New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15
BREAKS THE TENTH
AnnexeS Three More Records to
Collection of Seven.
AHEARNE ALSO IN FORM
Four World S Records Broken IN
Irish Volunteers Games at
Celtic Park.

C4lGlC dI IA.
Melvin W. Sheppard, the worlds great
/ est runner again demonstrated that he de-
serves the appellation of Peerless Mel,
when he continued on his record breaking
performances yesterday al the games OF
! the Irish Volunteers. held at Celtic Park.
and annexed three more worlds records
/ to his long string. The wonderful Winged
Fist athlete who since two months ago
! has startled the athletic world by smash
ing until Yesterday seven of the records
/ that Uithstood the test of the abiest attn
letes for many years. started in the COO
yard special scratch race. and not only
succeeded in lettering the worlds mark
for this distance but also annexed the in
termediate marks for the 500 and $50
yards Besides these three new running
| records Dan Ahearne, the crack jumper of
the Irish-Anlerican Athletic Club smashed
to smithereens the old mark for the rum
ming hop, step and jump. lettering the
! figures of Dan Shanahan, of Ireland by
! l foot rs inches.
Only three starters toed their marks for
| the special race. Besides Sheppard. lanky
jim RosenbergeT. the Winged Fist cham
pion sprnter. and Henry ScIiaff answered
/ the call of the clerk At the crack of the
pistol Rosenberger leaped to the front. to
act as pacemaker for Peerless Mel" He
set out at rapid pace and soon had
Sheppard going at top notch speed.
/ Schaf. who tried to cling to the heels OF
his rivals. found the pace so. difficult to
follow that he was forced TO drop out of
| the race.
Sheppard could not have asked for
better pacemaker than his lanky Green
: 0iy1T oil FOL at
, such q heart-breaking speed that 1t was
| apparent TO all who witnessed the race
that Sheppard would surely add more
! laures to his record string Rosenberger
/ found that he had exerted himself to the
/ limit in carrying Mel along a the burning
pace he had set and was forced 10 drop
out after he had covered 400 yards of the
! race. However. he had given Sheppard
the start necessary TO enable the Olympic
| hero TO garner new marks to. his credit.
/ Sheppard passed the quarter in the fast
time of ~ SIS seconds. and then. without
! letting up in his stride. continued unfal
teringly- without any pace settlers, toward
/ the mark he started ont to cover.
Urged on by the multitude who were anX-
! ious to see the Winged Fist champion gain
q new record, he continued more rapidly
! than before toward the 5Go-l'ard mark.
! where several of the timers were stationed
I To get his time. Sheppard passed this
! mark in - 81 seconds. lettering his own
mark of 81 - seconds. made on the same
! track several weeks ago, At $50 Yards he
was cIocked in the wonderful time of 1ot.
! taking % seconds off the old mark for
this distance. held by himself
/ Straight and true the peerless Wonder
shot into the homestretch. burning up the
! With biS flo iy
but true strides he galloped along like
| maddened horse. and broke the worsted in
| the splendid time Of 40 40. This time
| Snashes the old mark of i'll. held Jointly
| by Tommy Burke. who made 1t when com
| peting under the colors Of the New York
| Athletic Club in 1895. and Z; H Montague,
who eaualled it in London in 1908. Rounds
| of applause greeted Sheppard when the
| crowd became aware that he not only
| broke the mark he set out to smash but
| also annexed two more records besides.
| In the running hop. step and jump Dan
/ Ahearne not only broke his own American
figures for the leap. but also broke Shana-
| hans old figure of 80 feet y inch by clear
ing the remarkable distance of II feet rs
inches. The lmber-legged leaper cleared
his record performance jump on his second
trial
Martin Sheridan. the all-around record
holder. won the discus throw with throw
OF 134 feet 3I2 inches. Martin also took
| second place to John Flanagan in the 90
pound weight throw. Flanagan won the
event with 81 feet ai5 inches. The sum
! n;aries follow:
howard dash ,handicaP'-N by Bert , DeTaT.
| Acorn 4. \ t5lr yal6sI. second: \. Pinkerton
| I.ough1n Lyceum - Yards. third. Time
22o-yard lash c1andtcep,-Won by Robert
Eer Lish-AmsItcan A g. q ards: Lac Lack
H. Kelly Mohawk a. {. u3 yards'. third, Time
600 yard run Chan4icap, Won by Frank Riley
: Xavior \. \, '25 yards!. second: jim MsEntee
unattached 30 vards1 third. Time, 1:i2 %
enN~yari run special: scrafch>-Wo by Melvin
". sheppard, Irish American A. 9: Jim Rosen-
schaT. Irish American \; e. only other starter
did not finish. Time; 1:1o - ,,.o
H fi1y coronia Lrceum 200 yards1, So
yards. third Time. 1900 -.
Running hop step and jp rI.b sp 81 rid
4 -. 81 feet . 8. inches): Tim Ahearn New
York 4 G - test AZ inches, IS. second tsn, J.
'''' Throwing the discus Chandicap,-won by
m iera9eh h iss fset inchea Pat
| Irish American A C. - feet(, IL feet : 2
| can 4 c - feat5 100 feet 4 inches. third.
! Throwing 56-pound weight 'handfcap)-
J Won by John Flanagan. Irish American A; c.
! scratch 81 feet 9ls inches: Martin Sheridan.
! Irish-Americsn \. c. O. feet). >" feet ~
inches SECOND; T. Ryan. irish. American A. {.
| - feet), rs feet I0l2 inches third
| Claude Breitenbach ran two good races
yesterday in the monthly games of the
| Mohegan Athletic Club. held on the club
grounds. in The Bronx. Breitenbach started
from scratch in both the duarter-mile dash
and the two-mile run. He landed the honors