Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13
Three Records in Field Con-.
tests Broken in Champion
ship Games in Baltimore.
LOOMS IN FIRST PLACE ,
&,
IN THREE COMPETITIONS
Wins 220-Yard Hurdles, High Jump
and 1O0-Yard Dash-Irish-Amer.
lean Club Gets Most Points.
BY H, c. BYRD.

BALllMOkE, Nd, Septenl-.
Der I2.-While d track made slow
by the rain Of last night pre-
vented exceptionally fast time be
ing made in the various running
events in the thirty-eighth annual
track and field championships OF
the National Amateur Athletic
Union, there were three records
broken in the field competitions
and other features that stood out
as truly brilliant performances,
The marks for the javelin, discus
and hammer throw were bettered,
LOOMS OF the Chicago A. A. took
first place in three contests and
the mile run and 44o-yard dash
were productive of splendid ex-..
hibitions of exceptional prowess
on the part Of two of the entrants
in each case.
Bronder of the Brooklyn Polytechnic
! Preparatory School, who won the javs-
, lin throw in the junior events yester-
day with new record, also took first
place in the senior event today, Great
ing still another mark. He put the
slender rod 166 feet So inches, smash
ing the previous record of 1862 feet,
.ioid by Snedigar and made In 1911. An
otner New mark was set by Ryan Of
he Irish american Athletic Ciub, when
he raised his own distance Tor the
hammer-throw from III feet IA inches
10 lso 81. inches. Mule of the irish.
american Ciuo broke the marx tor the
discuss with a throw OF ID. Ieet Il inch.
LOOMS OF the chicago Athletic Asso-
elatioA was returned winner on three
OCCASIONS, and IN one instance e.ualeet
Inc record. He began by wlnni.s the 4,
i0V-ya.d uash II ON last field by 4,
.hlrlWlnd nnlsh, IN 10 l-o seconds; he :
lhen LOOK part IN the high jump ana
won that with lean of teet u
inches. and capped his days perform
ance by taking the 22o-yard hurdles il
a 40 seconds, equalIng the cnam-
sJIOnship mark.
Two Well Run Races.
Two of the most brilliantly run races d
that have ever Ten seen IN any enarfs-.'
pionship meet in recent years were the
udSH anu Oi1e-IlI6 run Inc
feature of the aforementioned was the,
perfect Judgment of pace used by Ted
Meredith and his great squirt I'D the last
Stta1ghtaway, Nhlle Oh t4e % s.
on A. A. and Abel kiviat of the ;sjsh--
American A. Z. gave one o. lie re- F
iiarhaple exhibitions in the mile that
nave ever been watched an any cham
pionShip contests.
! In the quaIter-mile race Meredith start
ed from poor pos ton on the outside. t.
I n no f-aa I1 st
A., from a better place, jumped into the
lead right at the start, whIie Winnie VI
the New York Athletic Club WIS ruY-
ming second. Meredith started his s rinf
. on the outside. and. rcnniny ten fee..
away from the pole, wen a position close.
! to W-lkIe as the bunch turned in tn. !,
Jack slraiSntaway. All three men pG.
forth great efforts, though it was appar-
ent that Meredith was running s ishtly
. within himself. Hapin led, with Wiikle r
! second, until the maj stretch II was
there that the final sprint was begun.
Inch by inch Mered tn was creeping up
on his opponents, but none tholght h'.
would have suficient time TO ger the
coveted honor. But in a last desperate
! burst of speed within ten yaras OF tht
tape he hurled himself across the line
winner by less than foot.
Power ana kIv,at gave much tire.
same kind of an exhibition in lhe mile
they ran well together, first one am
/, then the other taking the lead unit!
short of a sprint during the entir,-
lap. At the beginning of the fna'+"
lap Power was ahead by three yards.
but was compelled to shove ont tor al
ne was worth in order TO hold the adj
vantage. In the back stretch of tina
last quarter Kiviat pulled up along"
side, but could not gather himself suf-
ficiently well in hand 10 pass the flying
Boston man. Around the last curve
it appeared that Power was running
even stronger than kiviat. but in the
stretch that great finish for which
the New York youngster is renowned
carried him to a scant six-incn vic
tory.
Track Is Very Heavy.
Unfortunately the track was very
heavy and in neither Of these races
was the time anything extraordinary.
had conditions been favorable, though,
Meredith would have come near equal.
ing the 440 mark. and kiviat might
have broken the mark for the mile.
The shAmerican Athletic Club Of
New York won the meet scoring more
points than any other two clubs. It's
representatives got total of 81, while
the nearest competitors were the New
York Athletic Club. with 81 points, and
the Chicago Athletic Association, with
25
For the first time in the history OF
the game there was a 440-yard hurdle
race carded. The event was won by
Meanix Of the Boston A. A. in .ne !.
easiest kind of fashion. He eased up
in the last hundred yards and barely
ran fast enough to prevent Schaaf OF
the Irish-American Athletic Club pass
Ing him.
Much interest was shown when
Homer BaAer of the New York Ath-t
Ietic Club toed the mark In the $50
yard run His record abroad presaeea
his victory, which was not very diff
ficuIt one for him. Melvin Sheppard'
who holds the record for the event
took part in the race, but dropped out
just after the end of the first lap.
Meyer Beaten by Loomis.
Alva Meyer Of the Trish-American
Athletic Club was expected to take the