Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29


the S-foot 2ia-,nch olympic circle. a dis
tance Of 1876 feet | inch.
Chicago, H. MAY 2I-Mrs. David Beach
of New York completed he, walk of 1."Il
miles from the Office of the New York
Globe 20 th. Chica 20 Daily News. in for
ty-two and a hall walking DAYS. She left
New York April 1o with the intention OF
proving that a vegetarian diet is best.
| New York City. May 3n-William FRA
mer, amateur runner, negotiated 1oVs
meters III - minutes II A. seconds.
/ Travers Island. y. Y. June The New
+! York Athletic Club relay team established
| :. new worlds record for the mile, going
| the distance in :1l 10.
| Philadelphia. Fa.. June The thirty
| seventh annual intercollegiate meet on
| Franklin Field was won by Pennsylvania,
with score of twenty-eisht points. One
| world record was broken by Robert y
| Gardner. who cleared the bar at l.; feet
l inch in the pole vault.
| Lafayette. Ind. June ii. u. Nicholson
! set new amateur college record for tine
| 12p-vard high hurdles in T., l., seconds
| London Eng. June 1I-The Polytechri,
! HarrierS tP. T.. Mann. W. X. Applegarth
! V. III. Darcy and G.. NichoD won the
! one-mile race. relay. at stamford Bridge
| in :; minutes - - seconds.
/ New York city. June Abel Il. kiviat
ran the 1.:.00-meter handicap from scratch
| in :.6 Ia and James II. Duncan scaled
| the discus from q seven-foot circle lis
! feet aia inches.
| cqualed his own worlds record OF II feet
| for a risht-hand shotput and broke his
| worlds record for right hand, 10 feet Il
! inches. and left hand. II feet liz inches
| an aggregate of ~ feet 1o12 inches.
/ Travers Island. \. V. June i-Cieorsc
| HORNE made a high jump of Is feet 81
inches, in practice.
Cambridge. Mass. June S-Anong the
best performances at the Olympic tryouts
were those of William J. Kramer. who
/ ran the l1.0u-metcr race in II IL: ID. In
winning this race Kramer broke all the
American records from ia miles TO GA
miles-;he new marks being: "a miles in
ri. 4? -: 51a miles. .S.OS Ii: -, mites,
.a.2J ~: 6 miles. :.0.4:;.
Marc :. Wright; of Dartmouth cleared
the bar at a height of Is feet ~. inches
In the pole vault.
In the l.'oo-meter run. Abel r. Kiviat
won in :: minutes ~ - seconds. Con-
tinuing this race on 10 the mile mark. he
made the distance iIf 1872.
In trial heats r. G. Craig of the De
troit Y. NJ. G. y. and Fl. p Drew of
Springfield High School equaled the
worlds Olympic record for the 1OO-meter
run. of 10 r.. seconds.
Chicago. H.. June Sc +. Wilson of
Coc College eGualed the worlds record
of 10 - seconds in his preliminary heat
of tho 1o0-meter run.
New York city. June 12-NeW records
We're made in the Olympic tryouts. Ralph
Rose put the shot. both hands ~ feet 10
j inches. lettering his own record
Jim Duncan made a heave of 142 feet
| III, inches with the discus.
| London. Eng. June &c H. Patch
/ ing sprinted 100 Yards in 80 seconds.
| Stockholm. Sweden. Olympic games.
July 6-l'-Following is a list of the prin-
| cipal records made:
RUNNING
| loo meters-D. +. Eippincott CU S. A.
! in 1850 seconds. Worlds recordD
A T. 4 II & ~ q
seconds
i'" meters-C. D. Reidpath O.. S. A..
~ ID seconds.
SEQ meters-J. Z. Meredith o. s. A.,
/ 1.11 9-ln. Worlds recordD
1..m meters-A. n. S. Jackson Great
/ Britain. :';:ai a.. Olympic recordD
5000 meters-H. kolehmainen E'inn),
li36 - Worlds recordJ
| 1900 meters-H. Koiehmainen Gin
land. 31.2o. Worlds recordD
/ 400 meterS-Relay. four to run 100 me-
ters-W. f. Applesarth. II. A. Darcy. d.
II. Jacobs, II. Macintosh Great BRITAIN,
AZ % seconds. Worlds recordD
| 101 meters hurdle (highp-F. w. Kelly
| a.. 5. A.. l., - seconds.
| 1o1@ meters walk-Georgc Goulding
| CCanada). 4G.oS %.
/ Running broad jump l.. Gutterson
| a.. s. Al. ~ feet IL. inches
| Running high iump-A. W. Richards Ct.
S. A.. feet I inches.
Standing high jump-Platt Adams It S.
/ Al. - feet i3s inches.
! Standing broad jump-C. Isl Kleteras
I Greece, II feet "a inch.
Hop. step and jump-G. I.indblom
! tSwedenl. IS feet ~ inches.
Pole vaut-Ii. S. Babcock II S Al.
!. feet ll'a inches. ,olympic record)
| Hammer throw, l6-pound- Nc
Grath GU. S. Al. III feet 4 inches. tOlym-
pie record.)
Sixteen-pound weight. best hand-P Nc
Donald q. :. Al, 10 feet inches. tOlym-
pic record)
Sixteen pound weight, right and left
hand-Ralph Rose Ct. S. A., 3O feet IL
inches.
/ Discus. best hand-A Ta!paie H'inland,.
las feet I inches. OLYMPIC recordD
| Discus, right and left hand--A Taipale
! Finland), 2Il feet los inches tWorld' $
| record
Javelin. hest hand Eric Lemmins ,Swc-
dem. 1:'S feet 1l& inches. Olympic rec
ord
! Jdvelin. right and left hand-J. Saaristo
f'inland). SIS feet IFS inches world $
lrecord)
! Marathon rack Macarthur tSouth
Africa. hours 36 minutes ~ seconds
Running. miles-H kolchmainen tF'in-
llandD. minutes u seconds.
Running, :; miles II. Kolehmainen Din
tlandI. ~ minutes Il seconds.
Seattle, Wash, July 19-Cornelius
W dlsh threw the ,f-pound weight over
bar distance of II feet "a inches-a new
record.
| New Orleans La, July 23-W II.
Chapman, sixty-thrce-old ranchman OF
Wyoming. claims the worlds pedestrian
championship, asserting that he walked
from Denver, Col. Starting May 81 IBID
thence along the great lakes to the north
western extremity of tho United States.
lc,i4S miles. He says this was done for
a purse of Sio.11J. offered by the Stock
mems Association of Colorado
Dublin, ireland, July 31.-Matt McGrath
| threw the :'6-pound weight from 9-foot
circle II feet Ii2 inches.
New York city, August 1S.-Pat Melon
aid set new amateur record when he
| made throw OF 30 feet II. inches will
the 12-pound shotput. using both hands.
f! Tacoma. Wash, August 20.--Jimmi.
Fitzgerald. the Canadian runner. made l.
miles indoors in 1.21.i1 ID.
New York city. August 31.-Durng the
contests for the A. \. L. Metropolitan
Junior track and field championships II
q. Lott of the Mohawk y. C. made d
new American record of 166 feet 10 inches
in throwing the javelin.
Minnea polls. Mimi. September o-F'rit.
Carlson of Minneapolis won the amateur
neapolis to St. Paul and return in 2O2 81
New York city, September 2-Jiu
Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian. won the all
around amateur athletic championship OF
America at Celtic Park. with total oil
1876 points. which is new record fol
this competition. In the running hicl
jump Thorpe cleared feet Us inches-s
new mark in the all-around class
London, England. September 1I.-At tn,
field meet of the South London Harrier:
w r. ADnlegarth won the IIb-Nard race