The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-20
!H!R|CANS ARE LEFT OUT.
s.svysTs At PARIS WON PRINCE
psLLY ny FOREIGNERS.
peculiar system of Handicap
pIss the Prizes Were Distributed
s.opr Athletes Who Made but
Poor Records In the Events.


PARIS July f9-The manner In which
a.. arer4can athletes had been sweeping
-. eeld IN the international games, In
..n.scfion with the Paris exposition.
.ss,.d the eyes Of the organizations. and
s.vesult was shown in the handIcapping
y 10 day. which practically left the
.s<srseans out in the cold The effect on
=. Americans was demonstrated by the
a. that whereas on the previous days
- had secured four-ffths OF the
.,rs. today, out of nine events they
ssstured only one first, with four sec
"a and five thirds The feature Of to-
s,Fs program was the twenty-five mile
v.sathon footrnes. The first and second
,rsses valued at 600 and go francs. re-
..1rsfyely, were the gifts OF an American
ever manufacturing company. the first
hr,ng large silver loving cup and tire
.<ecnd one somewhat. sfnailer thu corui
nary having given prizes in the standing
IA and broad jumps. The race, a try
M one under any conditions, threw an
sxrpp,ional strain upon tho contestants
eisy owing 10 blazing sun that poured
u,eu their heads throughout the ruin, and
n che thirteen who entered. only seven
we're able TO finish.
me result was "A victory for a French
nan, and his compatriots celebrated their
first and only win In the sports with
ehsracteristic enthusiasm. French spec
tafors Invaded the track and carried The
stro Mitchell around on their shoulders
white the cheers resounded across the
grounds. The three American competi-
tosx. 10 whom the course was quito new
and proved severe handicap, Jared bad
n Newton made the best showing,
Keeping pace with the leading bunch OF
Fsnchmen until about twenty miles had
been covered. BY this time all the weak
had not been feeling we'll for several
tAys. overcome by the heat and cxertion.
was now Obliged To drop behind He
rruggled on pluckily TO the end. hut
reached the goal nearly an hour and n
quarter after tho winner. BY this time
the spectators imagined that all save
thcss who had arrived, had abandoned
me race. and many. went home. New
t1a's arrival. therefore. passed almost
unnoiiesd. excep, by the Americans. who
rsse him an encouraging cheer as he en-
tered the track for the three laps, which
turned the conclusion OF the race. This
Gran, and Mcdonald arrived a little
later. together. Grant who was quite
aone up dropped on the grass after pass
Ing the finish line. and seemed TO be In a
isiniing condition. He received every
s'fention from the French aud other peo-
ria who stood over him, tanning him. FL
nany he recovered and walked to his
df3eing room leaning on the arm OF his
irsiuW
Americans Do Not Enter.
Owing either to "a lack of notice or to
unfsmiliarity with tho language the
Americans were barred from the contest
for the pole vault Tho men were all in
costume, ana sitting beneath "a tree, about
tSenty yards from the point OF contest,
but the French official called names un-
known 10 them. ana when they saw the
pole vault start they walked over and at
tempted 60 compel. but were not permit
led 70 take part As "A result of their
being left out they wets allowed "a special
snatch event. what would have happened
had they been allowed 10 enter the regtI-
ar oompetiion can be gathered from
eempaIison of the records with those In
ne regular event In tho former, kauKer
: Hungarian, won with three metres.
Nnet< Ave crntimatraa, I,emnainx a
evede. was second with three metres
ort, centimetres and colkett was third,
9Th three metres twenty Ccntim~tres
ksusers handicap OF a. centimetres gave
hin the prize On tae other hand In the
aratch event. Horton cleared three me-
Tres, forty five centimstres and Dvorack
lhrse metres. forty centimetres.
EVENT. OF tho Day.
The days programme opened with the
Asndicap 100 metres nat race. for which
thsre we're eighty nvo entries, necessitat-
fsllaws
FIRST heat. Pincduard. French. won;
Nhaduc, French second: time. n seconds
Second hsat--coppan. Hungarian. won;
Funtsnilles second time n 40 seconds
Third heat--W alkoyer for Wcsteragen,
ssed.
Fourth heat-Dantes. French won:
Nskmuller, German. second. time. II sec
onaf
Fifth heat -Rowlcy won. Kahn. Belgian.
second time. n 80 seconds
Sixth heat Shultz, Dane. won: schu-
hsfts Hungarian. socondi time. II Is sec
Dndn
seventh heat-Geia-r French won.
sFsiai Hungarian. second time. II "a
nshth heat walkover for Hely.
French
Ninth heat -Putohars wons rauEin SEQ
shd time. n l-s
Tenth heat -wslkover for MaEaud.
Preach
Eleventh. heat MoCiain won. jameson
e. and tnc ~ 80
fsclfth heat Mlnuehan weni Prinstein
srfnnd time No
fhlftaeuth heat Holland won. Oandel
peas, second time. 10 80
fpsrteeuth heAi liehlcc won. kcyl.
German Second time n
te thf furrinK high jump handicap.
eFntimetrvs was rrut. clearing two
nftfrs Htr ruflmrtres. strauss a Hun
rtHar pItN .rrfiurtres handicap WIS
sesand. clearing two metres and Remdns
tsAt Nu'fsfa.It 80 fpuuH} lt auia. Nth a
aaed'cap 90 tN Hty urrtimrtrcs. 2oouny.
Hungarian WITH - -eutimrtrer hRnfi-
Eat AnN N.nWrn Cfrufnu With 20 cen