The evening world. Newspaper, December 29, 1906, Page 6

STORIES OF SPORTS |~* TOLD BY EXPERTS | a THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1900. : c ! BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK cei at at ae lw org Tg. UP TO DATE; NEWSY AND WELL WRITTEN; Flanagan ‘hamteer record, 172 +t Wins % Ib. weight 38 ft Gredtest Runner & His time . . 60° = 330-700 -Foo- 1009 yds. OX, Reterdy still held: Twenty-five Years Ago Not One Record Was Held Here — To-Day America Can Boast of All Amateur Rec- ords but Four. there BY ROBERT EDGREN. ath- ale ENTY-FIVE years ago ‘Was not a single amateu: letlc record held in America. All of the world’s best athletes were gath- ered in the British Isles. Jands ‘that acknowledged the YANKEE ATHLETES LEAD THE WORLD AS RECORD SIMASHERS tance Hike 5; | record was races. lw Lo j.co ras brought Lon Meyers a Wonder. P SeanesouRnt Lon Meyers was one of the first us tes that ron glory for ‘Time can 3 laurels. y ever pro- tt ally 1 a N QUARTER CENTURY AMERICAN ATHLETES HAVE CREATED WORLD | gery * Tommy Burka, Still helds World's _Yecords for fpoo ysis. 57% sec + £00 at min. 11sec. Ps, | Mike Sueency Running high r a &t: 5 & inches. made eos =< LEWIS TO FIGHT MELLODY - FOR WELTER-WEIGHT TITLE Will Box Before the Club that 5a: Offers Best Inducements— j Three Clubs After Match— Other Notes of Pugilists: — Fitz-Thompoon Fight Fell Through. ts Tommy Burns Has a L ’ Dan Kelly cf Oregor , . } Fileetesr ef a77 Sprinrers - ¥ ae ir Ids. - ards = a 1906 Werld's record wey x een s ong Reach. WORLD’S RECORDS HELD BY AMERICAN ATHLETES. 100 Yards—Dan Kel weeka. Tt ake will be t . Gnd the rugmle for it will be fighter, and of Charlestown. present holder of the t | The men were matobed fight before the clu t Mass. t nicht to Jach/\athletic sports were practically unknown. To-day America !s so far In tho lead, athletically, that the old countries | 220 Yards—B. Wefars and D. Ke 140 Yards—3L. W. Lone.. Kilpatrick all th across the wea are hopeless!y out of the 1 Mile—T. P. |Conneff.... 4 min. 15 3-5 sec. Tace. » Vv 7 5 ‘All running records short of tivo mile Role Vault ieee tat are held in this country. All hurdle |; High Jump—M. F. Sweeney ft. 5 5-S in. records bear the American stamp. All Standing High Jump—k. ¢ 5 ft 5in. yt da hav apt ry R ‘ tr tig ‘ y pumplic revords: have, been captured) Standing B ump—R. C. 11 ft. 4 7-§ In. Americans. All weight-throwing marks have been eclipsed by. American ath- letes. In England, where almost all of Three Sta Phrowing 35 ft, 8 3-4in, b +172 ft Lins J} jtarmest purre and already jhave sent in bids for | beta the Valley ‘Inland, who oft n Rochester A. C.. wt Shem & per ce fess centage B McFadden and Connolly Matched offerf tho Falls A a muaranteed -ouree per cen’ 03 eo) and © 1) A. C.. pt snitt ag y of it! an pag land. Throwing 5 J san : 28 ft. 7 9-8 to. shales ara eataaieeni eave waa ne Putting 16-19 >t W. Coe j LOTTI | dbase gnu and ie | : y man. Alfred Shrubb. has sicceed ereasa die ‘Ss : i keeping Albion on map. Ire is ass Memsic Offered Bout with Lew With the oxcention of Peter O'Cou s Wels ei George Memgtc, the Chicago lights broad jump mark of 2 feet 11}5 in 115 sec.-fj has no morm, records left to | 3-5 Bec. = P Perhaps it te only fair to say in this Hata Seay ages i connection that most of the great Ir as: “3 athletes have —omitgrat ae “Round c Hal Seridan.-.... : S40 points f) eae = And that many of oF ‘ =NGLISH Wi *S RECORDS : eT ENGLISH WORLD'S RECORDS. ] 5 pmediate descendants able’ perfoy as tha: dist particular) o run at) th sany distance | ~ralle run is o) Ten miles mile ‘to five | | eke ied anon Me weeney won Uiarity placed t on the national | et peaneeece | "Ene whens ft Oe oe OT eT hd iss; | champonshin programme In 1897, and | a Bh aie abet j me champlohin american (eam. and the came has come to stay. ie oe It. st Banteer, Iretend, | 2° ¥ ‘estubsished a fecord discus is a woight construc! £48 feet Sz: SERA. | Crowe his omn and eataiened a ‘never| voty Havtened fustruras of m cone, with aa kant Raipel | 90% ‘equalled. the basen together, the eldes of irhish Ime, who placed the| DESH SUMS oq about 6 feet nine} are. corrugated in concentric circles Linch. Roses put wis | oS le was a splendid gymnast | about its axis i conmeraation Cos at Purtiand ofk| mebes. Ue My developed. He could | greatly facilitates atmompheri ex. Which, oa] AG Wee MOC 6 fect on the first| axe when properly hurled, ne SESS See alsa holds the indoor record} pmrtin Sheridan holds the wort Gray man the moet vernaiile | yg 6 feet 313 inches. recont at the sport. Tis feats at Athens f 1 for ‘he hotds the] Tgtanding Jumps are seldom featured | will endure for many years. especially and 2pound res, | , DURGte meetings in Esropean coun-| ay ho beat the Greeks at their nattonal 2. Ray Emery, of the New York | game, throwing 136 te : i tciaases the worl jiucus’ throwing offers many, a Eee re rats i flag bib jump, for which he holds ebction It differs from most of the the Uttle high jumper of | ee RE eh for the ‘standing broad and | Ycignt events because of tte lehtness ty of Penneyivas pot] the Tree standing jumps. proficient discus thrower must pols Pr Ricans | Se teole is a popular American Sree cittee tatatee i tlien Sunday World “To Let*~ Ads. will show you more Rooms, Houses and Apartments in a minute than you can visit In a week | Look To-Morrow, }{ also thed Wotncs'n tm as ny and bno-fitt - § min. 9 3-5 sec, 14 min. 17 3-5 sec. that] ago, and that there was no dou}t ¥ ——a : on- Shrubb a Great Athlete. rt * x S ae the champion would stand by thi con Bhrubb, who upholds the small par aris 2-5 sec. (pects! te The Taylor and Delany. ne from oe of Teas old reput that . in. 40 sec. BAN FRANCL . toge beaihaick atill suryives, is a marvelous i 4 shed for Jéffries. i bie they e Ls Possthly the greatest distanc eM \ 8 44-3 signed articles Bs | business as “soon as they me that ever Lived. Of -cours We. have hy is and 7 rin 11 1-2tn. |) ween Jeffries’ and Bil Squires, as 5 and in ten minutes (.¢) cOn- no retest of comparison with the u rleshesteanaey Nal - pens) Australia, to take place in Rhyolite, | Seiwa hei clust nea ||O8 | Yimedeftbrts, of tho ancients. bu a Of thle 92 ; aoe ee ‘ | Nev., some tme in April. B. F, Ta $10,000 to prove good faith An a ema (incredible -that Shrubb's per- | sexiaanlae ‘ ¥ 4 : ip the bkasmer to-day, | * the Rhyolite Club. 2 Gqutres for trans-|it won't be becatse I was tod t formmhces were ever +f ; nal cham. | sened for cabled to 8a Rl esti nlolsecoeee erm alti lazy to { Ghinby pias tho worlds secorae tor STORY OF THE RECORDS | ray (0% : pat | Seo the terme of the aaveement tne | OTS eT eminer at | Ba dete, proer conainas, If Deltnay Ae ‘a .recordk for E RECORDS] coras secora or men-are <0 bux with fire-cince gloves |For on, ne was noted that (M61 WERt ve ts . 3 rn baae : : Hb tAdccloar Rien sisson dcr Marquis of Queensbery A loan neers inade, He’ ran‘ the two-mile race in § minutes x an ainicte first ts 3 sia Be ‘ match had been ner tof the | PPS eer Raha a net s 2 Sa Nees iia 5 oe Squires ts to be allowed transporta! Delaney said after the signing! of n and | for bishself and trainer’ from) Australt a for America, as be | tne puree is to be ROKK, of which S recprd for bot : he winner axd was’ tthe han to|atxty per cent. goes to the man t Delaney to a setence. He es-| forty per cent to the loser. ain the! pasa he was acting under authori V record | won granted bim by Jeffries some time | contract: | ‘Tne matoh is an ! on 4 should draw well.” {interview last night Jeff, sald: > Davin Hh, ‘Tialletort emall team, won many events in Greece. Sey \ they introduced the discus in Amerioa, nd broke Page's record’ by clear- tat 41-4 tne great as A Pole vanltnsquires ‘careful traininy, scribe a perfect’ curve. | ee SOOT. ghas perfect arm and chest de-|Gatance and A swift, effective swinx | gad demain? fom Tay. of Ulverstone, | ccoupts for much of Sheridan's: suc: Pree etd th8W. recor’ of | cores : fori severat. yen Bheridan holds the world's recom’ for tne. Brelish style permite the ath! i5 ail round champlonship—£.80 points, ng: | jefe, th BRANES NF Oe ig method | }ie ty mife for this event againat the he same | 18 sans capable eating, M1 feet 6| "Suita loads the world In athletics. aammon- | does, and Our men never change thelr) our track and. field sports embrace a | petere be | nds from telr original grasp of the) ido poops. | Wa have sprinting indoors | = pole rd floors aver distances leay than Started Discus Throwing. dred" we have many differ irdle-racing: events, various : > | {and more, jumps, tn 18, Garrett, of Princeton, won) pot x contest Ar} brent nches, « Greek port, discus throwing. st)| all-round RB inches, which he | she revival of the Olympic games ‘ior the aA. A. U, te the only event Athdne- kind In the nord, Sons te Gorton athletes, comprising m FLETCHER, igh jumper. | fellow. who stood six inches. and became ce of a dan, abs. + i 2 the Manhhttan | 1 A «01 7OmN Mm. Camiix, Bay 1, 1902, 2d Vice-Presiaent met fs Hata errs Eee Ea og WIULTAST