New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29


scorers I'm January although their team
mate. Alvah Meyer, was credited Win q
new lO0-metre record OF 10 50 seconds
which the authorities refused to accept
Ronhag lowered the 300 metres indoor
worlds standard from l5:23 j. 10 lo:UO 10;
Macdonald boosted the distance for put
ting the lS-pound shot from q feet inches
10 # feet u inches, and Eller bcttered his
own mark for the .5-yard hurdles from
= 10 20 8 seconds.
In February S. G. Lawrence, Of the Bos-
ton Athletic Association. cleared the bar
in the running high jump at feet ~
inches. wiplng out Mike Swceneys INDOOR
leap of 8 feet 2i2 inches. Hal iceland OF
the Xavier Athletic Cl2b, cqual!ed the
worlds record of : - seconds for the 90
yard dash
Cornell broke into the iimeight on
March ]. Putnam. Finch, Bernard ana
Jones creating a new record OF Il A5 -
for relay racing at four miles. Then VIII
lam Kramer. of the Long Island Athletic
Club. contributed foIr ana quarter and
four and thrce-quarter mile running
standards Of 2l:l9 Is ana 1888. respective
Is. on March % George Horrine of staE'-
ford University. boosted Mike Sweeney $
outdoor high jump mark from feet 81
inches to feet Gis inches. George Could
ing. of Canada. completed the month s
work by walking four miles in 2S:Oj Is. as
against the best previous record OF
% 403-5, also improving the intermediate
figures at every qu9rtcrmile post froEl
ono aud a Quarter miles Up.
Cornell again earned fame on April o.
Hunger. Putnam, Eerne and Jones run
inng four miles outdoors in one-mile re-
lays in 1875, a new record.
May saw Tel Bcrna. Of Cornell, reduce
his own two-mile time from 9:25 l-5 10
917 A.. Later. on May %. Louis Scott, Il
the South Paterson Athletic Club, brought
down Bouin's 50p5-mctrc record from
15ll 2-5 to l5O6 %. The next day Jim
Duncan. Of the Bradhu:st Field Club,
bettered G. Wilson's discus throw with
both hands from the S-foot circle. lifting
it from 1iS feet I inches to 1875 feet / inch.
Abel Kiviat. of the Irish-American Ath-
letic Club, then smashed II. Wilson's LOO
metre figures by setting a new world 5
mark of 1853 IL.
June was a banner month ON the first
day at Travers Island Packard, Prick,
Carey. Wood and Edwards of the New
York Athletic Club, ran one mile i'm
3Il As, shattering to splntcrs the Irish
American relay mark of 3I7 Is. over in
Philadelphia r. \. Gardner Of Yale, beat
SCOTS mark of - feet 1875 inches in the
pole vault with r. feet 1 inch. ON June
Kiviat bettered his recently made rec
ord of 1888 10 for l.5oJ metres to $3.50 i-j:
Duncan increased Sheridan discus throw
from III feet rs inches TO As feet 81
inches, and Kramer ran 500 metres i'm
the new time OF 2j.H. Then came the
Olympic try-outs on June s. I'm which
Mark Wright. of Dartmouth. added a.,
inches to Gardner's pole vault record of
IS feet ] inch: Kiviat again clipped his
! ,jO0-metre mark TO $3.50 2-5; n. q. Lott, of
the Mohawk Athletic club. threw tae
javclm 1876 feet ~ inches. as against
Snedigar's distance Of 1913 feet ! inch. H.
p. Drew, Of Springfield. and r. e.. Craig.
Of the Detroit Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. eQualled the worlds loO-metrc
dash mark OF 10 i-5 seconds, and Kramer
lowered his own record for the 1000
metre run to Jl:45 3-5.
In July the scene passed 10 the stadium
in Stockholm. where, among the Olympic
records established the following stood
out: 100 metres, Donald Lppincott. 10 81
seconds; 40 metre ran. Charles Reldpath
As Is seconds, and Meredith, IS seconds
in a trial heat 500 metre run, 1:jl $40
and $50 yards 1927. J. H. Meredith
broad jump, Albert Guttcrson q feet II j.;
inches.
Back i'm this country, in August. H. g
Lott hurled the javcl.n lC6 feet 10 inches
heating his own hest throw of lGG feet D..
Iinches. September passed unchroniclcd
but on October 20 Pat Macdonald sent th,
2-pOund shot 10 4 feet AZ inches, and
Louis Scott ran four miles ia 2oos l-j botf
new standards ON September 3 p. DouO
van, Of Los Angeles lifted the 55-pounC
weight over the lar at the height Of I,
feet 6i2 inches, displacing the former best
throw.
II. =. Drew closed the year IN Deem
Der I by cQualiing the world = tO-ydrC
dash record Of 10 seconds.
II is worthy of note that Michael Ryan
Of the Irish-Amcrlcan Athletic Club, raj
! the classic Boston Marathon faster than
! any man had ever run IT before. fnishini
| the difficult course in 2:1l:lN l-j. a.
against De Mars former mark OF
1 2:21 80 b, and that f. G. Thomson, al
! Princeton, succeeded in betlcring, sheri-
/ dams total of points for the al-rOunC
track and field contest. only to have hi,
| performance put IN the discard later By
. lin IlOTUC. of Carlisle.