Evening star., 1900-07-16
TOOK EIGHT EVENTS
Success of Americans in Athletics
in Paris.
THEIR VICTORIES SEEMED POPULAR
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The number of spectators at the athletic
contests in Paris yesterday was much
| larger than Saturdays attendance. and the
presence of regimental band enlivened the
| occasion. Again the grand stand was
| largely occupied by Americans. who
cheered their champions with much vim.
especially when George w. Orton of the
University of Pennsylvania. after seeming
to be out Of the long steeplechase, made a
magnificent spurt beating an Englishman
who looked a certain winner as they came
down the stretch. The enthusiasm at this
point was immense
The games began at 2:3O but it was
o'clock before the last event was over.
The final of the sixty-meter race was a
pretty contest. the men being breasts apart
at the finish, with Kraenzein first,
Tewkesbury second and Rowley third.
Time. seconds. Minahan also ran.
, Richard Sheldon of the N. Y. A. c. was
the the only American to strip for the final in
| the shot-putting, as J. c. McCracken. Uni
| Versity of Pennsylvania, and Robert Gar
| rett OF Princeton University refused to
compete on Sunday. Crettier. Hungarian.
| and Paraskevopoulos Greek, took their
places Neither of these could outstrip the
| puts made by McCracken and Garrett and
the final resulted with Sheldon first, at IA
| meters and 10 centimeters which Is said to
| peat the worlds record; McCracken, Sec
| ono, at II meters and S5 centimeters and
Garrett, third. at II meters and 81 cent?
meters.
The 4OO-Meters, Flat.
Only three started in the final of the 400
meters fiat. as Messrs. Lee, Frederick G.
| Moloney of the University of Michigan and
| DIXON Boardman Of the N. Y. A. c., who
had also qualified. refused to run. This
left Maxwell Long of the N. Y. A. c., Will
lam j. Holland Of the University of George
town and Schulz. Dane At the crack of
the pistol Holland set merry pace and
held 1t we'll into the stretch where Long
caught him. The two had heartbreaking
run to the finish. which Long reached one
yard in advance Of Holland, Schulz being
fifteen yards to the rear. The time was
~ seconds. beating the French record
OF % 80: Had the other two Americans
| started America would undoubtedly have
| gained first, second and third
hau yesterday records alone decided the
results OF the discus throwing Sheldon
1 Moula nave won. for he outstripped his
Hungarian competitors. But their records
made in the preliminaries stood in the
fnais. and Saturday they did better. with
the result that Bauer Hungarian was first
at 81 meters and centimeters, and Janda
Austrian, second. at 30 meters and IA cent?
meters, with Sheldon third at "a meters
and TO centimeters. Soderstrom Swede
and Paraskevopoulos also competed.
| The 1,SOO-Meters, Flat.
The 1.5OO-meters fiat race brought nine
| contestants to the tape. representing Dem
mark, England. France. Austria and the
United States. Messrs. David C. Hill of
Brown University and John Bray of VIII
Hams College were the two American en-
tries. Almost from the start the race SEEM
ed contest between Bennett, English and
De Loge. French. These two raced around
| the turns close together, and as they en-
tered the stretch they drew away from the
others and had hard tussle, which Ben
| nett won by two yards with De Loge sec
ond and Bray third. Time, minutes 8
seconds. Christensen. Dane: Kraschtil.
Austrian; Louis. French; Rimmer English,
and Pukl. Austrian, also ran.
Although William P. Remington of the
| University of Pennsylvania and Carroll en-
tered, l. X. Baxter of the University of
Pennsylvania was the only American in the
| running high jump. He easily retained his
| reputation, winning first place with 100
| centimeters. He made effort to clear 1877
| centimeters. which would have given him
the worlds championship. but he failed.
American Victories Popular.
During his efforts all the spectators
swarmed about the space in which the
Jumping was going and gave vent to
| the greatest enthusiasm.
| In fact, the American victories were quite
popular throughout the day with all pres
| ent. The Europeans representing the varf-
GUS countries gave the Americans hearty
| welcome as they came to the scratch in
every event. Leahy. Irish. was second in
the high jump. with 176 centimeters, and
Goenzy, Hungarian, third. with 175 cent?
| meters. Angersen, Norwegian; Steppin
German; Blom, Swede. and Monnier,
| French, also jumped.
| The Frenchmen were loud in their shouts
| as the contestants for the 4O0-meters hur-
| die came upon the track as MTauzn who
| has held the French record for years, was
| considered sure winner. There were only
| three in the final Tewkesbury went to the
| front as soon as the pistol was fired and
| was never headed. He jumped clearly. fol-
lowed closely by Tauzin, Orton bringing up
| the rear Thus they finished, although it
was thought that Orton would beat Tauzin
| as he did so in the trials Saturday. Tewkes-
| bury won rather easily, but Tauzin was
| only a yard ahead Of Orton. Time, 81 3-5
| seconds
The 2,5OO-Meters steeplechase.
| The 2,5OO-meters steeplechase handicap
which included stone fences, a water jump,
hurdles and other obstacles, created greater
| enthusiasm than all the other events of the
| day. Six men came to the scratch. With
| Messrs. Alexander Grant and Edward R.
Bushnell of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA declining to participate, the duty fell
upon Mr.. Orton and Mr.. Newton to win the
event for America. and right well the for
mer did 1t. England felt confident with
| Robinson, while France had Chastanie.
Duhnoe represented Germany and Kraschtil
| all the running, with Orton resting at fourth
place at the first take water. On the second
| round, America, France and England took
| the water jump abreast. Cn the third and
| fourth rounds England. France and the two
Americans were the only ones remaining in
| the race. 80 hot had been the pace. Orton
was last, and. as many thought, virtually
out of It, but on turning home he woke up,
passing Chastanie, who succumbed when
| about 100 yards from the tape, Orton cross
ing the tape five yards ahead Of Robinson,
he being about the same distance in front
of Newton. The time was minutes "a 2-5
seconds. Both Orton and Robinson fell
after crossing the line. but they were soon
about again.
Although johnson and Dvorack were out
Of the pole vault the Americans felt certain
of winning there. The contest was long
drawn out. Finally Baxter, Colkett and
Anderson, Norwegians. alone remained
They tied several times, Baxter finally win
ming by meters and 80 centmeters, with
Colkett second. meters and q centimeters,