The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-28
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BRITISH MEET
Comparison of Records Made in
Recent Athletic Games

New York, July 2S.-The fact that
the United States and English track
| and field championships were held up
| on the same day, makes a comparison
OF The work of the native athletes and
| their visiting competitors of more than
usual interest. England's A. A. a.
games were held on the famous oval
at Stamford Bridge, London, while
the United States championships were
being contested at Chicago. Some H.
900 spectators watched the English
and Swedish athletes battle for hon
ors in drizzle, while about half that
plumber sweltered i'm "A temperature
close To 100 while American titles were
won on track and in field which
failed to elicit any praise from the
competitors. Although conditions as
reported from both athletic fields were
against record breaking performances.
remarkable Improvement was shown
in the general all-round work of tho
English and Swedish athletes, indicat-
ing that the lessons learned i'm recent
Olympic games defeats have not been
forgotten.
The English program consisted of
fourteen events, of which English ath-
letes won nine and Sweden's repre-
sentatives five. Four \. \. A. records
We're established, two by the Swedes
and two by English cortenders. The
United States schedule contained eish-
teen contests in which two new
games" records were made, one by an
American born and the other by an
Irish athlete. comparison of the
programs of the two meets shows that
eleven similar events appeared on
both, and with these as basis a
comparing of records proves that the
times or distances We're better at
Stamford Bridge I'm six of the eleven
competitions. To what extent local
conditions affected these figures there
is no way of knowing. The compari-
son is made simply to show that the
oft repeated statements that European
athletes are gradually approaching
American standards are not based on
idle observation.
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yard runs England showed a winner
in the first two events in the person
IF w. II. Appiegarth. who won in 10
and n 3-5 seconds respectively,
against sprinter Drews times of 10 2-5
and % As seconds at Chicago. Half.
the Chicago A. A. and Michigan flyer
won the 4a0-yards i'm 81 1-5, while G..
NiCol did ~ 2-5 at London. In both
the half and one mile runs the United
States figures were better. Baker.
the New York a. G. runner captured
the $50 I'm . minutes and is second.
Il. Wide. of Sweden, winner in Eng
iand. was 2-5 of "A second slower. Nor
man Tabor won the mile at Chicago
i'm minutes 20 2-5 seconds. while
lander of the Swedish team required
minutes 25 and "A ceconds to take
the English title In the running
board jump Abrahams cleared % feet
inches at the A. A. A games. while
Stiles, the winner at Chicago. did 22
feet "a inch. The running high jump
showed that Richards, the Olympic
champion, had but 3-S of an inch adj
vantage over Baker. England's cham
pion. who jumped 6 feet | inch. Nils
son, the Swedish shot putter pushed
the weight out a. feet AZ inches,
against American champion Whitney's
lG feet SO inches. In the pole vault
and hammer throw the American fig
ures were far superior to those made
at stamford Bridge.