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Show Review of 1916 Sports in U. S. i ATHLETICS r i- New York, January 21 George H. Goulding, champion walker of the world, equaled his own retard for tho one mill. He made the distant in ti:2S. New York. January 26 Howard P. Drew ran the Bevcnty-yard dath In :07 1-5, equaling tbe world's amateur record. Ne.v York, February 8 The Buermeyer 500-yarcl 500-yarcl special was won by James E. Meredith in :n9 4-i, new world's amateur Indoor record lor the event. Chicago, February 25 "Sol Butler ol Dubuque co Men ran forly yards in :04 3-5. Chit-ago, February & The twenty -second annual m?t of the First Regiment A. C. finished with the Illinois Athletic club carrying off the honors. hon-ors. Jou Ray of the I. A. C broke the Central association A. A. U. indoor record of i:2i lor ft mile in 4:17. Honolulu, February 26 During the army sports held here Clyde Gilbert wou the 100-yard dEb lor soldiers in :09 3-5. Kansas City, February 2S The world's indoor record pole vault, (or a board floor, was broken by F. W. Floyd of the Missouri A. C. Floyd topped the bar at 12 feet S'fc ioohes. Boston, February 2ti Whalen of Exeter cleared the bar at 6 leet ' inches in lb high jump, breaking the interscnolastic record. Urbana, 111., February 26 At the dual track meet In the sixty-yard dash C. Smith, Wisconsin, won in world's record time of :0C 1-5. Madison, Wis., March 4 Arlie Mucks broke his owa world's indoor record when he tossed the shot VJ feet 1-4 Inches. Newark, N. J.. March 8 Dave Caldwell ran 500 yards in 1:12 1-5. Philadelphia, March 11 Ted Meredith ran 660 yards (indoor) In 1:21 2-5. Kansas City, March 17 Robert Simpson equaled the world's amateur indoor record for the low hurdles at fifty yards; time, :05 4-5. New York, March 1& George H. Goulding, To- ronto, walked two miles in 13 :37, a new world's , record. John Overton negotiated the 1000-yard : run lu 2:15 1-5. I Loa Angeles. April 15 Frederick Kelley and i -E- Thomson of the University of Southern California Cali-fornia equaled the world' 6 record of :15 flat In the 120-yard high hurdles. New York, April 19 Howard P. Drew ran the nliiL'ly yards In :09 flat. Columbus. Miss., April 22 The American record rec-ord for pole vaulting in girls' colleges was broken by Miss Mat tie Carter, who vaulted 1 feet 1 inch. Berkeley. Cal., April 22 Fred Murray won the 120-yard highy hurdles in -.15 flat. Ves 'Moines, Iowa, April 22 At the seventh aunual amateur Drake relay meet in the Drake stadium two records were broken. In the 220-yard 220-yard run (curved outdoor track) Charley Hoyt, Grinnell. covered the distance In :21 2-5 and in the half-mile relay Peterson, Casey. Smith and Carter, Wisconsin university, won the event In 1:2$ 4-5. Philadelphia, April 29 In the twenty-second I carnival of the University of Pennsylvania three records were equaled. In winning the two-mile college relay the Yale team (composed of Rolfe, Cooper, Darker and Overton) equaled the record Of 7:53. Cornell (the team composing Taylor, Hoffmlre, Whidnagle and Potter) equaled the record of 17 :51 1-5 in the four-mile college relay. Los Angeles, April 29 Frederick W. Kelley broke the world's record for the 220-yard low hurdles on a curved track, making it In :2 2-5. Poughkeepsie. N. Y.. May 6 Miss Edith Conant, Bnston, set a new Vassar college mark for the , 100-yard ruo lor women, making Uia distance i in :12 4-5. I Columbia, Mo. , May 6 The world's record : (amateur) in the 120-yard high hurdles was broken ' by Robert Simpson' with a mark of :H 4-5. He also made the same tttna on May 13 and 14. Philadelphia, May 9 Mike Dorizas of the Unl-vtisity Unl-vtisity of Pennsylvania sot a new record of 2109 points In the gymnasium strength tests. Washington. Pa. May 9 J. Hodgsen Smith broke, the strength test for Washington and Jefferson Jef-ferson college when he registered 5277 points. Philadelphia, . May 13 In the half-mile run on Franklin field Ted Meredith broke the world's amateur record, winning in 1:52 1-5. Stanford. Cat.. May H Karl Thompson equaled the world's mark for the 120-vard high hurdles 0( :H 4-5. Greenwich. Conn., May H In the running broad Jump Miss Jane Cory scored 16 feet 3 inches. Port Deposit, Md., May 20 A world's inter-scholastic inter-scholastic record for a mile run was made by Shields of Morccrsburg academy in 4:23 3-5. Madison. Wis., May 20 Arlie Mucks, Wisconsin Wiscon-sin universtiy, broke his own world's record in the discus, throwing the saucer from a seventeen- 1 foot circle. 155 feet 8 inches. Columbia. Mo.. May 27 Robert Simpson lowered his world' 6 record for the 120-yard high hurdlea by one-fifth of a second, his time being :14 3-5. He also equaled the world's mark of :23 3-5 in the low hurdles. : Cambridge, Mass., May 27-J. E. (Ted) Mere- dlth won the 440-yard run In :47 2-5, which Is a new record, around a turn. Minneapolis, Minn., May 27 The lnterschoU.itlc : record for the pole vault was broken by Sherman ' Landers, with a mark of 12 feet 8li inches. j Frank Loom Is equaled tho nterscholastlc record ' in the 220-yard low hurdles of :24 2-5. Seattle. Wash.. May 30 Three intercollegiate track records for women were broken by the Mlffes Kuausenbergfr: 100 yards, :11 1-5, won by Miss Clara Knauaenberger; also in the running high Jump, with a mark of 4 feet 10 iachw; fifty-yard fifty-yard low hurdles, :0S 1-5, won by Miss Hilda j KnnusenbergeT. Kvanston, 111., June 2 Bfnra Diamond (colored (col-ored ran the 440-yard dash in :47 2-5. equaling the record set by Ti'd Meredith. Robert Shnn-son Shnn-son equaled his new record for the 120-yard high hurtles of :14 3-5. I New York, June 1 J. J. Eller ran the 120-yard 120-yard low hurdles iu the record time of :'Z 4-5. I (The A. A. U. refused to allow same, as the j course had not been measured by a steel tape.) Pittsburg, Juno 17 Harry Martin of the Scho- , lastlc A. A. won tho 120-yard hurdlea in :I3 2-5, i a new world's record. San Diego. Cal., August 1? The amateur record for the 3L0-yard low hurdlee on a curved track : was broken by John Norton of the Olympic club, , San Francisco. hiB time beln? :24 1-5. New York, Augiift 21 Frank French ran the 1 120-yard low hurdles In :14 flat. (French was i favored by a Flight wtnd.l I ih!iijto. August 26- - Four new reorfl were I made at the meet of the Cent ml A. A. U. Arlie 1 Mucks raised his A. A. U. shotput record to 46 feet SH inches; Boyers of the Mystic A. C. won the threo-mile walk In 23:50; Sherman Land Is set a ai'w mark in (he pole vault of 12 feet 7K Incheo, and in the halt mile Earl Eby won in 1:54. j Lewlston. Maine. September 4 John M. Eller of the I. A. A, C- broke his own world's record In the 120-yard hurdle How .1 feet 6 Inches ten hurdles), his time being :H 1-5. 1 Novark. N. J.. September S In the rational Junior track and field championships held here Frank J. Loi'iri'? ran the 221-yard low hurdles In :1'5 1-5 and W. S. Hummel ran the 440-yard huh hurdles in :5 2-5. Newark. N. J-. September 9 Avery Brundaije of the Chicago Athletic association won the na-ilonal na-ilonal all-round athb'th- championship lienors in . the annual Amateur Athletic union contest?, wirh 64v7; points. Stockholm, Sweden, October 15 Following are I the results of the Olympic games held in this city: j ie00-meter run (10fc3 yardi 32 inches j Won by Zander and Bolin, Sweden, in 2:31 1-5, equals world's record time. Ted Meredith, U. S. A., was second. 110-meter hurdles (120 vards 10 7-10 inches) Bob SImpton, U. S. A., first; Fred Murray. TJ. S. A., second. Time, :14 4-5. New Olympic i record. 1 200-mefer run (213 yards 26 inches) Fred Murray, Mur-ray, first; Bob Simpson, second. Time, :22 1-5. Shotput Jansson, Sweden, first. Distance. 1320 centimeters (43 feet 3Vb inches) ; Fred Murray, U. S. A., second, 1246 centimeters. 400-meter relay race (437 yards 16 .inches) American team, first; Scandinavian team, second. Time, :43 5-10. The American team was composed i of Joe Loorals, Andy Wdrd, Fred Murray and , Bob Simpson. Chicago. October 17-1S Sidney Hatch) broke all records for long-distance running, racing from Milwaukee to Chicago in 14:50:30. The actual mileage covered was 95 7-10 miles. Ma mo, Sweden. October 29 The athletic games conducted here by Danes and Swedes, also ath-1 ath-1 letes from the United States, resulted as follows: 110-meter hurdles Won by Fred Murray, U. S. A. Time. :12 2-10. High jump Kullerstrad, SVedpn, tied with Murray, U. S. A., at 1 meter 80 cent i me ters. 200-meter run Andy Ward. U. S. A., first Time, , :23 2-10. SOO-meter run J. Bolin. Sweden, first". Tfme, . 1:57 S-10. Broad jump Bob Simpson. U. S. A., first, with 6 meters and 69 centimeters. Relay race, 400 meters Won by American team in : 43. S-10. BASEBALL , , , Madison. May 1 Mis? Gladys E. Palmer threw a baseball 217 feet 3 inches. Boston, June 13 The Cincinnati and Boston clubs of the National league played 16 lnnintrs without scoring, darkness ending the game. Toney and Schneider pitched for Cincinnati, while Ru-doloh Ru-doloh and Hughes pitched for Boston. Boston, June 16 Pitcher Hughes hurlPd a noli no-li It no-run g3ino against Pittsburg, Boston winning win-ning 2 to 0. Philadelphia. June 24 Tom Hughes of the Boston Bos-ton Braves set a new mark for pitching hltloss innings. H pitched 15 2-3 innings without per-mitflng per-mitflng a hit. Winnipeg, July Hank Miller pet a new fun go hitting record when he drove the ball 438 feet in a field celebration. Spokane. September 3 By handling 239 chances without an error in 114 games Eddie. Mensor of I the Snokane club of the North western league ; Is believed to have established a new baseball fielding record. I New York. September 25 The New York Na-i Na-i t Ion a la" double victory over the St. Louis club enabled the Glanfs to lav claim to a new major league record for consecutive gams won in the asoo. At the completion of this ta double-hender) double-hender) game the (earn had won 21 straight vlc-ories, vlc-ories, displacing the record of the Providence Grays, who won 20 games In a row In 18S4. New York, September 30 The New York Giants recorded their twonty-slxth straight vlctorr for i the season when they defeated the Boston Braves i in the first game of a double-header. The sec-! sec-! ond game of the double-header was lost to Bos-: Bos-: ton. S to 3. October 11 The Boston Americans won the 1916 world's championship, defeating the Brooklyn Nationals Na-tionals four games out of five played. j GOLF 4 f April 22 F. S. Murphy won blind bogey match. May R. C. Gemmell won May leg Country Coun-try club directors' cup. June G., B. Rosenblatt won June le directors' cup. July 16 D. C. Green won July leg directors' di-rectors' cup. August 5 Reds won annual match with Blues. August H. D. Randall won August leg i directors' cup. j August 20 R. W. Salisbury defeated ! Hal Larnb for state championship, 3 up . and t to play. September 2 Mrs. R. TV. Salisbury won j women's championship, defeating Miss L. , Gilmer. ! September H. D. Randall won direc-j direc-j tors' cup in finals. BILLIARDS Chicago Alfred Do Oro broke the world's record rec-ord for short games at three -cushion style when he won the second block from August Kleckhefer In their title contest. The Cuban finished his 50 points in 35 innings. Boston, January 14 Airred De Oro. New York, defeated Lloyd Jevne, Los Angeles, 150 to 133. ; Chicago. February ' 23 The world's record for straight rail billiards was broken by Mark Catton, who ran 2634 before missing a shot. Philadelphia, February 25 Charles Ellis. Chicago, Chi-cago, won the three-cushion billiard championship champion-ship of the world by defeating Alfred De Oro, the titleholdPr. 150 to 12P. Pittsburg. May 17 Charles McCourt, Pittsburg, defeated Charles K11U. Chicago, with a score of 150 to 14!, for the three-cushion billiard championship cham-pionship of the world. Dea Moines, Iowa, November 20 Willie Hoppe, world's champion billiardist. broke a world's high average record when he defeated "Young Jake" Schacfer, 300 to 19 in two innings, in their IS. 2 balk line match. New York. December 21 George Moore beat Alfred De Oro, 1&0 to 12?, in a three-block match, clinching the world's three-cushion title. 1 TRAPS I 4 , : - Travers Island. N. Y., May fi Breaking 1?6 out of a possible 200 targets, Ralph L, S potts. New York A. won tho amateur trap shooting championship of the 1'nltod States. Montgomery, Ala.. November 11 Mrs. Ad Top-perwhi Top-perwhi of San Antonio. 7f;i$. hrok" all previous previ-ous trap ehoHtis records for continuous phootlng by scoring 1352 out of a possible 2000 targets, shooting the entire score in 5:20. This e.atahlisned a new world's record for endurance, number of shots fired over the trap in one single day and targets scored. St. Loufp. August 22 Frank M- Troch. Vancouver, Vancou-ver, won the national amateur championship. BOWLING f 4 . Aberdeen. S. D.. January :a Rnr Flies of this city, in a five -game match with Jak" St roth, made 35 ronfd-.i m c striker. His total for three games wis S7"; three-gamo average, 2?0. and flvt- gam" avrrge. 261. Iowa City. Iowa. January 20 Darrel F. Hamlet, RfVk Inland. III. . completed a 17 -hour tournament tourna-ment with a praclaily record-breaking g-ore He playfd continuously 17 hours, having run oit of competitors before the 24-hour period could bo reached. At the end of the 17 houi he had played 130 games, and. with seven hours to go, he lacked but five games, so he was conceded the , record for endurance. Kenosha. W:is., February 5 The Schroeder Dalys of Milwaukee rolled UOdS in the A. B. C. state tourney, a new record for the event. Milwaukee. Wis., November 13 Tho Graff Masters Mas-ters of the Layton Park league, rolling in a regu: lar series, shot 31G1 total in three games. The scores were 1061, 1151 and ?49. Tampa, Fla., November 23--Rolling against the Nationals in the Cigar City Bowling league, tbe Ceutro Auturano club's five-man team made what Is claimed as a new record for regulation alleys In competition. The total score was 3513, an av-erage av-erage of 1171. The low man rolled 67 and the high man 736. CYCLING r f 4 f New York Breaking all records for the event, Grenda and Hill won the annual six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden, with a mark of 277S miles S lap. Chicago, February 3-9 The international sii-day sii-day bicycle race, which closed on the SUi. was won by the McNaniara-Spears team, covering 1542 milpp (n the 72 hours. Newark. N. J. . September 17 A new world's cycling record was established by Reggie McNa-mara, McNa-mara, Australia, who covered the one mile in 1:45. Boston, November 6-11 Alfred Ooullet and Al Grenda won the six-day bicycle race, their total mileage for the 10-hour daily grind being 1350. New York. Derember 23 Oscar Egg and Marcel Dupuy won the twenty-fourth annual six-day race, 2626 miles 4 laps. 4 . f TURF : Lexington Hia Moko, driven by Trainer Hunter Moody, lowered the world's record for yearling trotting fillies at one mile to 2:!7-4. Montreal, January 21 Day Spring, driven by Nat Ray, established two world's records for pacing on ice. His record for the fastest mile paced on ice in a race was 2:103i. while his time for three heats is the best ever shown, namely: 2:11, 2:10, 2:13V Toronto Grand Opera paced one mile in a race on Ice In 2:12. Louisville May 13 George Smith, an American colt, won the forty-socond Kentucky derby in 2:04. New York. May 25 The twenty-third running of the Metropolitan handicap was won by The Finn. Time. 1;3S for the mile. Latonia, Jiwe 17 The Kentucky derby here was won by Dodge, with Jockey Frank Murphy up. New York, June 24 Friar Rock won the Brooklyn Brook-lyn handicap, the feature race at Aquoduct track. Saginaw, July 4 Luc tie Spiers, a filly owned by G. W. Slaughter of Birmingham, Midi, established estab-lished a world's record for a fifth heat on a half-mile track when she went a mile in 2:104. Cleveland, July 10 In an exhibition against lime Miss Helen Murray drove Cora Axworthy one mile in 2: IS, setting 'he world's record for a 2-year-old driven by a woman. Cleveland, July 21 In the free-for-all pace Single Sin-gle G. won the second heat in 2:00V and the third In 2:01' Russcl Boy paced the first heat in 2:MVi. Detroit, July 25 Miss Harris M. (daughter of Peter the Great I won the Board of Commerce stake for 2:06 pacers and incidentally set a record rec-ord for two consecutive heats by a 4-year-old mare. Time, 2:014 and 2:013. Kalamazoo. August 1 In winning tho first heat in the free-for-all paco Single G. paced the first heat in 2:00 flat. La Harpe Billy M.. owned by Fred Cllne. Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, paced the third heat of the free-tor-all pace In l:00"i. Distance, one-half mile. This is a new world's record. Columbus. August 16 Directum I paced 1 1-16 miles in 2 :0- and the mile in 2 :0y4. Columbus, August 17 Mabel Trask beat St. Frisco in a five-heat race and set a new record for live heats. St. Frisco won the first two heats in 2:054 and L :fiH'4 and .Trask the last three heats in 2:04, 2:ti5Vi and 2:09, respectively, Cleveland, August 21 Id an exhibition mile and one-eighth Tommy Murphy drove Directum I for that distance In 2:16'. Dcs Moines. . August 30 In the 2:10 trot Miss Denemore went the three heats in 2:0S', 2:i1?,4 and 2 :00'i, claimed to be the fastest three consecutive con-secutive heats trotted on a half-mile track. Ponghkeep-iie, September 1 Napoleon Direct, driven by E. F. Gcers, broke the track pacing record. Time, 2:02t,; and 2:00- Hartford, September 7 Two world's records were made vhen St. Fripr0 won the Charter Oik 6taka for 2:0? trotters. The second heat, at 2:07Vi. w'as declared a dead heat lowering the world's record, and it was also the fastest six-heat race, the average av-erage time for the six heats being 3:0"U. Mabel Trask won tho first and third in 2:07ai and 2:ir"1.i, while St. Frisco ran the last three in 2:0fi-"lp 2:06'i and 2:07-4. Syracuse, September 12 Lee Ax-worthy, champion cham-pion trotting stallion, lowered his own world's record for tho mile, going the distance In 2 :00 flat. Syracupe. September 14 Directum I, champion paring Ftallion, broke alt records for the halt mile and quarter mile when he paced the dls-tine dls-tine in 55i seconds and 25ai seconds, respective. respec-tive. Columbur, September 19 Volga, 3-year-ol8 filly, won the Horse Review futurity hi 'J : OS 'i and 2.''7t;, a new record for a two-heat ra.-f. Lexington. October 2 The 2-year-nld division of the Kentucky futurity was won hy The Real Lady in world's record time of :vru for the first heat and 2:07 for the Fccond heat. A new two-heat record for 2 -year-old trotting fi Hies. Lexington. October 7 Iu winning the $00 Oroeders' twerps takes The Ral Lady lowered the world's record for 2-year-old trotter.", regard less of sex. to 2:n-iH. Russell Boy won the 2 03 pace after four heats and in dnttig fo e3'.ili.shed a world's record In a fnnr-heat race-. Time, 2:uf, 2:0i'i, 2:0I1-'., 2:0:,';. Lee Axworthy, driven by Ben White, lowered his own record for nt.it Hon.', to 1 : 1 i . Peter Look lowered the record for 3-year-old pacing colts to 2-3. lxlnton. October 3 Voltra lowered thf 8-year-old .'rtly record when nh tro' te,i the third heat of the Kentucky futurity for 2-year -olds in Time for ihrro lieaf. 2:06U, 2:'7, 2.J4'.;. Fhofnix, Nov?'Tibar 16 Hamtnett Queen p.i"ti one mile in 2:1';. a new record for the fastest pacing yearl Ins filly. I SWIMMING I . . f Chicacn. January 6 MHiael m, Dermott lowered hit, world's anite'jr record for the 1W-yard breast :-troUo to 1:114-5. P'-iry M. G il II vray twam the 40-vard sprint in :1 -"i-o. New York. January in Herberl K. Vollmer swam l.'.d yards CV.'-n'. tanki in l:M-5. CM'-agt. January !" C!"intn'. Browne of the Hnmilmn club wuri H:c I'-nti-a! A. A. V. otio-niile otio-niile .hampi-mship In 2:: 4 Boston. January JI Wem worth Marling, captain cap-tain of the Huntington f huol (swimming team. coiTed i") ysrw in :ll. PUL-burg. January .s R.Mph Voirett a warn I TO vat-', ba.k stioke. in : r-o rhicaqo. January -FW r M'TlllIvrv nnm 40 yard, (in a 20-rcot tank) In :1S 1-5. 'He al.-o J swam . SO yard3 in the same tank In :41 3-5 and 100 yards in :54. Honolulu, Hawaii. February 22 Duke Kahana-moku Kahana-moku swatii 410 yards in open water (110 yards) in ii:21 2-5. In the SSO-yard swim (open water 110 yards! Ludy Langer of the Los Angeles A. C. made tho distance in 12 01 1-5. Chicago, February 25 In an opfn meet of the I. A. l Mlko McDermott covered 50 yards in tho breast stroke event In :31 4-5. Harry Hebnr won i he 50-yard back stroke and tied his own world's record at :C0. In the 60-yard swim Perry Per-ry McGillivrav tied the old record of :30. Chicago, February 26 Redmon, Chicago, hung up a new world's record for the distance plunge, when "he dove 6ft feet in :18 4-5. Favlieck. Chicago, Chi-cago, won the 150-yard back stroke in 1:50 2-5. Philadelphia. March 2 Olga Dorfner, Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, won the Middle Atlantic A. A. U. 100-yard swimming championship for women in 1:09 3-5. Chicago, March 2 Michael McDermott swam the 100-yard breast stroke (bath. 2" yards) in 1:10 4-5. Annapolis, Md., February 2i Russell Dean of the N. Y. A. C. swam 40 yards (bath, 20 yards) on his back in :23 4-5. Chicago, March 9 Joe Lichter plunged for distance in a 60-foot tank in :1S 3-5, a new record. San FranciFco, March 10 Ludy Langer swam 400 yards (bath. 75 yards) in 5:09 2-5. New York, March 1J Russell Dean equaled the world's record for tho 100-yard back stroke swim (in a nata tori urn 25 yards in length), covering the distance in 1:08 2-5. Chicago. March 30 Ted Cann of the New York A. C. won the 100-yard swim in :55 2-5 in tho N. A. A. U. Junior championship. Boston, April 1 Miss Marion Gibson, Boston, broke the American records for women In the following events: 50 yards in :33 and 220 yards in 3:45 3-5. Chicago, April 6 Duke Kahanamoku equaled the 100-yard swim record, going the distance In :54. New York, . April 8 Herbert Vollmer negotiated negotiat-ed the 220-yard swim in 2:23 2-5 (tank. 25 yards. New York, April 10 The world's record (amateur) (ama-teur) for the 2'V-yard swim was broken by Herbert Her-bert Vollmer, who made the distance In 2:08 4-5. St. Louis, April 21 D. V. A. Smith broke the world's record for the 75-yard plunge, hie time being :50 1-5. C. Chicago, April 27 The Illinois A. C. team won the 4K)-yard national championship relay in 3 :42 2-5, establishing a new world's record for the event. The team was competed of Hebner, Raithel, McGlllivray and Voshurgh. In the 500-yard relay (five-min team, composed of Hebner, McG ill! vray. Raithel, Vosburgh and Jones) the record was broken also, the men making mak-ing the event In 4:40 3-5. Minneapolis, April 27 Duke Kahanamoku broke the world's record in an exhibition here, negotiating nego-tiating the 40-yard dash in :1S 1-5. Philadelphia, May 4 The 220-yard free style championship for women was won by Miss Olga Dorfner, her time in the final heat of 3 :05 1-5 being a new record. Atlantic City, N. J.. May 31 MJ?s Claire Calli-gan Calli-gan won the national women's 220-yard swimming swim-ming championship In 3 :15 4-5. Indianapolis, June 2 Thelma Darby, a 12-year-old girl, won the 50-yard free swim tn :34 3-5 at a sanctioned meet of the Independent turnverein. Philadelphia, June 3 Miss Olga Dorfner swam 50 yards in a 60-foot pool in :30 1-5. Norfolk, Va., June 23-24 Swimming from Cape Charles to Cape Henry, Va . across the Chesapeake Chesa-peake bay, Charles B. Durborow added another record to his long list of achievements. The distance dis-tance of about twenty-two miles across salt tidal water in the Atlantic ocean ws covered In 5:42:00. Sati Francisco. July 4 The women' national championship 100-yard swim was won by Miss Olga Dorfner in 1 :0S 4-o. lowering her previous record. New York. July IS Herbert E. Vollmer made a world's record in winning a special cM-meter swim In a tank. His time for the full dietanca was ti :5I 3-5. Put-In-Bay. Ohio, July 19 Michael McDermott established a new world's recoid for the 2c1-yarrt 2c1-yarrt broad stroke swim, making the event in 2:45 1-5. Honolulu, July 22 The world's record for thft 1 I'M)-yard dash was lowered by Duke Kahanamoku to :53 3-5. Another new record was math? in thi 500-yard relay event, wli"n a b-nni composed nf Kahanamoku, George Ctinha. r. Lane. H. Krueger and J. Kelii covered the distance in 3:44 3-5. London, Eneland. August IS MNs File-n Lee swam 35 li tulles in the Thamee river In 10:17 :e0. This is considered a new world's record for longdistance long-distance swimming for women. Her record for 23 miles 1b 7:1 ;nn. Honolulu, Aus'itt ID Duke Kahanamok'i broke a record by negotiating SO yprds in :i2 1-5. Los Angeles. August 20 The record for on-mile on-mile open water twimming was lowered at Ocean beach by Ludy Langer to 23 11. St. Louis'. August 2fi Mies Claire Calligan ewun four miles on tho Mississippi marathon course in 51:26. St, Louis. August 2f Mils Thelma Darby mm 8S0 yards in a 16S-foot pool In 16:0$ 3-5. Rye. N. Y-, September 2 The following martui were made by MIps Claire Oalllgan In open wafer over a 110-vard course: 440 yards, 7:20; SS9 yard. 15:15 3-5: one mile. 31:19 3-5. Philadelphia. September 1 Miss Anna Kean, Lansdowne. Pa., swam 26 mile ia the Delaware river in ll:OS:4I 3-5. San Diego, Ca 1 . , September 4 The American 50-yard back at rok" swimming record for women was broken by Mifs Frances Cowells, who corerd the distance In :43. Honolulu, September 4 Duke Kahanamoku won the national swimming championship at 100 yard in :5J 1-5. Delaware River, September 9-10 Charles B. Dur-borow Dur-borow swam Hfii mik, from Market street, Chester, Ches-ter, Pa.. acr.isM the river to Camden. N. J., and return, to Chester, Pa., and return to Eddyatone Panama third tide in 13 :3v 6. Tho course 1 over freih tidal water. New York. September L'4 Mis Ida Eleonfkv swam around Manhattan Inland, covering 35 miles in 11:25 :r-n. San KranelFcn, November 24 Norman Rqjs of Stanford university swam 220 ynr-1 at the Olympic Olym-pic club in 2 21 3-5, a new tank record for the event. V AUTO RACING I , Los Angers. March 19 Thiee niw record for a mile track w.-r ma'le here B.ir::ey OldfleM. driving hi"- ;:i""-hoi6fpcpwer i'hri:-tle in a special event agiiiijK. time, circled the cource in 1 ' " flat for the mile. Bob Burtnan marie, a mil from a standing (Mart in r.'.l 1-5. Dddte. 0'D;-n-nell drovi; hU Deusenhere cur to victory in Hi" fin v-nule eli-nination t, wee. raks In IS :05. Pv.-:on, FIh., April !" Hilph Mulford. driving a II '.i-istin . :-tt n new record for Mo"k chassi nf tbe u'.'i cubic tii-.'h cai when he drove a mile in "' 12 s?' F:e-:ir,, Cal.. April F-'die Ci'Donnell wnli lh" '-mil'1 aut',::iohi!n r.-" m ' t :15. A cup . and j:;"eri w-ia awarded tbe wmDT New York. May 2 AH au : n-iiobi e rc0rdn nf from one tn t rn. y-four h"u : broken b R.ilph Mulf.'id iilud".-.:i c-.ri v,hen he covered lSlj ari a fr.i.-tirjn miles ;i t eiK - foti ; hour?. v,, ,-!,! p.iy Sp'-'-dway. N. Y . May 13 A r.ew " rid' tMvd f'r twenty mlles was mad bv Johnny Ai:c:i, driving a Peugeot. Time, if 1 " . Indianapolis, hid.. May 30 Darlo Resta (Pa- (Continued on Following Page.) Review of 1916 Sports in V. S. (Continued From Preceding Page.) seol) won ttie sixth annual intornatlonal sweepstakes sweep-stakes cm Ibe Indianapolis speedway, LOtnpieLiDg i lie "fiO milfF in : IS. S- ("hkaso. Juiip. 10 Tl:e second in'.ernatlonal auto derby at Speedway park was won by Dario Resia (Peugeot), wlio set a new reeord of G:02 :31.64 -1 1 over the COO-mile roule, at an ayerage of 98.61 : miles an hour. Ciago, June 18 Darlo Resia defeated Ralph DePainia in a match race aa follows: D. Resia (Peuaeot). fifty miles, 31 :37. 4 ; twenty-four miles, 13:4.6: ten miles, 5:51.2. Des Moines. Iowa, June 23 In the elimination trials here Ralph DePalma established a world's record on a mile speedway trao.lt, driving bis Mercedes ear the dUtsnce in :35.2. Des Moines, Iowa, June 2 Ralph DePalma, in a Mercedes, won the ISO-mile auto race In 1:37:14, an hour faster than last year's race. Colorado Springs, Colo.. August 8 A world's record for an automobile ' onward and upward run" was made by Hughle Hughes, champion English driver, in his Deusenberg special, when hf raced from the Antlers liotel to the summit of Pike's pi-ak in -13 minutes. This is an onward distance or 30',i miiea and upward distance of 6000 feet. Chirapo. August 19 Darlo Resta won th final heat of fifty miles in the grand prix race at Speedway park. Time, 29:52:49. New York. September 18 A new transcontinental motor record from San Francisco to New York was set when Driver W. F. Sturm drove a Hudson super-Fii. His running time was 5 days 3 hours 51 minutes. New York. September 23 A world's record for cars of 300 cubic inches displacement waa established estab-lished by Driver Chrlslaens during the elimination elimina-tion trials in qualifying for the Astor rup race at Slieepshead Bay track. Cbrletaena drove twice around the two-mile courBP, one lap beiDg checked at 1:02 -1-5, at the rate of lib miles an hour. New York. October 28 Johnny Aitken won the gold trophy race of 100 miles on the Sheepshe&d Bay track. Time, 56:37.65. November 16 Darlo Resta won the Vanderbilt cup rare. 8G.99 miles an hour, 2B4 mi lea. Time, 3:22:48 :i-5. I Los Angeles, November IS Johnny Aitken, dHv-j dHv-j Ing for Howard Wilcox, won the grand prize I ra e on the Santa Monica course. S6.55 milea an I hour, -1W miles. Time, 4:42:47. Los Angeles. November 30 Eddie Rickenbacker MLDCK I DKUKHtYtHJ) COLLEGIATE DISCUS THROWER won the Ascot epeedway race, 150 miles. Time, 2:13:1. I LAWN TENNIS f f New York. March 18 In the national indoor tennis championship tournament Mies Mo Ha Burstedt won both in doubles and singles in Blraight t-ets. In the singles ehe defeated Mrs. Frederick Schmitz, 6-2. 6-1. and in the doubles, with Miss Marie Wagner, won from Mrs. Schmitz and Sire. S. F. Weaver, 6-2 and 6-3. Philadelphia, June 10 Sirs. Edward Raymond of New York betanie the womnn's tennis champion cham-pion of the United States by defeating Mies Eleanora Sears of Boston In the final round of the women's national tennis tournament. Philadelphia. June 12 Miss Molla BJursiodt defeated de-feated Mrs. Edward Raymond in the challenge round of the women's national lawn tennis tournament, tour-nament, rapturing the national singles title for the second lime. Mies BJunstcdt and Miss E. Sears won the doubles championship from Sirs. Raymond and MIks Edna Wildey. Koreat Hills. September 5 R. Norris Williams II of Philadelphia won the national turf singles championship when he defeated William M. Johnston John-ston of San Francisco, 1915 champion, in a five-set five-set ma Icli. In classifying the tennis champions the national na-tional association awarded first place to Norris Williams in singles, doubles to w. M. Johnpton and C. J. Griffith, and to women Miss MolU BJurstedL WRESTLING Billings, Mont., January 1 Walter Miller, St. Paul welterweight wrestler, defeated Joe Turner, holder of the 155-pound American belt, taking two out of three falls. Calumet, Mich., January 7 -Joe Steelier won over John Stohl in two out of thrfe alls. New York. January 17 Strangler Ivewls won the feature wrestling bout, downing Zeleanow in 34 minutes. Boston, January 21 Joe Stecher. Nebraska wrestling wres-tling champion, defeated Cyclone Burnts in straight falls. Biilings. Mont., January Z Joe Turner was defeated de-feated by Walter Miller after 2 hours and 24 minutes of wrestling. Houston, Texas. January CS Pet Brown won from BlUy Scbober, Lexington, Ky., in two straight falls. New York. January Alexander Aberg was presented with a cash priie of $5000 for winning the world's championship title iu Graco-Romau wrestling during the international wrestling tournament. tour-nament. Louisville, January 31 Joe Stecher defeated John PereMI, Italian champion, in straight falls. Des Moinefi. February 7 Joe Stecher threw Leo V anu Ice of Gamption, Iowa, twice in less than two minutes. Council Bluffs, February 15 Joe Rogers of Buffalo Buf-falo lost to Joe Stecher tn two straight falls. Baitle Creek. February 22 Joe Stecher took two straight falls from Paul Martinson. Chicago. February 23 John Frteberg lost two straight falls to Joe Stecher. Beaumont. Texa. February 2i Pet Brown threw Cyclone. Mitchell in two straight falls. Ogden, March 1 Jack Harbertson threw Mike Yokel in straight falls. ' Butte. Starch Put Connolly, the Iriph champion, cham-pion, lost in, two straight falls to Joe Stecher. Salt Lake City. .March 11 In a handicap wrestling wres-tling match Joe Steelier succeESfu'.ly threw George Nelson. Mike Yokel and John Kilonis. Sao Dioso, Cal.. .March 12 Frank Gotch, world's undefeated champion, defeated Herman Strech, army and navy champion. Lincoln, . Neb., March 31 Joe Stecher threw Harry Ordeman, Minneapolis. In two straight falls. Brooklyn. N. Y. , April 3 Alex Haggis of the Greek A. C. detected All Muatafl, Smyrna, , in 14 minutes, catrh-aa-cateli-can style. Duluth, Minn., April 4 Fred Beell lost to Joe Stei-her in two falls. Chicago, April 7-Joe Stecher defeated Bill Hokuf in two straight falls. Salt Lake, April 14 MikO Yokel and Fet Brown hauled 5 hours 43 minutes without a fall. New York. April 17 Vladek Zbywzko defeated Fred Pilakotf, catch -at-catch-can style. New York. May 2 The Masked Marvel (Mort Henderson i tackled Strangler Lewis and was thrown twice. Minneapolis, Minn.. May 3 Henry Ordeman succumbed suc-cumbed In two straight falls to Joe Stecher. Chicago, May 5 Joe Stecher disposed of William Wil-liam Demetral in two straight falls of 6:42 and 2 :SS, respectively. Louisville, May 12 Joe Stecher defeated Yussif Husaane in straight falls. Michigan City. Ind.. May 2! Charley Cutler defeated IS mil Bn'RUlta in straight falls. Rock lbland. 111., June 17 Joe Stecher von from Joe Fromm in two falls. Sau Francisco, June L'7 Ad Santfil waa awarded award-ed the victory over Charles Cutlet. Cutler was thrown out of the ling and severely injured. Lewisron, Idaho, July 3 The bout between Walter Wal-ter Miller and Ted Thye went two houra to a draw. Omaha. Neb., July After five hours of wrestling, wres-tling, the ,loe Steelier-Ed (Strangler Lewis match was declared a draw. San Francisco, August 1 Ad Santell and Charley Cut 1c r wi c-stled for '2 hours and f5 minutes to a d raw. Philadelphia, August 11 Zbyczko won two out or three falls with Frank Scliultz in 1C minutes. Idaho Falls, September p Mike Yokel defeated Fred Deell in two straight fails. Altoona. October Dr. B. F. Roller thrw Mort Ke.nJe.raon Masked Marvel i twice. Savannah. November 2 lid "Seraruiler" Lewie defeated Dr. B. F. Roller in two straight falls. Chicago, November 17 Joe Cos tout was defeated by KJ Strangler" Lewis in straight falls. Chicago, November SO Joe Stecher won ovei Charley Cutler in two straight falls. Billings. December 1 Waiter Miller of St. Paul and Mike Yokel of Salt Lake wrestled for the middleweight championship, each winning a fall, and Yokel refused to ret-pond to the call of time for the third bout. Houston, December 8 Pet Brown threw Mike Yokel in two falls. Buffalo, December S Joe Stecher threw Cyclone Burns twice in 17 niinutee. Altoona. December 14 Ivan Linow, the RuFslan giant, threw Mort Henderson in twu straight falls. Fargo. December 17 Cha rlry Cutler won twe straight falls over Ralph Vita. Chicago, December 16 Mike Yokel defeated Jack Carroll twlco in 15 minutes. Spriugfield, Mass.. December 13 John Olin. 225 pounds, whs awarded a match with Joe Steelier aftfr wrestling 2 hours and 40 minute, ai S'echer refuted to continue. |