New Britain herald., 1916-10-17
MEREDITH BEATEN
BY SPEEDY SWEDES
Winners Set New Mark for 1000
Metres Run


new worlds amateur 1,0OO-metres run
record was established here yesterday
when lander and Bolin, the Swedish
athletes, broke the Worsted together
while defeating Ted Meredith, the
American middle distance champion.
The Swedes were clocked in the time
of Psi 2-1O, which broke the former
mark Of 1882 rs, made by Mickler,
Of Germany, on June %, 1913, and
accepted by the International Fedora
ton Union. lander holds the Swedish
mark of 2:34.
Meredith followed far in the rear,
his time for the distance being
2:3S 10. The distance is equivalent
to 1893 yards and % inches. The
worlds outdoor record for 1000 yards
Of 2:12 2-5 is held by Melvin W.
Sheppard. Meredith is strictly a
middle distance runner being at his
best from 400 to $50 yards
Although another defeat was the
portion of the Americans in tho shot
put, they proved themselves ir.-lci-
Jansson won the weight event with a
loss of 43 feet 3 Il inches Fred Muir
ray, the Californian, being second.
Bob Simpson, the University of Mis-
souri, athlete again displayed his clev-
erness over the hurdles when he
captured the 110-metres high hurdle
event in IA As seconds, which
equalled his worlds mark created il,
WinniDcr ST month MJrrav wa-
again second
Murray and Simpson, the American
entries in the 20O-metres run. easily
romped away from their opponents,
finishing as named in p Is seconds.
Andy f. Ward, 10 LOOMS, Murray
and Simpson made up the Americna
team in the 4O0-metres relay race.
and they won handily from the best
of the Swedish sprinters in the fast
time Of 43 2-5 seconds,
The summaries follow:
1,000-metre run G,O93 yards %
nches)-Zander and Bolin, Sweden.
tied; Ted Meredith, America, third.
Time, 2:31 2-1O.
11o-metrc hurdles (2o yar1s
10 10 inchcs)-Bob Simpson, Amer
lea, first; Fred Murray, America. sec
ond. Time, OLA $40.
200-metre run CTS yards &c inch
es)-Fred Murray, first; Bob Simp-
son, second. Time, O:22 2-1O.
Shot put--Jansson, Sweden, first,
distance 1920 centimetres CAS- feet
3 II inches); Fred Murray. America.
| second, 1,246 centimetres
400-metre relay (437 yards Is inch
| es)-American team first, Scandina-
Wan team second. Time, O:43 $40.
Stockholm. Oct. 16, via London
oct. II, 6:19 a. m.-Ted Meredith,
the former American quarter mile
champion, went down to defeat again
today, the third day of the internal
tional track and field contests held
1 here. Meredith was defeated in the
! 500 metre run by the Swedish star,
! Bolin. The Americans, however, were
! not without consolation as for the
second time the American team wor
the 400 metre relay race while
LOOMS was victor in the 60 metre
! dash, and Sim pson carried off the
! honors in the 22O metre hurdle Fred
Murray Of California being second
The summaries:
500 metres run (S74 yards g.
inches) Bolin, first. / :58 10; Mere
dith, second.
60 metres dash Cos yards 10 inches
LOOMS first, $40; Rustad, Sweden
second; Simpson, third
400 metres relay (437 yards +
inches) American team MURRAY
! Ward, LOOMS and Simpson, first
43 $40 seconds; Scandinavian team
second.
220 metres hurdle GAO yards FL
inches) Simpson, first, rs 40 sec.
| Murray, second.
At the close of the contests tn
prizes were distributed by Ira Nelso
Morris, United States minister t
Sweden, who also donated one Of tn
prizes.