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SECOND SECTION 
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1916.
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THE HERALD'S REVIEW OF RECORD MAKING YEAR JUST PASSED

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25-RALPH L. SPOTTS. 26- R. N. WILLIAMS II. 27-CLARNECE J. GRIFFIN. 28-EDWARD Gardner. 29-JAY GOULD. 30-THE MISS MINNEAPOLIS. 31-FRIAR ROCK. 32-THE REAL LADY. 33-"HAL" CHASE. 34-MISS MOLLA BJURSTEDT. 35-FRANK J. MARSHALL. 36-SHERMAN HALL. 37-ALEX ABERG. 38-CLARENCE CARMEN. 39-SYRACUSE VARSITY EIGHT. 40-MISS CLAIRE GALLIGAN. 41-MISS RUTH LAW. 42-FRANK TABERSKI. 43-JESS WILLARD. 44-T.J. ROONEY. 45-MRS. C. H. VOORHEES. 46-THE IMP.
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RECORDS MADE IN 1916.
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Automobling.
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SPEEDWAY RACES.
Event and distance, driver and car, average rate of speed and date;-
 Astor Cu Race, Two Hundred and Fifty Miler - Aitken(Peugeot), 104.83 miles per hour, Sheepshead Bay, September 30,
Harkness trophy Race. One Hundred Miles-Altken (Peugeot), 105.95 miles per hour, Sheepshead Bay, October 28. 
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ROAD RACES.
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Vanderbilt Cup Race, Two Hundred and Ninety-four Miles-Resta (Peugeot), 86.8 miles per hour. Santa Montca, November 16.
 Grand Prize Race, For and Three Miles-Ailon Wilcox(Peugeot), 85.59 miles per hour, Santa Monica, November 18.
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Aviation.
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Distance (Cross Country). --Miss Ruth B. Law, From Grant Park, Chicago, to the fair grounds, Hornelk, N. Y., distance 512.[[??]] miles, November 19.

Altitude (With One Passenger). --Victor Carlstrom, 16,225 feet, at Sheepshead Bay, April 30.

Altitude (Hydroplane). --Lieutenant R. C. Laufl[[??]], U. S. N., 16,010 feet, at Pensacola, Fla., March 29.

Duration --Corporal A. D. Smith, U. S. A. Sh[[??]], San Diego, Cal., February 15.
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Angling.
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Edward W. Davis, at Asbury Park, N. J., sur[[??]] casting with four ounce lead, 392 [[??]] in.
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Bicycling.
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One Mile (Competition). --Reginald McNamara at Newark, September 17, 1m. 45s.

Ten Miles. --Reginald McNamara at Newark, August 16, 20m. 7 1-5s.

Fifteen Miles. --Reginald McNamara at Newark, August 16, 31m. 28 2-5s.

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Chess.
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Frank J. Marshall, at Washington, 105 opponents, simultaneously.

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Roller Skating.
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Fifteen Miles --Anton Eglington, at Chicago, January 8, 42m. 16 2-5s.

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Running.
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Four Hundred and Fourty Yard Run, Round Path, Outdoors (47 2-5s.) --James E. Meredith, University of Pennsylvania, at Intercollegiate A.A.A.A. championships, held at Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1916.

Six Hundred Yard Run, Indoors (1m. 13 1-5s.). --Dave Caldwell, Boston A.A., made at Central H.H. games, held at Newark, N. J., March 8, 1916.

One Thousand Yard Run, Indoors (2m. 15 2-5s [?] -J. W. Overton, Yale Univer-sity [?] made at National A.A.U. Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at Twenty-second Regiment Armory, New York city, March 18, 1916. 

Eight Hundred and Eighty Yard Run, Outdoors (1m. 52 1-5s.).-James E. Meredith. University of Pennsylvania, made at dual meet with Cornell University, May 13. 1916, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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Relay Racing.
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Four Mile Relay Race, Outdoors, Four Men, Each Man to Run One Mile With Baton (17.51 1-5.).-Cornell University Team (G. Taylor, J. Hoffmire, L. Wind-nagel, D. Potter), at University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival, Philadelphia, Pa., April 29. 1916.

Two Mile Relay Race, Outdoors, Four Men, Each Man to Run Eight Hundred and Eighty Yards with Baton(7m. 53s.).-Yale University Team (H. Rolfe, A. Barker, H. Cooper, J. Over-ton). at University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival, Philadelphia, Pa., April 29, 1916. 
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Hurdle Racing.
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Three Hundred Yards. Bath (25), Thirteen Turns (3m. 55.35s.).-H. E. Vollmer, N.Y.A.C. New York Athletic Club bath New York City, July 18. 
Three Hundred Metres. Bath (25), Thirteen Turns (3m, 2.5s).-H. E. Vollmer, N.Y.A.C. New York Athletic Club bath, New York city. July 18. 
Five Hundred Yards, Open Salt Water (100). Four Turns (6m. 11 2-5s.)-Ludy Langer, Los Angeles A.C. Honolulu. H. T.. September 2. 
*Five Hundred Metres, Bath (25). Twenty-one Turns (6m. 51 3-5s.)-H. E. Vollmer, N.Y.A.C., New York Athletic Club bath. New York city, July 18.
Eight Hundred and Eighty Yards, Open Salt Water (100). Nine Turns (11m. 29 3-5s) - Ludy Langer, Los Angeles A.C. Honolulu. H.T. September 4.
*One Thousand Yards, Open Salt Water (100), Nine Turns (13m. 72-5s.)-Ludy Langer, Los Angeles A.C., Honolulu. H.T. September 4
One Hundred Yards, Breast stroke, Bath (20), Four Turns (1m. 10 4-5s.) -M. McDermott, Illinois A.C., Illinois Athletic Club bath. Chicago, Ill. March w.
Two Hundred Yards. Breast stroke, Open Water (50). Three Turns (2m., 45 1-5s.)-M. McDermott, Illinois A.C., Put-in-Bay, Ohio, July 18.
One Hundred Yards Back stroke. Bath (25), Three Turns (1m., 8 2-5s). - Russell Dean. Yale Swimming Association. New York Athletic Club bath. New York city, March 31. 
Two Hundred Metres, Bath (25). Eight Turns (2m., 23 2-5s.). -H.E. Vellmer, N.Y.A.C., New York Athletic Club bath. New York city, April 10.

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Women's Swimming. 
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Fifty Yards, Bath (20). Two Turns (30 1-5s.).-Olga Dorfner. Philadelphia Turngemeinde, Philadelphia Turngemeinde bath. Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 1916
Fifty Yards, Open Water, Straightaway (30 3-5s.). -Olga Dorfneer, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, at Lafayette, Pa., September 11, 1915. 
One Hundred Yards, Bath (75), One Turn (1m., 8 4-5s.). Olga Dorfner, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, Sutro bath San Francisco, Cal., July 4 1916
Two Hundred and Twenty Yards, Bath (20), Ten Turns (3m., 5 1-5s.).-Olga Dorfner, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, Y.W.C.A. bath, Philadelphia, Pa., March 4, 1916.
Two Hundred and Twenty Yards, Open Water (110). One Turn (3m., 15 2-5s.). - Olga Dorfner, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, Lafayette, Pa., September 11, 1915.
Three Hundred Yards, Bath (20), Fourteen Turns (4m. 44s.).-Claire Galligan, New Rochelle, New York city, March 31. 1916. 
Four Hundred and Forty Yards, Bath (20). Twenty-one Turns (7m. 63-5s.).-Claire Galligan, New Rochelle, New York city, March 31, 1916. 
Four Hundred and Forty Yards, Open Salt Water (110). Three Turns (7m. 21s.)- Claire Galligan. New Rochelle, Rye, N.Y., September 2, 1916.
Eight Hundred and Eight Yards, Open Salt Water (110). Seven Turns (15m. 15 2-5s.)- Claire Galligan, New Rochelle, Rye, N.Y., September 2, 1916.
Thirteen Hundred and Twenty Yards, Open Salt Water (110). Eleven Turns (23m. 35 3-5s.).-Claire Galligan, New Rochelle, Rye, N. Y., September 2, 1916. 
One Mile, Open Salt Water (110), Fifteen Turns (31m. 19 3-5s.).-Claire Galligan, New Rochelle, Rye, N.Y., September 2, 1916. 
Four Hundred Yards, Relay, Four Ladies, Hundred Yards Each, Twenty Yard Bath (5m. 48 2-5s.).-Independent Turn Verein of Indianapolis team (Mrs. Alvin Kinder, Thelma Darby, Louise Bebus, Mary Janet O'Reilly), Independent Turn Verein bath. Indianapolis 

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usually produces, by the appearance of new coaches and methods at two prominent universities, thus accomplishing a football rénaissance at those two institutions, which were Yale and Pennsylvania: by the fine performances of two so-called smaller colleges, which were Colgate and Brown, and by gatherings of spectators which exceeded in numbers anything of the past. 
The game never was so popular, and on November 26 there were seventy-five thousand persons in the Yale Bowl to see Harvard and Yale grapple and forty-five thousand persons at the Polo Ground to witness the combat of the Army and Navy elevens. The game generally drew bigger crowds than ever before. 
There was no positive decision in regard to the eleven entitled to first place. In the Eastern ranking, but the consensus was that the Pittsburg team clearly won the that the Pittsburg team clearly won the honor, that it was the best eleven in the East, and that second place belonged to Colgate. Other Eastern teams were ranked by the HERALD as follows:-Brown, Yale, Army, Penn., Harvard, Princeton,Nacy, Georgetown, Dartmouth, and Cornell.
The socker football season of 1916 was made memorable by the achievement of the Bethlehem Football Club, of Bethlehem, Pa., which won both of the cup-tie competitions which are of national importance. The American socker classic, that of the United States Football Association for the possession of the National Challenge Trophy, was played before 12,000 persons on Coat's Field in Pawtucket, R. I., on May 6, when the Pennsylvania team disposed of the Fall River Rovers

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