New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09
PIatt Adams Sets New Mark in
Winning the Three Stand
ing Jumps.
ANOTHER IN RELAY RACE
Irish American Team Beaten III
Fast Time-Kiviat Wins
Hunter Mile When
Hedlund Falls.

annual indoor games OF the Boston Atm
letic Association.
Platt Adams of Olympic games fame
and a member of the New York A. C.. set
new worlds indoor record in the three
standing jumps. leapiDg "a feet 81 inches.
as If on springs. The former record was
made by r. c. Ewry. of the New York
A. c. in 1909, with a leap of "a feet l inch.
The Boston Athletic Association relay
team. made up of Burns. Merrihew. Gram
anu Halpin. established a new record for
1850 yards in beating the Irish-American
four-Meyer. Rosenberger. Pepis and Mel
Sheppard. The Boston men ran the dis
lance in minutes seconds. cutting one
and one-hfth seconds off the old mark to
the wild cheers of the crowd.
Abel r. Kiviat won the Hunter mile in
fast time and earned a second leg on the
trophy. Oscar f. Hedlund Of the home
club. was his only opponent and might
have won except for an accident on the
sixth lap, when he stumbled and fell. He
was up like fash and quickly made up
the lost ground, but the handicap was too
out.
Alvah r. Meyer suffered defeat in the
40-yard dash. running third 10 r. l..
Stephenson Of the Trinity Club, Brooklyn.
and NJ S. wilkins
Harry j. Smith. the national ten mile
champion. captured the 3-mle run IN the
good time Of 10 minutes IS 40 seconds.
lie followed the pace closely and had
the race in hand most of the way.
J.. A. Whitney. the giant weight
thrower of Dartmouth. who helped swell
The point score for the United States in
the Olympic games in Sweden. was sec
ond in the handicap shot-put John Law
Ter carrying OFF the prize With the help
of liberal allowance.
Platt Adams. OF the New York Athletic.
club. established a rev worlds indoor
record for three standing jumps by cover
ing "a feet 9l2 inches. He seemed to ne
on springs and rarely has been seen TO
better advantage.
Norman s. Taber of Brown University.
who ran dead heat with John Paul
Jones in the last intercollegiate games,
won the one-mile handicap from scratch
i'm clever fashion. He worked his wa
10 contendng position at half the dis
lance and was never in serious danger
of defeat.
The Boston relay team earned more
honors by outrunning the New York Attn
letic Club four. made up of Wilcox. Wal
Their. Baker and Degruchy.
Harvard defeated Yale in their annual
relay race of S12o yards. the Crimson
oil inn
Capper Harvard's last man, finished
while Norris. the last runner for Yale.
was caught in the crowd which swarmed
the Enclosure The time. of : minutes u
seconds was within a few seconds Of the
record.
Syracuse fell a victim to Columbia in
another relay race. the Blue and White
runners-McDonald. Brady, Bonsib and
Paton-covering the distance in minutes
II 20 seconds.
The summaries follow:
Relay race--Boston 4. A. Burns. Mer-
rihew, Gram, lialpin) defeated the IRISH
American A. c.. New York mayer, Ros-
u new record for 1850 yards. Former
record. 3:0S 10, made by Boston A. y.
team in 1911.
I.Ooo-yar6 run (handicap)-Won by F..
Harry Lee. Boston A. A. scratch; third.
A. ~ Cook. Brown GO yards). Time
o2l 4-5.
io.yard dash-Won by F. L. Stephen
son. Trinity Club. Brooklyn, second. NJ.
$. wilkins. Massachusetts Institute. OF
Technology: third. A: r. Meyer, IRISH
American A. c., New York. Time,
% 80
College relay races G.56O Yards
Rhode Island State defeated New Hamp-
shire State. Time. 3:25 80; University
of Maine defeated Bowdoin. Time
Vermont. Time. 1921 40. Worcester
Polytechnic Institute defeated Massachu-
setts Agricultural College Time. 3:l6 20.
Won by John LAWYER. Fort Warren q feet
. inches) distance 45 feet Ia inches:
second, l. a. Whitney, Dartmouth q
foot 10 Inches. distance. 10 feet: third.
lance, ~ feet inches w. -.
Harry H. T. smith, New s,,, York; ss! Gana,,
,sche5 second second G. silva Boston A.
attached. Time 1913 As.
Relay race--Wesleyan defeated Will
Jams. Time, $:17; Harvard Freshmen
defeated Yale Freshmen. Time, 3:11 1-5
tute of Technology Time: 314 40.
Relay race--IIarvard (O'Brien, Capper.
lIuling. Barron) defeated Cornell CReller,
Shelton. Bennett Cozzens) Time, 2;is.
Three standing jumps (handicap)-Won
Inv Platt Adams. New York A. G.
tscratch). distance "a feet 9i2 inches; Ed
ward l.. Eames. Bronx "a inches), second,
distance "a feet inches. Lee Geehring;
Mohawk A. c. 6 inches). third distance %
feet II inches. new worlds indoor
Hunter miie-Won by A. r. Kiviat.
rish-American A. c.; oscar r.. Hedlund.
Bttton 4. A. second. Time, 4:2s 2-5.
(Only two started)
s00yard run thandicap.--Mo pE
w Baird. Boston A. A. (23 YARDS; +. a.
Teschner, Exeter GA yards). second ID.
L. Mahoney.- Brown Is yards), third
45-yard hurdles (scratch)-won by w.
F. Potter. Yale; Bob Eller. Georgetown,
Relay race-Brown GIall. Dunn. Tucker.
Mclaughlin defeated Amherst CWad-
hams. Moore. Cobb. Connolly. Time, 3:lS
Brady Bonsib. Patonl defeated Syracuse
lGlaentler. Harvey. Donahue Bowser'
Rel RELAY 1" s.l9O yards)-Harvard
,Maclure Lawless. Koch. Capper) de-
feated Yale (Scotten, Bayne. Wilkie, Nor
one mile run Chandicap)-Won by n. S.
Taber. Brown (scratch: second. J: a.
Power Boston a. a. g YARDS: third.
". w. Atwater, Tufts go YARDS. Time.
4:s3i-5
Relay race-Boston a. A. (Halpin. Lee,
4. &. (Wilcox. Walther. Baker, De-
gruchy). Time. 7;l3 80
Relay race-Fordham College defeated
Boston College. Time, 3:1S 2-5.
Relay race-Colby defeated Bates.
Time. 3:i5 5-5.
V,,,nspy high i,,mp (handicap)-Won by