New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
NEW LIST OF CHAMPIONS
Three Records Smashed at Big
Games in Pittsburg.
KIvIAT RUNS FAST MILE
u;ob Jump Brings About I'm
usual Situation in the Break
ing of Two Ties

...r- rulv Three records were oro-
- one was equalled at the national
'niorsbip games OF the Amateur Attn
'".a' I-,,or at Forbes Field here to-day.
Ieo 60, taken with the showing mace
ms nv the Junior athletes made the
meeting one OF the most successful III
,',s. of track and field sports
-na 1rish-American Athletic Gun edi-
- AZ with the point trophy by woe
- p The Winged Fist men earned oS
Us 70 only IS for the New YORK Aln-
- which finished second. Ihe Sc
le.iC = was third. with u points ana
a'"e 80 ,,lub Of san Francisco fourth
with Il. &, +ba Sso-vard
n \ sheppard, the one-miie run
,ne1 Kjv,at and the javein thro" oS ~
- ..s,oer The previous marx tor 'le
~ s,rsiss was equalled by j. J. Elier'
Fron, every angle the contests "e- . ~
.o,,,onallv good. 10 is estiilla'eu 10 -
~ .,ectators if not more CROWDED M
-. s.odiurn AZ Forbes Field 10 WITNESS
&c counting the attendance 90
so.5 ~ &. 900 persons saw the ne" Cham
pions made. - -...i- we're ideal for
- Toward the close Of the day 'le
...o-sa heat affected many or 'ie Hle''' .-.,
,o,,,,atirors and their trainers success
~ .,,s-ded against prostrations. a nu--'-
- ~ women in the grands'an"S 80
pei "a nd we're assisted by atlelo-
or-s 20 retiring rooms >-,,.
- - the records broken Went ]"
,,or members Of the lrish-Aihel az
On C,rb Fner. Of the Irish-Anericah
. $50 club eoualled his own Amateur
Athletic Union record "- 81
the 22o-yard hurdles. e.,..,.,,rs ran
- seward run ". ". Sheppard ran
che distance in 1854 10 beating the Pr 80
A-,er,can record by one second III INC
.nn-r,,1e-run A. r. Kiviat won IN 4'I' o.
,eu, Amateur Athletic Union marx
-. persons were unfamiliar with
..-.,,.;-,g -he iavelin. and much interest
,-as manifested. o. 2. Snedigar' OF ti'e
o-,,-,ric club san Francisco, hurled the
sc Ia q feet. breaking the American
-ooo-5 The previous mark. MADE DS
p~,55 NJ the Irish-ACcrican Athleuc
49, last wear al New Orleans. was l03
feet Z inch.
George V. Bonhag, Of the Irish-American
A,blari, Club. took the lead at the start
sr5 held II 10 the end in regaining the nVe-
mile title from w. !. Kramer. Bonhag
ran one Of the lest races Of his career
aid slowly pulled away from the cham
MON who finally dropped out Bonhag
won in $3.50 2-5. with Laruna second and
Fitzgerald third.
Tn the pole vault R. T. Cooke, jr-. Cleve-
land Athletic Clue, Il. Coyle, Chicago Uni
versirv. and 5. Bellah, olympic Club, san
Francisco. cleared the bar at y feet 9
incnes The bar was then raised TO 13 feet
snd the men tried for a new American rec
ord Time after time they failed at this
Leight. and when the bar was dropped 10
II feet i inches they again were unable
20 clear IT, The men then tried for posi-
ton. They tied with i feet inches, ana
could not break it. Finally the matter was
decided by lot Cooke getting hrst' CoyIe
sccond and Bellah third.
A peculiar incident occurred in the run
ming high Jump H. Grumpelt, New York
Athletic Club, was first with . Ieet %
inches. Harry +. Porter Irish-American
Athletic Club. second, g feet Il inch' and
H J. Burdick. Pittsburg Athletic Assocla-
ton. third, with D Ieel lhcues' 44''4IU'O
as 1t sounds. TO-
C,ruynpelr and Porter tied for first place
az feet 8 inches. In the jump-ou GruIn-
pelt again made this height, but the oest
Porter could do was feet i inch, putting
him in second place. Now came d sI.t "a,
rion that was unusual. -Four men mad tied
AT feet ! inch for third place, and N
the jump-off Burdick, Of Pittsourg, cleared
The bar al feet inches, eQGdIlnS me
Frs, man and beating the second, but 60
ing into third place under the rules. IL was
confusing, but correct, according 10 the
Previous 20 the opening Of the games
Governor John Is. Tener Of pennsylvania
together with several hundred representa-
S5++sb,r~r Athletic Club. and met the ANA
-eUr Athletic Union officials and some or
the councillors. The party was late IN
getting 10 Forbes Field, and the games
were DELAYED as a result.
The points scored by clubs follow: