Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
AMERICANS At
PARIS IN ALL
SWEEP rHy 8 IL" IN THE
WORLDS ( AP1oNsH1P
VERY FA NE MADE
UNIVERSITY Men.
In the First Days Trials Foreigners
Win but One First Against
the Americans.

AIeSA from tneH victories IN London, won
the only two events decided today and Sc
cured leading places in all the trials which
took place during the opening day of the
world amateur championships held under
the auspices of the exposition. The con-
tests We're inaugurated with magnificent
weather at the Paris Racing club in Pre-
catalan, charmingly situated glade in
the Bois de Boulogne. Its pretty surround
ings, however, hardly compensated for the
poor accommodations for the visitors,
which will be seriously felt on the days of
big crowds. But no Inconvenience was felt
today, the meagre attendance being per-
fectly astounding to the American and
English visitors, accustomed to see tens
Of thousands at athletic contests Of such
day. Not more than 1000 spectators were
present, and the majority of these came
from America. In fact the meeting
| than an International championship held
abroad: Only two small stands were pro-
ylded thaed Tor the spestators and only one Of
young American girls, who wore the colors
OF the various American colleges COM
their countrymen men secured secured victories. torIs A A
portion Of the leading stand was reserved
for the Americans, and it was gaily be-
decked with the Stars and Stripes The
Americans started by winning the first
heat in the Kilometres hurdles, and places
N the other two heats, which. they con-
verted into complete victory in the final
heat they winning the first, second and
third places. This they followed UP BY
metres flat race, and they would have been
first. second and third but Tor an accident
to Duffy, who won his heat quite handily,
tendon Of his left leg give way while lead
lng IN the final heat when half the distance
from the tape.
of three In the S00-metres fiat rate, all
tate tnTee meats u the Aoo-metres fiat race and
Doth meats IN the 4OO-metres hurdles race.
!. They also have three out or the five
men who have qualified for the final in
the broad jump, and three in leading
places out OF the five qualifying for the
final in the shot-putting contest, while
Sheldon will represent the United States
nm the remaining event, the discus
throwing. which, Judging from today's
performances is likely to be the only
event which the Americans will fail to
carry oc out of the eight events in which
they started.
Arthur F. Duffy, Georgetown univer-
of Pennsylvania; F. Jarvis, Princeton,
and Stanley Rowley of New South
Wales, won in semi-final heats Tewks-
bury and Jarvis, who We're closely press
ed, beat the French record in their heats
with 10 As seconds.
In the final heat of the 1oo-meters.
Horace F. Jarvis, Princeton, finished
first; w. B. .TeWksbury, University of
Pennsylvania, second and Stanley Row
ley, champion of New South Wales,
third.
Arthur F. Duffy. GEORGETOWN nn,ver-
sity. while leading in this race fell after
covering so meters Time, II seconds.
In the 4OO-meters fat race the first
heat was won by M. w. Long, N Y. A.
c.: Lee. second.
In the second heat Molony, Chicago
university, finished first and Chilez.
Adane, second.
In the third heat Dixon Boardman, N.
Y. A. c., took first place: William j.
Holland, Georgetown university. second
All the foreign men will compete in
the finals.
In ithe 400 meters hurdle race the first
heat was won by Walter B. Tewksbury
University of Pennsylvania; Leaves was
second
In the second heat George Orton, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, was first and
TauZn, a Frenchman, was second
In the S0O-meters fiat race, trial heats.
the first heat was won by David C.
Hall, Brown university; English, an
American, was second. and Howard W.
Hayes, University Michigan, was
third.
In the second heat, De Longe, a
Frenchman, was first, Speide, Hunga-
rian, was second, and scrofford, an
American, was third.
In the third heat Captain Cregan of
Princeton, Won; Williams, an American,
was second, and Harvey H. Lord, Chi
cago university. third The first and
second in each heat will compete in the
finals.
In the long jump, trial heats, Prisley,
Syracuse university, was first, with seven
meters 17k eentimeters; A. C. Kraenz-
lein, University of Pennsylvania. was
second, with six meters so centimeters;
c. de Lanio, a Frenchman, was third,
with six meters Is centimeters; William
P. Remington, University of Pennsyl-
vani, WIS fourth, with six meters 721.
centimesers; J. p. Leahy, the English
and Irish champion high jumper, was
fifth, with six meters II centimeters.
This concluded todays events. Ar
thur F. Duffy, Georgetown university,
who fell in the 100-meter race, strained
a tendon of his ing and was unable to
compete further.