Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-24
MUCH TRACK ACTIVITY
BOB SIMPSON FEATURES
WITH HURQLlNG RECORDS
Vest Gnius Man! Titles-Amer.rnn
Athletics ScOrr Abrond--Mcredith
Improves His Marks,

Jew records were broken. either in
indoor Jr outdoor competitions. in
track and field athletics. durng 1916,
]ut :; IS doubtful if any scar has seen
so many thrilling competitions. the
presence Of SO many stars of mai iouaI
mr. tHh'r O.: so great ,nt lus.;sin in
70 ST"r' as was manifested. Among
ht man. brilliant fcatS az, omp! i.ieu
The remarkable hurdl.ng Of Robert
ihpsnn. tie farmer boy OF tn, Uni
ihr summer ran the l2o-yard high
hurdles i'll the worlds record time OF
- 80 seconds
~ james l.. Ted" Meredith. of the
. onMs,si,y OF Penn iyiyania. in tho
1" TN. y Imi as,a and nI al -miis runs
IN the ma tion;,l Championships contest
"a a NecIuahic Park, Newark, in Sep
nor events were won by athletes from
beyond the Alicshanics. Also the sue
:ess OF ne UNIVERSITY Of Ca. itornia ana
htcrc"!egiates. each scoring twenty
.wo points
the continued success of Jack Moak-
.SF system at Cornell, which resulted
-, ~ MS men Winnin- Tor the third time
the Intercollegiate track and fieIo
Championships Ut Camb .dse in May
and N again triumrhing in the in, err
'ciiceid'c croSS-coUntry champ .onshjb
at New Haven.
Tire overwhelming triumph Of III.
composed OF Bob Simpson, Fred Muir.
ray. j." Loomis. Andy Ward and Ted
Ginavian countries.
son. the -fnot-two Misson..iam i'''" en-
I'LL I'LL MN t. the premier position in
ginning with tho Unive sitv ( Penn
Sy ,,i relay games. VIII eli started the
Outdoor o season late in april, simpson
other II seemed that he ncvnr drew
on hi$ spiked shoes unless he euuaieG
or b"ttered the world record Of -
Tcccnds. which stood to the ..redf, OF
red tsilX of California; In the Penn
r 'sa, simpson cleared the high oh.
n . seconds. and stamped himself ono
OF tne greatest hurdlar; of the day.
mn n,ee Ma" xit H. a. ,n c"'nmhie No; in dual
simpson again sen, the athletic worln
mic wiiri by lowering the worlds
record 70 U:l4 Ia, and Hcel: later re
pentcd the feat. when lie carried the
University Of Missouri c,lors 10 VIC
tory- in dual meet with Un,versitv
or Kansas al Columbia
sun he did not receive the credit duo
MN. hut he compelled recognition
y, wn"n; o. MAY .. IN the Missouri Val
tered his own host figures bv a nm nr
u second and brought the worlds record
ior inc h!Sh hurdles down to 0:i43-5
Nma ,ncn, to demonstrate that this
n"htrd II on June 3. when he won tho
Western intercollegiate charlottesville
,!tie AT Evanston. On top OF this he
Newark In OIL -. beating. among
others. Fred Kelly. worlds channion
aud record holder. ana Earl Thomp-
son. of Los Angeles. vito ran the high
hurdles in ola - at stanford Uni.
NcrSity Stmoson also was credited
with worlds record for "2O-yard low
hurdles when ne won the Missouri Con
ference. title on Ma! %, the same dav
on which he FIRST TONED tho high
timhers In 0:143-,
Several HmrdIcrs OF Note.
throughout tho season numerous
great hurdle performances were noted
all over the country, and thcrc were
nj least four. men who could always
clear the high sticks in record time.
FEED Murray. the his San Francisco
college hoy. was cited in the y. a. l..
reports AS having done IL seconds in
addition 10 Simpson. Kelly and 'rhomp-
son.
Ted Mercdith's running days at col
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