The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-07
RECORDS BROKEN
A. A.U.FIELD GAMES
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tho start. Kiviat stuck close behind
the leaders. and when one lap from
home sprintcd into the lead and won
ensed up by more than ten yards In
2;l6 40. breaking his own American
indoor record.
Homer Baker. Of the New York
Athletic Club made II strong finish
and beat Marceau by ten yards for sec
ond place.
big Babe" Mcdonald, the Times
Square traffic policeman, who won the
Olympic siNtccnpound shot-put was
practically alone in the twcnty-rour-
pound shot-put, and set a new worlds
record,
henvc that the crowd, aware that Il
record had been established. set up a
cheer which lasted several minutes.
When the announcer could be heard, 1t
was found that Babe" had flung the
missile 80 feet 80 inches. which beat
his own mark OF 3S feet 10 inches made
at Celtic Park in 1911.
There was big disappointment in
the running OF the two-milc run.
Hannes Kohlemalnen. the Finn, who
has been creating worlds records at
all distances this winter was expected
to show his heels TO the rest of tho
field. but the little foreigner stopped
after going threc-Quarters of a mile
and left the track exhausted
ON his trip to Buffalo last week the
Finn contracted a severe cold and
started lust night rather than disap
point tho crowd. The race was a
thriller without Kohlcmainen. At the
gun Willie Kramer the cross-country
champion OF the Long Island Athletic
CLUB jumped to the front, closely fol-
lowed by Louis Scott and Oscar He'd
lund.
Lap after lap Kramer held mis- lead
and although lIodluud and Scott tried
to pass the pacemakcr they could not.
Kramer set furious pace which soon
killed off all but Hedund, and two
laps from homo the Long Islander go
ing like IL sprinter went away from
HcdIund and Won by thirty-fvc yards
in minutes 70 l-5 seconds, breaking
tho indoor championship record OF
ga rs. made by George V. Bonhas in
1911
In the final neat of the aoo-yard
dash Fred Burns. of the Boston
A. A. won easily after being set back
three yards for false start. Abo
Pepis, OF the lrish-A American Athletic
Club. the Metropolis IN quarter mile
champion. made two legal starts ana
could not mako up that distance,
finishing fourth. Summaries;
Two-milo walk-Won by Il. 3. elf
ford, McCaddin, Lyceum. New York;
Frank r. Plalt. Long Island a. G.,
second; r. L. Ncundorfer. New York
A. c.. third. Time. l4.3234.
75-yard dash--Final heat won by
Howard T.. Drew. High School, Spring
field. Mass: Alvah II. Meyer, T. y. a.
c.. New York, second: Charles \. Rice.
Powder Point School. DuXbury. Mass,
third. Time, { 40 seconds. Drcw's
time equals the American record.
24-pound put-Won by Patrick j.
Mcdonald. Irish American y. c., with
80 feet 31-4 inches: w. f. Roos. New
York A: c.. 3J feet 4 IA inches. sec
ond: J. c. LAWYER, unattached, 81 feet
IL inches, third
McDonald's put is a new worlds
record. Former record, IS feet 10 1t-l6,
made by Mcdonald at Celtic Park. New
York. October %. 1911.
1.000-yard run--Won by Abel Il.
Kiviat, Irish American a. c.: Homer
Baker. New York \. c., second; Il. T.
Marceau, Boston a. A.. third. Time,
2:l5 4-5.
a new American indoor record
Former record 2:l5l-15, made by
Kiviat in 1911.
!, 7o-yard hurdle 60 feat inches)--
Won by Jamea I. Wendell, W,csleyan