The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17
WORLDS RECORD
FOR MILE BROKEN
BY MIGHTY TABER
Pushes Jones and George Out
Of Honor Place. Finishing in
A. Minutes IL 3-5 Seconds.
NTANIX SKATERS MARK
FOR LONG HURDLE RACE

c,vRRIpGE, Mass. July 16.-Norman
6 Taber Of the Boston Athletic Associa-
,o,. a former Brown University and
oxford runner. established a new worlds
recorl for the one mile run on the Har-
,.ra Stadium track this afternoon. on
a rerfect day and with the finest OF
footing possible Taber. we'll paced by
his fellow club members, ran his mile in
minutes II 3-5 seconds. his time being
,bree-twentieths of a second faster than
The old record OF 1 minutes l2A seconds.
which was established by w. @. George
Of England back in 1856, twenty-nine
years ago.
tina, Taber's time will be accepted as
q new worlds record there Ia no doubt.
The watches were held by Alfred J. Lii.
president OF the A. A. L.; Pooch Dono-
van. the Harvard trainer Johnny Mack,
the Yale trainer Keane Fitzpatrick. the
Princeton trainer, and II. Won Schuck-
mann Of the Boston A. A.. Edward T..
Babb Of the Boston A. A, former presi-
den, Of the A. A. L.. was the referee.
After Taber had run his wonderful
mile William II. Meanix. the Harvard
and h. A. A. hurdler. went after the
record In the 40 yards low hurdles.
His time of "a 3-5 seconds beat the
former worlds mark by two and a NTH
seconds. the former record old being
the late q. II. l.. Anderson of England.
who made the record in 1910.
The officials declared the track he
fastest they ever had seen. n after
measurements had been verified the mile
runners were sent away. With Taber
we're three other Il. A.. A. runners. ]. w.
Ryan. with a 10 yard handicap; ID. J.
Mahoney, with 100 yards, and J. NJ.
Burke, with $50 yards. Ryan set the
pace for the first quarter, Mahoney for
the next half mile and Burke for the
final 40.
Taber ran at his best, showing more
strength than when he was "A collegian
and making the greatest squirt Of his
career. His first quarter was turned
In IS con and the next in l minute
: seconds. making . minutes 5 seconds
for the half. The third quarter was
covered in | minute 8 seconds, bringing
the time for the three-quarters to 3
minutes IS seconds, and then in the final
40 yards Taber romped through in
SO S-j seconds. Several unofficial
watches caught him at 3 minutes So
seconds Cor the 1900 meters.
Nearly 1000 enthusiasts went to the
sAdtluil W see tlt tNtl4l anu khtN NtAS
well rewarded. Three of the five
watches to-day caught Taber in 4 min
utes IL 2-5 seconds for the mile and a
fourth in the time given out. A fifth
watch timed him in 4 minutes "a 2-5
seconds. but this watch later was found
10 be "A full second out of the way. Ia
ber's squirt down the final stretch was a
wonder. Seconds before he finished IL
was apparent that he was going to set
aside the American amateur record Of 4
minutes IA 2-5 seconds made on the
same tract two years q by John Paul
jones' of Cornell. And he did so by
! A. seconds
After the race II was thought that
Taber woul go out for the half mile
record, but he did not. Meanix was ex-
pected 10 break the low hurdles mark
as he ran as fast as to-day in a tria'
several evenings go. His time to-day
was three and one-ffth seconds faster
than his own A. a, L. championship
record II 81 i-5 seconds. which he made
last year.
There was a 100 yards special event
on the card to-day also, the winner be-
ing J. l.. Foley of Harvard and the Il.
A A, whose time was 10 l-5 seconds.