Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-02 | Page 11 | High School Runner Equals World Mark

HIGH SCHOOL RUNNER EQUALS WORLD MARK HARTFORD. Conn.. Sopt. 1. Howard P. (Drew, tho Springfield, Mass., high school sprinter, today equaled tho World's record in the 100-yard dash, on Charter Oak track, at tho Connecticut fair, going the dlstanco in ;0 3-5. Flv stop-watches caught tho tlrno as :9 3-5 and this tlrno was officially announced, but it wan given out la tor that two stop-watch had caught :0 2-G. A few minutes later Drew ran tho 220 yards in :2'A flaU Illinois Swimmer Wins. ST. LOUTS, Sept, 1. Mike McDcrmott of the Illinois A, C, Chicago, won the seventh nnnual national championship ten-mile swim conducted by the Missouri Athletic club hore today, Ho covered the distance in 1:50:45. McDcrmott used a combination of the double overarm trudgeon stroke and the breast stroke kick. The contest was carried out under the rules of the National Amateur Athletic Ath-letic union. Ho camo ln forty seconds ahead of Herman Laubls. the 18-year-old M. A. C. star. Third nlace was taken by I. W Ralthel of the I. A. C. 'in 1:52!59. Twenty-four men Jumped from the starting start-ing barge at 3:n0. o'clock. ing barge at 3:30 o'clock, and. nlnetoan of them finished. Chauncoy Hoath, whom tho local stars hoped would repeat his last j'oar's victory, collapsed after covering cover-ing soven miles of the distance. In going to his rescue, coach Whltaker of the M. A. C. nearly lost his life. Bolh men wont down with the current, and were saved bv life preservers thrown from nearby, skiffs.