The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-23
AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
Worlds mplonship Contests at
Paris Concluded.

Paris July 22.-The worlds amateur
championship contests in the connection
with the Paris Exposition came to con-
clusion today. Six events were decided.
The Americans competed in three and
won one, their only success for the day.
The programme opened with the 10
metres hurdle race, A, G. Kraenzlein,
University of Pennsylvania, being made
the scratch man. AS the other Americans
who entered We're also pulled back, all de-
clined to run. Rau, German, with y
metres allowance won Pritchard, with
s metres being second and Kingelhoefer,
Frenchman, with IA metres, third. Time
10 1-5 seconds. Three competitors stripped
for the shot putting, the six Americans
who entered including Richard Sheldon,
N. Y. A. G who was the scratch man,
standing out. Crettier a Hungarian
with two metres allowance, was first
with IA metres, 201a centimetres; Basset,
Frenchman with three metres allow
ance being second with 10 metres, 81 cen
timetres, and Saint Cyr a Frenchman,
with three metres, allowance third with
70 metres, 81 centineles.
Thirty entries were received for the 200
metres flat rae e, which followed, but only
eight went to the starting post, two of
thirteen Americans alone running. Two
trial heats resulted in which William j.
Holland of Georgetown and Walter B.
Tewkesbury, 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 Tewkesbury,
Pritchard and Rowley. All three left the
mark together and dashed up the track
with Holland close behind. At first Prit-
chard led, but Tewkesbury quickly got
abreast of him and the two then ran neck
and neck to the finish, Tewkesbury beat
ing Pritchard on the tape by six inches.
Rowley was good third. Time % 1-5
seconds.
The 1900 metres flat handicap brought
out good field, seventeen starting. Most
of these were Frenchmen, George W. Or
ton, University of Pennsylvania, being
the sole representative of the United
States, and the scratch man. He had no
chance against his competitors with their
big allowances. Duhwoyr, a German,
with $50 metres handicap, won; Christen-
sen, Dane with 80 metres handicap being
second and Delivre, French, with 70
metres, handicap being third. Time,
8 GO As seconds.
orion finished in 4 minutes, 40 sec
onds.
:, In the 400 metres fiat handicap, there
were four trial heats Maxwell E. Long,
N. Y. A. c., was the scratch man and
did not run. But Holland, with five
metres, allowance and David G. Hall,
Brown university, with seven, partici-
pated. The first trial heat was won by
Lemonnier, French, with 26 metres allow
ance. Regnier, French, with 80 metres
allowance was second. Koppan, Hun
garian with 35 metres allowance, won
the second heat, Mazaud, French, with %
metres allowance being second. Holland
was not placed. Werkmuller, German,
with 80 metres allowance, won the third
heat Moulinet French, with 80 metres
allowance being second. Hall won the
fourth heat, Sevestre, with 30 metres AZ
lowance being second.
In the final Hall finished fifth. Koppan
was first, Welmkuller second and Lemon.
nier, third.
The last event and the final contest OF
the international sports, was team fiat
race OF 5000 metres which wasdisputed by
England and France, each team consist
Ing Of five picked runners, and the con-
test was decided by points calculated &C
cording to the places obtained at the
finish. England scared first, second,
sixth, seventh and tenth places totaIling