Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-02
Sporting News Of the World
i LLIVAN MADE
final REPORT.
Prepared Chart Just Previous to
His Death Showing Athletic
Progress.

New York, Feb. An excellent
idea Of the progress made i'll athletic
competition during the past 20 odd
years is given in a series OF charts
prepared by James L. Sullivan just
previous to his death. The founder
OF tie Amateur Athletic Union work
ed out the advance in each track an(
field event since the organization CT
dash figures were reduced from 10
seconds fiat to 9 A. seconds by j.
Owens, ,1r.. in 1891. Fc" = years
they remained there. W %sprintars
wing the time in tai!t 3er!od. In 1895
d. J. Kelly clt another 10 CT a sec
ord off the record and last year How
ard p. Drew cuualel Kell,'s figures.
The 220-yard reccrL h"li at % sec
ends by Wendell laNes il 1888 was
cut to 81 Is seconds by e3rnic We
fers in 1896 and five runners have
tied these figures F. a." that date.
Baker also held r." ~ mile figures
OF Al "a seconds fion 't233 to 1896,
when Maxey Long cut the record to
Al seconds flat. This t;rlH has stoci
for IA years without being equaled. i
The 120-yard hurdle Was set at Is rs
seconds by S. Chase in 1895. Three
years later Alvin Kraenzlein cut a
fifth Of a second Off these figures,
which time was not surpassed until
f. ". Kelly made Is seconds fiat IN
1913. }. L. Bremen, j., did the -
Hurdles in "a s., seconds in 1898 and
Kraeuzlein reduced it a whole second
in 1898. During the past Ii years bu;
enc lurdler. }. |. Wendell, has equal.
ed % 3-5 seconds.
Distance Runs.
In the distance runs. w. G.. George
held the mile record at 4 min. q 2-5
seconds from 1882 to 1895, when Tom
my Connect did 4 min. Is 80 sec. In
1911 John Paul Jones cut the time to
4 min. II 2-5 sec. end two years later
iapped another sccSnd eff the record,
N'here it now stands. Eddie Carter
Set the five~miie figures at 25 min. %
2-1o sec. in 1887. THIS stood for 20
years. During the past seven years
the record has been lowered threa
times, the present holder being Il.
kchlemainen, who ran the distance in
"a min. 20 - sec. in 1913. Carter
and Willie Day held the ten-mile rec
ord at 20 min. as 3-5 sec. and 50 min.
Is 20 sec. in 1856 and 1889, respect
lively. Not until 1909 did George Bon
bag surpass Days time. Then Kohle>
'mainen set the present time of 81
min. 3 % ser two years ago. |
IN the field events advancement has
beer among similar lines. w. B. Page
set the high jump figures at 6 it. 4 in.
IL! 1887. Mike Sweeney raised them
to G 1T. 5 5-S in. in 1895. George Hor-
Inc did 6 IT. Z in. in 1872 and Ed. Bee
son added 5-1G Of an inch to Horine's
record last season. In the broad jump
there was a gain of I it. 4 IA in. be-
tween 1886, when Malcolm Ford did
rs 1T. 3 in. and 1900, when Myer Prin-
stein cleared "a it. I IA in. In tho
sop,step and jump Ford set the recori
at "A it. I 81 in. in 1884, and D. J.
.Ahearn holds the record today wit.
20 IT. II in, showing a gain of 6 it.
3 IA in. in q years. In the pole
va ut eight vaulters have held the
record since 1887, when Hugh Baxter
cleared the bar at If It. 5 in. Tods"
the record is 13 it. 2 ia in., held by
NJ. IS. Wright. The giants who toss
the 56 ID. weight have gained ID #,
+" l-s in. since 1884, when C.. A. ].
kueckberner's throw of Is #. 8 IA
N. was considered remarkable. The