Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-09
Norman ! aber Smashed
Mile Mark in Exhibition
Worlds Record Holder Makes 412 35 Special Race-Ioe
Ray John Paul Jones, Able Kyiat ightbody and Others
Uphold America in Dstances-Myers of DepauW Coming
Star in Long Runs--Conneff, Orion and George Star

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Although Norman Taber is credited
with the record for the one mile run,
Alp S-5, he is hardly the choice for
the best runner for that distance that
ever represented America. His
work has not been as consistent as
many of the other stars, and his time
was made in a paced race with con.
ditions prime for a record-breaking
event.
During his school days at Brown,
when he was In training continually,
he was often bettered by John Paul
Jones, who smashed the mile record
in race on two occasions. In yes.
terday's article the writer told OF
many of the half-milers who had made
regulations ION the cinder path, and
startling figures at the mile mark.
Davenport, Sheppard, Meredith, Camp
bell and Caldwell showed better style
in the shorter distances.
Present Stars Excel.
As In the other running events
there wete many stars in the old days,
but the rr-2cr; CT so years ago did
not class With our present stars in the
mile run. From 1876 to 1886 no miller
had made a mark under 4:30 in an
A. A. u. meet George was the first
to set the mark under 4:30 and in
1883 he ran the 1850 yards in All 2-5,
which is fast time for the mile in most
meets today. Previous to that time
there had been milers such as Lambe.
Morgar. Pnl'at, MADEIRA and Freder-
ticks, hut with the exception of the
latter, who won the event four Years
straight. none of these runners showed
speed such as we are used to seeing
today.
Carter. Connect and George came
later and for six years these stars held
sway. George came from England and
his races with the other stars were
the features OF that date, Carter, Con-
neff and George were British and
they showed the runners Of America
the way Critics state that Connects
stride was short as he was not a tall
man, but was q wonder at covering
the ground He proved that on Staten
Island in 1896, when he ran the mile
III AIS S-5, which stood as the Ameri.
can record for 16 years, when John
Paul Jones Of Cornell lowered the
mark by one-fifth Of second.
Orion Wins Six Times.
It Is not often that q miller wins
that event in an A. A. u. meet more
than three or four times, but George
orion was one star who has this as
4 record. Beginning In 1892 he won
the mile event at the A. A. y. for five
straight years, and won again In 1910.
During this period, Alex Grant who
was also a wonder at the two-mile,
captured the mile event three years
IN succession.
Only one American has ever won
the 1900 meters twice In an Olympic
games race. and this man, Lghtbody
Of Chicago. was a real star OF that
day. He was the king pin of milers
from 1908 to 1905 and won both At the
ST Louis Olympic and at Athens
During that period there were q NUM-
her Of good runners such as Rodgers,
Coe. MunsOn and others.
High School Star.
Sullivan was one Of the stars IN
1907. although Wilton Paul of Penn
sylvania had been making great rec.
ords in college athletics. Trube Of
Cornell, although a two-miler, was a
Star in the mile, and The same may be
said for Joe Ballard of Providence,
This bow came west with the eastern
athletes at Seattle, and was not iig-
ured as a winner. The writer, WITH
others, was banking on q Westerner
70 take the junior mile. Ballard sur.
prised as all. and surprised many OF