Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-19
AMERICAN ATHLETES TRIUMPH.
Superiority of Our Representatives in
Paris Left Little for FOreigners.

Superiority of Our Representatives in
Paris Left Little for Foreigners.
Today and Sunday will wind up the cham
pionship events at Paris in which the
American athletes take pert, these two days
being devoted almost entirely to handicap
events. With the close of this great inter-
national athletic event followers of sport
IN America are open to sincere congratula-
tons. Since the first days Of athletic COM
petition no country has achieved the record
recently made in Paris by the representa-
tive athletes of this country. The atten-
dance was disappointing, but the Parisans
can hardly be blamed for keeping away
from the games, as their representatives did
not even have look in during the meet
1t was thought that the English people at
the exposition would be the largest patrons
of the sport. but they. too, evident
~ found little to console their patriotism
ana as so!ace remained away.
Just how remarkable the feats of the
Americans An have been can be CLEANED from
the fact that out of twcnty-one champion
ship events. our lads carried off no less
tran seventeen. England managed to cap
ture three and Hungary one Denmark
austria, Germany. Norway, Sweden and
Grcece mad representative athletes entered
In the different contests, but all failed to
furnish to the world champion.
Sorting out the Americans into divisions,
the following is the record: University of
PENNSYLVANIA leads the contingent with
elght wins; New York Athletic Club, 6;
University of Princeton, l: Syracuse Uni
yersity, l; United America 0ug-of-war), 1.
80 far the Chicago, Michigan and George
town universities and Brown and Williams
colleges have failed to score a win 10 their
credit.
Taking the Americans individually,
their records are: kraenzein, four cham
pionships: Ray C. Ewry, 3; Baxter 3 and
jarvis Sheldon, Long, Tewkesbury, Orion,
Flanagan and Prinstein, one championship
each.
The cha mpionSbi, o,-o,., ,,o,. ..,x.
follows:
University of Pennsylvania, 11O-meter
hurdle. 4OO-meter hurdle. 2OO-meter hurdle,
6O-meter hurdle 25OO-meter steepIechase'
Iong Jump, nigh jump and pole vault; New
YORK Athletic Club, putting the shot, stand
ing nigh jump, standing long jump, stand
l Ine .rlple Jump throwing the hammer and
4Oo-meter fiat: Syracuse University, hop,
SKIP ana jump; Princeton University, 100
meter fiat.
England has won the 4,OOO-meter steeple-
chase. 1.5OO-meter fiat and SO0-meter fiat
France has supplied two seconds, in M
Tauzin for 400 meter hurdle and M. Deloge
Tor l,3oo-meter fiat. Hungary has one win
ner-Bauer In. throwing the discus.
another remarkable thing about the meet
ing was the extraordinary speed and
strength displayed in the different COMPETE
lions. Not only were the different events
won, but they were captured in record
breaking time All the French records
records were shaded down, the standing
high jump by Ewry, who did one meter and
10 centimeters, and Jarvis, who ran 100
meters In 104a seconds
Bunching the entire twenty-five events.
not including the tug -of-war America cap
tured thirteen second places and eleven
third places. ; e
The mishap to little Duffy is regretted by
everybody, not only In Washington, but the
country over, as he is undoubtedly the fast
est sprlnter IN this country today: but his
!rlends rest content with the consolation
tnat Dut for the accident the blue and gray
would have had a championship chalked up
to Its credit.
Worlds Record Broken Mt Brighton.
A sensational dead heat in the Babylon
stakes and an accident in the last race,
which did not result Seriously made the big
crowd at Brighton Beachoyesterday almost
forget the weather ~
me eighteen horses in the sixth race had
nardiy gone a furlong when Harry Reed
with Maher up, and Velvet, with Mackay
riding, fell in cloud of dust and struggling
noo1s. the starters wagon picked the boys
up. 6oth were badly shaken up. Makers
arm was sprained and his left knee was cut
Songster won the race easily
Bombshell and Native finished SO close
tcgether In the Babylon stakes that the
Judges could not separate them although
from the stand 1t looked as II Native had
won by short head.
worfds record and a track record were
broken. Water Cure made new record in
the fifth race. He was the longest shot in
the race. His time Isl 1-5 marks a new
record Tor the distance-1 1-S miles. The
former record. 1.511a. was held by Tristan,
1 1aa, Ia pounds. 1t was made June 2,
Babylon stakes (seven furlongs), 126 2-5. is
a new track record.
Big Trottinx stake at Detroit.