Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-07-16
FER a prize for special pole vault

On the initiative of Mr.. Sheriff. of
Yale. protest signed by all the Ameri-
can teams has been presented to Mr..
A. G. Spalding. director of sports at
the Exposition. 1t says:
We. the undersigned. beg to protest
against the change in the agreed ar
rangements whereby our clubs are now
unable to compete in field events, Mon
day. the records to count for the cham
pionships and be filed as events. We
do not agree to a substitution of a
series of special field events to take the
place of the above agreed arrange
ment''
AS the Americans We're so successful
some of the bad feeling disappeared.
but they might have had more seconds
ana thirds if the change had not been
made at the last minute and scarcely
without warming
Ihe number of spectators was much
larger than yesterday Again the grand
stand was largely occupied by Ameri-
cans which cheered their champions.
When George w. Orton of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. after seeming to
De out of the long steeple chase, made
a magnificent squirt, beating an Eng
lishman who looked a certain winner
the enthusiasm was intense The games
began promptly at 2.3O P. NJ, but it
was o'clock before they finished
The first heat in the 6O-metres fiat
went handily to Kraenselein. Time. Z
seconds. In the second heat Walter b.
Tewksbury managed to breast the tape
just ahead of Rowley of New South
Wales. Time, 1-5 seconds.
The final was pretty contest. the
men being breasts apart at the finish
with Kraenselein first. Tewksbury sec
ond and Rowley third. Time, sec
onds. Minnehan also ran
Richard Sheldon of the New York A.
c. was the only American to strip for
the final in the shot putting as Messrs.
McCracken of the University of Penn
sylvania and Robert Garret of Prince
ton University, refused to compete on
Sunday. Neither Crettier. Hungarian
and Paraskevopoulos. Greek. could out
strip the puts made. yesterday. by Nc
Cracken and Garrett, and the final
resulted with Sheldon first at IA metres
and 10 centimetres, which is said to be
at the worlds record: McCracken sec
Ond at II metres and So centimetres:
and Garrett third at II metres and 81
centimetres.
Only three started in the final of the
400-metres fiat, as Messrs. Lee, Fred
G. Moloney of the University of Michi-
gan. and Dixon Boardman of the New
York A. c.. who had also qualified, re-
fused to run. today. This left Maxwell
Long of the New York A. c., VIM. ].
Holland of the University of George
town. and Schulz, Dane. Holland set
merry pace and held it we'll into the
stretch. where Long caught him. The
two had a heartbreaking run to the
finish. which Long reached one yard
in advance. Schulz was Il yards to
the rear. The time was 40 2-5 seconds.
beating the French record of so 3-5.
Had the other Americans started.
America would undoubtedly have gain
ed first, second and third.
Had today's records alone decided
the discus throwing Sheldon would
have won. for he outstripped his Hun
garian competitors. But the records
made in the prelminaries stood in the
finals and. yesterday, they did better
with the result that Bauer. Hungarian.
was first at SO metres and centimetres
and Jonda Austrian, second at 30
metres and IA centimetres with Shell
don third at "a metres and go cent?
metres.
In the 1J0o-metres fiat race. David C.
Hall of Brown University, and John Bray
of William College We're the two Ameri-
can entries. Almost from the start, the
race seemed contest between Bennett
and Deloge, who raced around the turns
cloe together Bennett won by two yards.
with Deloge second and Bray third.
Time i.06.
Although Messrs W. F. Remington and
Carroll of the University of Pennsylvania
entered. |: X. Baxter of the University
of Pennsylvania, was the only American
in the running high jump. He easily re-
tanned his reputation. winning first place
to clear 1877 centimetres. which would
have given lim the worlds championship.
but he failed. Leahy, Irish, was second
with 176 centimetres.
The Frenchmen were loud in their
shouts as the contestants for the 400
metres hurdle came upon the track. as
NJ Tausin. who has held the French rec
ord for years was considered a sure win
ner. There were only three in the final.
Tewksbury went to the front soon
the pistol was fired and was never head
ed. He was closely followed by Tausin,
Orton bringing up the rear. Tewksbuiy
won rather easily but Tausin was only
yard ahead of Orton. Time, 50 2-5 sec
onds.
The 250O-metres steeple chase handicap
brought six men to the scratch. With
Alexander Grant and Edward r. Bush
nell of the University of Pennsylvania.
declining to participate, the duty fell on
Mr.. Orton or Mr.. Newton to win the
event for America and right well the
former did it. England felt confident with
Robinson. while France had Chastonie.
Orton rested at fourth place at the first
toke water. On the second round Amer
lea, France and England took the water
Jump abreast. On the third and fourth
rounds. England, France and the two
Americans were the only ones remaining
in the race SO hot had been the pace.
Orton was last and as many thought.
virtually out of it. but on turning home
he woke up. passing Chastanie. and ROD
inson succumbed when about 100 yards
from the tape Orton crossing the tape
5 yards ahead of him, Robinson being
a bout the same distance in front of New
ton. The time was Z minutes. "a 2-5 sec
onds Both Orton and Robinson fell after
crossing the line, but they were soon
about again.
Although Johnson and Dvorack We're
out of the pole vault. the Americans felt |
certain of winning. The contest was long
drawn out. Finally Baxter. Colkett and
Anderson, Norwegian alone remained. |
They tied several times, Baxter finally |
winning by 3 metres and 30 centimetres |
with COlkett second and Anderson third. |
In the running broad jump kraenSelein !
outjumped Prinstein's record and won