Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
BREAK WORLDS
RECORDS AGAIN
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pion at the quarter mile run two years
ago. won the 40 meter run in hollow
ia shion in the slow time of 40 1-5 seconds
Young was opposed by a supposedly
classy field. At the start no one wanted
to set the pace and the going was slow
field and romped home Irving Howe OF
the Boston English High School was Sec
ond, and the only real race was for third
place between +. X. Nerrihew, the for
mer Harvard runner, and A. NJ. Bower,
the colored runner from Syracuse. Merri-
hew won by inches.
Outside of the worlds record made by
Wright in the pole vault, the only other
sensation was the win Of the running
broad jump by II. T. Worthington. q
schoolboy from Exeter. N. H. A. L.
Gutterson Of the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation was expected to establish q new
record in the event, but was far from
form and could clear but q feet "a
inches, while Worthington cleared % feet
tx inches.
In the shotputting contest Pat Nc
Donald of New York defeated r. L.
Beatty OF Columbia University, the inter-
collegiate champion, and record holder.
McDonald's maximum was SO feet Ss4
inches, and his put with his left arm was
Al feet GA inches. Summaries:
1Oo-meter dash, final heat-Won by II. P.
Drew. Springfield High School; second r; ,. G.
Fowler fsss p eoot r.ne g. o,o third C. hiee
shotput-Won by r. J. Mcdonald, Irish A. A.
c., distance: with both hands. 81 feet 81.
s. feet ~ inehes l. a.. Whitney Boston A. A.
Baehard B. nnai 81 Ptehapd irish 4
A.. second; G. A. chishol. B. A. A.. third.
i.Soo-meter run-won by Abel R: Kiviat. Irish
A. A.; N. s. Taber. Brown, second; o. f. He'd
lund, b. a. A., third Time. 1853 new olynl-
pic su nseGas broad n%e n15 pe BY H.
ington. B. A. A.. distance. o feet ~ inches;
A. D. Gutterson, 3. A. A.. second distance sI -
lance, % feet liz inches.
40O-meter rum final heat-Won by d. b. Young,
High School; third f. X. Merrihew, B. A. A.
:. Standing broad jump-w.n by Plat. Adams ms
Adams. N. Y. A. c., second distance, 10 feet
~ inches: Lee Goehring, Mohawk, third. dis
Island 4: O.; second, II. F. Mcguire, Attieboro;
third: John : DAILY. / A. A. c. Time Si.4ass.
5;oOo-meter run-Won by Tel s. Berna. Cor.
nell; second. Louis L. Scott. South Paterson:
i5. s " y 00nnas' "''' ->'e' van.
Hammer tnrow-won by G. childs. New York
Gable, Harvard. distance. 157 feet s inches
third. II. F. Marden. Dartmouth distance 1o4
feet inches.
Running high jump-won by Egon Erickson.
Mott Haven A. c., height. 6 feet 27s inches; ]. o.
tombstone and H. B. Enwright. both OF Boston
A. A., tied for second place at feet 11a INCHES
Pole vault-Won by Marcus Wright. Dart
mouth. height. IL feet 2A inches !new world,s
record; F. I. Nelson, Harvard Law School;
second.R height. II feet inches; b. j. Haggard
and T. B. Camp OF Harvard and Paul Maxon,
Detroit. tied for third place. height, II feet.
Hop. step and jump-Won by c. f.. Brtckley,
Harvard, distance, Al feet inches; r. L. Sar-
rell. b. A. A., second, distance. AZ feet IL
inches; ]. Mclaughlin. unattached, third, dis
lance. 43 feet 10 inches.
S00-meter run--Won by NJ w. sheppard, A.
A.: second d. Caldwell Massachusetts, A. CT;
third, 7. Meredith. Mercersburg A. {. Time,
LBS.
2OO-meter dash-won by r. c. Craig. Detroit;
second, D. r. Mppincott. University OF Penn
sylvania; third. Fl. w. Heilund, Xavier. Time.
OBJ
Standing high jump-won by Ben Adams, New
York A. C.. height. 5 feet 2M inches: Platt
Adams n Y. A. c.. and Leo Geohring. Mo-
hawk. tied for second place ut height OF feet
V inch.
Discus, with both hands-Won by ]. III. Dun
can. unattached. distance. 23S feet inches;
second, E. J. Muller Irish A. c. distance, 235
feet inches third, L. A. Whitney. B. A. A.,
distance 22S feet III inches Duncan threw
1873 feet 10 inches with right hand Ia new
Throwing javelin, both hands-Won by Harry
G. Lott Mohawk, distance 26s feet inches;
second Thomas Luid Irish-American, distance.
219 feet IL inches: third, w. F. Ross. New
York A. c., distance, 202 feet IL inches.