Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-30

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
given by any American distance run
ner. But at that. Fall has to give way
In the club division to Joie Ray. who
beat him at the American champion
ships in minutes Is seconds / have
given these two men the palm also in
the longer races. even though Pore.
won the American championship at
five miles. Ray is undoubtedly the
Barron Did Well in Hurdles.
Only one man came forward to
threaten the supremacy oNS!mpson in
the high hurdles. This was Barron,
Of the Mcadowbrook Club. This young
athlete made surprising progress last
summer In his favoritc event. have
given Simpson undoub;cd superiority
among the college men. but paired him
with Barron among the club athletes.
At st. Louis, against breeze. Barron
did 10 seconds over the high sticks,
and hea, out Ames even further than
Simpson did any time during the sea-
son. In the low hurdles, Simpson is in
class by himself and outranks LOOMS.
OF Chicago. the American champion.
Simpson also must be given tho lead
In the broad jump. This great Western
athlete has followed almost directly
in the footsteps OF the only athlete
that could rank with him: namely.
! kracnzle!n Both men could sprint
hurdle. broad and high jump with the
very best men of their day. Just as
kraenzicin was recognized as the
greatest track athlete OF his time. SO
simpson must be given credit FOR being
. the greatest track marvel OF the last
decade
Inrscn Is Grcnt High Jumper.
Clinton Larsen, who halls curiously-
. enough from the same small college
that produced Richards: namely, Brig
ham iounG University, holds undoubt-
ed supremacy among the high jumpers.
His record OF feet 5 3-S inches at the
University OF Pennsylvania relay car
! nval was the best performance OF the
year. though in an exhibition. Larsen
cleared nearly feet s inches. Larsen
is real jumper, and there are scores
of athletic critics who would like to
sec him erase from the books the pres
cnt worlds figures. made in the some
what doubtful California style. Rice.
OF Kansas University. jumped finely all
year, reaching feet 3 inches on one
occasion.
Sinclair, OF Princeton. Is given shot
cago. was a close second. Pat Nc
Donald. OF the American A. c..
put the weight AZ feet Z inches, and
should pair up with Arlic Mucks, the
winner OF the national championship.
Bennett, OF Illinois. won first position
in the hammer throw by his victory at
the University OF Pennsylvania relay
carnival. and his win at the Western
Conference meet. He threw the weight
r-ht Nh
Torrance. Pat Ryan. OF the Irish-Amer-
leans. again proved the best OF the club
men.
Newsletter, Of Pennsylvania, by do
feating Graham, of Chicago, at tho
Pennsylvania relay carnival, vaulting
Il feet inches. won the right to be
called the best college vaulter OF the
year. Knourek, of the Illinois A. c..
by winning the American championship
at Il feet inches, bust be regarded as
the best vaultcr in the country.
Smart, of the Northwestern, won the
i40-yard low hurdles both at the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania relay carnival
and at the American championships.
He is the undoubted champion of the
year. and one OF the fastest men at this
distance that the country has ever pro-
duced. Smart did remarkable work for
Northwestern all season, as he proved
4 regular iron man. being good for
points in at least four or five events
in all the dual meets.
Regarding the Discus Men.
Hustled OF Illinois, and A1ucks OF
Chicago A. A. lead the college and
club men for the discus. Higgins, Of
Chicago University. proved himself the
best javclin thrower that America has
produced to date. He made new con-
ference record of 1914 feet II inches at
the Western mpionships, and as lie
is new at the game. he will probably
make new worlds figures later on. un-
less lie goes in for bomb throwing at
the front. as so many scores OF the
track men have done. Nourse OF
Princeton. kept up his good work in
this event
Though the college men have only
had the hop stcp-and-jump as an in
tercollegiatc event for two seasons,
Overbec. OF Illinois made the best per-
Torrance Of the year when at the Penn
sylvania relay carnival he cleared As
feet AZ >jnches. This entities him to
rank ahead Of the American champion,
a. Y. Hearn. who won the champion
ship at 81 feet inches.
The college men showed also surpris-
Ing form in the 56-pound weight an
other event new to college competition.
White, OF Syracuse, and Blanchard. Of
lay carnival at 81 feet ) inches. which
compares favorably with tho perform
ancc Of Fat Ryan. of SO feet 3 inches at
tho American championship.
All kinds OF relay championships
have been held during the year. Tho
Meadowbrook Club won the one-mile
\. y. U. championship. In the college
division, Pennsylvania won the one
and the twO-milc relay championships,
while Chicago won tho four-milc
championship. II might be presumed
that tho victory. Of tho Pennsylvania