The Washington bee., 1896-04-18
THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
AMERICANS VICTORIOUS IN MANY
OF THE EVENTS IN ATHENS.

Capt. Garrett, of Princeton, Defeats Two
Geek. Champions 10000 People Wi;
Second Dxy-The Royal Fsmily Present.
Athens. April 7.--Yesterday began the
seven hundred and seventy-s1Ih Olym-
piad, in which athletes from severa!
countries participated The Americans
who took part in the games were the
victors In several Of the events. despite
the fact that they have been here +"
very short time and had little practice
after their long ocean voyage. Ths
weather was mild, but cloudy. More
than 10000 persons were admitted, in
Guiding the King Of Greece, the Duke o;
Sparta and other members OF the roya
family, the members of the diplomatic
corps and many other prominent per
sons. The sight was a remarkable one
and seldom has such interest and en-
thusiasm been displayed over any re
cent event in the Grecian capital The
Americans appeared to be in excellenI
form, and they won their victories VIII
much apparent ease.
ing Americans were entered: Cs Di. Rob
ert Garrett, Of Princeton Univsrsity
and Ellery H Clark, of Harvard. d
member of the Boston Athletic associa
ton. Garrett won. CARROTS throw wa.
considered phenomenal by the specta'
tors. He threw the discus 29.15 metres
defeating the Greek champion, l'ars
skevopoulos, by 10 centimetres.
The first heat of the 100 metres race
was won by F. w. Lane, of Princeton
in 12 1-5 seconds. SZOkOly, a Hungarian
was second. The second heat was wo!
by T. P. Curtis, of the Boston A. 4
whose time was IL 1-5 seconds, the sam.
as Lanes NJ. Chalkokondylis, al
Athenian. was second. The third hea
was won by T. E. Burke, of the Bostor
A. A, in II AS seconds. Hoffman. :
German, was second.
In the hop, step and jump Connolly
covered Is 40 metres. Tufferi. !
Frenchman, was second.
In the first heat of the 400 metres ract
H. B. Jamison, of Princeton. was first
and the German, Hoffman. second. The
second heat was won by Burne. ar
EngIishman. with GimoIin second
The first heat of the so metres race
was won by Flack. an Austrian; LEI
musiasuX, a Frenchamn, won the sec
ond heat.
All the finals will be run on Friday.
Athens. April Son the second day
of the Olympic games the interes
showed no sign of diminution. On tn
contrary. there was more enthusiast:
displayed than was shown Monday
The King, Crown Prince and othcI
members of the royal family were pc"s
ent, as were also all the notabilities y
Greece and many from foreign c0Cn
tries. 1t is estimated that fully 10000
persons witnessed the games yesterday
The weather was perfect. 1t is believed
that the future of the Olympic gaze
has been decided. and tina: they wi.
henceforth take their place among tn
noted events in the athletic world.
The first heat of the 10 metres hur
die race was won by GouldinG. an Erg
lishman; time. is % seconds. The seq
ond heat was won by T. p. Curtis d"
the Boston A. A, in IS seco1da .i''
finals Of this event will take pAt:s o:
Friday.
The long jump was won by Ella:Y Il
Clark, Boston A. A, who covered .
metres.
The 400 metres race on the fiat va
won by Thomas E. Burke. of the Bos
ton A. A, in 81 Is seconds.
The next event was putting tn
weight Capt Garrett won. SCORING
ll22 metres The Greek champion
Gouskos. scored 11.03 metres. Gousk"
is the second Greek champion who h&
met defeat contesting with Garrett.
The one-hand weight lifting contcs
was won by Elliott, an Englishmar
who raised II kilos.
The 200 weight lifting contest va
won by Jensen, Dane, who raise
| l1115 kilos.
F'lack, the Australian, won the l.09
| metres race on the fiat in Am. SSs.