Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
BREAK WORLDS
RECORDS AGAIN
Three Marks Lowered in
Olympic Trials in Harvard
Stadium Yesterday.
GARDENERS POLE VAULT +
MARK RAISED l 3-4 INCHES
Wright of Dartmouth Makes
Greatest Leap Ever
Recorded.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June S.-Three
worlds records and sterling perform
ances in all the events featured tho
final Olympic tryouts at the Harvard
Stadium today. contested before a crowd
of $4,000.
Marc 8. Wright of Dartmouth was tie
first record breaker. and cleared 13 feet
81, inches in the pole vault, breaking
the record made last Saturday ut Phil
adelphia by Capt. Bobby Gardner or
Yale.
Abel Kiviat of the Irish-American
Athletic Club of New York established
a new. record for the 1,500-meter
run, covering the distance in :
minutes 80 As seconds. breaking
the former record by more than a
second. Kiviat was timed for the full
mile, and covered that distance In
minutes Is 3-5 seconds, fraction be-
hind John Paul Jones worlds record.
Billy Kramer of the Long Island Ath-
Ietic Club of New York was practically
all alone in the 10.00o-meter rum,
and was the third record breaker. when
without pace he covered the distance
in 81 minutes 43 3-5 seconds, nearly hair
a minute faster than the previous record
Weather and wind conditions were per-
feet for the meet, and the famous track
at the stadium was especially groomea
Many of the stars of past Olympic meets
went down in defeat to the new
Corners. while at the same time many
touted to win were easily put in the rut
by new men. The most sensational de-
feat was that of George +. HORNE. from
the Pacific coast, who made his hrst
appearance in a hard-fought contest anu
was found wanting. HORNE Is credited
with clearing 6 feet inches In COM
petition. and in practice inches higher.
but yesterday, in competition. the best
he could clear was feet " men, anu
he failed to win a point at TINS helsh,:
Sam Lawrence, the worlds holder or
the indoor record, was another In the
high jump who failed to make good.
and, like HORNE. did not qualify for
the finals. Egon Erickson OF New YORK
2ss inches. and will wear the Stars ana
Stripes against his countrynen at the
Olympic games.
Craig Defeated in Hundred.
Ralph Craig the famous Splinter from
the middle west. who was so success
full at Michigan, went down 10 defeat in
the 1OO-meter dash to a little colored
boy from Springfield. Mass. Craig was
the favorite for the event, and went
through his heats all right, but in the
final was easily defeated by ii. I. Drew
of the Springfield High School in lo4-
seconds. which equals the worlds record
Craig came back to his own and won
rather easily from a fast field in the slow
time of % seconds. The sprintins
proved that the American team VIII
be weak in the dashes. unless Craig. who
is carrying overweight, gets fit before the
contests.
Ted Berna of Cornell, who was criticised
for losing points for his college at the
intercollegiate meet last Saturday, came
on and proved that he is i'm a class by
himself in middle-distance running. In
the 50OO-meter run he went against Louis
Scott. holder of the world record Tor
tn distance. and George v. Bonhag. the
indoor king and holder of the world
record from two to five miles. Berne
proved that he was the middle-distaner
king by running away from tie field and
slower than the record. but impressed the
authorities with the fact that he could
have won in record time had he cared.
The 1OOO0-meter race developed a new
conner in Hugh r. MCGUIRE, an unattach-
ed runner He trailed Kramer, the rec
ord breaker, for more than five miles. ana
il was only in the final mile that Kramer
managed to shake the newcomer of.
Mcclure finished about 200 yards behind
the record breaker, and. as he was with
in seconds of the record in his first Inn
portant race. he is being considered by
the officials as a star running mate for
Kramer John j. DAILY of New York. the
famous steeplechaser. was third in the
event. but was nearly a quarter OF .
mile behind.
Dope Wrong in Hurdles.
In the 11o-meter high hurdle race al
the dope went wrong when the event was
won by " S. Blanchard OF the Boston
Athletic Association. This event was
considered duel between ex-Capt.
George Chisholm Of Yale and John j.
Eller of the Irish American Athletic Club.
Chisholm could only get place in his heat
and Eller made but third in the final. The
hurdling Of all the men was rather poor
and the time Of the final was nearly a
second back Of the record. blanchard.
who is a former University OF Vermont
in the field. and his Improvement during
the next two weeks Will be Americas
only hope Of success in an event in which
1t has always led the world.
Mel Shepard OF New York proved that
he could come back by winning the 500
meter run from fast field. but in slow
time The race was run in heats and
when the men toed the mark for the final
il was expected that the race would be- n
duel between Shepard and T. Meredith OF
Mercersburg Academy. Both played
loafing race and were In front watching
each other when the last eighth was
reached and at that time David S. Cald-
we'll Of the Massachusetts Farming Col
lege started a sprint which surprised the
crowd and the runners. Caldwell led
until the last twenty yards when he was
overtaken by Shepard. but finished sec
ond. two yards ahead of the Mercersburg
wonder in slow time. Both Shepard and
Meredith were expected to break tho
record for the distance
Kiviat in the 1.500 meter run had
classy field against him, including n. s.
Taber of Brown University, who tied
John Paul Jones OF Cornell. at the Ameri-
can intercollegiates In the mile run. In
the field also were o. r. Hedlund. holder
of the indoor record for a mile. III. p.
OF Harvard, the former inter-
scholastic champion. and Frank Riley OF
New York. Kiviat wasted no time at
the start, for at the gun he went into
the lead and was there all the distance.
He won by fifteen yards TN 3.55 As.
which was Just ono second faster than
his own worlds record for the same dis
lance.
Young Wins Quarter.
n r Young. the fntercoIlegiate cham