Evening star., 1914-12-27

Kiviat of New York, also James E.
Meredith of Philadelphia, have proved
themselves wonderful runners from 800
to 1000 yards. Alvah T. Myers is an
other great runner, doing 800 yards
in 321-5 seconds. Hannes Kohle-
mainen, the great Finn, ran some re-
markable races and covered IL miles
ISL yards for the hour. Pat Ryan of
New York set new hammer throw
of 225 feet II inches for the 12-pound
missile, and also for the 56-pound
weight. Homer Baker of New York
ran $50 yards in 1.20 As, a new rec
ord. Joe Loomis of Chicago ran the
120-yard dash in II As seconds, while
Harry Goelitz, also of Chicago, did the
100-yard high hurdles in 13 seconds.
sprinter, turned professional and de-
feated Jack Donaldson of South Africa
for the worlds title, winning the 100-
yard dash in 94-5 seconds. The best
performances the past year follow:
New York city. January 1e.-George
Tambrfas established a worlds record
in weight lifting, lifting a dumbbell
weighing 104 pounds from the floor
up above his head % times.
Pat, Paterson, n. J. January I.EJack
record of .O7 2-5 in the 6O-yard low
hurdles
Pittsburgh. Pa, February lin the
Coward dash Robert A. Carroll ran the
put Arthur E. Frosch cleared IS feet
11A inches.
Chicago. ILL.,, February 6.-New Cen
tral A A. records ior the half-mile run
and the 40-yard high hurdles were
George Burgess in .04 AS. respectively.
Baltimore, Md, February 1.-THE
worlds record for wall scaling was
broken by the team of Company K,
Fifth Regiment, Maryland National
ed the finish line in 40 seconds.
New York city. February IA
worlds indoor record for the 2s-pound
shotput-36 feet 81 inches-was made
by Patrick Ryan: and the worlds indoor
seconds-.equaled by John J. Eller. A
1.000-yard run by Thomas ]. Halpin of
Boston in els.
San Francisco. Cal, February 90
mark for the 56-pound weight for
height. Of Is feet 11% inches.
Hartford, Conn, February 21.-Sam
Schwartz of the I. A. A. c. made a
walk against two relay walkers. He
won in Is minutes % 2-5 seconds.
New York city. February 23.-A new
indoor record for the 120-yard low hur-
dies was set by John Eller in II 30
seconds.
Boston. Mass. February 27.-A new
worlds record for a four-man relay in
the 1,560-yard run was made by the
Harvard team. Time, 3.0S.
Buffalo. N. Y, February 2S.-Hannes
lean one-hour running record, covering
II miles ISL yards.
Brunswick. Me-. February GA new
record for the 40-yard
u. do
Brunswick covered the distance in
O.04 2-5.
New York city. March AT the A.
A U. meet four new records were hung
up. Alvan T. Meyers. in the 300-yard
run, established record of 0.32 LIS.
New figures were made in the two-mile
walk, won by Richard F. Remer in
14,21 4-5; the two-mile run won by
Harry J. Smith in 9.18, and the 1000
yard run, won by Abel r. Kiviat in
2.152 2-5.
University of California, San Fran
cisco, March 2S.-Howard Drew equal
ed the record of 9 3-5 seconds in win
ming the 100yard dash.
Gould Kirkpatrick broke the Harvard
test record, running up a rec
ord OF 1,349 points in the totals, against
l.296 points held by Hardwick.
Los Angeles, Cal, April Howard
Drew equaled the worlds record for
50 yards. Time, 0.05 20.
Buffalo. N. Y, April 17.-At' the in
door games of the 74th Armory. Alva
T. Meyers of the 1. A. A. c. set new
record Qndoor) for the 100
yard dash of As seconds. j. E. Mere
lith of Philadelphia broke the 660-yard
run. Time, LIZ Is. George H. Could !
ne of Toronto lowered the two-mile
walking worlds best in the three-mile
walk special, his time for the first mile
being 6.49 1-5; second, 1909 (the new |
worlds record), and the third in
.1.03 As.
Des Moines, Iowa. April 1s.-The Uni |
7ersity of Illinois relay quartet tied the |
worlds two-mile intercollegiate record |
when 1t went the distance in SEQ fat. |
Chicago set new record in the half |
nile university relay, running the dis |
ance in 1.31.
New York city, April e1.-Edward |
national champion. broke |
he 35-Ioot rope climb, the new time |
,eing IA 2-5 seconds.
Philadelphia. Pa, April 25.-Oxford
he four-mile international college re-
ay championship in 1905.
Brooklyn. N. Y, April 27.-Howard +:
Drew established new indoor record
4 l-6 seconds for the 90-yard dash:
Berkeley. Cal. May 2.-The Pacinc
oast conference meet was won by Cal
fornfa University with forty-three
oints. Edward Beeson broke the
worlds record in the high jump, clear
ng the bar at feet rs inches. Fred
Kelly equaled the worlds record OF Id
econds fiat for the J2O-hard hurdles.
Exeter. N. H, May 2.-W. Wilcox. 5r:. l
4 Norfolk, Va. won a 440-yard dash
vith one turn In 48 As seconds.
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