seer inches and forced such giants as Sheridan
and C0e 70 exert their best efforts 70 beat him Coe
succeeding by only seven inches, although Sherl-
&C. Won bT almost twO feet
Tie acton Of TIE American Automobile Assocla-
r1or a. rs annual meeting last week in adopting
resolution against racing on circular tracks was &
step n ne rlzr- direction as the danger 10 the
drivers wei the onlookers is too great Tor
s-y ends may be served, 50 far as de-oIlstrat
inE ne SPEED and reliability or the cars Some
track racing nay be seen next year but II is safe
- that rhe drivers who are qualified 70 handle
cars VIII think twice before taking the chanca OF
suspension ny The governing BODY for participation
81 a. C-sa-crio1e6 meeting There Is growing &c
r1and FOR automobile racing however. and this -eaos
Up % me GIVING need for automobile velodro1ne
E1c1 a. England can boast Of Efforts have been
made from zine tine IL this country 10 interest
CAPITA u the building of properly constructed
speedway for automobiles. and out Of this grew
Ge Long Island Motor Parkway. The parkway VIII