Outing . al all-aroundcontest his recordswere : 100-yard run,11 1-5S.; i-mile run,5m- 3635S-; 120-yardhurdle-race, 18s.;half-mile walk, dis-qualified for running;running high jump,5 ; runningbroad jump, 21 ins.; pole vault,10 ft. 3 1-2 ins.; put-ting shot, 34 ft. 10 1-2ins. ; throwing ham-mer, 97 ft. 5 ins., andthrowing 56 - , 20 ft. 8 could at any timeof these ten perform-but to do themis an extremelyIn addition to Of coursebeat any oneances, taken singly,all in one afternooncreditable performancethis contest Sheldon has during the sea-son performed as
Outing . al all-aroundcontest his recordswere : 100-yard run,11 1-5S.; i-mile run,5m- 3635S-; 120-yardhurdle-race, 18s.;half-mile walk, dis-qualified for running;running high jump,5 ; runningbroad jump, 21 ins.; pole vault,10 ft. 3 1-2 ins.; put-ting shot, 34 ft. 10 1-2ins. ; throwing ham-mer, 97 ft. 5 ins., andthrowing 56 - , 20 ft. 8 could at any timeof these ten perform-but to do themis an extremelyIn addition to Of coursebeat any oneances, taken singly,all in one afternooncreditable performancethis contest Sheldon has during the sea-son performed as follows : 220-yardhurdles, 26 1-5S., and 5 ft. behind 25s.;running high jump, 5 ft. 81-2 ins. and 5ft. 91-2 ins.; running broad jump, 22 1-4 ins., 22 ft. 3 3-4 ins., and 22 ft., 6 1-2ins.; putting the 12-lb. shot, 39 ft. 7 ins.,and throwing the 16-lb. hammer, 112 1-2 ins. He won the individual all-around championship in 1896, won therunning broad jump and tied for first 274 OUTING FOR F. W. ALUS. place in the running high jump at theOxford-Yale match in 1894, won theHarvard-Yale running long jump in1894 and 1895, the Intercollegiate cham-pionship running long jump in 1895 and1896, the Metropolitan championship in1895, and the Canadian championshipin 1894. E. B. Bloss, formerly of HarvardUniversity, but now of the New YorkAthletic Club, and a lawyer in New YorkCity, is especially expert at the runninglong jump and running hop-step-and-jump, but is also a fine all-round athlete,although he has never competed for theindividual all-round championship. Hefirst attracted athletic attention whileyet a schoolboy at Phillips Exeter Aca-demy, by coming to Boston and dis-tinguishing himself at the running hop-step-and-jump. He is short, thick andheavily muscled. This year he com-peted for the individual all-round cham-pionship of the New York Athletic Club,taking fourth place in the 12-lb. shot-putting at 2>Z ft. 1 1-2 in., second in the100-yard and one-mile runs,
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