New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Great Throng Sees GoehrIng
Set Worlds Figures IN
Standing High lump.
.KIVIAT FAILS IN MILE RUN
Had Hoped to Equal Jones
Time for Mile in the Spring
Games of New York
Athletic Club.

before a crowd that numbered at least
ten thousand per sons. II was the greatest
days sport that has been seen in the
vicinity OF New York in years and the
competition was Of the keenest. culmi-
mating in the wiping out of Ray Ewry's
standing high jump record by Goehring,
Of the Mohawk a. {.
Goehring cleared the bar at feet ja.
inches in the standing jump surprising
| Ewrys worlds mark by exactly half an
| inch. That the record will stand there
is no question for the height of the bar
was measured in the presence Of James +.
Sullivan.
Abel Kiviat. OF the lrsh-American Ath-
| letic club, who had planned an assault on
| John Paul Jones's mile worlds record OF
minutes Il % seconds failed by six Sec
! onds to equal Joness mark Kiviat did
not seem TO have the stamina TO carry
! him through the race. and by the time he
| had run half a mile he was laboring
along although continuing 10 keep his
pace fairly well Finishing the first half
Kiylat shook his head when the stands
at the line gave him cheer Of encour-
| dSeNltIt. anu II Was lAdllHtu AbNA Nii"N az
would not equal Jones's time.
! Conditions were nearly ideal for rec
ord breaking performance when kiviat
| stepped on the track a cool breeze from
| the West swept across the field and tenn
( pered the sultriness. and the air was
clear and dry. The track was never IN
better condition. The stands were packed
10 their capacity and all around the field
there was a solid mass OF spectators, ex-
tending four and five rows behind the
seats. II was the largest crowd ever
seen at Travers Island.
r. V. Wagner. captain Fl the Yale
team. failed 10 break the worlds record In
the pole vault. when the bar was set at
i3 feet inches. three and three-fourths
inches higher than the record held By
Mare Wright. Of Dartmouth. Wagner
won the vault whit y feet inches. and
IL was Immediately decided 20 move the
bar up u inches. While the height was
being measured and the jumping pit care
fully raked over Wagner probably lost
form. and when he reached the bar on his
arst trial he ran through. The. second
time he did not get more than half way
up 10 the stick. and the third and final
try he missed by almost a foot, bringing
the bar down with him.
Matt McGrath. Of the Irish-American
Athletic Club. had a wonderful day with
the i6-pound hammer. for In half dozen
throws he averaged over $50 feet. and In
his best throw he hurled the ball ls5 feet
inches. some two feet short OF his rec
ord made At Celtic Park two years ago.
His next best throw was ISL feet 81
inches. one Of his throws went foul. and
was not measured. but Il seemed % be the
best ~ all McGrath outclassed the field
that-was pittcd against him and won with
ease.
Homer Baker. Of the New York club.
would have had to break a record TO win
the haIf-mile run. As II was he was
third, some FIVE yards back, in ia %.
He started from scratch. and was the last
man until the backstretch on the last lap
was reached, when ne jumped out and
brcezed By the field. lie was too far be-
| hind. however. 10 catch De Gruchy who
started from the s-yard mark. and Peeso.
who tocd or on the 2S-yard mark.
Ted Meredith. Of Olympic fame did not
have to extend himself 10 win the quar-
ter lie ran his heat in 80 30 seconds
| and came back i'm the final winning In
IS As seconds Lagay. OF the New York
4. G.. OF the 10-yard mark. set stin
pace for the Quaker flyer but the latter
came through on the last turn and fairly
breezed down the stretch. winning by four
yards
| ]. l. Wendell, the intercollegiate high
and low hurdles champion, romped away
with the high hurdles. beating Brady. of
Columbia. In the final heat by something
like two yards I'm 10 As seconds.
The summaries follow:
TRACK EVENTS.
iO0-yard dash--won by J. II. Rayenall.
81. Christopher's \. G. t5h yards); +. w.
J. " Rosenborger. Irish American \. G. q y
| yardsl. third Time. O:lO 10.
| 2O-yard dash-Won BY l.. kohn Mohawk
| \ e. 90 yards): l. Schloesser. Dominican
| Lyceuu. IS y yardsl. second; j. j. Maguire'
Presentation club (sb yards). third. Time
liO-yard run--.won by J. e. Meredith; IN.
| attached (scratch): i. Lagay, 1r New YORK
| A. c. 30 yards). second: n. Giorgi, Domln-
lean Lyceum G7 yards). third. Time.
Half mile run-won by o. W. de Gruchy.
New York A. c. q YARDS. j; J Peeso; New
York \. C. f2s yards,. second; II. T. Baker.
New YORK a. {. scratch. third Time,
1854 2-5.
One-mre run-won by c. wather. New
! YORK A. C. CJ5 YARDS; y. Gibbons New York
A. g go YARDS. second: \. j. Seaman, Pres
entation Club d25 yards). third. Time.
Three mile run-won by +. Masterson. New
York 4. C. as yardg; n. Honahan. New York
A. G. $50 yardsl. second; w. T. Horton IN
| attached $50 YARDS. third. Time, 1907 ..
! I20-yard high hurdles by j. !. Wen
| dell. New York \. G. scratch; I. /. brady
| New York A. &. "a YARDS, second; w. Tren-
holm. New York \. g. % yards). third. Time.
One mile walk-won by +. J. Morrison.
! Long Island \. c. (32 seconds; r. Neuen-
dorfer. New York a. G. as seconds). second;
"; Plant Long Island A. { GO seeonds''
''''O' -'"'' FIELD EVENTS.
| Pole vault-Won by r.. \. Wagner. New
! York 4. c. scratch. with vault OF II feet
inches: l.. Mayors. jr, Irish-American 4. G.
! Os inchesJ. second with vault OF ii feet
| inches: L. Schneider. Mohawk \. G. 1s
! Inches third. with vault Of ~ feet.
shot put-Won by w. +. Roos. New York
A. e. C3 fecu. with a put OF ~ feet II inches;
| J. ] Elliott, unattached - feep, second. with
| a put Of 43 feet ~. inches. + L. Ouken.
! Greek-American 4. g.. 20 feet inches) third,
| with a put Of 80 feet inches.
Standing high Jump-Won by l. Goehrlng.
| Monawk A. g (scratch). with put OF feet
So inches: II. L. BUTLER. Bronx Church
| House a inches, second, Win Jump OF
| feet inch: Plat Adams. New York \. G.
| (pcratch) third. with jump OF feet 3 Inches.
| Hammer throw-WoE ~ 81 j. McGrsth.
I Irish-Ainercan A. &. (scratcD. with throw
| OF 1S5 feet inches; y. Ryan, 1rieh-nmerican
! 4. e. % feep, second. with q throw OF lib
| feet =. Inches; 4. J. McDOugall. Irish -Amcri-
! cAn A. G. (?5 feeU. third. with throw OF
Running broad Jump-won by c Leeyar.
| Irish American A. c. rs inchcsl, with "A jump
OF u feet inches; n. J. Holden. New York
| 4 a AZ "A