Evening star., 1914-06-07
RECORDS FOR WORLD
Athletic Figures to Be Officially
Recognized by All Nations.
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
Committee of International Amateur
Federation Meets at
Lyons.

LYON, France, June 6.-For the first
time in the history OF athletics an Of
fetal list of worlds records to be recog-
nized by all nations was drawn up today
by the records committee Of the Inter
national Amateur Athletic Federation.
meeting at Lyon It is expected that
the list as arranged by the committee
will be adopted by the federation early
next week. It is possible however. that
opposition may arise in the case of the
discus. In which the committee, having
abolished the eight-foot two-and-a-half-
inch circle from the rules. has been un-
able to recognize any record except that
Of the American, James Duncan, made at
Celtic Park in 1912. 145 feet. ga inches.
One Of the features of the sitting was
the elimination of innumerable records
for special distances, and also OF all rec
ords except those made on a track. The
record for 400 yards. straightaway, OF
AZ 1-5 seconds. made by M. w. Long at
Gutenberg in 1900. has therefore been
discarded
The committee decided to eliminate all
records above twenty-five miles, or forty
kilometers, and also all records anove
two hours, on the ground that con.esss ess,
at greater distances would be exhausting
and should not be encouraged.
Only Records Recognized.
The only records that will be recog-
nized in the future by the International
Athletic Federation, If the report OF the
committee is adopted, are the following:
One hundred yards, held by Kelly;
220 yards, Wefers. Craig. Kelly and
Ldppincott; 440 yards. Long; 600 yards,
Sheppard; $50 yards, Meredith; 1,00o
yards. Sheppard; 1920 yards, Conner;
one mile, Jones-an american .,I, recordsr >,
Two. three. four. five. six. seven,
eight, nine and ten miles, all heid py
shrubb. ENGLAND: fifteen miles, pp1epg AppieDy'
England, and twenty-five miles, H.
Green, England.
One hour, Jean Bouin. France; two
hours. H. Green, ENGLAND: .s ,,ra,e.
tthree and half feetl and 22o-yara ,ei
hurdles (two and a half feet) held by
Americans. 44o-yard hurdles (three
Standing and running high jump and
standing broad jump. held by Americans;
running broad jump. held by P. OCon-
nor, ireland.
ali all held by g. E. Larner, England;
fifteen, twenty and twenty-five miles,
held, respectively. by H. v. Ross, T.
Grifiths and s. c. A.. Schof1eld, all OF
England; one hour, held by Larner;
two hours, Ross. England.
No Figures Given.
Relay races. four runners, $50 yards.
not indicated, as no track record ex-
lists; one mile, two miles and four
miles (where all the competitors ran
the same distance), held by Americans.
Hop, step and jump, sixteen-pound ham
ner throw, sixten- pound shot, fifty-six-
pound weight, discus (seven-foot circle),
all held by Americana.
Throwing the javelin. held by Lem
ming, Sweden.
No records made since the beginning
OF 1914 nave been considered by the
committee. Thus, among American per-
formers, the recent record made by
Howard Drew at San Francisco in the
100 yards. and that made by e. j.
Beeson in the high Jump, will be in
cluded in the list next year. If upheld
by the federation. The list will be
revised once yearly.
A similar list also has been compiled
Of records in the metric system. They
include the 100, 200, 500, 400, 500, 500,
1000, 1900. 5000, 5000 and 10000
meters; walking. 5000, 5000 and TO-
600 meters: hurdles. ITO. 200 and 400
meters. with respectively the same
height Of hurdles as the Anglo-Ameri-
can games.
The committee expressed the opinion
that within five years there will be
only one single list OF records, as 1t
believes that the metric system will by
that time have been adopted exclusive
ly for athletics throughout the world.