The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22

az profcssiunal ran In minutes
~ "a seconds. His amateur rec
ord was first broken by John raul
Jones with a mile IN four minutes
II 20 seconds, run In open scratch
competition in the intercollegiate
meet
Norman Tabcr broke tho record
again with -four minutes IL 3-5 sec
onds. which was faster than
Georges professional mile. While
this record was accepted by thu
athcletic authorities II was a doubt
ful performance, being actually n
paced race First middle distance
runners were scnt out ahead with
big handicaps to Jog along easily
aud pick Tabor up ana pace him
through the different quarters of
the race.
Goulding's walking records cut
big chunks from the old times alonS
In l9ll TO 1915.
Alvin Kraenlein ~ Pennsylvania
/ was the great athlete of his day
/ making hurdling and broad jumping
! tpcorda His 23 3-G seconds tol
tho the 220.yard low hurdles II
! 1898 was n marvellous performance
aud still stands although oquailed
! by Wendell IN 1918 and Robert
! simpson In 1916. But Kracnlein't =
/ eU- Nhiu nNIulf ff'tlu ibn f'NA'
| beaten by Garrells. Smithson, Kelly
| Murray and others,
when the race was run In 10 sec
unds II was thought the limit OF
speed had been reached, but Rob
bert simpson ecllpsed all other per"
formsnces In l0i6--a great athletic
year, lust before the war caused n
temporary lapse In sports, by run
ming In II 3-b seconds Carl Thomp-
son has boen timed In II 2-6 seconds.
KalChamainen has broken nearly all
distance records up TO 10 miles
The high Jump OF ak feet O-b
inches by Dan sweeney 20 years ago
remained "A record until llorlno
cleared ak feet Z inches la 1919.
Reason of California beat that b-ls
Of an inch In 1914.
Ray {. Ewry'H standing jump rec
urds. made IN various olympic
meets, displaced all old time marks
and are uuequalled today.
A quarter century ago Jim hitoh-
ellis hammer throw OF las teet was
| supposed to no unbeatobls, bnt
Pat Ryan threw over 1893 feet IN
1913.
Thirty-four feet was great
hcaye with the b6-pound weight In
! the days Of John l.. sullivan. TO.
/ day MCGTath, Ryan and McDonalu
have tossed the big hunk over ~
/ feet
The worlds shot putting record
/ stood At 81 feet for years MADE py
! George Gray Ralph Rose, In 1919,
put II II feet, A California hlKh
/ school boy. bud IIouser, has re-
/ Gently put over AZ feet In the ma
tional championships and win IN
douhtcdy break the record " h'
/ continues I'm competition,
The discus record wRH held bS
Z Robert Garret Of Princeton back II
1909. aud was less than 100 rect
/ Today "A dozen athletes are throw
ing moro than i40 feet. Arlic Mueki
/ threw i55 feet from a seven-foo
/ circle. ana jim Duncan over l5'
feet from tho Olympic S-foot "a
. inch circle,
Myer Ptiusleln'a 24-fOot ~ Incl
running broad Jump has been raiset
. this year TO better than 2b tert Th'
pole vault--l0 feet was a great per
formanur In the timo ~ Bucholz o
Pennsylvania and the rest 81 Tho
champions la The uluetica hal
gone up TO 70 fcctN5s inches, mnd'
hv Frank Foss of Chicago iu 1890
Judging by improving athletic roe
urd- the old tImoIs wouldn't MAKE
much of "a showing today In an!
tCopyrzut 1899 b. Tho Ben sgudicar
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