The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-07
RECORDS GO IN
OLYMPIC GAMES
Leading Athletes in East Com
pete for Place on All
American Team.

Philadelphia, June 6-Judging by
the form shown by the candidates for
the American team at the try-outs on
Franklin field this afternoon, the
worlds athletes who will meet in Lon
don next month viii have to per-
form wonderful deeds If they expect
TO be crowned with the laurel wreath
at the great Olympic games. Prac-
tically the pick Of the eastern athletes
were entered in the twenty events on
the program today, and before the
last event had come 10 an end two
worlds records we're smashed, six
records made at the Olympic games at
Athens, Paris and St Louis were
broken and one Olympian record was
equalled. Besides this. all but one of
the other records We're approached by
inches or seconds.
The worlds records to go We're the
pole vault and tie free style discus
throw. A. c. Gilbert Of Yale set the
new worlds figures for the pole vault
at Il feet ~ inches. The former
worlds figures were 70 feet 61k inches
and the Olympian record II feet 6
inches. W. r. Dray Of Yale, who held
the worlds record, and +. 5. Nelson If
Yale tied for second place at y feet
21z inches.
New Discus Marks.
A. X. Dearborn Of the New York
Athletic club, with throw of 139 feet
II inches. and NJ. J. Sheridan of the
ITish-American Athletic club Of New
York. with a heave of 139 feet 61s
inches, broke the worlds record of free
style distance of l36 feet l-3 inch.
Sheridan also broke the OIympian
record of 1l5 feet f inches for the dis
Gus throw, Greek style
NJ w. Shepherd of the l. A. A. c.
clipped two seconds off the Olympian
record OF l:56 for the SOO-meters race;
Charles J. Bacon, l. A. A. @, estab-
lished new figures for the 400-meters
three-foot hurdle event; J. P. Halstead
Of Cornell, the intercollegiate mile
champion, cut the l.500 meters record
from 4.O5 2-5 10 4.0l ID. and J. A.
Rector OF the University of Virginia,
who is reported to have sprinted the
100-yard dash in 2-5 this year,
equalled the 100 meters 1O9 yards)
record of 10 40 seconds in winning the
first trial heat in that event.
Kelly Did Not Run.
The greatest interest was taken in
the 100 meters race because of the
many fast men entered. D. ]. Kelly
OF Spokane, Wash. who holds the
record OF 9 3-5 for the 100-yard dash,
did not run because of a lame leg.
Rector. n. ]. CartZell of the UNIVERSE
" Of Pennsylvania, the inter-colle-
giate 100 and 200-yard champion, and
Lawson Robertson of the l. A. A. C.
qualified without trouble. The failure
of +. NJ. Ramsdell OF the University of
Texas who is said to have done the
100 yards in As. was a surprise. II
was anybOdy's race in the final heat
almost 10 the tape, but Robertson. by
a great effort, managed 10 finish in
front, with Rector second and Cart
nell third.
The American Olympic team viii be
selected 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 viii make up the team.
One hundred meters. $3.50 yards. Olym-
pic record 10 4-5 seconds, held by Jar
Wis, American; TWO heats. first three in
each 10 qualify; First heat-WOn by J.
A. Rector. University OF Virginia; second
Robert ClOWen. Irish-American Athletic
club, New York; third j. d. Witham,
University of Pennsylvania Time. 10 As,
equalling Olympic record. Second heat
Won by Lawson Robertson, Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic club; second, y. J. Cart
NELL University of Pennsylvania; third,
Sherman, Dartmouth Time. III l-5. Final
heat-Won by Lawson Robertson, Irish
American Athletic club. second. J. A. Rec
tor. University of Virginia, third, \. ].
Cartmen. University of Pennsylvania
Time, III Rector in the final was set
back one yard for making a false start.
Eight hundred-meter run (Sl44 yards),
Olympic record T56 held by LightbOdy.
America. won by W. ". Sheppard. Irish
American Athletic club. New York; sec
ond. Joseph BrOmilOw, jr. Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic club, third. l. p. Jones, Uni
versiJy of Pennsylvania. Time. l:54, two
seconds better than the Olympic record.
one hundred and ten-meter hurdle Q202
yards). OF npic record 10 %, held BY
Kraenslein, America mo trial heats)-WOn
by L. v. Howe, Yale; second, D. r. Rob
bins Yale; third, O.. Christine. Pennsyl-
Vania. Time. -l5 As.
Throwing the javelin. Olympic record
10 feet inches. held by Lemming, Swe-
den-WOn by Plat Adams, New York
Athletic club, 13l feet 6 inches: second. N.
j. Sheridan. Irish-American Athletic clue,
New York 100 feet inches; third, ". c.
Fielding. New York Athletic club. lie feet
inches.
Three hundred meter steeplechase (3496
YARDS. no Olympic record for the dis
tance-WOn by J. L. Eisele, New York
Athletic club, second, E. p. Carr. Xavier
Athletic association third, 5. ". Root.
University of Pennsylvania. Time, 10 A..
Discus throw. free STYLE. Olympic record
1856 feet l-3 inch, held by Sheridan, Amer