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RECORD-SMASHINGSBIGTRYOUTSv*SPM; -faWRIGHT. OF DARTMOUTH. THE NEWWORLD’S POLE VAULT RECORDTwoWorld s FiguresAre*• Clipped and Another Equal-IedAspiring AthletesOlympic Gamesm'Special 1The Inquirer.(’AM^HIIXJK, Mass., June 8.FifteenthouanA people attended the Olympicgames tryouts at Harvard’s stadium thisafternoon, witnessing some wonderfulperformances among the peers of America’s young amateur athletes and reveling in rjemarkably keen competitions.In many respects the field of athletes was not! so brimful of stars as had been anticipated., particularly in the middle distance! wuns, for which John PaulJones, c|f Cornell, and (’. 1). Reidpath, a Nyralt; jise, did not appear, bufthat two world’s records were broken and one equaled. ? and that an American and Olvmdie r records, besides onfgjAmericanwasSt.Louis Veterans FlingerHolns Touring Championsto One Run and Four Hitsymnlc ^,record were thoroughly smashed, quite enough for one day’s sport.The first record that was broken was in the lHfde vault, the mark of IS feet 1 inch set only a week ago by Captain Gardner! of Yale, at Philadelphia, being broken when Marc S, Wright, of Dartmouth. cleared the bar at a height ofIT! feet inches.In thej 1500-metre run Abel R. Kiviat, of the flrish-American A. C., of NewYork, b#at Tabor, of Brown University, by a scant seven teet, his time being Jminutes f55 4-5 seconds, which is onesecond faster than Kiviat’s own time made at! Celtic Park only last Sunday, when he established a world’s record of J minutes 56 *4-5 seconds in the event.R C. Craig, of the Detroit Y. M.,C. A., Michigan’s great, sprinter and•the intercollegiate 1911 champion, shared honors with H. P. Drew, a schoolboy from tlW Springfield High School, inthe lOOhnetre race. In a trial heat Oraig eqtualled the world’s Olympic record of 10 4 5 seconds, in the first trial heat, bilt in the final lie was beaten bv Dre’f. who also made record time, both men now sharing honors with Jarvis and Rector, the Americans, and with Walker, I the South The other recordwas in the javelin, the Mol|awk A. P.,Continued on 3d Page, 6th Col.African.that was shattered Harry G. lx*tt, of who won the eventifr.Wl .Continued on Last Page, 2d Col.RADNOR ATHLETES WINORHSCENTSOrescent B. B. C.victory from the to !*.citacaavr r b.r. h. o. aWel*h. rf.. 2 2 3 Orwy, rs .. ‘2 J. Walh. If 1 Monaha. 2b.2 1 Kiss. 3H. .. .3 Ijenahan. p .2 2 3 J. Walsh, fbl IKennedy, ef 1SEVENTH STRAIGHTwon their seventh straight White Lily, the score, 161•40«olt;3JeffV. c.... . !2 2 2C. W HiTB UJ/Y e. r. h. o. a. e.2 o J.Cro’r, c 2 2 2 2 11 0 Peters. 3d O 1 5 1 1ft 1 Moss, cf. 3 3 2 2 01 ft C.H’ey, ss 0 0 4 01 ft J.H'es. rf 0 1 3 0 01 0 B.Bo'n If 0 11 ft Moore. 21* 2 O.1 ft Krause, cl 0 6 2 0 1 0 H.P'n, lb 1 12 10Whi’an. p o 0♦1O1 o0 02 1 O7Totals. .. 16 15 27White I,lly .....Crescent B. B. C.9 1 ft 5 0 0Totals « 0 ft 7 2 1. 9 9 27 10 2ft 4 0 0-93 0 2 0—15nllCleili»With Phoenix villeDual Truck MeetHi*h•* to .% mm« %- -aLINCOLN ON LONG EN1The Uncoln Club of Ohiey defeated theStern be rger Club by bettor all around work,9 to 3.Y)J.N STERNBEBGBUr. n. o. a. c. r. h. o, a, e.kraiist. of. 2 3 4 0 0 Wes*n 3b ft 2 2 10,rl*n- !?*• ? 3 3 0 0 Leon'd, If 1.2 7 0 0Carhuir. lb .2 3 S Oft Katz. cf. 2 2 3 ft 0Morrt n. j. .0 3 3 2 ft Gasnar. eft • H on!IIIvST. 1/)IT8, Mo., June 8,-The Athletics could only break even on the series with the Browns when (hey lost j th this afternoon's game by the score of I th 2 Xo I. It was a hard game to lose and it was luck and not poor playing that lost them the game. Both teamsmade the same number of hits, four, but the Mackmeu ma^e two errors, the one by Collins giving the Browns the extra run and game.Oy Morgan, a former Brownie, considered the hard luck twirler of the Macks, was Manager Mack's selection.He pitched splendid ball, and with good support would have carried the game into extra innings.Big* John Powell, who has been pitching consistent ball this seasftn. and who beat the champions jn Philadelphia, v/aew
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Jun 09, 1912
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