Show TRACK MH HOl THIRTY SEVEN 0 MEN John Bulls Bull's Speedsters Danes and Finns Press Close on Americans NEW l YanK Feb 20 Athletes Athletes or of the United States lead the world as holders of track and field records An analysis of the latest list of worlds world's records accepted by the International Amateur Athletic federation shows show that out of ot some odd ninety-odd standard events the best time or distance has been made by American athletes Int in t thirty seven contests This number a trifle more than third one-third of the en entire entire entire en- en tire list of accepted records is also greater than the combined total of any two other nations Americas America's nearest com competitor for the honor of at leading the world in the matter matter mat mat- ter of record holders is Great Britain whose athletes have marked up the best time or distance in twenty eight events Denmark and Finland are tied I for tor third place with seven records each No other nation approaches tl the versatility versatility versa versa- of the American athlete for the I United States performers have estabI established established records in six out of the seven se I groups of competition into which worlds world's records events naturally divide themselves I lon T I nr nr GT tC 1 S. S n n This country is without a record holder hoMer in the walking events in which 1 Great Britain and Finland Inland hold all the records America Is tied with Great Britain in the running records each nation natron having haYing thirteen to its credit The United States holders are confined to the sprints and the shorter distance runs Great Britain stars hold a majority majority majority ma ma- of the long distance records These records record as published in tho the Official Athletic Almanac were adopted at th the conference of the I. I A. A A A. A F F. last May Since that meeting several American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican and foreign athletes have bettered records now listed but these cannot be officially considered worlds world's records I I until accepted by the I. I A. A A. A F. F which acceptance may be delayed another six months or a year Such an example Is I that of the running broad jump credIted credited credited cred cred- to P. P OConnor O'Connor of Ireland with a leap of 24 feet 11 4 3 Inches made In 1901 This record was surpassed last July when E. E O. O Gourdin of Harvard jumped 25 feet 3 Inches in the dual meet between Oxford Cambridge vs s Yale-Harvard Yale at Cambridge iEE DEST BEST ALL AM AROUND Taking the records as they appear In Inthe Inthe inthe the latest o official list however it is shown that the American athlete is better in more events In the record list than any anyone one other nationality Every record from yards to one mile is held by a United States athlete From two to twenty-five twenty miles English runners runners run run- runners ners hold sway althou although h most of these times were made In the early In metric running records Finland Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den and France hold all but the sprints which go JO to American athletes Walk Walk- Ing records are held by pedestrians of Great Britain Canada and Denmark I Substituting Gourdin's new record in place of O'Connor's all the Jumping records are in the hands hands' of American I athletes and the R same me is true of the weight events Finland Sweden and the United States Statts divide honors in the discus and Javelin competitions Canada Canada Canada Can Can- ada gets two hurdle records as E. E J J. J j Thomson of or Dartmouth college was wall born across the border All others are herd held by United States hurdlers Of the theten theten ten relay records eight are held by I Amerl teams one b by a Great Britain I quartet and the other by a Swedish f combination The apportionment of worlds world's records among the seven holding nations is as I follows United States 13 runs 5 Jumps 4 I weights 1 Javelin discus-Javelin 6 G hurdles 8 re relay racing Great etC Britain fi ln 3 runs runs 5 b I walks 1 Jump 1 relay racing Finland 5 runs 2 discus Denmark 7 1 walks Sweden g 4 runs 1 a discus ln France 5 t r runs Canada 2 hurdles I |