Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-23
PARIS EXPOSITION SPORTS.
Six Events. Sunday, Americans Securing Only
One-The Sports Close.

Paris. July 22.-The worlds amateur
championship contests in connection with
the Paris DEPOSITION came to a conclu-
Americans competed in three and won
one. their only success for the day. The
program opened with the 110-metres hur-
die race, a. c. Kraenselein, University of
Pennsylvania, being made the scratch
tered We're also pulled back. all declined
to run. Rau. a German, with a 20-metres
allowance. won: Pritchard. with me-
tres. being second. and Klngelhoefer, d
Frenchman. with II metres. third. Time,
IS is seconds.
Three competitors stripped for the shot
putting, the six Americans VINO had en-
tered including Richard Sheldon. n. Y.
A. c., who was the scratch man, standing
out. Crettier. Hungarian, with 20 me-
tres allowance. was first with IA metres,
20i2 centimetreS: BasSet, a Frenchman,
with three metres allowance. second, with
Is metres. 81 centimetres; and Saint Cyry
Frenchman, with three metres allow
ance, third, with y metres, 81 cent?
metres.
Thirty entries were received for the
200-metres fiat race which followed, but
only eight went TO the starting posts, two
of l3 Americans alone running. Two trial
heats resulted in which VIM. ]. Holland
University of Georgetown and Walter Il.
Tewksbury. University of Pennsylvania.
with Pritchard of the English team, and
ROwley of New South Wales, qualified
The final heat gave America her only vic
tory of the day and was the occasion of
a magnificent tuSSle between Tewksbury,
Pritchard and Rowley. All three left the
mark together and dashed up the track
with Holland close behind. At first
Pritchard led. but Tewksbury quickly got
abreast Of him and the two then ran neck
ana neck to the finish, TeWkSbury beat
ing Pritchard on the tape by six inches
Rowley was good third. Time. - los
The Kilometres fiat handicap brought
out a good field. Il starting. Most Of
University Of Pennsylvania, being the
sole representative Of the United State,
ana the scratch man. lie had no chance
against his competitors with their big al
lowanceS. Duhwoyr. a German. with 100
metres handicap, won; Christensen, Dane
with 30 metres handicap. second; Delivre.
French with 20 metres handicap, third
Time ; minutes 81 4-5 seconds. Ortou
finished in 4 minutes. is seconds.
In the 4O0-metres flat handicap there
were four trial heats. Maxwell +. Long,
did not run But Holland. with ) metres
allowance. and David c. Hall, Brown
University. with !, participated. The irst
trial heat was won by Lemonnler.
French with ~ metres allowance; Reg
nier. French, with 81 metres allowance,
was second. koppan, Hungarian. with
30 metres allowance. won the second heat;
Mazaud. French, with % metres allow
placed Werkmuler. German, with 40
metres allowance, won the third heat;
Moulinet French, with 50 metres allow
ance being second. Hall won the fourth
heat: Sevestre. with 80 metres allowance,
being second. In the final Hall finished
fifth Koppan was first Werkmuller sec
ond and Lemonnier third.
The last event and the final contest of
the international sports was team nat
race of 5000 metres, which was disputed
by England and France. Each team con-
sisted of five picked runners and the con-
test was decided by points calculated ac-
cording to the places obtained at e
finish. England secured first, second,
sixth. seventh and tenth places, totaling
%: France obtained third. fourth. fifth,
eighth and ninth places, totaling %. Thus
England won. Her two long distance
runners Bennett and Rimmer, led from
the outset Time, Is minutes, y 10 sec
ondS.