New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
Close to SeVenty-fiVe Worlds
Marks Help to Make
Athletic History.
LUST FOR SPEED GROWING
wild Bob" Burman, Jones,
Bonhag and Others Stand Out
by Their Many Startling
Performances.

Close TO seventy-hve worlds records in
ell lines Of sport were established in the
year which comes to its end at y o'clock
tonight. Just how many other marks,
such as floor, track, sectional and school,
have been shattered must be left TO the
imacination. as no complete figures are
available. but the total would be amazing.
Never. perhaps has the lure OF sports and
Pastimes been so strong upon young Amer
lea and old. 1t is so, too, the world over.
The rema rkable popularity Of every branch
IS STRIKING, proof Of the growing love for the
great outdoors and appreciation OF the ad-
vantages OF physical exercise.
From a date early in the year when
Hans Holmer set a new record for the
Marathon distance in Scotland until last
Thursday. when a number Of old indoor
marks fell by the wayside in the cham
plouship games Of Madison Square Garden,
hardly a week passed without some strik-
ing performance on track, field and path,
On land or water, in automobiling, golf,
trotting, thoroughbred racing, swimming.
motor boating or some other Of the many
branches that 90 TO make up the world OF
sport
That which IS fresh in mind is quite
likely 10 leave the deepest impression, and
never perhaps in the space Of twelve
months has the lust for speed and the
keenness to excel been so keenly eXag-
Eerated-never, perhaps. have so many
striking and, in all probability, enduring
records been established
IL is hard 20 pick out one that STANDS
out above another from a mass Of so many
remarkable performances. but few VIII
'6lsacrca when It is said that John Pau
Homes. the brilliant distance runner OF Cor
.rru University, and "Wild Bob" Burman'
the daring automobile race king, earned the
donors Of the year Jones ran one nile IN
me Harvard stadium at Cambridge In the
intercollegiate games in AZ 10, setung
new worlds amateur record. IN doing this
he supplanted Tommy Connects long stand
Ing mark of Ais 2-5.
Fob Burnan travelled faster than any
living thing except a swallow "heh ne
hurled his Blitzen-Benz car over the sahuS
of the FLORIDA beach. and went thnndcring
20 a measured mile n $40 seconds or at
srhe amazing rate uf fraction over 44t
miles an hour. Barney Oldheld. who held
tbe automobile speed records UP 10 that
tiDe. was Put in the shade. Bob Burman
has travelled faster than tho wind.
George Y. Bonhag, Matthew McGrath
Ralph Q. Craig, George Gouldlng' AeI
Ferna. Herrtck. who set new worlds rec
ord for automobile road racing; Olameala
and Prescillian, the thoroughbreds' ana
Uhlan. the trotter. are others deserving OF
rar-ticlllar mention when records are being
considered.
Apart from standard marks, word must
be said for a. 7. Meyer. the sprinter VINO
practically was unheard of year ago, but
who now holds three national indoor titles
and promises 10 be the sensation OF the
coming year in the dashes. word should
b spoken. 100, for Harold H. Hilton holder
Of the open and amateur golf championships
q Great Britain and the amateur CHAM
pionship of this country, and William A.
. Larned, VINO won the national lawn tennis
N title in singles for the seventh time.
Before taking up the leading sports In
as few words as possible to emphasize the
outstanding fea5lres, a prophecy made in
The Tribune's review may be recalled. 1t
said:
If the gns pon, Alright the year 1911
VIII prove fruitful and striking on track
and field, on diamond and gridiron, on har-
Dor and stream" 1t did 1t may be added
that the outlook for 1912 Is equally rich
IN promise.