The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-28
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
SOME RECORDS ARE BROKEN

New York Dec 2S~-One record
was broken in series OF well-con-
Tested events that wound up The two.
might amateur athletic union indoor
championship In Madison Square
arden Wednesday night A Sow rec.
ords were eaualled among them
those for the $50 yard run and the
GOO yard run in the senior events.
! The record sent flying was in the
! five mile run. which was the star
feature of the evening and aroused
great enthusiasm. W. j. Kramer. OF
ltheALong Island Athletic club, set the
mark at % minutes, T. 4-5 seconds
after a grand race in which the FIRST
two miles first one and then another
of the five leaders set the pace Al
the two mile mark, however, Kramer
took the lead and thereafter nobody
could reach him He won by about
100 yards
The old A. A. L. championship rec.
ord was % minutes l9 20 seconds
made in 1908 by f. j. Collins, who fin
shed second in "Wednesday nights
ace
The st. Louis Browns nucleus
bears striking resemblance to the
nucleus around which douShnnt IS
built
A packed house is expected at the
Cub tneatcr Wednesday night. In
Barney Williams, jeff Clarke is
meeting mighty clever boxer The
going should be good however
The United States has found in ath-
,ctic sports remarkable civili2ing
Influence among the wild tribes OF
the Philippine Islands. says an eX. |
change. Even so. when accompanied |
cam or two and regiment 0t |
soldiers
Hank ODay says all this pennam
talk in Cincinnati is foolish palaver
/ z Ali we agree with him.
nawl ont man in public, and then
II he takes umbrage with a good
clance of getting even accuse him OF
being destitute Of a sense OF humor
It's great idea. Try II on a police
man.
JOHu W ~ lRANiuso ~ t'tN. bs'H' HNNf
fuil OF pep and radical IDEAS
lis first M We rs president OF the
.iCst n Nationals is t. tear up the
I'd dian d. hallowcd by forty years
eorth OF Gistory and tradition
And so that bowling bear from
)ufialo is IN Italian. When he was
vito hing his handle couldn't he
AinA OF anything but Smith2
AT this time Of the year 1t shslld
,e remembered that It is mere bless
d to give than 10 receive Jail sen
cnces. hand-painted neckties. kAock
'at punch, matrimonial !,congratula-
IONS and kicks "a Ha
siGy sunday Converted Tex Jones.
When TEX" Jones tie st. Joseph
lall PLAYER, went down on his knees
0 Umpire Morgan in tSs city last
unmer, and made motion as IA
iaying t. him. he nor the spectators
t BIZ adway park, who Kissed their
isapproval, had no idea that the two
you'd together march to the mourn
is bench within a few months ana
rOtcss in earnest Yet that is wnht
: reported rom Wichita. The con
crsion was due to the efforts 81
lilly Sunday, once the famous cen
CT fielder Of the Caicago team lrs
he National league.
sunday has been conducting q ser
rs OF meetings at Wichita, the city
which formerly held franchise IN
ne Western lea2ue. but permittc0
'neblo to take it away. Last night
he engagement closed, and the evan
clist read a list oi those who had
nuounccd their conversion during
lese meetings Ia the list were
lree names, all strange to the form
r lall player, but known to the spec.
ators When the evangelist read the
omes Richard Morgan Albert Isa
III and W r Jones. the spectators
first looked surprised, taen express
Il mild approval which grew INTO