New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Year May Upset Many
Track and Field Marks

Before the newly horn 1916 runs Us
course into the dim and hazy past many
rack and field records may be es'ao-
.ished. fcs the year IS rich in promise.
-'ornan $. Tsber. however. set marx
COR IN, classic milo which may endure
S=:Il new race or men Is bred when
ne covered t'e distance IN minutes
1875 seconds. But the other records
rest or no such secure base. Another
year may zoe new names written across
the pages OF athletic history. and new
marks for he half-m.le. the quarter
mile. the hurdles. She jsvehn and other
events
Tcd Meredith the flyer OF the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania has run close
a the record of 81 - seconds for 44o
wards. established by Maxey Long away
back i'm 1900. Meredith has turned
some wonderful performances in the
last year. aid She end is not yet IN
sight. lie looks forward 20 a wonder
ful year iu 1916 Another young man
who is burning lie cinder paths IN his
rush 20 athletic fame is Frank Sloman.
Of California S,oman is a consistent
performer I'D 40 seconds and viii surely
improve.
lie Roy Campbell. who wears the
maroon &C" OF the University of Chi
cago. is tho runner who is regarded as
being most likely 10 shatter the mark
for the half-m;le run. He won the
national championship al the Panama
Pacific Exposition in bang-up style. and
critics believe that Ted Meredith's
world record OF l:J2 p, made at Stock
holm in 1912 go he Olympic games. is
within his possibilities Homer Baker,
OF the New York Athletic Club. is
consistent performer when right. and
ne may rise 20 mis- greatest heights
;his coming season.
Fred Kcli~. the timber-stoppinC marvel
% California. may set new standards in
S-tA the high and low hurdles. He met
with an accident playing football last
fall, but has recovered. and will be IN
condition 20 return 20 the track. There
have been few men IN the history Of the
sport who compare with this speedy
voungster from the land Of the setting
sun. Kelly. who holds the worlds rec
ord for the l20-yard high hurdles, won
both high and low hurdle races IN the
national championships, and he -ays
that he is not yet at his best.
There is no great chance for shatter-
ing the records in the spirits. Howard
Drew. of the University Of Southern
California, has announced that he will
return TO the cinder path this year. At
his best. Drew is the equal of the best
He shares the record of 9 80 seconds
TO- the century with Dan Kelly, and
may. of course. run still faster. Joe
LOOMS. the lanky lad from the Chicago
A. A., won the national championships
in San Francisco at 100 yards IN 40
seconds. He IS o conner beyond all
question.
Roy Morse. the sable-skinned runner
of the salem Crescent Club. the ma
tional champion over the furlong, will
bear watching. lie flashed down the
course at the Panama Pacific EXPOSE
ton in 2l 10 seconds, which is close 10
the record, but because of the strong
f0voring wind the officials would not
4 allow his performance 10 be written IN
the books In may be that he will dd-
plcate or even surpsss this wonder
ful performance this year.
Hannes Kolehmainen, taking the
downward path, has passed no rival
moving up 10 take his place at the top.
The records OF the little Finn may last
for some time 10 come. or It may be
that Hannec will take a new lease on
life, and add a few more laurels to
his already great collection. Hannes
has yet TO acquire the record at four
miles indoors and the 6,O00metre
marks indoor and out The first two
records are now credited TO George
Bonhag. the once peerless runner Of
the Irish-Ameriean Athletic Club, while
Louis Scott. of the South Paterson A.
C.. holds the outdoor mark at 5000
metres.
The opponents of the art Of weight