Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-12
SPORT RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Season Just Ended Remarkable in
Development Of Athletes.
IRoNCLAD MARKS GO BY BOARD
Records that Have stood rest Of
TweRty-Five Years Have Tum-
bled before the Ever Pro-
Rresstve Athlete,

TweRty-Ftve Wears Have Tum-
bIed before the Ever Pro-
Rressive Athlete,
NEW YORK. Nov. lila glancing back
over the performances OF American track
and field athletes during the outdoor
season OF 1911, It Is gratifying 20 note
the number OF records Caualled and
broken. In almost every branch " the
short new figures were created and that
shows a. nothing else could how COM
slant and consistent Is the development
OF champions. During the last summer
worlds marks that had stood the test
OF time for ten. fifteen and even twenty
i've years went by the board, Rs well as
quite recent ones, probably harder to de-
throne, because each part of a second
clipped or inch added makes 80 much
more difficult the task OF the next
corners,
The list Of records here appended will
not come up for approval until the an
uual meeting OF the Amateur Athletic
union, which is still some weeks off. but
ell have passed successfully the strict
censorship Of the press representatives,
and there Is little doubt that they will
be found without flaw by the COMMITTEES
intrusted with their acceptance or re-
lection. tS b.
X. c. Craig OF Michigan university was
the first TO attain record form. ~ tho
pennsylvania relay carnival In Phila-
delphia on May u he euualled Bernie
wefer's standard of ms seconds for
sprlnting 20 yards and this time ne made
twice at the intercollegiate games in
Cambridge on May q. 81.
At the latter meet sensational perform
ances we're shown in middle distance rum
ming by I. 8. Berna and j, p. Jones,
both of Cornell. Jones, who Is now ac-
claimed the best miller ever produced by
any country. stepped the mile IN 4i5Ss,
taking from Tommy Connect the former
mark OF l;l5%, which had rested peace
fully since 1895; and Berna In the two
mile race breasted the tape In 9:26h,
pushing aside the record Of s;s69t, which
he had himself created a year before
sheridan Keats own Mark.
on May 2s at Celtic park Martin Sheri-
dan OF the Irish-American Athletic asso-
citation contributed one Of his numerous
discus throwing standards. He sent the
missile 1Il feet lss inches. ana the best
previous distance, to his own credit, was
40 feet iots inches.
Matt McGrath of the New York Ath-
letic club scored on the same day with
the thirty flve-pound weight The event
was a new one and he won Il with a
feet II inches. which established rec
ord
The Irish-American games at Celtic
! park on May 30 saw three of the home
men win titles Daniel Ahesrn spanned
80 feet II inches in tho hop. step and
jump. as against his own mark of u
| feet "a inches; Gwyn Henry. the former
Texas sprinter, lowered Charles Sherrill'l
time Of 1889 for running 125 yards from
IL 2-5 seconds to 91-5 seconds. and Johr
J. Eller negotiated go yards OF low hur
dies In 20 leo seconds. putting quite :
dent into George Schwegier's record o
81 40 seconds. also OF the 1889 vintage.
George Bouhag OF the Irish-Americal
Athletic club demonstrated on June
that he had lost none OF his great speet
by running three miles in Il minutes 3
seconds. which dislodged w. Days mari
OF II minutes % seconds, untouched sine
1890.
John Eller added to his many laurel
on the following day, when he took sew
enty-five yards OF low timber in 90 LIS
suppanting the record of 100 Is, hole
jointly by himself, his brother. Robert
and Roger Bacon
At the above meet Daniel Ahearn alsi
scored, boosting his own recently mad
mark for the hop. step and jump from
80 feet II inches TO 81 feet "a inches.
Adams Makes Record.
on June II II was the turn OF Plat
Adams, the versatile all-round athlete o
tho New York Athletic club, to distin
guish himself. He covered 1903 feet Il
nine standing Jumps, taking away fror
M. W. Ford the standard OF 100 feet
inches, which he had held since 1885. /
Is worthy of mention, too, that DH
Ahearn, who jumped within few niche
OF Adams, also beat Ford's figures.
At the national championships 4
Pittsburg on June and July /, only on
record was broken and one equaled. al
though the cream OF the country's atli
ietes were on hand. Ollie snedigar OF IN
Olympic club of San Francisco hurle
the jsvelin 1856 feet 3 inches beating /
l3Ioou bebt lTsNloub throw OF JOS Zee
l inch. and John Eller, Amateur Atf
letic association took 80 yards of 10,
hurdles IN O:244s, squaiinE the world
time. L. r, Cooke, the former Corne
athlete, now representing the Cievelan
Athletic club. cleared the bar at thrice
feet in tho pole vault but did not CIV
enough throw TO the pole IN leaving (
and Il tumbled after him. carrying III
horizontal stick with Il. Had It not bee
for this unfortunate occurrence he woul
now hold the worlds honors, for IN
record by Leland Scott IS y feet 10
inches
The fall games Of the 1nternationi
/ Amateur Athlstic association, on Sci
} tcmber 3, were again the occasion for
, triangular record breaking feat. MART
McGrath now competing Anattachei
threw the tifty-six-pound weight thlrt,
nine feet nine inches, beating Flanagan
best performance OF thirty-elght fsi
, eight inches; Louis Scott OF the sout
Paterson Athletic club disposed OF a
: international mark by running so
meters approximately three miles eight,
FIVE ysrds) In 15:28h, and an Information
Amateur Athletic association team mad
Up OF Sheppard Gissing. schaaf ar
2 ROEenberRer. travelled ons mile In a.