The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-23
AMERICANS Handle sprED.
Received severe Treatment ut Paris
Contests

Paris July The worlds amateur
championship. contests I'm connection with
the Paris Exposition came 10 a conclusion
to-day. at the grounds OF Racing Club, in
the Be.s De Eoulognc. The weather Wal
cooler than it Was last week. though t0e
sun shcuc brightly. Comparative E i"T
Americans attended, OWING t. the fact that
only three OF four Of their country men we're
the most para handbags II which the Amer
leans had received zoo severe tredttnen mt TO
tempt them I" exhaust themselves IN run
SIX events we're decided. The Americans
competed ,u thTea and Won one. their only
The program.ae' opened with the 10
meters hurdle race, A c. Kraenzleia, Cli-
rcrsi,y Vi Pennsylvania. being made the
scratch man. ~ the othe- Americans Who
entered were also pulled back. AL declined
to run. Rsu. d German wi;h 20 meters
was second. and illiuet noefcr. Fr.nchnan.
with - meters, third. Time. IS -.
THREE competitors stripped for thu shot
putting. The six Americans who had entered,
including Richard Sheldon. New York At!i-
le;lC Club. VINO was the scratch man. stand
ms oit- t:o'ier. q HUNGARIAN, WIN :
meters al!"v-r"e. wa irs;, with II meters
with meters allowance, being second. with
IS meters q cerJimrtcrs. and st. Cyr. third.
with meters allowance. with L meters s.!
CenjincierS- Thirty entries Wcr" received
for jic ~ meters IA! race. which followed.
but only eighl went TO the starting post,
two out Of thirteen Americans alone run
ming. Two trials resulted, i'm which VII
Jam ] Holland. University o! Georgetown
and Walter - TeMksb.1rv University oil
Philadelphia. with pr!tch9rd OF the Eng
Hsh team and Rowiey Of New South Wales
Thc mai heat gave America her Only vic
tory at the day and was The OCCASION IF q
magnificent tuSslC between IcwksbuTy
mark together and dashed mp the rack
with Holland close behind. At firyt Pritch-
ard led. hut Tc7Vks0Ur' quickly got abreast
81 hum, and tlr Two ran neck -and-ncck TO
the finish. Tcwksaury beating Tritchard On
the tape by six inches. EDwley WAS a good
IhiId. Time. - Is seconds.
The 1-&o meters fiat handicap brought out
q good Held. S'yentocn starting. Most Of
these were Frcnchmen. George W. orion,
representative of the United States. and the
scratch: He had no chance against his
DuhwOyr. German, with lJ9 meters handicap
won: Christensen. Dcre. with 90 meters
handicap. hcing second. and DSiiyre
TiUGo. 3:Ja as. orion finished I'm 400 AZ.
four trials. Maxwell Long, y Y. - 9,
was the scratch man ard did not run but
Holland. with meters allowance. and I;a-
vid c. Hall. Brown University. with :. par
The first trial heat was won by Lemon
nicr. French, with IS meters allowance
kegnier; French. with 50 meters allow
ance, being second. hippan. Hungarian
with 81 meters allowance. won the second
heat Mazaud. French, with Is meters al
lowancc. being second. Holland was not
placed. WerkmuIler German with 20 me-
tiers allowance. won the third heat. Mouli-
net, French, with IS meters allowance, be
ing second Hall won tie fourth heat Sc
restree, with 50 meters allowance. being
second.
In the final. Hall ran piuckily. bat failed
20 overtake the big allowance man. H fin
ished fifth. KoDpan was first. Werkmulier
second and ysemonnier third.
The last event. and the final contest Of
;he international spoTts. a team fat race OF
5000 meters, which was disputed by Eng
land and France. Eac: team consisted of
NfsLF
decided by points calculated according 10
t-S- ~-aces obtained ~ the finish. England