The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-23
CLOSING CONTESTS AT PARIS
IMERICi COMPETE IN THREE
 ETEN1S AND TTN ONE.

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 some of Th,m So Badly Handicapped | That Th,y Refused 10 Take Part | sheldon Onr of Thtni--Even ISrnenz- | 1ein Could Not wtn-The Rrxults of | the Contests
 | Paris, July 22.-The worlds amateur | championship contests in connection | with the Paris exposition came to a | conclusion to-day. Six events were de-
 cided. The Americans competed in
 three and won one, their only success
 of the day. The programme opened
 with the 110 metres hurdle race, A. C..
 Kraenzlein, University of Pennsylva-
 mia, being made the scratch man. As
 the other Americans who entered were
 also pulled back, all declined to run.
 Raub. a German with a 20 metres al-
 lowance, won, Prltchard with metres
 being second and Klnghoefer, French
 man, with 14 metres, third, Time, IS l-5
 seconds
 Three competitors stripped for the
 shot putting, the six Americans who
 had entered including Richard Sheldon,
 New York Athletic club, who was the
 scratch man, standing out Crettler,
 Hungarian with 2 metres allowance
 was first with If metres 20 1-2 centl-
 metres; Basset, 6 Frenchman with
 metres allowance, second, with 13 me
 tres 97 centimetres, and Saint Cyr, a
 Frenchman with metres allowance,
 third, with 12 metres 16 centimetres
 Thirty entries were received for the
 200 metres flat race which followed, but only eight went to the starting post,
 two out of thirteen Americans alone
 running. Two trial heats resulted in which William J. Holland. University of Georgetown, and Walter B. TeWl1s- bury, University of Pennsylvania, with Pritchard of the English team and Rowley of New South Wales qualified.
 The final heat gave America her only victory of the day and was the occa- sion of a magnificent, tussle between Tewksbury, Pritchard and RoWley. all three left the mark together and dashed up the track with Holland close be- hind At first Pritchard led, but TeWks- bury quickly got abreast of him and the two then ran neck and neck to the finish, Tewksbury beating Pritchard on the tape by six inches. ROwley was a good third Time 22 Is seconds
 The 1,500 metres flat handicap brought out a good field, seventeen starting. Most of these were Frenchmen George w. Orton, University of Pennsylvania, ,oiy t1a va pf United States and the scratch man. He had no chance against his competi- tors with their big allowances. Duh woyr, a German, with 150 metres han- dicap, won, Christensen, Dane, with 90 metres, being second and Delivre, French, with 70 metres handicap, being third. Time, 3;56 i-5, Orton finished in 4:09 4-5.
 In the 400 metres flat handicap there were four trial heats. Maxwell l.. Long, N. Y. A. C.. was the scratch man and did not run. But Holland, | with five metres allowance, and David | 2. Hall Brown university, with seven, The first trial heat was | won by Lemonnier, French, with 20 me- tres allowance, Regnier, French, with | 90 metres allowance, being second, Kop- | pan, Hungarian, with 35 metres allow lnce, won the second heat. Holland | vas not placed. Werkmueller German, with 40 metres allowance, won the third leat, Moulinet, French, with 35 metres allowance, being second. Hall won the 'ourth heat, Sevestre, with 30 metres allowance being second. Tn the final | leat Hall finished fifth. Koppan Was irst, Werkmueller second and Lemmon- Tier third.
 The last event and the final contest If the international sports was a team lat race of 5000 metres, which was dis ,uted by England and France. Each cam consisted of five picked runners, nd the contest was decided by points alculated according to the places ob- aimed at the finish. England secured rst, second, sixth, seventh and tenth faces, totalling 36. France obtained hird fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth faces, tutallipg 29. Thus England won Ter two long distance runners, Bennett nd Rimmer, led from the start. Time, 15. l,