The Calumet news., 1911-11-08
SPORTING DEPARTMENT
many RECORDS ARE LOWERED
BY ATHLETES DURING THE SEASON

Sherilrs time Of 1889, for running 125
yards, from II 2-5 seconds to Il 1-5
second, and John ]. Eller negotiated
25O yards of low hurdles in 20 1-5 sec
onds, putting quite a dent into George
Schweigler's record of 81 As seconds.
also of the 1850 vintage.
George Bonhag of the Irish-Amcri-
can Athletic club demonstrated on
June 3, that he had lost none of his
great speed by running three miles in
IA minutes 80 seconds, which dislodged
w. Days mark of IA minutes 80 Sec
onds, untouched since 1890.
Eller Betters Own Mark
John Eller added to his many laureis
on the following day when he took 75
yards of low timber i'm 1-5, sup
planting the record ofl9 %, held joint
4 ing by himself, his brother Robert and
Roger Bacon. At the same meet Dam
iel Ahearn also scored, boosting his
own recently made mark for the hop
stcp-and- jump, from so feet II inches.
10 Fl feet AZ inches
on June II 1t was the turn Of Plat
Adams, the versatile all-round athlete
of the New York A. c., to distinguish
himself He covered 103 feet in nine
! standing jumps. taking awoy from NJ.
w. Ford the standard of 100 feet 4
inches. which he had held since 1885.
It is worthy of mention, too, that Dan
Ahearn. who jumped within few
inches OF Adams, also beat Ford's fig
ures.
i At the National A. a, c. outdoor
championships in Pittsburg on June
and July / only one record was brok-
en- and one equalled, although the
cream of the country's athletes We're
on hand Ollie Sncdigar of the Olym-
pic club san Francisco. hurled the
, iaVelin 1G5 feet inches, beating Bru-
no Brodd's best previous throw of l6S
feet inch, and John Eller, |. a. \. ~.
took 22O yard. of low hurdles in "a 2-j
seconds, equaling the worlds time. E
II. Cooke, the former Cornell athlete
now representing the Cleveland a. c.
cleared the bar at 13 feet i'm the pole
vault, but did not give enough throw
TO the pole i'm leaving it and il tumblcd
after him carrying the horizontal stick
with it. Had it not been for this un-
fortunate occurrence he would now
hold the worlds honors, for the record
bv Leland Scott is II feet 1875 inches
MeGrath Good at Weights
The fall games Of the I. \. a. A., on
September 3, were again the occasion
for triangular record-brealilng feat
Matt McGrath. now competing unat-
> tached. threw the 56-pound weight S9
feet . inches, beating Flanagan's best
performance of 3S feet inches; Louis
Scott of the South Paterson \. c, dis
. posed of an international mark by run
ming 5000 meters approximately
miles IS yards) in 10 minutes 23 1-5
seconds, and an l. A. A. a. team made
up Of sheppard, Gissing. Schaaf and
3 Rosenbcrgcr, Travelled one mile i'm 44O-
3 yard relays in minutes is 1-5 sec
onds. lowering the standard of min
utcs 90 S-5 seconds. II is possible
. however. that the latter may not be ac-
cepted, as it is a question whether Gis-
sing was at the time eligible to run
for the Winged Fist team
Matt McGrath further improved on
the 5s-pound weight figures OF 80 feet
. inches, iupst mentioned at the Cana
dian championships, in Montreal. on
September 2. when he threw the heavy
sphere 40 feet 3-S inches.
Pat Mcdonald, I. a. A. A., added 70
the record list october %, at Celtic
park. when he put the 24-pound shot
IS feet 11-16 inches, as against Ralph
Roses standard of SO feet 2A inches OF
the 1907 vintage.
Matt McGrath wound up the record
list with one great big feat last sun
day at the Galway Mems games, when
he added a new record to his list by
throwing the 16-pound hammer iS1
feet 4 inches, exactly 3 feet better than
the old mark set by John Flanagan two
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