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C. atol rftj. ^-R€ CORDS-* Statistics and Best Performances PUGILISM, Athletics, Swimming, Rowing, Baseball, Trotting, Racing. Police Gazette inin Sporting Annual 1010 COMPILED BY SAM C. AUSTIN, Editor of* tlxe I*olice Gazette. PUBLISHED BY RICHARD K. FOX PUBLISHING CO. NEW YORK CITY. i$ %9 POLICE GAZETTE SPORTING ANNUAL Table of C°ntent^. ********** ATHLETIC. page. World's Amateur Running and Walking 8 World's Amateur Jumping and Field 16 World's Professional Running and Walking... 17 World's Professional Jumping 22 American Amateur Running 24 American Amateur Walking 29 American Amateur Hurdles 30 American Amateur Jumping 32 American Amateur Vaulting 33 Hammer Throwing 33 Putting the Shot 33 Throwing Weights 34 Discus Throwing 35 All-around Championships 35 Throwing, Kicking and Batting 35 Amateur Athletic Champions for 1917 36 American Amateur Boxing Champions 38 Amateur Wrestling Champions 38 Records of Marathon Races 39 Women's Athletic Records 4° Harvard-Yale Football 62 AQUATIC. Rowing Records . 41 Amateur Oarsmen of America 43 Henley Regatta 44 Harvard-Yale Annual Race 45 Oxford-Cambri dge Boat Races 46 International Sculling 47 World's Swimming Records 54 , puaiiviSM:. Bartfield, Soldier.. 204 Leonard, Benny... 184 Brennan, Bill 178 Levinsky, Battling. 132 Britton, Jack 97 Lewis, Ted 169 Brown, Young 181 Lustig, Johnny 125 Burman, Joe 190 McCarron. Jack... 211 Burns, Frankie 74 McFarland,Packey 157 Callahan, Frankie. 207 McGoortv, Eddie. 92 Carpentier, Geo... 112 McVey. Sam 90 Chaney, Geo 173 Miske, Billy 188 Chip, George 121 Moore, Pal 183 Clabby Jimmy.... 149 Moran, Frank 137 Cline. Patsey 198 Morris, Carl 72 Coffey, Jim 146 Norfolk, Kid 199 Corbett, James J.. 69 O'Dowd, Mike.'... 191 Darcy, Les 168 Read, Jack 196 Dillon, Jack........ 114 Richards, Terry. 196 Dundee, Johnny.'. 108 Ritchie, Willie 118 Ertle, Johnny 161 Rivers, Joe 88 Fitzsimmons, Bob. 68 Russell, Frankie.. 128 Fleming, Frankie.. 177 Smith, Gunboat 105 Fulton, Fred 165 Smith, Jeff. 140 Gibbons, Mike.... 102 Sullivan, John L. 66 Greb, Harry 209 Tillman, Johnny.. 2c6 Griffiths, Johnny.. 162 Tuohey, Tommy.. 200 Hartley, Pete 201 Uren, Tommy 203 Herman, Pete 192 Welling, Joe 187 Jackson, Willie.... 194 Wells, Bombardier 81 Jeffries, Jim 65 Welsh, Freddie . 152 Johnson, Jack .. ., 70 White, Charley 142 Kilbane, Johnny... 78 Wilde, Jimmy 189 Lafferty, Alex 130 Willard, Jess 140 Langford, Sam . 82 Williams, Kid ..... 94 6 POLICE GAZETTE SPORTING ANNUAL. PUGILISM CONTINUED. Champions from 1719 215 Largest Purses and Stakes 218 Marquis of Queensberry Rules 219 Ring Statistics 220 BASEBALL. League Pennant Winners 57 Standing of Nat'l and American Leagues, 19x7 58 World's Championship Series 59 TURK. World's Trotting Records 221 World's Pacing Records 223 Thoroughbred Racing Records 224 Evolution of Two-minute Trotter 227 Evolution of Two-minute Pacer 228 English Derby Winners 229 MISCELLANEOUS. American Skating 48 International Skating 50 Ski Jumping 5 2 Automobile Speedway Records 60 Six-day Bicycle Race Winners 61 Hockey Championships • 63 Index to Illustrations. Mr. Richard K. Fox Frontispiece. PAGE. Sam C. Austin 9 Marie Dressier 23 Jess Willard .. 67 Bombardier Wells 71 Johnny Kilbane . 75 Jimmy Wilde 79 Claire Galligan 83 Les Darcy 87 Fred Fulton 91 Frank Moran . , 95 Dario Resta 99 Billy Miske 103 George Goulding 107 Ted Lewis hi Joe Stecher 115 Ruth Law , 119 Hannes Kolehmainen 123 Mike Gibbons 127 Eddie R.enz 131 Yakima Canutt 135 Johnnv Tillman 139 Earl Caddock 143 Grover Cleveland Alexander 147 Terry Richards 151 Mike O'Dowd 155 Wladek Zbyszko 159 Omar Khayyam » 163 Pete Herman 167 Clarence Rowland ... 171 Pat McDonald 175 St. Frisco 179 BennyLeonard Front Page Cover 8 POLICE GAZETTE SPORTING ANNUAL. Hunn inq and Walking. WORLDS AMATEUR RUNNING. 60 yards—6 2-5S. (Indoors). A. T. Meyers, Pater- son, N. J., Januarv 21, 1914. S. Butler, Evanston, 111., March 28, 19*14. R. A. Carroll, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 31, 1914. Jo. Loomis, New York City, March 18, 1916. Jo Loomis, New York City, March 17, 1917, 75 yards—7 3-5S. Howard Drew, New York City. A.*T. Myer, New York Citv, March 2, 1914. 90 yards—9 15s. (Indoors). H. P. Drew, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 2;, 1914. 100 yards—9 2-5S (doubtful) R. E. Walker, Aberg- nenny, Eng. 9 3-5S. Howard Drew, Hartford, Conn. Sept. 1. 1913. A. S. Robinson, State Col- lege, Pa., May 2, 1913. H. P. Drew, Berkeley, Cal., March 28, 1914. A. F. Duffey, Berkeley Oval, New York, May 31, 1902, and D. J. Kelly, Washington, June 23, 1906. 110 yards— 104-5S. R. Cloughen, Sept. 1, 1910. 100 metres— 10 3-5S. Donald Lippincott, Stockholm, Sweden, 1912. 10 4-5S. R. G. Craig. H. P, Drew, Cambridge, Mass., June 8, 1912. 120 yards— 11 2-5S. R. E. Walker, Johannesburg, June 26, 1908. 11 3.5s. H. P. Drew, Providence, R. I., Aug. 20, 1914. 11 4-5S. W. P. Phillips, Eng- land, March 25, 1882; C. A. Bradley, England, June 17, 1893 ; April 28. 1894 ; A. R. Downer, England, May 11, 1895 ; B. J. Wefers, Travers Island, New York, September 26, 1896; A. F. Duffey, New York, June 8, 1901, and England, August 8, 1901 ; J. W. Morton, England, Septem- ber 24, 1904. 120 yards" Hurdle) —14 1-5S. Robt. Simpson, Evanston, 111., June 3, 1916. 15s. F. C. Smith- son, England, July 25, 1908. 15 2-5S. A. C. SAM C. AUSTIN. Editor of the Police Gazette. 10 POLICE GAZETTE SPORTING ANNUAL. Amateur Running—continued. Kranzlein, England, July 7, 1900, and Dublin, July 20, 1901. 130 yards— 12 3-5S. R. E. Walker, Johannesburg, Jan. 4, 1909. 12 4-5S. (Indoors). H. P. Drew, Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1913. 150 yards— 14 2-5S. W. R. Applegarth, Cardiff, Wales, June, 28, 1913. 14%. R. E. Walker, Durban. 5. A., April 24, 1909. 14 4-5S. C. G. Wood, Eng- land, Julv 21, 1887 ; W. T. Macpherson, Svdney, N. S. W.; Oetober 4, 1889 ; C. H. Sherrill, New York, May 17, 1890 ; J. Owen, Jr., Detroit, Sep- tember, 13, 1890: C. J. B. Monypenny, England, February 27 and March 1, 1892. 180 yards— 18s. Wendell Baker, Boston, June 14, 1886. 18 1-5S. L. Junker, England, April 27, 1878. 200 yards— 19 2-5S. W. R. Applegarth, England, September 14, 1912. 19 4-5S. E. H. Pelling, England, September 28, 1889 ; A. R. Downer, England, May 11, 1895; G. Jordan, England, March 16, 1896 ; C. H. Jupp, England, June 4, 1904. 220 yards—21 1-5S. B. J. Wefers, New York, May 30, 1896. R. C. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa., May 6, 1911. R. C. Craig, Cambridge, Mass., May 27,1911. H. P. Drew, Claremont, Oal., Feb. 28, 1914. Geo Parker, Fresno, Cal., Oct. 2, 1914. 220 yards (Hurdles, 2ft. 6in. high —23 3-5S. A. C. Kraenzlein, New York, May 28, 1898. Robert Simpson, Columbia, Mo. May 27, 1916. 250 yards. —24 3-5S. W. T. Macpherson, Auck- land,^ Z., Feb. 6, 1891. 244-5S. E.H. Pelling, England, Sept. 22, 1888. 300 yards—29 3-4S. Jack Donaldson, England, August 4, 191 3. 30 3-5. B. J. Wefers, New York, Sept. 26. ATHLETIC RECORDS. 11 Amateur Running—continued. 300 yards (Indoors) —31 2-5S. Andrew B. Kelly, New York City. March 17, 1Q17. 300 yards (Hurdle)— 36 2-5S. H. L. Hi'.lman, New York, Nov. 10, 1906 34 3-5S. (ten hurdles, 2ft. 6in. high). H. Hillman, New York, Sept. 23, 1905. 350 yards—36 2-5S. M. W. Long, Guttenberg, N. J., Oct. 4, 1900. 400 metres—48 1-5S. Charles Reidpath, Stockholm, Sweden, 1912. 400 yards—42 1-5S. M. W. Long. Guttenherg, N. J., Oct. 4, 1900. 43 3-5S. H. C. Tindall, Eng- land, June 29, 1889. 440 yards (Straightaway) —47s. M. W. Long, Guttenberg, N. J., Oct. 4, 1900. Around turn, 47 2-5S. J. E. Meredith, Cambridge, Mass., Mav 27, 1916. 440 yards (Hurdle)—56 1-5S. (2ft. 6in. hurdles). H. Arnold, Buffalo, Sept. 7, 1901. 57 4-5S, 3ft. hurdles). T. M. Donovan, England, June 13, 1806, and J. B. Densham, England, Sept. 7, 1907. 58 4-5S. (3ft. 6in. hurdles). A, H. Holder, Auckland, N. Z., Feb. 13, 1897. 500 yards—57 3-5S. C. N. Seedhouse, England, September 27, 1913. Mel Sheppard, July 4, 1910. 58s L. E. Myers, New York, May 29, 1880. Indoors, im. J. E. Meredith, Newark, N. J., November, 1914. 600 yards—im. 104-5S. Mel. Sheppard, Aug. 14, 1910. 600 yards— (Indoors) im. 13 2-5S. T. J. Halpin, New York, March 2, 1914. 660 yards—(Outdoors) im. 20 2-5S. H. Baker, Travers Island, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1914. im. 21 2-5S. Ed Frick, Travers Island, N. Y., Sept.