New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Many Records Smashed
On Track and Field

, nittee Of the governing body. This
was the 1.200-yard outdoor mark OF Z
minutes 64-5 seconds established IN
September at Travers Island by F. =
NcNallv. ID. A. Kuhn, Y. Wilkie and l.
Lennon. of the New York Athletic Club
Long distance runners did not live M
TO expectations and failed 10 contribute
TO the new list of standards. Even
Hannes Kolehmainen, the peerless
Finn. seemed TO be satisfied with win
ming important races without extending
himself and resting on his eXtraordl-
nary performances of 1913. He proved
however. that he had no dangerous
rival particularly in the national
'cross-country championship, which he
won by a safe margin.
Among the years greatest perform
ances was the running high jump OF
6 feet Z Sic inches, made by +. Beeson
of the Olympic Club. on May at
Berkeley. Cal. The absolute anthem
ticity Of this marvellous leap, making
o worlds record, indicates how unJustl-
fed were the skeptical comments made
BY many when George HORNE was
credited with feet 61s inches in 1917
The hurdlers covered themselves
with glory during the twelvemonth Just
elapsed. and furnished long string OF
new marks. f. W. Kelly ran go yards
over feet inch timber in 8 seconds
rs yards over the same fences IN 40
seconds and 100 yards in 10 seconds,
lettering the times for the shorter and
longer stretches and equalling that Tor
the middle one.
J. f. Case. of the Olympic Club,
duplicated the best time of 3 seconds
r. N = l. 81.
Ross. OF the New York Athletic Club,
covered 100 yards over 2 feet inch
hurdles in the new time of II seconds.
John J. Eller. of the lrish-American
Athletic Club, lowered the 75-yard low
hurdle mark to 9 seconds, twice repeat
ing, first in New York in February
then in Brooklyn in April, and he also
equalled the 120-yard figures of II %
seconds for a l20-yard flight over the
low hurdles.
Material improvement was noticeable
in javelin throwing, and II. b. Liver
sedge, a California schoolboy, gave
promise of providing this country will
an international champion. At the
interscholastic meet. on the coast, he
hurled the lance-like shaft 1874 feet 9l3
inches, adding several yards to the
former record.
Three of the weight tossers scored
with the heavy missiles. Pat Melon
aid, of the Irish-American Athletic As
ISOLATION, cast the 1S-pound shot Al
feet pa inches from the seven-foo
circle, adding nine inches to the bes
previous put. His team mate, Pa
Ryan. threw the 28-pound weight, witt
( follow, TO SO feet Siz inches, setting ;
new mark. p Donovan, of the Pastm'
/ Athletic Club, lifted the 56-pount
/ sphere. for height, to 16 feet IL inches
eclipsing all former efforts.
Before concluding, mention must b'
made of several performances claimed
as records, but refused recognition
[ which. have the stamp of merit. Koleh
mainen, for instance, was credited will
running II miles 751 yards, at Buffalo
in one hour, the greatest distance eve
covered in this time, and later will
going 5000 metres in Il minutes 81 A.
seconds, or Just eight seconds fasteI
than Bonhag's existing mark. Edwar
REM, Of the Mohawk Athletic Club
was set down for walking records al
the way from ~ TO 20 miles, last No
vember, when he heel-and-toed the full
distance in 3 hours 81 minutes II sec
onds. 1t is probable that the latter
figures will come up for consideration
and find their way into the official bool
He is the most promising walker de
veloped in recent years.