Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-14


nothing new indoor or outdoor, but the
amateur Marathon at Madison Square
garden on January s. unoarthed a new
string for America, from t6 to 26 miles and
for the Marathon distance Of % miles $50
yards
MaIoney and Crowley.
Matt Maloney and Jim Crowley alter
mated with the lead, the former having
matters his own way after the twentieth
mile. Crowley had the lead at sixten miles,
the time being hour, 80 minutes, seconds
and at seventeen miles his time was
hour, 4e minutes and Z seconds. Maloney
led for the two next miles; at eighteen
miles the time was 1 hour, SO minutes 20
seconds. and at nineteen miles, hours 10
seconds Crowley came along at the
twentieth mile, his time being hours,
minutes and II seconds. From thencefor-
ward Maloney showed the way, the fig
ures being. twenty-one miles hours, IA
minutes, 30 seconds; twenty-five miles,
hours. q minutes, A seconds; twenty
three miles, hours, 2s minutes, sec
onds; twenty-four miles, hours S6 min
utes. 81 seconds; twenty-five miles, hours,
"A minutes, so seconds; twenty-six miles,
hours, So minutes, 6 seconds; twenty-six
miles and 3s5 yards 2 hours, "a minutes and
ass seconds.
In the old world nothing new was forth
coming in the distance line, and glance
at the figures from one to ten miles shows
that this was not to be wondered at as 1t
will take an out-and-out phenom to take
a tumble out Of the string of records left
behind by Binks for the mile and shrubb
! from two to ten. E. R. voight of the Man
chester Athletic club the four-mile Eng
lish champion, ran his favorlte distance In
10 minutes 33 seconds, and that was his best
effort of the season.
| In the department Of relay racing there
/ were new marks both outdoor and indoor.
On March % a team from the Thirteenth
| regiment OF Brooklyn ran the mile In
minutes 26 seconds, beating the former
mark by two seconds At the fall games
OF the New York Athletic club team from
the Irish-American Athletic club covered
the mile in minutes 2O9s seconds. and the
figures supplanted the old mark of min
utes 2l2s seconds, held jointly by the New
York Athletic club and Harvard university.
What Hurdles Do.
Though the hurdlers did very fine work
there was no alteration of standard feats.
Forrest Smithson OF the Multnomah Ath-
letic club of Portland Ore, holder of the
worlds record over the high sticks, made
his appearance in the national champion
ships at Seattle and there met A. B. Shaw
OF the Chicago Athletic association, his
most dangerous rival. They fought their
olympic fight over again, and again Smith
son proved that he was about two yards
faster, for that was the space that sep
arated them when they hit the worsted.
The time was 1876 seconds. a great piece Of
timber topping when It is considered that
/ gtiF A
few days ago in the Portola celebration at
San Francisco Smithson met defeat in the
120 yards by Edwards of the University of
California and though the verdict was
gained by only a few inches 1t was the
first time in many a day that anyone hap
pened to make the Multnomah man play
second fiddle. Shaw was attracted to Mad
ison Square Garden by the New York Ath-
letic club meet in March and took part in
the seventy-yard high hurdle, which he
won in 9B seconds. and he beat the best
men in the east in the bargain.
Among the field events the six-pound
hammer underwent more changes than
any other In the early spring John
]. Flanagan Irlsh-American Athletic club,
mastered the triple turn, and he gave early
evidence of his improved form. At the
games of the New York Athletic club in
june ho was " TIC AOiS WIN a AhAOW VI
ia feet 1Oh inches, worlds record, and
without the least question as to the con-
ditions Around that time Matt McGrath,
New York Athletic club, was credited with
throws Of III feet inches and 17s feet q
inches, the latter at the Mayo mems games
in the latter part Of June, but these per-
formances were more or less in the nature
Of exhibitions and could never be consid-
cred by the record committee.
Flanagan Meets Match.
Flanagan, too, made some big heaves
here and there in his exhibitions, but he
got in a real good one at the Press club
games at the American League park, when
he sent the sixteen pounds the great dis
tance OF 1so feet. This is the one sure to
go on the books. At New Haven, Flana-
gan made a throw of over 1888 feet, and
as far as he was concerned the record
conditions we're observed in every way
but the survey Of the ground revealed
slight down grade and 1t is understood
the record will be rejected on that account
Using the unlimited run style, Flanagan
threw 1S0 feet 1 inch at Celtic park, and
this will go on as record for the loop
handle, but 1t will not replace any of the
old marks made with straight handles
Flanagan bettered the record for the
twelve-pound hammer by a big margin
AIDING as much as seventeen reet to the
former mark. 1t was Flanagan's last
outdoor effort of the season aud his throw
taped 20 feet seven and three-quarter
inches, against the previous record Of 100
feet seven inches. by L. ]. Talbot at
Princeton, two years ago.
Ralph Rose, the California giant, moved
the record for the sixteen-pound shot
up to fifty-one feet, where It is very likely
to remain until Rose, himself may give
it another lift. This feat was performed
at the triple meet at San Francisco on
August 2. and as James e. Sullivan,
president Of the American Athletic union,
saw the measurement there Is no doubt
but the record will go on the list. The
week prior Rose did fifty and twenty-six-
ont hundreds feet at the national American
one hundredths feet at the national Ameri-
can Athletic union championships at Seattle
and that was a worlds record, so that
Roses work with the sphere was no fluke.
Next to Rose in brllliancy came Russell
L. Lawrence OF the New York Athletic
club. a youngster from Leale school, He
was second in the national meet with a
put OF forty-seven feet and six inches, and
he duplicated these figures at the Metro
politan championship. II being the best
put ever recorded at this fixture. In the