Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-19
Dubuque Negro i
Sets New Record
in Broad Jump
BY Associated Press.

the average of which has never been
eaualled. While no world records
were broken, two American field
event figures were surpassed. In adj
dition two Amateur Athletic Union
senior championship records went by
the board and another was equalled
Members of the American Olympic
committee who will select the team
which will represent the United
states at Antwerp next month, ex-
pressed the opinion that the 1920
combination would be the best ball
anced that ever sailed from these
shores.
Sol Butler OF Dubuque. established
new American record in the broad
Jump. He leaped "a feet. s inches,
three fourths of an inch more than
the former mark, which was held by
Prinstein an dhuns up in 1900 at F'hil-
adelphia.
The Olympic trials which were
combined with the amateur athletic
union annual senior championships
attracted more than 30 coo snecta-
tors to the Harvard stadium Wea.th-
Ell and track conditions were per-
feet and more than $4,000 was rcal-
ized for the American Olympic flnd
thru admission charges.
Western athletes scored heavily in
the record breaking, both in the Am
erican and the a. a. L. classes. Sol.
Putler, the negro Splinter and broad
Jumper from Dubuque College, leap
ed "A feet, 5 inches in the broad
jump, displacing by IA of an inch
the record made by Myer Prinstein,
at Philadelphia In 1900
Butler, Y no also holds the A E.
F. broad jump championship tried
for the worlds record of "A feet. 4
S-4 inches made by>Pat oConnor irr
ENGLAND in 1901 but failed.
Milton S. Angler of the Illinois A.
G. was the other westcrner to es-
tabl'sh a new American record when
he shot the javelin 1872 feet 10 81
inches. +. X. Foss of the Chicago A.
A., who tied for first place in the
pole vault with 10 fdet / inch. new
A. A. mark. tried to better his world
record of L3 feet S-16 inches. the
bar being set at IS feet4 inches and
almost cleared it
The summaries:
90 yard dash-Won by Murchi-
Scholz, University Of Missouri; third,
c., w. Paddock, Los Angeles A. c.;
fourth Kirksey, olympic club. San
Francisco. Time 10 seconds.
Mile run-Won by Joie Ray, Illinois
A. c.: second. e. B. Curtis, navy;
third, L. NJ Shields. Philadelphia:
fourth, ]. j. Connolly, Boston, Time
AIS 1-5.
5000 meter run-Won by H. H.
Brown, oBston: second o. Furness.
Purdue University: third. John r.
Simmons, New York; fourth, Ivan T.
Dresser New York. Time 1926.
l20 yard hurdles-Won by Harold
e. Barron, Philadelphia; second, Will
liam Yount. Los Angeles; third.
Walker Murray, New York. Time Is
1-5 seconds.
High jump-Won by John ,Murpay,
Portland, Ore. height feet Az inch
esa second, tie between II. p. Miller
San Francisco. and r. W. Laudon,
New York, at feet 31a inches: (NIil-
Ter Won jump off; fourth, tie be-
tween Walter l.. Whelan. Boston,
Oliver Cory, Los Angeles, c. George
KroSness, Chicago, a. A., and Egon
Erickson: New York. unattached. at 6
feet 2a inches. Whelan won the jump
off at 6 feet 3A inches.
5000 meter walk-Won by William
Plant, New York second, wv. J. Rel
ker. New York; third. ]. b. Bearmain,
New York; fourth. Thomas A. Ma
roney, New York. Time 1908.
Broad jump-Won by Sol Butler,
Dubuque, Iowa, distance "a feer
inches; new American record; former
mark "a feet IN inches. made by
Meyer Prinstein at Philadelphia in
1900: second, Sherman Landers, Chi
cago A. A., distance % feet ) inches;
third r. l.. Templeton, San Francis
co, % feet s inches; fourth, A. w.
Merchant, San Fran so, % feet AS
inches.
10000 meter run--Won by Frad
w. Faller,s Boston; second, r. Earle
Johnson, Pittsburgh; third, George
Cornetta, New York; fourth, Max
Bohland, New York. Time 32:15
Pole vault-Tie between F. X. Foss,
Chicago A. A.. and e. E. Meyers, Chi
cago A A., at 13 feet one inch, new
championship record; former mark Is
feet made by S. B. Wagner, Missouri
A. c.. IN 1918; (Foss won place.;
thiri tie between E. j. Jenne, Wash
ington State college, and r. T..
Knouiek, Illinois A. c., at II feet ~
inches.
220 yard dash-Won by Charles w.
Paddock, Los Angeles: second. NJ. VI.
Kirllsey, San Franchises: third, Loren
A.IMurchison, New York; fourth Leo
w. Messengale, University Of Mis-
souri,. Time 81 2-5 seconds, equalling
the championship record made by B.
j. Weeners in 1897.
440 yard dash-Won by F. F.
Loomis, Chicago A. A.: second, j. x.
Norton, San Francisco; third, F. 6.
Desch. New York; fourth. C. D.
Daggs. Los Angeles. Time So seconds.
Shot put-Won by P. j. Mcdonald,
New York, distance At feet u inch;
second, H. B. Liversedge, navy, Is
feet ~ inches; third, Leo H. Pehl-
man, San Francisco, As feet 21s inch
es; fourth. II. G. Cam, New York, ~
feet inches.
$50 yard run-Won by Earl Eby.
Chicago A. A.: second, U. D. NJ. Scott,
army; third, Thomas Campbell, Vale
University; fourth, A. B. Sprott, Los
Angeles. Time 1:54 Is.
Hop, step and jump-Won by Sner-
man Landers. Chicago A. A., 4S feet
$40 inches; second, Dan F. Heara,
Illinois A. c., AZ feet inches; third,
Kaufman Geist, New York. 46 feet Is