New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-20
AMERICANS HANDICAPPED.
GOOD SHOWING OF THE YANKEE ATH.
LETES IN THE FACE OF
HEAVY ODDS

HEAVY ODDS.
Paris July Ia--se manner in which The Amer.
can athletes hal bec7 sweeping the fed In the
iHte-ra1ic-ai. games i'm connection with me Paris
Exposition opened the eyes - me organizers. and
the result s'l0v1 in the han5icacpfnz today.
which practically I=ft the Americans out IN ne
cold. The effect upon the Americans was Demon
strated by the fact that whereas on the previous
days they had secured toU--ffths OF the games.
today our OF nine contests they captured only
one first with four seconds and five thirds
The feature 81 ro-day's programme was TIE
twenty-five mile Marathon foot race The nrst
and second prizes. valued 1850 and 80 francs.
respectively. were the gifts OF the Gorhan Manu-
featuring Company the first being large silver
loving cup and the second ore somewhat smaller,
the company also having given prizes the stand
ing high and broad jumps. The Marathon race a
trying one under any conditions threw a ex-
cepttonal strain upon the contestants to-day owing
70 the blazing sun thar poured upon their heads
throughout the run and Of the thirteen who en-
tered only seven were able 20 finish.
The start made ar 30 D n There ws-s
. thirteen runners follows A1ne-icaa-A I.
Newton, Of the New-Tork Athletic Club: Dick
Grant OF Boston. and Macdonald, Frenchnen-
Fouquet-Denis, Champion Emile. Theatre MlchAl
Bessemare ard Narchais- Experimentation Pool
Saward and Kendall; Swedes-Nystrorn and Fast
The race opened with four turns or a track, and
the competitors then traversed the Bots de Bou-
logne 70 Passy, whence circle OF Paris was made
The runners kept fairly well together al the BE-
and Emile leading when they left the track FOR
the Bois de BoUlosne- General Horace Porter the
United States Ambassador Witnessed the start OF
the contest
The Marathon race proved an easy victory FOR
Theatre Michel. who was long way ahead OF
Emile the French champion Fast the swede
who thru rhrry-eght minutes behind
the winner The three Americans, Newton. Grant
and Mcdonald. finished fifth. sixth and seventh.
over an hour later The Freuchnsn celebrated
that and -f- zv-f~-l cha
teristic enthusiasm French spectators invaded
the track and carried F2eatro Michel around
their shoulders while the cheers resoU1ded across
the grounds The three American competitors 70
whom the course and proved a severe
handicap. Jared badly Newton made the best
showing. keeping pace with the leading batch OF
Frenchmeu until about twenty miles had ceen
covered By this time al the wsakIi1gs had been
weeded OUT Newton who had not been feeling
well for several days. overcome by the heat and
exerIion. now otdi ged- so drop behind He
struggled pIuckily the end but reached the
goal nearly hour and quarter after the win
ner. By this time the spectators imagined that
all save those who had arrived had abandoned
the race. and many went bona Newrons arrival
therefore passed almost u1noticed except oy the
Americans who gave him an encouraging cheer
as he entered the track for the three laps which
formed the conclusion o. The race. This he did
walking Grant and Mcdonald arrived together q
little later Grant, who was quite done Up dropped
the grass after passing The finish line. anu
q
every attention from the French and other people
who stood over him tanning him. Finally he rscov-
cred and walked 20 his dressing room. leaning On
the OF his trainer
The 40 metres handicap race was won BY Ed
nnond J. Ninahau. OF Georgetown University. with
six metres start. William J. Holland also OF
GEORGETOWN University. second with four
metres start. and y. G. Prtrchard (rhe champion
100-yard runner Of India third. with three
metres start. Time. 70 IS seconds There were
sixty-ave entries Arthur ? Dury. OF George
town University. who was scheduled as the scratch
man. did not start The final heat was a splendid
rontesr, Niuaha0 just beating Holland with
Pritchard a close third
Howard " Hayes OF the University % Anchi-
gan; Harvey H Lord. OF Chicago University; Cap
tain Cregan. OF Princeton University; Edward A
MechIing. of the University OF Pennsylvania. and
David c. Han OF Brown University. all quanded
for the final heat OF the so metres fat handicAp
race The final heat OF this race was won hy
Christensen. a Dane. VINO had handicap OF y
metres Howard " Hayes OF the University
Of Michigan. with A metres handicap, was sec
ond and Harvey H Lord. OF The Chicago Untver-
siry with IS metres handicap, was third Tina
I:52.
Seven men contested tas 40 metres hurdle rzoe-
Tewkes5ury and Lewis. Of the Americans. starting.
but Kraeuzlaiu who was the scratch man, not
starting Immediately after the start II was seen
that the finish would Be between the CwO Anasrt-
cans and Pritcha-d. OF the English team PrrchArd
had the best haudicap. and his lead was not over
come. Hs Won ra-ae handiy IN 100 TewksS5Ury
being second and Lewis third Pritchard's handt-
cap was hfteeu metres, Tewkesbury's four and
oue-half and Leviss ten Fabre. Charles Dsrc
and Tauzin. all Frenchmen, were the oIhe- start
ers.
In the 25d-metre steepIechase handicap Krasch-
I'll. a Austrian. with 80 metres start. finished
first DunhOe. a German with 30 metres start
vas second, and Edward r Busa1eL- o. the Uni-
yersity o. PennsZ wanna Min 10 metres starr
was third Tine III -.
George ". Ortoa. OF rhe University OF Penzsyi-
y4nla, who vas on scF1JcA. Ates1nder t5ranI also
metres handicap and John Bray. OF Williams
College. Who had % metres handicap. also ran IN
Ri-nuer tl5 yards handicap the Engiishman
Who won me iNF-rn-rra s-ee7ler-ase NIon6ay ran
neck and neck, Hi-uner beating orion AZ the tape
Tor eighth place
When the pole vault g handicap contest. was
about 20 start failed answer The call OF their
a. none o- nm. w. -t1vFetle PSsuallSed
70 take part special scratch pole va1t, however
added for their benefit TlIs scratch pole vault
was won by Horton. OF Princeton, who cleared
metres - CenrlrnetreS- Charles DvOraCk. or the
University OF Michigan. was second vita metres
- centtnetres- kauser. a Hungarian won the
regular handicap pole vault with a vault OF
metres &c Cenrtnetres-
In the running high jump handicap TQrsblom a
Svede with a handicap OF S cenrfr1etres vas arst
ran. with S. celJIme-TeS handicap. was second,
clearing metres, and Remington OF University 81
Goenezy. Hungarian. with = centiusrres handi-
cap. and SteTen. a German with 50 CentimsCres
handicap tied for third place with metre IS cent?
metres.
The Americans did not make show IN the discus
throwing which was won by Soderscou1, a Swede,
who had handicap OF metres 81 centluesres. and
yet made the best throw % The day SIS metres
In the long jump handicap the Americans had
better chance. and secured the second and third
: metres sss centirletres, MCCAIN Jrfversirv ~
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