The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-20
SEVERE HANDICAP
BEAT AMERICANS.
Yankee Athletes Captured But
One in Nine Events at
Paris.
EUROPEANS OUTCLAsSED.
EUROPEANS
French Managers Give the Foreign
ers Such Sweeping Advantages
That Americans Can Make
But Poor Showing.

| the Americans out IN the cold.
| The effect upon the Americans was DEM
| onStrated by the fact that, whereas. on
:he previous days they had secured four
| hfths Of the games. today. out OF nine
| events they captured Only one first, with
four seconds and five thirds.
! The feature or to-day's programme was
| The twenty-five-Inile marathon foot race.
| Tho irst and second prizes, valued at 80
and 20 francs, respectively. We're the gifts
| of an American silver manufacturing COM
| pany. the silt being n large silver loving
| cup, and the second one somewhat smaller
the company also having given prizes in the
| standing high and broad jumps.
The race, a trying one under any condi-
! tons. threw an exceptional strain upon the
contestants to-day. owing TO a blazing sun
| that poured upon their heads Throughout:
ihe run. and, OF the thirteen who entered.
| only seven were eble 20 finish.
The result was Il victory fox a Frenchman
| and his compatriots celebrated their first and
only sin in the sports with characteristic
enthusiasm. French spectators invaded the
on their shoulders, while the cheers re-
sounded across the grounds
Americans Faro Badly.
Inc three American competitors, to whom
t-.o COURSE HhS quite new anu proved a
we're handicap. Jared badly. Newton made
the best showing, keeping pace with the
leading batch Of Frenchmen until ahou;
twenty miles had been covered. BY this
time all the weaklings had been weeded
out Newton, who had not been feeling
Wei for several days. overcome by the heat
and eXertion, was now Obliged TO drop be-
hind He struggled on p.uckiiy 10 the end.
but reached the goal nearly an hour after
the winner. BY this time the spectators
imagined that all save those who had ar
rived had abandoned the race and many
went home.
Newron's arrival. therefore. passed almost
Cnnoticed except by the Americans who gave
MN an encouraging cheer as he entered the
track for the three laps which formed the
conclusion and race. Grant and Mcdonald
arrived latA together. Grant dropped on
the grass after passing the finish line and
seemed To be in faintinS condition
He received attention from the French and
other physicians present Finally he re
covered ana walked 20 his dressing
leaning on the arm CT his trainer. Owing
to lack OF notice the Americans were
barred from the contest for the pole vault
The men were Al! in costume and sitt!nl;
beneath a tree about twenty yards from the
point point OF contest; but the French officials
they saw the pole vaultinS start they walk
ed over and attempted to compete but
result Of their being left out they they were az
lowed special scratch event.
Great Pole VauItfng
What would have happened had they
been allowed to enter the regular compe-
parison Of the results there with
those Of the scratch event. In the former
ninety-siH centimeters; Lammaing,
Swede was second. with three meters for
ty centimeters. and Colkett was third.
with three meters twenty ccntineters
kau=er's handicap of fcrty-fiva cent!rnerers
gave him the prize. On the other hand In
the scratch event. Horton cleared three
fv1a .-,.l
three meters thirty certimeters.
The days programme opened with the
there were sixty-five entries, necessitat;ng
fifteen trial heats. These were Won as fol-
lows:
First heat-Pfnhuari. French won. Chad,,c.
French. second. Time, III.
,, second heat-.croppan. Hungarian, won: ron,en-
Third race-walkover for westAragen. srede.
l.. Fourth heat.Banias. French. Won: werkrnui-
fIfth r heat-Rowiey Won: Kahn. Belgian. sac
Sixth hea, Schultz Dane. won: Schubert.
hSs ai.,,s seeo5 3:.. Iirn e.; ~ Is
HUNGARIAN second. Time. ii - "'" ''ei'''
Eigh,h hsat,Walkoyer for HexlI.. French.
Ninth heat-Pritchard won: Tauzin second.
Tenth heat-waIkoyer for Mazsud. French.
Eleventh heRt-McCiain won, Jameson second.
twelfth heat-Minnehan won: BrInstein second.
Thirteenth heat-H Holland won: Gandel. Dare.
Fourteenth heat-I.ebIs won: Keyi. German.
second. Time. III.
The semifnals were won by Minnehan.
McCiain. Holland Schubert and Prirchard,
and these contested in the final. which was |
a pretty race and full OF interest; Mime |
BE- Schuber,'s III. Hollands and Prit- |
chayd's 8. All got off well: hut rs they
swept over the turf. the blue and gray OF |
Georgetown's two entries were seen to he |
leading safely. They finished almost ,
abreast Minnehan beating his collegemate. |
Pritchard was third. Time. 10 as seconds.
Flat Race Heats. |
Thirty-four men entered the s0o-rrete-s |
fiat race which was contested IN four trial |
heats. Hayes. with a handicap OF ~ meters. |
won the first: Lord. of Chicago University |
with a handicap OF 35 meters. was second: |
Cregan, with a handicap of . meters
romped in in the second heat: Bennett. with !
q handicap Of - meters, getting second |
place. The third heat went 10 Christensen. |
Dane, with handicap of IS centimeters. |
MfcEiin: with no ha ds"i sls. OF meters;
by Hall. Brown University, Ave, French, |;
being second
When IL came TO the final, n big handi- |
cap OF seyeaty-flvo meters. given to Christ |
ensen. impossible TO overcome. and ne |
finished yards ahead. Hayes being second |
ana Lord third. Time. 1:2;.
Seven men contested tho fo9-.neters hur-
die race. Tewksbury and Lewis OF the |
was the scratch man. did not start In |
Iacliiately after the start II was seen that |
the finish would be between the two Amer |
leans AMI Pritchard of the English team. |
Prtchard had the best handicap. and his |
lead was NOT overcome. He won rather |
HARDLY in ItS. Tewksbury being second |
and Lewis third. Pritchards handicap wac |
Is meters: Tewksbury's AZ and Lavis's 10. /
Fabrs. Charles. Deroa and Tauzin, all /
F'renchnlen. were the other starters.
Although twenty-five entered the .5t0-me-
teas steeplechase. only twelve started, as |
the handicaps frightened many.
The Americans and Engiishmen felt that |
they had no chance Of winning, and II was |
only nj the last minute that orion decided |
to start. The two men with the biggest |
handcaps were Deuhnos tGermanl. with go |
meters. and KrasciItil austrian, with %. |
These two led all the way. Bushnell. tn'- |
versity OF Pernsy lvsrId. with l.5 meters ham
dicap. was third. Time, 1I2 2-5. Grant was |
the other American, an! he and Orton Were |
too heavily handicapped To hope TO win.
In the running high jump handicap. Tore |
blom. Swede, with handicap OF Go CEN
tirneters. was first. clearing TWO meters |
five centimeters, Strauss. Hungarian. with |
% certimet.rs' hardicap. was second. clear |
ing two mctGrs and Remington. University |
of Pcnnsy lvania, with handicap of 20 cen
timeters': Goenzy a Hungarian. with % |
centimeterS handicap, and Slefen. a Ger
man. with so centimeters' handicap. tied FOR |
third place, with one meter ninety-five CEN
t.meters.
The Americans did not make a show in |
the disc throw, which was won by Soders- |
com, a Swede. VINO had a handicap OF FIVE |,
meters nifty Centimet6rS and yet made the !
best throw of the day. thirty-lve meters.
In the ong-iump handicap the Americans |
stood better chance and secured second l
and third prize, the result being that Eop- /
pen. a Hungarian. with handicap Of one /
tiers eighty-nne and one-half cen:imeters; |
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