New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-09
Wriaht, of Dartmouth. and A. R.
Kiviat Smash Worlds Marks
in Harvard Stadium.
HORNE A DISAPPOINTMENT
Drew and Meredith, Schoolboy
Marvels, Force Veterans to
Their Jimit-Kramer
at His Best.

mated at more IMAM f1tccn thousand per
sons looked on and cheered.
In spite Of the fact that John Paul Jones,
~ Cornell. and e. -. Reidpath, of syria
,use were unable 10 be present, the games
lacked for no want of speed i'm the races TN
which these two stars would have taken
mart The real disappointment of the daE
was the performance # George HORNE. tn"
phenomenal high jumper from California.
who was unable to do more than feet -
inch Illness on the trip to this city j,
given as the reason for his failure.
In addition to the two worlds records
that. were smashed, one was equaned. and
o.. an American and olympic mark. besides
ono American record. were broken. 1t was
,ouite enough for one days sport.
The tirst record that was broken Was in
Tho mole vault. the mark Of 10 feet ! inch
co. only a week ago by Captain 4. A.
q Gardner. Of vale. at Philadelphia. being
broken when Marc :. Wright Of Dart
mouth. cleared the har at heisat OF -
feet ., inches In the l,5@)-metrc run Abel
r K'yiat. Of the Irish-American Athletic
Ciub. of New York. beat Tshcr, II Brown
I-niyersity. 10y a sCaut seven feet DIS time
tsing s minutes 50 A. seconds, when was
ans second faster than Kiviat's own time
made al celtic Park last Sunday. when ne
established 81 worlds record of minutes
IS is seconds.
-.p & CIalE. of the Detroit Y. NJ. G. A.
.A,,chican's great Splinter and 1911 inter-
@ rouesiats champion shared honors with H.
y pr.w. d schoolboy from the Springfield
Mas. high school. in the 1oo-metre race.
In q trial heat Craig equalled the world
OIyr,rir record Of 10 i-5 seconds. but IN
tho 6raI he was beaten 10y Drew, who also
r,.da record time. both men now sharing
honor. with Jarvis and Rector. the Areli-
c.,s and with Walker. the south African
Tho other record that was shattered was
4, ,be iayeliu. Harry G. Lott, OF the Mo-
hawk \. G.. who won the event win
double hand throw Of g62 feet inches ga
1855 feet II. inches with one hand TINS
,,,-o,. haipr one-half inch better than the
. one hand javolin record hoId oN - ''''''-
gar. Of san Francisco.
In the 1. 5o0-metre race Kiyiat continued 10
thu mile mark in hopes that he might ''''
a worlds record. He finished in { minutes
153-s seconds. which equallod the record
held for so long time by Tommy Comm.
but was Just one-fifth Of a second shy VI
John paul Jones's mile amateur record vi
minutes Is % seconds which sun stalus
unenualled as worlds marx
These were not all the sensations OF 'he
day In the 1Onntmctrc race william d
Kramer. Of the Long Island Athlete CluD'
ran in Il minutes 40 3-5 seconds. This time
WAS faster by % ID seconds than the
American record made by Kramer hlinSeH
Al Celtic Park on Memorial Day, ana MS
time was within a 4-5 seconds OF the rec
ord OF the FrenChman, J. Rouln. IN VIII
ming the 1000 metres IN TINS remarhao'e
time Kramer smashed all OF George ho"-
hays American records from hFe ana d
quarter miles to six and quarter mics
the new marks being: Five and a quarter
miles. % minutes 20 As seconds; I'VE ana
a half miles. 8 minutes - seconds I'VE
and three-quarter miles. % minutes - 20
seconds: six miles. 30 minutes IS sccohas :
six and a quarter miles. 81 minutes 90 10
seconds Kramers time for the SIX ana a
quarter miles was % AS seconds faster tlah
Bonbag's American record Of 81 minutes %
seconds.
To. s. Berna. Of Cornell. who dropped out
Of the two-n!le race at the intercolleGietes'
romped away with the 5OO-metre race
heating Louis 7. Scott. Of the South Pa'er-
son A. c.. by % yards in Is minutes 80
seconds. this time being two seconds slower
Than the worlds record made by Scott AT
celtic Park on May &c. George BonhaG
was in this great race, but was beaten by
Scott ny five yards. who had splendid
snrint left when Bonhag attempted 10 pass
him some forty yards from the, tape.
Mel Sheppard, of the Irish-Amercan
Athletic club. who holds the worlds
Olympic record Of ! minute 20 As seconds
for the s00-rnetre run, was provided with
O great race in the finals by David Cald-
well, Of the Massachusetts State Agri-
cultural College. an unknown runner Shep-
rard beating him by only 1--WE feet in l
minute 81 seconds fat.
Ted Meredith, the Mercersburg boy was
unable 10 get better than third in the event
fl which he ran in preference 10 the 400
metre race. Meredith being two and half
yards behind Caldwell. In the trials, both
Of which were faster than tho final Shep-
pard won his heat IN 1 minute % sec
onds. and Meredith won heat IN minute
o. IS seconds.
There was only one heat in the No-metre
race, which was won by d. 3. Young OF
the Boston Athletic club. in 1915 seconds.
z K Merrihew. the old Harvard quarter
Howe. q Boston high school boy. There
were four heats in the 90-metre race and
. In the inal Craig beat hppncott OF the
University Of Pennsylvania, and Heiland,
Of the Xavier Athletic Association. In z
seconds fat. Olson. OF Dartmouth. and
Fred Burns. Of Brown, being In the final.
The 110-netre high hurdle was taken by
= s. Blanchard. OF the Bowdoin Athletic
Association, a BowdOin College man, who
beat Pritchard, OF the Irish-Americans.
and Chisholm, the old Yale star. j. j.
Eller Of New York spilled three hurdles.
which cut him out ~ third place. Blanch-
ards time was Is 3-5 seconds, three-hfths
OF second slower than Smithson's record.
The running high jump was won by T..
Erickson, OF the Mott Haven Athletic Club.
who cleared 6 feet 2 5-8 inches tombstone.
Of the Boston Athletic Association. being
second with feet IL inches. HORNE. the
Californian, who Was I'll coming 10 Boston
last night, cleared feet p inch. but failed
six times trying for feet IA inches.
Childs. Of the New York Athletic Club,
the former Yale captain, captured the
hammer throw, with 100 feet inches, beat
ihg Cable. 81 Harvard. who did lH feet
inches, which WAS eleven inches better
than the best performance OF Marden. of
Dartmouth Plat Adams and Ben Adams
were first and second for the New York
Athletic Club I'm the standing broad jump.
with performances Of 10 feet 8 inches and
+" feet 5i4 inches, respectively
p. J. Mcdonald, Of the Irish Amcricans,
Won the shot-gut hsndily. with both hand
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