Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
UNITED STATES AHEAD
IN AMATEUR SPORTDOM

Amateur athletics in all parts of the
world made wonderful progress during
1911 in the record line, but, as usual
the United States was ahead Of all coun-
tries in this respect. Worlds records
were made In many branches Of athletics.
and more records Will fall In the future
judging from the consistent gains every
time an assault on the marks Of years
gone by Is made.
One Of the most wonderful performers
OF the year Is Jack Donaldson, the South
African Splinter. who. as an amateur,
made some remarkable records, and as
professional this year set moro wonder
full marks. His greatest achievement
was perhaps the winning Of the 130- yard
| race at Sydney. N. S. W., for the worlds
championship, from c. f. Holway, the
American champion, in the record break
ing time of ~ seconds flat. After the
race the American Splinter stated that
he believed Donaldson was the greatest
runner that ever broke the tape, not ex-
cepting the wonderful Harry Hutchins.
Donaldson also made $50 yards at Kim
berley, Cape Colony. previous to his Aus
tralian race, covering the distance In
Ii seconds, which tied the record held
by the late Harry Hutchins and R. E.
Walker. another South African sprinter.
Donaldson has also made the 100 yards
In 9ss seconds and the 120 yards in 11A
seconds.
Gwyn Henry, the Texas sprinter, has
made a splendid showing on the path
this season, having covered the IS yards
at New York last March In 3-5 seconds.
and the 125 yards in IL is seconds. which
is new record for that distance. r.
c. Craig. University Of Michigan Splinter,
made the 220 yards in 81 1-5 seconds, and
Jim Rosenberger of New York ran the
440 yards Undoors) in 80 2-5 seconds.
In distances greatest
| feat OF the year was the smashing of
the long-standing record for the mile.
| held by Tommy Coneff, by John Paul
Jones. the eastern college runner Jones
made the mile in minutes Is rs sec
onds. just a fifth faster than Coneff and
| a little under 2H seconds slower than the
| professional mark Of minutes l2A sec
onds made by w. C. George in England
| in 1886. Jones ran another wonderful mile
| In July at Brooklyn, n. Y, when he made
the distance over a grass track in 4.2S 20.
| At the marathon distance Hans Holmer
| of Brooklyn set a new mark for the 26
miles 2S5 yards at Edinburgh, Scotland,
making it in hours 81 minutes 81 Sec
onds Clarence H. De Mar OF Boston made
| tise % miles straight In hours II min
utes and SO 3-5 seconds.
! In the hurdles john J. Ellers, the New
/ York athlete. made the greatest record.
I He made the 80 yards ten hurdles) in
| % 1-5 seconds and covered the 25 hurdles
| In % 40 seconds at Guttenburg, n. Y,
! but the mark will not be allowed by the
| A. A L.
Piatt Adams. the eastern crack came
! into prominence with several fine featS,
| but his jumping was the best OF all. In
/ nine standing jumps with weights he
| covered 1903 feet inches, a new record.
| In the weights there appear three new
men. or rather two new ones for Matt
| McGrath is no stranger to the followers
| of athletics. in Pat Mcdonald and Cor
nelius Il. Walsh of the New York A. G.
| Walsh made some fine throws Of the ff-
ty-sdx-p pound weight over the bar. as did
Pat Mcdonald and the latter also broke
the record when he put the twenty-four-
pound weight So feet 11-16 inches. Matt
McGrath shattered John J. Flanagan's
record with the sixteen-p pound hammer
when he tossed il lS7 feet 4 inches Elan
agan put the fifty-six-pound weight 30
feet 3 inches in Ireland.
1 s. G. Lawrence of Medford Mass
made a remarkable record at the high
Jump when, March %, at Cambridge he
leaped 9 feet 3 9-16 inches, beating the
former mark of Mike Sweeney, made in
1896
1 The Amateur Athletic Union deserves
great credit for the manner in which
1t has fostered the sport. and the New
York and Chicago clubs have also given
every assistance TO the parent body in
pushing the game along There has been
no harder worker than James e. Suili-
van Of the A. A. u, even with consid-
erable anita abniSm 70 hta plan& ana 4ha