New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
RECORDS GO BY BOARD
Lawrence Sets New Worlds In
door Mark for High lump.
BONHAG WINS DISTANCE RUN
John Paul Jones Races to Vic.
tory at One Mile in Most
Impressive Way.

! Boston, Feb. l0-A new worlds indoor
record for running high jump hv s. G.
| Lawrence. OF the Boston Athletic Asso
ciation-who leapod c feet ~. iuches-and
the equaling of several track records We-c
| features OF the twenty-third annual indoor
| track and field games tonight OF the Boz.
ton Athletic Association. The leading col
lege and club athletes Of the East par
! ticipated
! The local classic, the Hunter Mile. was
won by Oscar Hedlund. of the Boston Ath-
| letic Association, running unattached from
last years winner, Abel r. Kiviat. OF the
! Trish-American Athletic Club. in new rec
ord figures for the race and for the track
! OF minutes 23 3-5 seconds Hedlund was
never i'm danger.
| George V. Bonhag, the Irish American
! Athletic Clubs great middle distance cham
! pion. romped away with the three-mile run
| from a good field in new track figures of
Il minutes 3 3-j seconds. Bonhag Tapped
his field a the halfway mark and had an
other half lap at the finish.
The record for relay race OF l,56o yards,
four men running, was equalled by the
Boston Athletic Association team in the
annual contest with the New York Athletic
Club quartet the last man OF the team
finishing twenty yards ahead in minutes
Sis seconds Another Boston A. A. team
won I'm hollow fashion from Montreal A.
A. quartet
Harvard runners won three relay races
| during the night-tae main event of $3.50
feet. from Yale. in minutes n 2-S seconds;
one Of 1850 yards, from Princeton. In 3
! =
with Yae AT the same distance
Sam" Lawrences worlds record leap In
the high jump event brought with him into
fame schoolboy J. o. Johnstone. Of
Worcester Academy. who in winning sec
ond place with mark IF feet 2is inches.
without handicap. Jumped higher than any
schoolhoy had ever been given credit for
The mark. however. canIot stand as an
interschola site record. fawrence's record
dispiaces that Of NJ +. Sweeney. Of 6 feet
! 2h inches. which has stood for more than
dozen years.
John Paul Jones. Of Cornell. the worlds
champion amateur mile runner, running
from scratch in the mile handicap event
won hrst place I'm minutes 20 3-5 seconds
He was not forced TO exert himself greatly
The summaries follow:
Forty-ysrd dssh-won b. Alvah T Meyer
lriSh-Ameriesn \ g; P ssts. BSsion ION
stitutA ~ Technology. third Time. o:o4 y.
Relay race distance $50 yardsl-Rhode ISL
ard stat. defeated Ne0 hs'nnshrs college
Time. 3:25 Is
| Relay race-I'niversitv ~ Vermont defeated
University ~ Maine. Tine, 3:l7 Is.
Relay racA-Massachusstts Agricultural Col-
lsge deteated Worcester Polytechnic institute
TiIee mite Tun-won ty G V Rcrhas irish
American y. G.: n. J. smith. ratt'm. \ c.
| l5:Oa 3-5 new record
ioOo-yard run (handics p,--wcn hy Harr' Ire,
Boston 4. A. rs YARDS; " r. Lay. Harvard
,35 yards. second. p Y Palmer, Massachusetts,
institute Of Technology rs yards,, third. Time
Hunter mile ,scratchl-won BY q. F. He'd
lund q A 4: a r Kvist. Irish American
A a, second. T 5 Born, Cornell, third. Time.
4 % 3-N Cnew record.
sixteen pound shot Chandicapj--w by l.
A. whitney. Dartmouth 90 inch.s). distance
80 feet q inch: J. y Comerford. Brookllns 3
inches. third distance - feet S inches
Relay race--Dartmouth defeated Massschy-
setts institute Of Technology. Time. Sii2-h 3
Relay race--Williams 90. ?. Slmson. 6. A.
/ Lyman, g. W srodie and T. T. FAndsTs az
sen. !. A. sutton and James wend.lD. Time.
31sil. -. =.
Putnam. A. s Eisenbast and p LYnchl de-
fested University Of Pennsyvsnia tH ". hay
dock J s. smith. "a a MaeGovsn and \. W
/ RELAY race-Hsryard freshmen defeated
Yale freshmen. Time 3.ii 20
Relay race-Columbia &C., Bsrtmsn r Bonse.
T b. Patton and r Brady defeated syracuse
oP n Fogg II. wsldron. =. r. Bower and c.
u. Redpath). Time $40 IS
Huling p. =. o'Bri.n and x. REYNOLDS, a. A.,
feated Princeton III. ". SAWYER, ~ Hayes w
Relay race Boston 4. A. defeated Montreal
| 4. A Time. 3.oo -.
Rela" rsce--Bos'on \. \. CW. G Prout. T. i.
feated New YORK 4 G. 81 W. Richmond l.
Wood. Wood f Frick and " J. McKeunsD. Time.
SSne-mlS walk ,hsndicsp1 by Fred Ksi-
ser New YORK A. G. ~ secondsl & V, Moore
Newton y. M &. \. n:oO'. second. g u !onll-
E:sS i?ssS IS, Toronto '"'"' ''''''"'' '"''' '' ~
Forty -avo-yard hurdle race ,scrstchl-won by
A r. shaw. Boston Thorpe .SrnsIe; sernna
| T. j. Eller. Irish-Americsn 4. g, third Time
Relay race q 200 Yards Harvard G;och, wsr
Seymour Bellows and PratD. Time, T;li -.
| RELAY rac.-Colhy defeated Bates Time. S;lI
| Relay Bo~doin defeated Tuft'. Time
RELAY race-B Brown defeated Amherst. Time.
s:iOa ,u- -.
! p Joy. T j. McCabe and l.. Bringardinerl do
! foated Georgetown (E. Chapman, H. Davis j.
One mile run-Won by rohn Paul Jones. Cor
! 80 yards). second: q. 4. whitney Brookline go
! YARDS, third Time, 4:3o% Cuev record.
800 var6 run thsnGicapD-Wcn hy l.. Hall
Brown rs yardsD; =. =. Halpir. y. A. a q
! yards). second; J. NJ. Burt Powder Point. third
! Time. 1:l7&.
Three standing Jumps ChandicapJ Won by
Plat Adams New York 4. &. IS inchesl. with
"a feet al inches y. r. Summer unattached
| III inches, second with q feet inches; n. ".
Adams New York 4. {. q inches). third. with
- feet
Running high jump dhsndicap) by S. g.
Lawrence r. 4. a. scratch. with feet "a
inches. I o Iohnstone. Worcester Academy
incbI second with 9 feet 3iz inches: y Thorpe
Carlisle C2I9 inches), third, with q feet inches