650 Team. Hanley and Stockholm.. Women's championship-Miss Georgiana Hob- 01Miles. Laps. Pts. Championship of state champions-C. W. 2.496 6 378 ney, West Allis, Wis.; score, 199 out of 2.496 6 338 200. .2,496 6 137 SIX-DAY RACE IN NEW YORK. \ Maurice Brocco of Italy and Marcel Buysse of Belgium won a six-day team bicycle race in the Madison Square Garden, New York. March 3-8, 1924, with a total of 2.454 miles 9 laps and 69 points. Final standing: Miles. Laps. Pts. Record is 2,625 miles, made by Dupuy and Egg in 1916. NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. Charles Winter of New York, N. Y., and William Honeman of Newark, N. J., won the national amateur bicycle championship in Buffalo, N. Y.. Sept. 5-6, 1924. Honeman and Walter Bresnan of New York city made world's record of thirty-one seconds flat in the quarter-mile race on Sept. 5. a AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. Arthur Spencer of Newark, N. J.. won the championship of the bicycle professional United States in a series of races in Newark, N. J., ending Aug. 30, 1924. The standing in points of the leading contestants at the finish .17 14 Peter Moeskoeps of Holland won the world's professional bicycle championship in Paris, Michard of France, Aug. 3, 1924. Lucien France won the amateur championship. Moeskoeps came to the United States after the Paris races and won virtually all of the inportant contests in which he was a contender. ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. Junior championship-Dudley Shallcross, Ske- Preliminary handicap-W. Wiseman, Somerset. Women's championship at double targets-Mrs. Year. Grand Handicap Winners. Place. ..17 91 13 1910-Riley Thompson, Chicago, Ill....19 100 The winners by points of the Illinois state tournaamateur bicycle championships in a ment at Joliet Aug. 10, 1924. were: Senior-Ed Merkner, South Chicago Wheel men 15 Albert Waldack, Belgian-American C. C...13 Gerald Kulp. Franklin S. and A. C........ 8 Chester Blaszak, Franklin S. and A. C..... 8 Junior-Stuart Platzer, Franklin S. and A. C.20 George Mayfield, unattached, Chicago.... 9 Charles Smessaert, Belgian-American C.C.. 6 Harold Johnson. Kewanee, Ill.... TRAP SHOOTING. PIONSHIPS. Tom Marshall won what corresponded to the Grand American handicap in 1897-1899 at Ellwood Park, N. J. GRAND AMERICAN CLAY-TARGET CHAM- 1910-Guy V. Dering. Chicago, Ill...18 189 was 5 Amateur Champions at Single Targets. Year. Winner. Place.* Yds.Score. 1906-Guy Ward, Indianapolis. Ind.....18 144 .18 188 1907-H. M. Clark, Chicago. ill.. 1908-George Roll. Columbus O. 1909-D. A. Upson. Chicago, Ill. .18 183 .18 188 The Grand American clay-target champion-1912-E. W. Warner. Springfield, Ill...18 192 ship tournament took place at Dayton, O., Aug. 25-30, 1924. The winner of the main event of Plymouth, Deck O.. after H. C. a shoot-off with three other contestants, each of whom had made a score of 97. Deck shot from the 16-yard mark. Dr. C. C. Hickman of Logansport, Ind.. was second. Other winners in the tournament were: ... 1913-Bart Lewis, Dayton, O... ...16 198 NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. The nineteenth annual trap-shooting tournament under the auspices of the New York Athletic club for the amateur championship Distance. Driver. MOTORING, AUTOMOBILE RACING RECORDS. [From American Automobile association.] Competitive Speedway Records Regardless of Class, Nonstock. Time. 0:40.23......De Palma..... 1:09.57. ...L. Chevrolet...Frontenac.. L. Chevrolet...Frontenac. Place. ..De Palma.....Packard Special.Chicago.. Score. ..196 .191 .197 .194 .197 198 382 195 193 Car. ..Peugeot... Des Moines.. 24, 1916 Chicago.. Sept. 3, 1917 ..Peugeot. Omaha.. .July 15, 1916 .Duesenberg... Sheepshead Bay June 14, 1919 Sept. 3, 1917 July 28, 1918 Sept. 2.1922 Sept. 2. 1922 75 miles... 42:40.28. L. Chevrolet...Frontenac. Chicago. Sept. 3. 1917 100 miles.. 150 miles. 200 miles. 52:01.23.. Murphy. .1:23:14.20. Thomas. Duesenberg. Murphy Special. Santa Rosa.. San Francisco.... June 14, 1922 May 7, 1922 .1:55:11.05. Mulford. Hudson. 250 miles... .2:15:29.00. Milton. Durant. 300 miles. 2:55:32.23. Milton Durant.. 350 miles. 400 miles.. .3:24:42.99, Anderson. .Stutz.. 4:04:48.98. ..Resta... 450 miles.. .4:35:05.78. Resta... 500 miles.......5:05:23:51.. ..Boyer... Duesenberg. Chicago. Noncompetitive Straightaway Records Regardless of Class, Nonstock. .Peugeot .Peugeot. 0:11.57. .Milton. .0:13.90. Haugdahl.. .0:23.07. Milton. 2 miles.. 3 miles.. .0:46.24. Milton. 1:12.18. Milton. 4 miles. 1:36.14. Milton. 5 miles.. 1:56.02. Haugdahl. 10 miles.. .3:56.00. Haugdahl. 15 miles. 20 miles. .6:48.75. De Palma.....Packard Special. Daytona. .8:54.20. .De Palma.. ..Packard Special. Daytona. 0:06.91. (Standing start) April 27, 1920 .0:38.83......De Palma.....Packard Special. Daytona.. Los Angeles.. 27, 1917 27, 1917 27. 1917 Mar. 16. 1923 20 miles. 10:12.84 Durant. Mar. 16, 1923 25 miles. 12:45.52 Durant. Durant. 30 miles. 15:17.87 ..Durant. Durant. Los Angeles.. Los Angeles. Mar. 16, 1923 Mar. 16, 1923 40 miles. 20:24.57 .Durant. Durant. 50 miles. 25:31.01 Durant... Durant.. Los Angeles.. .Mar. 16, 1923 WORLD'S SPEED CLASSICS. Year. Winning driver and car.Miles. American Grand Prize. 1908-Wagner, Fiat, Italy..402.08 Benz. Germany .415.20 6:03:05 1909-Grant, Alco, Am....278.08 4:25:42 1911-Bruce Brown, Fiat. 1910-Grant, Alco, Am....278.08 4:15:58 1911-Mulford, Lozier, Am.291.38 3:56:00 1912-De Palma, Mercedes, Germany ..300.00 1914-De Palma, Mercedes. Germany 295.00 4:20:31 Italy .411.36 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RECORD. Joe Dawson in a Chalmers car made a world's record for twenty-four hours by running 1,900 miles on the Sheepshead Bay speedway Aug. 2, 1917. The best previous record was 1,819 miles by Ralph Mulford on the same track May 1-2, 1916. TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORDS. The coast-to-coast records were established in 1916. In order of their occurrence the performances were as follows: Robert Hammond in an Empire car drove from San Francisco to New York, a distance by the route taken of 3,384 miles, in 6 days 10 hours 59 minutes May 16-23. This lowered the record set the previous week by a Cadillac eight cylinder car, which made the trip from Los Angeles to New York in 7 days 11 hours 52 minutes. Driving a Marmon 34, S. B. Stevens arrived in San Francisco at 5 p. m., July 29, just 5 days 18 hours 30 minutes out from New York. W. F. Sturm, driving a Hudson Super-Six, made the distance from San Francisco to New York in 5 days 3 hours 31 minutes Sept. 1318 and then made the return trip in 5 days 17 hours 32 minutes, making the time for the round trip 10 days 21 hours 3 ninutes. The distance traveled was 6,592 miles. CHICAGO-NEW YORK RECORD. "Cannonball" Baker made the distance between New York and Chicago, 1,045 miles by the route he took, in 26 hours 50 minutes. June 23-24, 1920. The run was made in a Templar car under the auspices of the American Automobile association and in the interests of the army recruiting service. The best previous record was 31 hours flat, made in 1916 by B. F. Durham and Al Walden. 1908-Lautenschlager, Mercedes, 6:07:00 1914-Lautenschlager, Mercedes, Ger.....467.00 1915-1920-No racing. 1921-J. Murphy, Am..... .323.50 1922-Nazzaro, Fiat, It....415.00 1923-Salamano, Fiat, It..400.00 -1924-Campari, Alfa, It...506.00 7:08:18 4:07:10 6:17:17 5:27:38 7:05:34 Gordon Bennett Cup. 1900-Charron, Pan hard, France .351.00 1901-Girardot, Pan hard, France .327.00 1903-Jenatzy, Mercedes. Germany ..386.00 1904-Thery, Brasier, Fr...350.00 1905-Thery, Brasier, Fr...342.00 8:36:00 5:40:03 7:02:42 1906-Race discontinued. WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE. The University of Chicago won in the twentieth annual fencing tournament of the Western Intercollegiate Gymnastic, Wrestling and Fencing association in Bartlett gymnasium, Chicago, March 15, 1924, with 8 points and 76 touches. The other contesting schools finished as follows: Ohio State, 8 points, 65 touches; Purdue. 7% points: Illinois, 5; Wisconsin. 2; Nebraska, 2; Iowa, 0. Individual winners: Foils F. A. Riebel, Ohio State. EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE. Representatives of the United States Naval academy at Annapolis won most of the eastern intercollegiate fencing championships for 1924. These included the team epee and the individual epee titles. The saber team and individual contests were won by West Point. Individual winners: Epee C. W. Calloway, Annapolis. SPEEDWAY RACING IN 1924. Following were the results in the chief 1900-Harvard. speedway races in 1924: Beverly Hills, Cal., Feb. 24-250-mile race won by Harlan Fengler in 2:09:14 3-5. Indianapolis, Ind., May 30-500-mile race won by Joe Boyer in 5:05:23. Altoona, Pa.. June 14-250-mile race won by Jimmy Murphy in 2:11:02. toona, Pa.. Sept. 1-250-mile race won by my Murphy in 2:11:58 2-5. 1901-Annapolis. 1902-West Point 1903-West Point. 1904-West Point, 1905-Annapolis. 1906-West Point. 1907-Annapolis. 1908-West Point. 1909-West Point. 1910-Annapolis. 1911-Cornell. 1912-West Point. 1913-Columbia. 1914-Columbia. 1915-Annapolis. 1916-Annapolis. 1917-Annapolis. 1918-Columbia. 1919-Columbia. 1920-Annapolis. 1921-Annapolis. 1922-Annapolis. 1923-Harvard. 1924-Annapolis. ATHLETICS. NATIONAL A. A. U. CHAMPIONSHIPS. The annual championship contests of the National Amateur Athletic union took place on Colgate field, West Orange, N. J., Sept. 5-7, 1924. In the junior contests the Newark Athletic club led with 49 points, the New York Athletic club was second with 33 and the Boston Athletic club third with 28. In the senior events the Illinois Athletic club was first with 43 points, the New York Athletic club second with 33 and the Newark Athletic club third with 31. Winners and time in the senior events: 100-yard dash-C. W. Paddock, Los Angeles A. C. Time, :09.6. (Ties world's record.) 220-yard dash-C. W. Paddock, Los Angeles A. C. Time, :20.8. (Ties world's record.) 440-yard dash-James Burgess, West Side Y. M. C. A.. New York. Time, :49.8. 880-yard run-E. V. Kirby, Newark A. Time. 1:58.9. C. 1-mile run-R. B. Buker, Illinois A. C. Time, 4:28.8. 5-mile run-Ilmar Pren, Finnish-American A. C. Time, 26:20.4. 120-yard hurdles I. H. Riley, Illinois A. C. Time, :15.4. 220-yard hurdles H. H. Meyer, Newark A. C. Time, :24.3. 440-yard hurdles F. M. Taylor, Grinnell college. Time, :54.5. 3-mile walk-William Plant, Morningside A. C. Time, 22:27.8. Running high jump-R. L. Juday, Pennsylvania Railroad A. A. Height, 6 feet 4 inches. Running broad jump-Dehart Hubbard, U. of Michigan. Distance, 24 feet. Hop, step and jump-H. Martin, Illinois A. C. Distance, 45 feet 8 inches. Pole vault-E. E. Myers, Chicago A. A. Height, 13 feet 6 inches. 16-pound shotput-R. G. Hills, Princeton university. Distance, 46 feet 5% inches. 16-pound hammer-F. D. Tootell, Boston A. C. Distance, 173 feet 71⁄2 inches. 56-pound weight throw-M. J. McGrath. New York A. C. Distance, 35 feet 7 inches. Javelin throw-John Leyden, Newark A. C. Distance, 181 feet. Discus throw-T. J. Lieb, Illinois A. C. Distance, 144 feet 7 inches. 440-yard relay-Newark A. C. Time, :43.4. 880-yard relay-Newark A. C. Time, 1:30.6. 1-mile relay-Boston A, A. Time. 3:24.2. 2-mile relay-Newark A. C. 4-mile relay-Newark A. C. 250-yard dash (special record attempt)-Loren Murchison, Newark A. C. Time. :24.7. (New world's record.) Time, 8:35.8. Time, 20:27. All-around championship (decathlon)-A. J. Plansky, Georgetown university, 5.901.45 points. All-Around Championship Record. Year. Champion. Points. .6.318% .6.709 7,476 .7.411 .6.999 .6,858.8 .6.468% ...5.702 .6.708 1903-E. H. Clark, Boston.. 1901-Thomas F. Kieley, Ireland. ..6.086 1905-Martin J. Sheridan, New York..6.820% 1906-Thomas F. Kieley, Ireland. ....6.274 1907-Martin J. Sheridan, New York...7.1301⁄2 1908-J. L. Bredemus, Princeton.. ..5.809 1909-Martin J. Sheridan, New York..7,385 1910-F. C. Thomson, Los Angeles....6.991 1911-F. C. Thomson Los Angeles. 1912-James Thorpe. Carlisle.. 1913-F. C. Thomson, Los Angeles. 1914-Avery Brundage, Chicago 1915-Alma W. Richards, Chicago.. 1916-Avery Brundage, Chicago. 1917-Harry Goelitz, Chicago.. 1918-Avery Brundage, Chicago. 1919-S. H. Thomson. Los Angeles..... .6.133 1920-Brutus Hamilton, Missouri 1921-S. H. Thomson, Los Angeles.. .7.534 1922-S. H. Thomson. Los Angeles......6.8921 1923-Harold Osborne, Chicago........7.022.9 1924-A. J. Plansky, Georgetown......5.901.4 CENTRAL A. A. U. CHAMPIONSHIPS. The annual outdoor track and field championships of the Central A. A. U. were decided on Stagg field, Chicago, Aug. 23, 1924. The Illinois Athletic club was first with 120 points, the Chicago A. A. second with 65 and the University of Chicago third with 11. Event winners and time: .7,022 100-yard dash-E. N. Hermanson, C. A. A. Time, :10%. 220-yard dash-Wesley Doe, unattached. Time, :22%. 440-yard dash-G. T. Stevenson, I. A. C. Time, :50%. 880-yard run-R. E. Dodge, I. A. C. Time, 1:55%. 1-mile run-J. W. Ray, I. A. C. Time. 4:23. 5-mile run-H, P. Bourk, U. of C. Time, 26:42. 1-mile relay-Chicago A. A. Time, 3:25. 3-mile walk-J. J. Tigerman, I. A. C. Time. 24:21. 120-yard high hurdles-I. H. Riley. I. A. C. Time, :15%. 220-yard low hurdles-I. H. Riley. I. A. C. Time, :26. 440-yard high hurdles I. H. Riley. I. A. C. Time, :57. Running high jump-D. V. Alberts, C. A. A. Height, 6 feet 2 inches. Running broad jump-P. W. Jones. I. A. C. Running hop, step and jump-Homer Martin, 16-pound shotput-A. R. Pope, I. A. C. Dis 16-pound hammer throw-Oliver Benson, C. A. A. Distance, 143 feet 31⁄2 inches. 56-pound weight throw-H. C. Blackwood, C. A. A. Distance, 31 feet 5 inches. Discus throw-T. J. Lieb. I. A. C. Distance, 152 feet. Points. 1887-A. A. Jordan, New York.. 1888-M. W. Ford, New York.. 1889-A. A. Jordan, New York. 1890-A. A. Jordan, New York. 1891-A. A. Jordan. New York. 1892-E. W. Goff. New York.. 1893-E. W. Goff, New York. 1894-E. W. Goff, New York.. 1895-J. Cosgrove, Albany. 1896-L. P. Sheldon. Yale.. 1897-E. H. Clark, Boston. 5.236 .5.161 Javelin throw-H. G. Frieda, U. of Cal. tance. 172 feet. Dis 100-yard dash (women)-Miss Helen Filkey. 75-yard high hurdles (women)-Miss Helen Filkey. Time, :12. .4.860 Running broad jump (women)-Miss Helen Filkey. Distance, 15 feet 4 inches. .5.748 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A. The fourth annual track and field champlonship meet of the National Collegiate Ath.6.360 letic association to have been held in 1924 .5.739 was postponed until 1925 to avoid conflicting 6.260% with the trials for the Olympic games. The 654 120-yard high hurdles-:14%. E. J. Thompson, Dartmouth, 1921. C. Brookins. 220-yard low hurdles :23.9, Running broad jump-25 feet 2 inches, Dehart Pole vault-13 feet. E. T. McKown, Kansas Javelin throw-202 feet 3 inches, H. Hoffman, 16-pound hammer throw-175 feet 4 inches, 16-pound shotput-46 feet 8 inches. N. Ander- Notre Dame, 1922. 220-yard dash-:21.5. R. C. Craig, Michigan, 1910 and 1911, and Don Lippincott, Pennsylvania, 1913. 440-yard run-:47.4, J. E. Meredith, Pennsylvania, 1916. 880-yard run-1:53, J. E. Meredith, Pennsyl- 1 mile run-4:14.4, J. P. Jones, Cornell, 1913. High jump-6 feet 4% inches, L. T. Brown. Pole vault-13 feet 1 inch. Robert Gardner. 16-pound shot-48 feet 10% inches, R. L. 1-mile walk-6:45.4. W. B. Fetterman, Jr., Pennsylvania, 1898. Discus-158 feet 8 inches, Glenn Hartranft. inches. Tom Lieb. Javelin-199 feet 1 inch, C. H. Storrs, Yale, EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Harvard stadium, Cambridge, May 30-31. 1924. Winners in the forty-eighth annual championship track and field meet of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America: 100-yard dash-G. L. Hill, Pennsylvania. Time, :10. 220-yard dash-G. L. Hill, Pennsylvania. Time. :21.9. 440-yard dash-A. B. Helffrich, Pennsylvania State. Time, :50.1. -mile run-J. N. Watters, Harvard. 1:58.8. Time, 1-mile run-S. 6. Enck, Pennsylvania State. Time, 4:23.8. 2-mile run-Verne Booth, Johns Hopkins. Time, 9:36. 120-yard high hurdles C. W. Moore, Pennsylvania State. Time. :15.2. 220-yard low hurdles Raymond Hass. GeorgeTime, :21.9. town. inches. Boston Running high jump-C. T. Flahive, Hammer throw-G. A. Drew, Massachusetts In- Discus throw-S. G. Hartranft, Stanford. Dis tance, 158 feet 8 inches. Javelin throw-R. M. Gibson, Princeton, Distance, 192 feet 1 inches. The competing teams finished as follows in 1923. WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE 220-yard dash-H. T. Evans, Illinois. 440-yard run-C. F. Coulter, Iowa. Time, :50%. Time 9:43. 2-mile run-R. Doolittle. Butler. 220-yard low hurdles C. R. Brookins, Iowa. Running high jump-S. W. Campbell, Minne- Running broad jump-Dehart Hubbard, Michi- throw-W. T. Richeson, Height. Missouri. Distance, 137 feet 4 inches. Shotput-R. F. Doyle, Michigan. Distance. 43 feet 4 inches. throw-R. C. Bunker, Ohio State. Hammer Distance, 142 feet 5% inches. throw-F. Schildhauer, J. Javelin Distance, 193 feet. 1-mile relay-Northwestern Martin, Calhoun). Time, 3:23%. Illinois. (Cole, Loveland. Standing by Points. Eastern Intercollegiate Records. Made in annual championship meets. Minnesota 74 Missouri 39 Notre Dame Grinnel Purdue 10% Ames 9 Indiana Western Intercollegiate Records. Made in annual championship meets. 2100-yard dash-:09.7. W. D. Hayes, Notre Dame. 1922. 100-yard dash-:09.7, J. A. Leconey. Lafay*tte, 1922. 220-yard dash-:21%. E. C. Wilson, Iowa, 1923, and H. T. Evans, Illinois, 1924. 440-yard run-:47%. Binga Dismond, Chicago. 1916. |