The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
ON FRANKLIN FIELD
Tpy.ouTs FOR GREAT OLYMPIC
 GAMES.
r...rtv Event. and American Amateur Athlefex Break several of the Recoras of the Worid's
 sports.

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 Records of the Worids
 sports.
 Philadelphia, Pa... June e--At the try outs on Franklin hela tnls ah.n,nn, a ,,as in London next month, practically tne plcA of the Eastern athletes entered m sns twenty events on the program toaay.
 ssioTe sns .o sas last Sorics rssords aa smashed, six records made at the Oiym- n,. pic games at Athens, Paris anu S.. Louis, were broken, and one oiympiiSi pii but one of the other records were ap- proached by inches or seconds.
 The worlds records to go werS sns pole vault and the free style aiscus throw. A. Cs Gilbert. of Ya1e uniVsr- sity. set the new worlds figures Tor the pole vault at 12 feet s-a incnes' a remarkable performance. The ior mer worlds figures were d1ar6 aS ree'; feef
 A. K. DeArborn. ct New York Ath- ietic Club, with throw of 1Ss Feet. irish American Athletic Club. of New York, with, heave of 1s9 feet l-z inches. are the men who broke tne worlds free style discus record or lss pIoxe the Olympic record of llb feet { Inches for the discus throw. creek style.
 A. w. Sneppafo, or the I. A. A. VI clipped two seconds cff the Olympic record of 1:56 for the 800 metres race; Charles J. Bank. I. A. A. G. establish cd new figures for the 400 metres sl0Ss of corneil, ner1e the inter-coilegiats mile champion, cut the t.b0O metres record from 4:O6 2-5 to 4:of I-5. and T.. A.. Rector. of the University of Virginia, ioo Wn0 Ward " tYpSh dash ia s-5, edualisd fhe 100 metre 1O9.2 yards record Of io 4-5 seconds in winning the first trial heat in that event.
 The greatest interest was taken in the 100 metres race because of the many fast men entered. D J: Kelly. of Spokane Wash, who holds the world 3 record of ? s-s for the ioo ynras % das9' ,aI Cartmell, of the University of Penn- sytvania, the intercollegiate 100 and zoo yards champion, and Lawson Kop- ertson, of the 1rish-Auerican Athletic Club, qualifie6 without trouble. The failure of T. RI Ramsdell, of the Unt- versity of Texas, who is said to have done the 0eiyards in 4-s, was sur The American olympic team win be selected Tuesday night at meeting ] in New York of the team selection committee of the American Olympic
 Clear hot weather and track fast | as a ground keeper can make it.. were | the ideal conditions that faHored the f
 one hundred metres (10s.s yards); l Olympic record. 10 4-5 seconds, nelu py Jarvis, American; two heats, nrst three !. A. Rector, University of Virginia | second, Robert Clowen. Irish- Am ericar | Athletic Club. New York: third, J. D. Whiteham. University, of Psnnsyiyania ord, F. M Ramsdell. University oi lNTexas failed to qualify. Second heat | won by Lawson Robertson, 1rtsh Amer lean Athletic Club; second; N J. tS.rd SartI l Sherman of Dartmouth. Time, II It
 One hundred and ten meters hurdl: | Seconds: held by Kraenzlein. America (no trial heats)--Won by r. v. Howe | Yale: second, D. R. Robbins. Yale third. c. Christine, Pennsylvania. Time '1i iEifESSt frSt hundred meters run ts7t.. yards1: Olympic record, 1:56; held D, Lightbody, American---Won by ". " Shepherd. Irish American Athletic Glup New York; second, Joseph Bromilow 1 III. Irish American; third, L.. P. Jones University of Pennsylvania. Time | i.i4. two seconds better than the Olym pic record. F. P. Sheehan, So9th Sos ton Athletic Club. and E. B. Parsons
 Throwing the javelin; Olympic rec ord, I75 feet inches; held by Lem ming Sweden--Won on py El@ssss S. New York Athletic Club, lsl rect
 one hundred metres. final heat-Wol by Lawson Robertson, Irish -Amerleal Athletic Club. Time. II. A.a5 r,atra
 Three thousand two hundred metre steeplechase (3,497.6 yardsG no own nic record for the distanee--Won by f. Eisele. New York Athletic Cut Tips, piscuS uS'd throw. free style; olympi recorS 136 feet Ia inch; held by Sher
 idan. America-Won by A, h;, d Desa ssa bon New York Athletic Cluo, lSS Lee
 a.a a- ana also the worlds record. lS
 feet inches, held by sheridan. sec
 and M' J. Sheridan, Irish America
 Athletic Club, 18s feet $ r.cords irz 19SheS' @'S
 s~ pmnnins high jump; Olympic recort
 seat 4-5 inches; held by Baxter
 America-Won by II Porter, rha, drtsn
 American Athletic Cine; burdie b e4s7.
 vards1: Olympic record. :53; heid D
 HtliInan. Amerlca--Won by Charles ;;
 Bacon. irish American Athletic - Siu.
 Time 55 As. Hillman's record or % ?
 nnTds for the event was made at st
 IasIs in 1904 over hurdles two rect sl
 tncbss Today's hurdles were tnre
 feat inc time :55 4-5. constituting
 nsPg PuttiGg tfnSFU; the weight. tshot put Ptii
 oivmpic record. 4S feet inches, hei h
 S,,s Rose America-Won by ". w; %
 IT.. Boston Athletlc Siup' 10 Ao's
 Standing high jump; olympic reGos cor, k feet inches: held oy EwSS Ns,v AI,N Yor ! kfhletic Club. 6 feet.
 :. Two hundred metres dash. nnal ne' E sl-won by CartmelL PennsylVani 4 Time 21 4-s ,,,....,,,,. -a f Throwing the hammer: oiympIc re . ord I6g feet. one inch: held by flani l gan. America-won by l.. J. Talbe .t cornel I66 feet. 2 inches. - { record i1s feet. inches; held by
 A. Ervinen. Finland-Won bV M;
 sheridan. Irish American Athlet
 Club. iI6 feet. [ l-2 inches. hreakir
 E Hop. step and jump; olympic recol !. q fee. 1-4 inches: held by Prlnstel } America a--Won bv Platt Adams. Ne p York Athletci Club. 46 feet. II incht = Four hundred meters run. (4SI e yards): olympic record :49 1-5; ne S by HiIlman. America--Won bv J. = Taylor, University of Pennsylvaia. Pole jump, (yault): Olympic reco o ii feet. Inches: held by DoVra l. America, and Boulder, France-Won