The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
As a Result They Won Few Con-
tests At Paris.
Twenty five Mile Race
Feature of Day.
1t Resulted In a Victory For
FreDchman.

Paris, July 19.-The manner in which
the American athletes had been sweeping
the field in the international games in
connection with the Paris exposition,
opened the eyes of the organizers and
the result was shown today in the handi-
Gaping which practically left the Ameri-
cans out in the cold, The effect upon the
Americans was demonstrated by the fact
that, whereas on the previous days they
had secured four-ffths Of the games to-
day. out of nine events, they captured
only one first with four seconds and five
thirds
The feature of today's programme was
the % mile Marathon foot race, the first
and second prizes, valued at 1900 and 25O
francs respectively were the gifts of an
American silver manufacturing COM
pany. The race, a trying one under any
conditions, threw an exceptional strain
upon the contestants today. owing to the
blazing sun that poured upon their heads
throughout the run; and of the thirteen
who entered, only seven We're able to
finish The result was a victory for a
Frenchman and his compatriots ceIe-
DRAFTED their first and only win in the
sports with characteristic enthusiasm.
French spectators invaded the track and
carried Theatre Michel around on their
shoulders, while the cheers resounded
across the grounds. The three American
competitors to whom the course was
quite new and proved severe handicap,
Jared badly. Newton made the best show
ing. keeping pace with the leading baton
of F'renchmen until about twenty miles /
had been covered
This time all the weaklings had been /
weeded out. Newton, who had not been
feeling wen for several days, overcome by !
the heat and exertion was obliged to drop
behind. He struggled on pluckily to the
end but reached he goal nearly an hour
and quarter after the winner. BY this
time the spectators imagined that all save
those who had arrived had abandoned the
race and many went home. Newton
arrival therefore, passed almost unnoticed
except by the Americans, who gave him
an encouraging cheer as he entered the
track for the three laps which formed the
conclusion of the race. This he did walk
ing.
Grant and McNcnaId arrived little
later together Grant who was quite done
up, dropped on the grass after passing
the finish line and seemed to be in a
fainting condition. He received every at
tention from the French and other people
who stood over him tanning him. Final
~ he recovered and walked to his dress
ing room, leaning on the arm OF his
trainer. Owing either to a lack of notice
or to unfamiliarity with the language the
Americans were barred from the contest
for the pole vault. The men were all in
costume and sitting beneath tree about
twenty yards from the point of contest;
but the French officials called names un-
known to them, and when they saw the
pole vaulting start they walked over and |
attempted to compete, but they were not
permitted to take part. AS theSfesult of |
their being left out they were allowed a
special scratch event. What would have
happened had they been allowed to enter
the regular competition can be gathered
from a comparison Of the results there |
with those in the scratch event. In the
former Causer, a Hungarian, won with |
three metres, ninety live centimetres;
Lemming, a Swede was second with
three metres, forty ce1timeres and Collzett
was third with three metres, twenty CEN
timetres. Kauser's handicap of forty-fve
centimetres gave him the prize On the
O5her hand in the scratch event, Horton /
cleared three metres, forty centineres
ana DYorack three metres, forty cent?
metres