Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

146 APPENDIX INTERCOLLEGIATE RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES Corrected to May 1,1S96 Event. Record. Made by 100-yard dash 10 sec- L. H. Car)',Princeton. 220-yard dash 21 4-5 " L. H. Cary, Princeton. Quarter-mile run 47 3-4 " W. Baker, Harvard. Half-mile run 1 m. 57 >-5 " W, C. Dohm, Princeton. Mile run 4 M 33 »-5 " G. W. Orton, Uof Penn. Mile walk 6 44 52 4-5 " F. A. Borcheling,Princeton. 120-yard hurdle '5 4-5" H. L. Williams, Yale. 220-yard hurdle 24 3-5 " J. L.Bremer, Jr., Harvard, Running high jump 6 ft. 1-2 in. G. B. Fearing, Harvard. Running broadjump 22 " 11 1-4 " Victor Mapes, Columbia. Pole vault 11 " 2 3*4 " (C. T. Buchholz,U. of Penn. (W. V\. Hoyt, Harvard. Throwing 16-lb. hammer *35 11 7 1-2 " W. Q. Hickok, Yale. Putting 16-lb. shot 4 J u 1-2 '• W. O. Hickok, Yale. BEST AMERICAN AMATEUR RECORDS Corrected toMay 1, iSq6 100-yard dash 320-yard dash Quarter-mile run Half-mile run One-mile run One-mile walk 120-yard hurdle 320-yard hurdle Running highjump... Running broadjump.. Throwing i6-lb.ham'r Putting 16 -Ib.shot.... Pole vault (John Owen, Jr... ^ I B. J. Wefers ) B. J. Wefers W. Baker* C. J. Kilpatrick... T. P. Conneff F. P. Murray Stephen Chase.... J. L.Bremer, Jr.. M. F. Sweeneyt.. C. S. Reber J. S.Mitchell G. R. Gray W. S. Rodenbaugh 6 ft 23 " >45" 47 " 9 4-5 sec. "3-5 " •473-4 " 53 a-S " '5 3-5" 89 3-5 " >52-5 " J 4 3-5" 55 -8 In. 6 1-2 " 3-4 " 5 3-8 " J Washington, rSgo. (New York, 1895. New York, 1895. Boston, 1S86. New York, 1895. New York, 1895. New York, 1883. New York, 1895. New York, 1895. New York, 1895. Detroit, 1891. New York, 1892. Chicago, 1893. Philadelphia, 1S92. * Straightaway, against time. t Since making this record Mr. Sweeneyhas become aprofessional.