The age-herald., 1900-07-23
ATHLETIC MEET
 COMES TO AN END
At the Grounds of the Racing
 Club in Paris.
AMERICANS HANDICAPPED
In Many Instances They Were Pulled Back So Far They Refused to Run-Tewkesbury the
 Only Winner

Paris, July 22.-The worlds amateur championship contest in connection with the Paris Exposition came to conclusion today at the grounds of the racing club in the Bois de Boulogne. The weather was cooler than it was last week, though the sun shone brightly. Comparatively few Americans attended, owing to the fact that only three or four of their countrymen were announced to compete in the events, for the most part handicaps, in which the Americans had received too severe treat ment to tempt them to exhaust themselves in running losing races.
 Six events were decided. The Americans competed in three and won one, their only success for the day.
 The programme opened with the 110-metre hurdle race, University of Pennsylvania be- ing made the scratch men. As the other Americans who entered were also pulled back all declined to run. Rau, German, with 2O-metre allowance, won. Pritchard. with metres, was second, and King thoefer, Frenchman, with IA metres, third. Time, IS 1-5 seconds.
 Three in three competitors stripped for the shot putting, the six Americans who had entered, including Richard Sheldon, of the New York Athletic Club, who was the scratch man, standing out Crettier, a Hungarian, with two metres allowance, was first, with 14 metres 2Ok centimetres; Bassett, a Frenchman, with three metres allowance, being second, with 13 metres 97 centimetres and Steyr. Frenchman, with three metres allowance, third, with F metres 67 centimetres.
 Thirty enteries were received for the 200 metres flat race which followed, but only eight went to the starting post, two of the thirteen Americans alone running. Two trials resulted in which William J. Holland, University of Georgetown, and Walter B. Tewkesburk University of Pennsylvania, third.
 America's Only Victory
 The final heat gave America her only vic- tory of the day, and was the occasion of a magnificent tussle between Tewskbury and Roley of England and New South Wales respectively. All three left the mark to- gether and dashed up the track with Hol- land close behind. At first Pritchard led, but Tewkesbury quickly got abreast of him and the two then ran neck and neck to the finish, Tewkesbury beating Pritchard on the tape by six inches. Rowley was good third. Time, % l-5 seconds. a
 The 1,500 metres fiat handicap brought out a good field, seventeen starting Most of these were Frenchmen, George w. Orton, University of Pennsylvania, being the sole representative of the United States, and the scratch man. He had no chance against 2 his competitors with their big allowances. Duhwoyr, German, with 15O metres handi- cap, won; Christensen, Dane, with 90 metres handicap being second, and De- 1ivire, French, with 70 metres handicap be- ing third Time 8 minutes and 56 4-5 sec- onds. Orton finished in minutes and AS seconds.
 In the 400 metres flat handicap there were four trials. Maxwell E. Long, of the New York Athletic Club, was the scratch man and did not run, but Holland, with five metres allowance, and David c. Hall, of Brown University, with seven metres al- lowance, participated. The first trial heat was won by Lemonnier, French, with 26 metres allowance, Bregnier, French, with 30 metres allowance, being second. Kop- pan, Hungarian, with 35 metres allowance, won the second heat, Mazaud, French, with 25 metres allowance, being second. Holland was not placed. Werlmuler, German, with 40 metres allowance, won the third heat, Moulinet, French, with 35 metres allow ance, being second. Hall won the fourth heat, Sevestree, with 30 metres allowance, being second.
 Hall Ran Pluckily
 In the final Hall ran pluckily, but failed