Evening journal., 1911-11-11
MANY ATHLETIC
RECORDS BROKEN
New Marks Set on Field and
Track During Past
Season

In glancing back over the perform
ances of American track and field
athletics during the outdoor season Of
1911, IL is gratifying TO note the num-
Der OF records equaled and broken
In almost every branch of the sport
new figures were created, and they
show as nothing else could how con-
stant and consistent is the develop
ment of champions.
During the past outdoor season
worlds marks that had stood the test
for ten, fifteen and even twenty-five
years were shattered, as well as quite
recent ones probably harder TO de-
throne, because each part of q second
clipped or inch added makes so much
more difficult the task of the next
comers
The list of records here appended
will come up for approval at the an
nual meeting of the Amateur Athletic
Union but all have passed success-
fully the strict censorship of the press
representatives, and there is little
doubt that they will be found withOat
flaw by the committee entrusted VITA
their acceptance or rejection.
X. c. Craig, of Michigan University,
was the first to attain record form
At the Pennsylvania relay carnival m
Philadelphia on May 6, he equaied
Bernie Wefers' world standard OF
p LBS for sprintng 220 yards, and
this time he made twice at the inter-
collegiate games in Cambridge ON
May o.
At the latter meet sensational per-
formances were shown in middle dis
tance running by T. S. Berna and }.
P. Jones. both Of Cornell Jones, who
is now acclaimed the best miller ever
produced, stepped the miles in min
utes 13 2-5 seconds. taking from
Tommy Conneff the former mark OF
4 minutes 10 3-5 seconds, which was
established i'm 1895, and Berna, in the
two-mile race, breasted the tape in
minutes 25 1-5 seconds, pushing aside
the record of 0 minutes 26 3-5 sec
osds, which he had himself created a
year before.
On May % at Celtic Park Martin
Sheridan. of the Irish-American A. c.,
contributed one of his numerous dis
cus-throwing standards He sent the
missile 14i feet 4 3-S inches. and the
best previous distance, to his own
credit, was 140 feet 10 IL inches.
Matt McGrath, with the New York
1 Athletic Club at the time, scored on
/ the same day with the 35-pound
weight The event was a new one,
and he won it with SO feet IL inches,
which established a record.
The Irish-American games at Celtic
Park on May 30 saw three Of the
home men win titles. Daniel Ahearn
spanned 90 feet IL inches in the hop
step and jump, as against his OWL
mark of 40 feet 3-S inches; Gwyi
Henry, the former Texas sprinter
lowered Charles Sherills time OF 1885,
for running 125 yards. from IL p
seconds to - l-5 seconds, and Johl
J. Eller negotiated $50 yards of loy
hurdles In 20 1-5 seconds, pultlni
quite a dent into George Schweigler'
record of 81 As seconds. also of thu
1889 vintage
George Bonhag. Of the Irish-Amcr
, ican A. c.. demonstrated on June
that he had lost none of his grea
speed by running three miles in /
minutes 80 seconds, which dislodget
W. Days mark of IA minutes SO sec
onds, untouched since 1890.
John Eller added to his man,
laurels on the following dav, when h'
took 75 yards of low timber in is
supplanting the record of 9 2-5, helt
jointly by himself, his brother Rob
ert and Roger Bacon. At the sam'
meet Daniel Ahearn also scored
boosting his own recently made mari
for the hop, step and jump, from 81
feet IL inches to 81 feet 4 IL inches
2 On June IL Il was the turn OF Plal
Adams. the versatile all-round athlete
of the New York A. c.. to distinguish
J himself. He covered 1903 feet in nin'
/ standing jumps, taking away from NJ
w. Ford the standing of 100 feet
- inches. which he had Held since 1855
! Il is worthy of mention, too, that Dan
4 Ahearn, who jumped within a few
inches of Adams, also beat Ford's tig
ures.
At the National A. A. U. outdoo
championship In Pittsburgh on jun
20 and July I, only one record wa
broken and one equaled, although th'
cream of the country's athletes wer'
on hand Allie Snedigar, of thu
! Olympic Club. of San francisco
+ hurled the javelin 465 feet 2 inches
/ beating Bruno Brodds best previous
y throw of 463 feet / inch, and Johl
- Eller. 1. A. A A., took 220 yards o
I low hurdles in "a As seconds, equal
= ing the worlds time. T.. T. Cooke, th'
{ former Cornell athlete, now repre-
e senting the Cleveland A. c., CLEARED
3 the bar at Is feet in the pole vault
2 hut did not give enough through e
!, the pole In leaving Il and it tumble'
a after him, carrying the horizonta
stick with il. Had It not been for thi
unfortunate occurrence he would nov
hold the worlds honors, for the rec
ord by Leland Scott is II feet 10 a
inches
The fall games of the I. A. A. A. ol
: September 8 we're again the occasion
for a triangular record-breaking feat
, Matt McGrath. now competing unat
, tached. threw the 56-pound weight 3
I feet 9 inches, beating Flanigan's bes
performance of 80 feet inches, Loui
Scott, of the South Paterson A. c., dis
. posed of an international mark by run
ming 5000 meters approximately
miles 50 yards) in 10 minutes % l.
seconds. and an l. A A. A. team mad
! up of Sheppard, Gissing, Echaaf an
Rosenberger. travelled one mile in 44O
= yard relays in 3 minutes, IS is sec
D ouds, lowering the standard of 3 min
y utes 20 3-5 seconds. II is possible
I however, that the latter may not b
j accepted, as it is a question whethe
Y Gissing was at the time eligible I
run for the Winged Fist team.
Matt McGrath further improved o
the 56-pound weight figures Of 80 fec