The Washington times., 1912-06-09
RECORDS WRECKED
IN OLYMPIC TRYS
Eight American Marks and Two Worlds Standards Are
Shattered in Prelminaries at Boston-Kviat Set Up
New Pace in 500 Meter Event

A. c. at the Olympic games in st. Louis
In 1904. There were eighteen events on
the program. and all the winners, with
several Of the men who finished second,
and some of the men who finished third,
will be chosen to carry the silks Of
Uncle Sam in the Olympic games in
Stockholm.
The winners on the track were: Harry
Drew, Springfield High School, 100
meters Ralph Craig, Detroit Y. M. c.
A., 200 meters; D. b. Young, Boston, A.
A, 400 meters; Melvin Sheppard, Irish
American a. c.. 800 meters; Abel Kiviat.
Berna Cornell University, 5000 meters;
Billy Kramer, Long Island a. c., 10000
meters.
Get Premier Laurels.
In the field the premier laurels were
won by Marcus Wright, Dartmouth.
pole vault: Egon Erickson, Mott Haven
A. c., running high jump; c. f. Brick
ley. Harvard University, running hop
step and jump; c. c. Worthington,
Boston A. A., running broad jump: Pat
Mcdonald, Irish-American A. c., shot
put; James Duncan, unattached, New
York, discus throw: c. c. Childs. New
York A. c.. hammer throw; Harry
Lot, Mohawk A. G.. jayeiin throw;
ing high jump. and Platt Adams, New
York A. c., standing broad jump.
1t had been expected that George
HORNE, the wonderful high jumper
6 feet inches, as the Californian re-
Gently was credited with doing feet
Si4 inches in practice. Horine, how
ever, has gone stale. and the best he
behind his best efforts. He had six
trials at s feet ~ inches, but failed
in all. The high honors jump went to
Egon Erickson. the New York police
man. who completes for the Mott Haven
crossbar at 6 feet 2ss inches. Horine
Is out of condition. and will take an
absolute rest till the Olympic team
sails for Stockholm
Athletes Disappointing.
It was expected that Melvin Shep-
pard would smash the worlds 800 meter
and SS0-yard figures and that Tel
BArna, of Cornell, would wreck the
5000 record. Neither Sheppard
nor Berna. however, were forced to eX-
tend themselves enough to wipe any
figures off the books. Sheppard won
the second heat OF the S00-meter event
we'll who sports the silks of the Massa-
chusetts Aggies. Peerless Mel contin-
ued on to the half-mile mark, where he
was clocked in 1.54 2-5. He made run
Tel S. Berna. of Cornell, who fell out
of the two-mile race at the intercolle-
Riates. romped away with the 1000
meter race. beating Louis f. Scott, of
the South Patterson A. c., by twenty
five yards. and in Is minutes 2-5 sec
onds. this time being two seconds
slower than the worlds record made by
Scott at Celtic Park on May 20. George
Bonhag was in this great race, but was
having a splendid sprint left when Bon
hag attempted to pass him some forty
yards from the tape.
p. ]. Mcdonald, of the Irish Ameri-
cans. won the shotput handily with a
both hand put of 81 feet 50 inches. do
ing A feet 5h inches with his right
hand. The best broad jumping was
done by II. T. Worthington. of the B.
A. A.. who won with % feet 10 inches;
Gutterson. of the B. A, being second
with % feet 2s4 inches. c. E. Brickley,
a Harvard freshman. won the hop. step.
and jump with Al feet inches, and J. II.
Duncan took the discus with a dou-
BILE throw of 23S feet 6 is inches, one
Of his throws being 13S feet 1-10 of an
inch. which. however, did not equal his
recent marks.