New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
Lust for Speed and KeenneSS
to Excel Lead to Making OF
Marks Which May
Be Enduring.
ATHLETIC STARS SHINE
Ted Meredith, Jim Thorpe,
George HORNE, Marc Wright,
Howard Drew and
Abel Kiviat Make
Track History.

More than one hundred worlds recorqs
in all branches Of sports were established
An the wear which comes to its end at ma
night on Tuesday. Just how many other
marks. such as colleges school, boaru
&C., track club. course, sectional or
otherwise. have been shattered must he
left TO those who are willing TO P'ou
through the sporting pages OF $50 days
as no complete figures are 6ValiaDle. Inc
total. however, would be amazing. IL can
he said in all fairness that games OF all
kinds have reached point III popularity
hardly dreamed of fifteen years ago. Inc
lure of sports for young and old mas Deeh
so strong the world over That greater
uartjcipation has meant keener compeu-
ton.
From early in January, when George
Ronhag smashed the indoor record LOT
900 metres. until December Z, when HOW
ard Drew, the negro Splinter, equalieo
the worlds indoor record for 20 yards
hardly n week has passed in when
mark of some sort has not falleh ny ',o
wayside. One year ago, in Ihe 1Ilouhe
annual review, 1t was said:
'If the signs point Alright the year l'i-
will prove remarkably fruitful on track
and field. on diamond and gridl'oh' Oh
harbor and stream" 1t did. 1t dld more
for while that which is fresh in nina is
quite likely to leave the deepest impress
sion. il can be recorded that never oeloie
I'm the space of twelve months nave 81
many striking, and one may say ehdurlhe'
records been established.
nj IL
any particular mark which can be polhleu
to as the greatest and best. OhIaH' INV
black whirlwind. trotted the fastest inI'c
in the open i'm the history OF the hsh'
harness turf when he covered the us
tance I'm 1858. Ted Meredith. the schoo'-
hoy runner of Mercersburg Academy ran
a half mile at the Olympic games III
1.b2l6 which never before was equdl9u
nv man. Jim Thorpe, of whom hlhs
,.ustave of Sweden said, You, SIT are
the most wonderful athlete in the world
sct new mark for the all around com
netition. and m addition won the peh'alh-
Ion and decathlon al the olympic saNie''
George HORNE cleared the par III u'e
running high jump at the uhhearu %
height of feet 61s inches, while Marc
Wright. of Dartmouth, vaulted Is feet "a
inches. setting the mark so high that II
may never be equalled.
II would be possible to go on almost
indefinitely If a fair measure OF creolt
was given TO all those who by ther
brilliant performances made history III
athletics. baseball. lawn tennis ooNihe'
golf yachting. trotting, swimming 1oot-
hall and the various other branches ol
sports in 1912. Never. perhaps has tle
lust for speed and the keenness 10 eAcei
been so exaggerated, and results speak
for themselves. The appreciation OF the
advantages of physical exercise ana the
growing love for the great outdoors &C.
count in part for the general boom III
all sports.
great wear is coming TO an end but
another great year is at hand. and be-
fore taking up the leading sports to en-
phasize the outstanding features IN as
few words az possible another prophecy
can be made. The outlook for 1913 is quite
as rich in promise as was the case
year ago.