New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-08
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN
Melvin Sheppard Sets New Mark
for 600 Yard Race.
KIVIAT SETS FAST PACE
Irish American Athletic Star
Thrilled Crowd at Celtic
Park Yesterday.

Running the best race of his career, Abel
Kiviat, the phenomenal young runner of
the Irish-American Athletic Club. forced
Mel Sheppard. the worlds greatest runner,
to add another worlds record 10 his long
string yesterday when he breasted the
tape a winner over Kiviat in the special
nine hundred-yard race at the Cavan Men $
games at Celtic Park by three yards,
winning in the great time of Isl 10. This
time betters the figures of 2.01 % made by
Glarner the Olympic Athletic Club half
miller in 1905, by I-5 seconds
But for the excellent running CT kiviat,
it is doubtful whether Sheppard would
have succeeded in lettering the old mark
bv such a wide margin. BY breaking Glar-
ner's record yesterday Sheppard annexed
the seventh worlds record to his credit
since he started on his wonderful record
breaking performances six weeks ago.
Only three athletes toed the mark for
,es,erdav's special race Besides Sheppard
and kiviat, the former Curtis High School
athlete Matt Gels, another of the Winged
Fist contingent, started in the race
the crack of the starters gun. little kiviat,
whose running during the winter months
was sensation shot from his mark, and
with Mel close behind him set out at
q terrific pace. He carried sheppard out
AT rate which caused all the experts
TO marvel al his speed.
So quickly did kiviat carry the pace TO
his rivals that he was clocked for the quar-
ter in - Is seconds. At that time the
Staten Islander was about a yard in front
Of Sheppard, with Gels a poor third. AS
the athletes rounded into the second lap
Sheppard made determined efforts to pass
his fast pacemaker, but to no avail. kiviat
led until after the half mile post was
passed He covered the half mile in
ia Is.
At this point Sheppard came along with
his wonderful jump. Letting out all of his
reserve speed, the peerless runner swooped
down the track, and as he ran into the
homestretch ne caught the flying leader.
In the race for the tape he used his jump,
and won from Kiviat by three yards. Matt
Gels finished a poor third.
The summaries:
win " Sheppard Irsh-American A c.: Ebel
Kiyiat Irish-Anerican A C second; Matty
Ioo-yard dash dandcap'-Won by Frank
S5ephenson, TTinity a. c ,eE Yards; F; W
second: Philip Hunt. Pastime A. c. g YARDS,
third. Time. 0:09 -.
jpt-Tard run (handicapp-Non bF n i Eu-
wards. New York a. c a yards): Edward Nc
Gcwan. knights of St ANTHONY d6 YARDS. sec
ord: c. GrandssTard. East Side House (l3 yards,
y ird. Time, 0:31 4-5-
l.ooo-yard run Chandtcap)-w Won by NJ. ]. Nc
Iaughlin knights of ST. Anthony is yards); II.
". Caring. unattached (46 yards). second: r.
Werner Irish American A g AS YARDS third.
Throwing the discus thandicap)-Won By A. z.
Schmidlein. Pastfrne A. c 60 feet). 1oS feet
inches. Thomas Mclaughlin. Ioughln Lyeeunl
C22 feet). 100 feet second: Alfred Reich. Madi-
Square a {. 20 feet. 1a1 feet 2i4 inches,
third.
Throwing l6-pound hammer Ghandlcap)-Won
by A. " 1'illey. Dartmouth University go feet).
$40 feet inches: Peter sherman. West End A
A (25 feet), 1919 feet 8 inches, second Emery
PAYNE. Mohegan a. g. go feet), 100 feet, third.
Three standing Jumps Ssciatchl-Won by E
Ahearne IIish-Amercan A. c. 70 feet inches.
second: Tim Ryan. Irish American A. C. % feet
3 inches. third