Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-06
NEAR WORLD MARK
IN DENVER VICTORY
Three Relay Records Broken
as Annual Games Are
Brought to Close.
BY FRANK III. FRAWLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ ENVER, Colo, July 6 Ho.-The
greatest all-around athlete in
the United States. by Amateur
~ Athletic Union measurements,
is Kenneth Doherty Of the
Cadillac Athletic Club. Detroit.
Doherty. a tall. studious-look fell
low, whose slender physique bellies the
strength and endurance that is his,
Yesterday scored 7,784.68 points in the
and field championships. 1t was the
highest score ever made in the United
States for the grueling competition.
lasting almost full day. The highest
number of points previously scored was
7,77442 by Fait Elkins of the University
of Nebraska in 1927. Doherty's show
ing closely approached the world rec
ord Of 8.053 80, made in 1928 by PaaYo
Yrjola Of Finland.
Defeats Fine Field.
Doherty, who won the A. A. o..
decathlon title last year with 1900. 50
points, beat out fine field of COM
petitors in the 10 events, the 100-meter
run, broad jump, 16-pound shotput 400
meter run, .110-meter hurdles, discus
throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1900
meter run and high Jump.
v. Kennedy OF Warrensburg, Mo.
Teachers College, was second with
7,362.003 points and Wilson Charles, an
Oneida Indian, of Haskell Institute,
Lawrence, Kans., third, with 7,24O.O53
Charles, until the last events of the
decathlon approached, appeared to be
headed for a world record. but he
failed to stand the pace, due to an ankle
injury.
The three-day stand of the American
olymplcS" came to close with three
relay records being smashed. Two new
marks went to the Los Angeles Athletic
Club, which took the relays champion
ship with 16 points. and one to the
New York A. c.
Milt Maurer, Charley Paddock,
Maurice Guyer and Frank Wykoff car
ried the L. A. A. C. colors to a world
record in the 440-yard event for. a
track with two turns. covering the
quarter mile in 41.9 seconds, q half
second faster than the old mark.
This same quartet clipped one full
second from the A. A. U. record in
the half mile by making the distance
in l minute 26.4 seconds. Jackson
Scholz, Johnny Kerr, Howard Jones
and Frank Cuhel, running for the New
York A. c., set the new A. A. U. rec
ord for the mile at 3 minutes II Sec
onds, or six-tenths second faster than
the old mark made in 1925 by an I'LL
son. Taylor, Oestreich and Kennedy.
Herman BriX, University of wash
tngton product threw the 8-pound shot
81 feet II inches-a new world record
Ralph Rose had held the record at 81
feet inches since 1907.
Bracey Takes Special"
Claude Bracey, the "Texas Tornado"
who finished second to Eddie Tolan Of
Michigan in the senior 100-yard dash,
won a special S0-yard dash yesterday
against picked field. but he failed to
lower the world record of seconds by
one-tenth second
Immediately after the finish of the
last event yesterday the Denver Uni
versity Stadium was hit by drench-
ing rain. An unusually strong wind
prevailed during the three days Of the
meet.
In addition to the two world records,
IL A. A. U. marks tell during the
championships. Five records were
beaten in the junior division-220-y yard
dash, pole vault, 120-yard high hurdles,
the high jump and the javelin throw
and four in the senior championships
400-ysrd run, discus throw, javelin and
pole vault.