The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-16
EIGHT OUT OF TEN.
WERE AMERICAS FIRST PLACES
IN THE ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
LONDON SUCCESS REPEATED.
EXPOSITION VISITORS WATCHED
THE GREAT FEATs.

American Athletes Wen Fave Sec
Ond and Four Third Positions.
Americans Scrupics About Com
testing ON sunday Were Not Rec
OGnized-For This Reason Some
Did Not Enter-PrOtests We're
Filed
Paris. July 15.-Although deprived of the
services of some of her best athletes, VINO
declined 10 contest in to-day's events of
the worlds amateur championships in the
Bols de Boulogne objecting to Sunday
competition America won eight out of ten
of those decided, gaining five second posi-
tons and four thirds.
Weather conditions were perfect. one
incident caused an unpleasant jar The
terms of the agreement we're reached with
the French officials at a joint meeting
Wednesday night. At thet time It was
certainly understood by the Americans
that the French had agreed that the field
events in which they had entered aud in
which it was proposed that the finale
should come OFF to-day would be arranged
! so that the Americans obiecting to sun
day competition obuld contest alone on Mon-
day and thai the records then made would
be counted in reaching the final awards.
Last night the French held a meeting and
decided that events set for to-day must
be concluded finally on the grounds to-
day, but that records made IN the pre-
liminary trials yesterday would stand.
This action was taken, il appears, on
the ground of the other contestants OBJ
jecting to such an advantage being given
! TO the Americans. The decision was known
to the Americans. Early in the day some
of the contestants among whom were Bas-
com johnson of the New York Athletic
Club and Charles d. Vorack of the Uui-
verslty of Michigan. the former of whom
won the pole vault championship in LON
don and the latter of whom is the inter-
collegiate champion, went 10 the grounds
and were informed that they could CON
test Monday On being so informed they
wen, to their homes.
The decision also operated against Nor
ris Pr.nsten of Syracuse University, who
was prevented from competing to-day by
the authorities of the college A. c.
| Kraenstein OF the University of Pennsyl-
vania, whom Mr.. Prinstein beat yester-
day, to-day jumped in the nnal
| for the broad jump and won over Pri1-
STEMS jump of yesterday by a small mar
gin. Each had three jumps yesterday,
but Kraenslein had more to-day Prin-
stein although on the ground, could not
jump. He entered a protest after the
games. but there is little hope that 1t viii
| be allowed
| The representatives of the University of
| Pennsylvania had a large share in TO-
days winnings, and their contcsting caus-
ed some feeling among the other college
| men.
On the initiative OF Mr.. Sheriff. of
Yale, protest, signed by all the Amerl-
can teams, has been presented to A. @.
| Spalding. director of sports at the ex-
| position.
Again the grand stand to-day was
largely occupied by Americans, who
cheered their champions with much VIM
especially when George w. Orton of the
University of Pennsylvania, after SEEM
ing to be out of the Tong steeplechase.
made a magnificent spurt beating an
Enghshman who looked certain winner.
as they came down the stretch The en-
thusiasm at this point was intense
KraenzIein the wonder.
The first heat in the sixty-metres fiat
| went handily 10 Kraenzein, with e. j.
| Mnahan of George town second ana
Pritchard Of the English team third
Time seconds. Klingelhoefer (French)
and Westeragen (Swede) also ran
In the second heat Walter r. Tewkes-
bury managed to breast the tape Just
ahead of Row!ey of New South Wales,
with William j. Holland of the Univer-
sity OF Georgetown third Time Is Sec
onds. Koppan and Schubert (Hungar-
| ians) also ran
The final was pretty contest. the men
! being breasts apart at the finish, with
Kraenziein first, Tewkesbury second and
kowley third Minehan also ran.
The Shot putting.
Richard Sheldon of the New York An
! letic club was the only American to
strip for the final in the shot putting. as
j. c. McCracken OF the University OF
| Pennsylvania and Robert Garrett of
| Princeton refused to compete on Sunday,
! Crettier Hungarian and Paraskevo-
poulos (Greek) took their places None of
! these could outstrip the puts made yes
| terday by McCracken and Garrett. and
| the final resulted with Sheldon first nj
| fourteen metres and ten centimetres.
which is said to beat the worlds record;
| McCraclEen second at twelve metres and
| eighty-five centimetres, and Garrett third
at twelve metres and tbirty-seven cent?
| metres.
the 100 Metres.
Only three started in the final Of the
! 400 metres fiat. as Messrs. Lee, Frederick
| ". MafOney OF tne University OF Mtchi-
| gan, and Dixon Boardman of the New
York Athletic Club, who had also quali-
! fed, refused to run to-day. This left
! Maxwell Long of the New York Athletic
Club, William J. Holland of Georgetown
University and Shulz Dane).
At the crack of the pistol Holland set
a merry pace and he'd II well into the
stretch. where Long caught him. The two
had a heartbreaking. run to the finish
which Long reached one yard I'm advance
Of Holland, Schulz being fifteen yards 10
| the rear. The time was 40 2-5 seconds
beating the French record of so s-5. Had
the other American started, America
would undoubtedly have gained first sec
ond and third.
The Discus Throwing.
Had to-day's records alone decided the
results of the discus throwing, Sheldon
would have won, for to-day he outstripped
| his Hungarian petitors. But their rec
ords made In the prelimnaries stood In tho
fna's and yesterday they did better, with
the result that Bauer Hungarian was
first at 36 meters and 4 centimeters, and
Janda (Austran) second, az 35 meters ana
II ccntimeters with Sheldon third. al g
meters and 60 centlmeters. soderstrom
(Swede) and Paraskevopoulos also com
peted
Nine in the 800 Metres.
The 15O0 meters nat race brought nine
contestants to the tape. representing Dem
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