The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-10
Three Worlds Records Low
cred and Another Twice
Equalled.
East.

Cambridge, Mass. June 1O---1llre1
worlds records were lowered and an
twice equalled in the strenuous
competitions for places on the Ameri-
can team destined to carry off the
!aurels at the Olympic games in SWc-
den. In addition the largest crowd
that ever paid to see athletic contests
appointed Harvard stadium to cheer
the Nictors nj Condole with the de-
fcated.
Under the simple term of tryoui,
with Il diploma as the only immediate
eNa of victory. the meeting devel-
nped into a series of contests that Will
remain green in the of all
FOLLOWERS of manly sports for many
Years. Should the west and Pacific
coast produce only half as many great
performers as the contests here.
America will come nearer swerpin.
the boards at Stockholm than she has
IN amy OF the previous successful ven
lures In the competitions open and
~l,atroniZed by every athletic nation in
the world.
Marvellous Pole Vault Mark.
Only a week ago spectators at the
lhtercolleslatc games gazed open
Gardner of Yale cleared IL feet ] incl!
IN the pole vault. Saturday Marc )
wright OF Dartmouth SCARED over the
par at tn prodigious height of |.
ieet Ia inches and volplaned t.
earth with the cheers of $1,000 people
ringing in his ears.
|, Abel X. lNiviat, the Young Slater
Islander who has twice successfully at.
tackled the 1.50O meter record, agyu
lowered the time of / minute So T..
seconds THAT he made at Celtic part
Fast SUNDAY. kiNiat was pushed to III.
utmost speed to defeat another cole.
gan. \. :. Taher of Brown university
BESIDES seeding the rcrorh lowered
twice. tn" 100 meters provided tn.
sensational upset of the day when II
r. Drew. "A colored student of tn.
Spr1nstield nigh school. finished il
front of Ralph Craig. the former Mich.
igan man who Was supposed to stan1
alone as Americas greatest Sprintor
Crals equalled the worlds record oi
40 40 seconds in a trial heat. and tin,
"askN Sprlngfielder accomplished tbs
same tim" when he showed his heels
Ia TN" Detroit flyer in the final.
w D. Kramer, the sturdy Lon.
Island y. q. distance runner. who tool
the measure of Louis Scott. the Pater
son rerord-breaker. last Sunday. 81.
up a few records for himself when il.
Won the 10000 meter event i'm hollow
fashion.
Lott Mon With l-,Sc
In throwi~~ the iayelin- HARRY. r.
Lot of the Mohawk 4 e, s,,,,riva,
everyone hv Winning with an advent
age of nearly 80 ice, over biv na,raS
ANTAGONIST. His rirht-h,nd tb,ou. -
1866 feet IL inches er]insod +,,
American record of III,
Pacific coast athlet, hy ,,1t an ;,n,
There was n shork for fine Nov Ynr'
contingen, when v. s. EIanchard :
Eowdoin boy who wore the collars ~
the Boston A. A.. carried lack L.I,.r
the Irish American timber tonnor
along so fast thai ne made hin, .tn,,
hle and knock down enough hnr1les +.
earn a Decentralization %o onc b.,
looked on tho Eostoni,, .s ,1.r,ro,nn
bur he -,-ed to be- nn1, ono of w,
many new wonders that warn mn
eartlled tn d1sconcert the v]isi.io~ Nav
Workers. Another came near lowe,
ing the colors OF Mel Sh.nn.rd il, ~.
500 meters for the Peerless one i,a,
all no could do ~ st,>.s Tho tarri+i,
rsh down the stretch of Dayid : rald'
we'll. n product nf N,ssachusett ,tri
cultural college.
TIL E..rna. the Cornell Distance stan
roml,nd home i'm The : 900 meter r.,.,
! His time was two saro,ds s1ov,er ma.
Louis Scott's world.s record
An UNEXPECTED and an unacconnta
bile feature was the result of an Am
p~earance of George HORNE. he ,igl
jumper with the worlds record of 81.
feet seven inches and a hab hi, of cla,r
ing at least six tcct three inch a,