Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-05
WORLD RECORDS
ARE EQUALED At
ATHLETIC MEET
West Holds Its Supremacy
Over the East in Contests
at Pasadena; Los An
geIeS Holds the Lead.

Pasadena, Calf, July 1.-The
west held it's supremacy of satur-
day over the east in the scoring Of
points today in the second days
event of the National A. A. U.
championship meet here. in which
the first of the senior events were
run off. Los Angeles Athletic club
held its lead with "a points; then
came the New York A. C. with 30
and the Olympic club of San Fran
cisco was third with 20 points.
Records did not fall as on Satur-
day, but in several events world
or national marks were equalled,
The only new record established
today was by w. Z Stevenson, N.
Y. A. c., who made the 440-yard
run in as 3-5 seconds. thereby cut |
ting one-fifth of a second off a
record made by T. E. Burke of the
Boston A. c., in 1896. 1t was one
of the oldest records tied for today. |
Paddock, tho sprinting idol of
Southern California, running un-
der the colors of the Los Angeles
A. c., took the events in which he
competed, the 100-yard and the
220-yard dashes. In the first
named, he equalled the worlds
record of 3 3-5 seconds and made
a new A A. u. championship rec
ord. The former mark was AS
seconds and had been standing
since 1890, it having been twice
tied in the meantime. In the 22O-
yard dash, Paddock ran second in
his qualifying heat, but in the IL
mails he won in 81 AS seconds,
which was under existing records,
but two-fifths of a second slower
than his own best recorded time.
Summaries:
12O-yard high hurdles. finals,
won by Earl j. Thomson, Boston
A. A.; o. G. Krogness, Chicago A.
A., second; William Yount, L. A. A.
c., third; Frazer. Baylor univer-
sity, fourth. Time, Is seconds.
440-yard run, finals, won by
Stevenson, New York A. c.; J. W.
Driscoll. Boston A. c., second;
George Schiller. L. A. A. c., third
p. Sphinx, Chicago A. A, fourth.
Time, As 3-5 second, a new A. A.
u. record, shaving one-fifth Off
that made in 1896 by T. =. Burke,
of Boston A. A.
One-mile run, finals: Joie Ray,
Illinois A. c., who already held the
championship record, finished far
ahead: J. j. Connolly, Boston A.
A., second; Larry Shields Meadow
brook club, Philadelphia, third; r.
M. Watson, Kansas City A. C.,
fourth. Time, minutes IL 4-o
seconds.
Sixteen-pound hammer throw:
p, Ryan, Loughlin Lyceum, New
York. first; j. NJ. McEachern,
Olympic, San Francisco, second; M.
j, McGrath, New York A. c., third;
O. o, Benson, Chicago A. A., fourth.
Distance, 10 feet n inches.
1O0-yard run, final: Paddock, l..
A, A. c., won in 8 SO, a new A. A.
u. record and equaling the worlds
record; Blenkiron, l.. A. A. C., sec
ond; Farrell New York A. O., thlrd;
Kirksey, olympic club, fourth.
Putting 16-pound shot: Clarence
Houser, l.. A. A c., first; r. j. NC
Donald, New York A. c., second;
Gus Pope, Multnomah. third Har-
ranft, L. A. A. c., fourth. Distance,
46 feet 11A inches.
Three-mile walk: w, Plant, |
Morningside A, c., New York first; |
J. b, Pearman, New York A. G.,
second; A. Zeller, Chicago A. A,
third, Time, 20 minutes, AZ sec
onds.
Running high jump: Alberts.
Chicago A. A., first; j. Murphy, |
Notre Dame, second; o. ID. Cary,
L. A. A, c., third; r. w. Landon,
New York A. c.. fourth. Height,
& Font Oh inches
Alberts and Murphy went to
six feet four inches. tied, then
jumped it off at feet " inches,
Alberts winning.
440 yard three foot hurdles,
finals: A. Desch, Notre Dame,
first; ]. Norton, Olympic club.
second; Kilby, l.. A. A. c., third;
Sellers, N. Y. A. c., fourth. Time,
SO Us seconds. This would have
been a new record except that
Desch knocked down one hurdle.
The record was therefore not al
lowed.
Pole vault: Ed Knovrek, Illi-
nois A. c., first; E. JENNIE, Mutt
nomah club, second; p. r. Gra-
ham, Chicago A. A, third; A.
Norris. Olympic, fourth. Height.
IL feet, 71a inches.
Throwing the discus: Pope,
Multnomah club, first; w. Magurn,
Olympic, second; S. G. Hartranft.
T.. A. A. c., third; c. Houser, L.
A. A. c.. fourth. Distance LA
feet.
220 yard low hurdles, finals:
Earl ]. Thomson, Boston A. c.,
first; Hurley, Multnomah, second;
Prescott, Chicago, third; Meyers,
N. Y. A. c., fourth. Time, "a 3-5
seconds.
Running broad jump: Gourdin.
Harvard, first; Cruikshank, I'LL
nois A. c., second; ]. c. Argue,
L. A. A. c., third: William Yount,
L. A. A. c., fourth. Distance, 23
feet, II IA inches
Five mile run; R. E. Johnson,
Thompson steel works A. A.,
Pittsburgh, first; Polingsowma,
Phoenix Indian school, second; B.
French, Illinois A. c., third; A.
Forward, Olympic, fourth. Time,
25 minutes SO rs seconds.
Final 220 yard run: Paddock,
L. A. A. c., first; Kirksey. Olym-
third; Sudden, olympic club,
fourth. Time. ri AS seconds.
Fifty-six pound weight: McDon-
aid, N. Y. A. c., first; Pat Ryan,
Loughlin Lyceum, New York. Sec
ond; McGrath, N. Y. A. c.. third,
Blackwood, Chicago A. c., fourth.
Distance, 81 feet 8 inches.
$50 yard run, final: Helffrich,
N. Y. A. c.. first; Brown, Penn
sylvania, second, Devaney, Mel
rose, N. Y. A. c., third; Campbell.
Yale, fourth. Time. / minute
81 3-5 seconds.
Throwing the javelin: Angler,
unattached. first: Hammer. Olym-
pic, second; Hamilton, University
of Missouri, third; Snedgar, Olym-
pic, fourth. Distance, 1S9 feet |
3 IA inches.
Hop. skip and jump: Geist,
Ninety-second Street Y. NJ. C. A.,
first; Kelly. Olympic, second;
Ahern, Illinois A. c., third; Min