El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

-HERE appears TO be no limit 10
the creating of new athletic re-
- cords every year. From time 10
time some Of the critics state that the
limit has been reached in this or that
performance, but il seems thai someone
IS always turning up TO smash the
records created previously.
1t has been a by-Word FOR years that
the mile professional record made By
W. g. George Of England in 1855 would
never be beaten, but Norman Taber. the
former Brown university athlete. and
later Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Eng
land, smashed all records into smith
Greens, when he covered the mile at
the games in Cambridge. Mass July
10 OF this year. in 4 minutes Il SIS
seconds John Paul Jones OF Cornell
university had previously made the
distance in 4 minutes IA 2-5 seconds,
which up TO that time was the amateur
record.
Another notable performances for the
mile was by Abel r. Kiviat OF New
York, who made il in minutes is 10
seconds. and still another by J. d.
Mackenzie, a high school student. who
covered il in 4 minutes 20 As seconds.
This was in 1911 Chances are that
IaDers record viii stand almost as
long as that Of W. g. George John ".
Ray of Chicago made a remarkable run
for the mile early last summer when
ne covered the distance in minutes
Is 2-5 seconds.
J. G. Loomis Of Chicago ran the 100
yards in 2 4-5 seconds ArIfe AIucks
Of the Wisconsin university made
great throw with the discus of 1S9
feet - inches. while Rupert Ed
monds of Seattle was credited with
throwing the discus 40 feet 10 L.
inches. Ted Meredith ran the $50 yards
in 1-21 So George GOulding, the Can
adam walker broke the twO-mile
record at the New York games. making
II in 13 minutes IS 2-5 seconds J. J.
Eller OF New. York created new records
in the hurdles, while sam Bellah OF
Portland, Ore, set a new mark for the
pole vault
The Years Records.
The best performances Of the year
Newark. \. J., Nov. Is. 1sI4-James
E. Meredith ran 500 yards in 1 minute.
Buffalo, n Y. Dec IS, 1S14-Ted
Meredith Of the University of Pennsyl-
Vania defeated Homer Baker in a 660-
yard race in 1:21 60. His time beat
the worlds record for the event, but
was not allowed, as there were only
two timers
New York City. Jan. il. 1915.-James
T. Meredith ran 600 yards in 1918 35.
New York City Jan 23.-JOhn J.
Eller OF the l. A c, won the 12O-yard
hurdles in Il seconds fiat
Brooklyn. y Y, Jan 5V-George
Goulding. Canadian champion walker.
broke his own record when he won the
tWO-mile walk tindOors) in 1885 2-s-
III Tic INN-N dTu low MuluAEE a new ret
ord was made by J. J. Eller, who won
in II As seconds.
Boston. Mass. Feb "a new
worlds indoor record for relay race
Of 1850 yards was made by a Boston
Athletic association quartet Burns,
Rose, Caldwell and Halpin) in 3:02 As.
Cambridge. Mass, Feb. 11.-George
A. Davis broke all test strength records
at Harvard college. scoring /. f37-points.
Montreal. Quebec, Feb. IA new
worlds record for one mile on snow
shoes was made by Eddie Clouette of
the Richmond Amateur Athletic As
ISOLATION Snow Shoe club. Clouette
covered the distance in minutes and
IS seconds.
Philadelphia, Pa. March Isl. P
Eller of the l. A. A c. equaled the
worlds record in the 5O-yard high
hurdles, of 0;06 10
Fresno. Cal. April 3.-H. l. Lamport
OF Los Angeles lowered the American
inter-schOlastic record in the 2OO-yard
low hurdles Time. "a % seconds.
Brooklyn y. Y. April SIN special
handicap event. j. J. Eller cleared the
le0 yards over hurdles. in Is seconds.
Portland. Ore. April l0.-Samuel
Bellah of the Multinomah \ c. estab-
hshed a new indoor record for pole
vaulting Of u feet SIS inches
Pueblo Colo. April 16.-Herbert
Allen Of Centennial ran the 5O-yard
dash IN : second flat
New York. Celtic Park, Nay q
Hannes kolehmainen ran Is miles in
LESBOS As.
Seattle. Wash, Nay 24.-Rupert o.
Edmunds of the University of Wash