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Show JOIE W. M SETS h NEW RECORD Athlete Bests George Bonhag's Time for Two Miles Time Is 9:11 2-5. Xew York, Feb 13 Joio W. Ray of the Illinois Athletic club who, three weeks ago, established a new world's record for one mile and a half, broke J Gorge Bonhags American record of 914 1-5 for two miles here tonight.! He ran from scratch in the the two mile handicap and with a magnificent' sprint in the final lap, after ho had passed all the other contestants to J whom he had given liberal handicaps, broke the tape in 9 : 1 1 2-5, which Is 1 4-5 seconds behind the world's record of 9:09 3 f, made bv Al oiiiuuu, ui ciiKiunu, ai uiassow scot-land, scot-land, in 1904. Loomi6 also took first honors in a series of three sprints at fifty, sixty and seventy yards, equaling the world's record of 7 1-5 seconds in the last event, and finished first in the; 70-yard low hurdles, at the annual in-1 door meet of the Xew York athletic1 club at Madison Square Garden to-night. to-night. j Fred S. Murray, the national rham-pion. rham-pion. formerly of Leland Stanford university, uni-versity, California, might have won! the final in the 70-yard high hurdle! contest, but he stumbled over the second sec-ond hurdle and quit The event was won by A. L Fngels, Xew York A C. with c V.. Krdman, Princeton second, and R. F. Warren, University of Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, third. Tom Hatpin, Boston A. A . won the , Burmeyer 500-yard run John W. I j Overton, Yale's great runner and inter-collfgiaie inter-collfgiaie Toss-country champion, I cleverly won the Baxter mile In 4:19-' 4:19-' 1-5. His time was one second behind Abel Kiviat8 record for the same even! four years ago, but the judges tonight computed that under the new Internationa measurement of the track, Overrun ran about ten yards , more than Kiviat. The summaries: 500-yard run (Burmerer trophy) Won bj Thomas Halpin, Boston A. A.; William B. Moore. Princeton, second; Binga Dismond. Chicago university : third. Time. :60. 70-yard high hurdles Final heat, won by Arthur L. Engeles. Xew York A. C; C. E. Erdman, Princeton, sec ! ond. R. F. Warren. University of Pennsylvania, third. Time. :09. 60-yard dash Won by Joe G Loom, is. Chicago A. A: Brooke Brewer. Maryland State college, second; A. B Kelly, Holy Cross, third. Time. 06 3-5! 50-yard dash Won by Loomis-Brewer Loomis-Brewer second. Kelly, third. Time' 06 4-5. 'I 70-yard dash Won by Loomis; Kel-' ly, second; Brewer, third. Time, 07-' 1-."., equalling- world's record. The Baxter mile Won by John W j Overton, Yale university; M a De-' vaney, Millrose A. A., second; Sidney Leslie, unattached, Xew York third Ivan A. Meyers. Illinois A. C, Chicago fourth. Time. 4:15 1-5. 70-yard low hurdles Won br Jo G ! Loomis, Chicago A. A. second; Fred S. Murray. New York A. C., third j Time. :07 3-5. , Two-mile run. handicap Won bv I Ole W . Hay. Illinois A. C , Chicago scratch ; Heywood Holden. Xew York A. C. (100 yards), second; Victor Vo-teretas, Vo-teretas, Morningside A C, Xew York (110 yards), third. Time. 9:11 5 a new American record. Two-mile relay, scratch Won bv Boston A. A. (McGrath. Rose, Mahon. ey and Caldwell). New York A C (Sellers. Anderson, Wheeland and Adams.) second. Time, 8:07 1-5. |