The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-02

I his FIRST try. B, wrs generally believed
! NAT tho champion would win. Flanagan
vas unfortunate. h0w.Ser and stepped
out Of IN" ring on 0verU-cIsiJns.
The champion on his on. throw only
won the second place by on" in'h as Jim
Mitchell 81 the y. Y. 4. g. tossed out the
the bad.
DosmIrteau Increased his throw on each
, attempt and made his best throw I'm the
final Charles Henneman % K.0kuk Ia
| ONCE champion discus thr0wer ~ the
world. landed fourth place IN tho heavy
weight event. with a throw % % feet ~
! inches.
The worlds record Ia the di.rua throw
vas broken twice by Martin Sheridan.
Sheri1an. tisnsgan and JOHN Biiler 81
Newark. y. j, qualified for n" final 10
the discus. When the three men had
I thrown one. IN the inai. tho New jersey
athlete was leading. but whom sheridan
m the Anal. he threw the weight dis
tanee OF 100 feet inches
When the distance was announced tho
crowd applau5"d. but not as much NJ a
few minutes later. when Sheridan threw
for the last time In the final and pushed
out the disk nearly two feet further. II
was the; that the spectators gave "A warm
reception 70 him. His best throw OF the
day was l32 feet the old rerOIi being Ia
feet -. inches. held by Sheridan himself
Flanagan on bis last throw made tho
best distance and landed third place with
u handicap OF six feet. 10y pushing out
tho weight a distance OF ID feet. Billrr.
with handicap OF twenty four feet. only
mad" an actual throw ~ n, feet and took
third place" Jim Mitchell. with ten feet
throw iis feet inches. and vas fourth
man n; the end Of tn. competition.
Niger Prinstein smashed tho old Olyn-
pie record In tho running broad Jump.
and Will take the plac. Of A. g Kra.nz-
lein Of the University Of Pennsylvania az
Olympic champion. His best Jump was
q feet inch while Kraenzlein's mark
WAS - feet 81. inches. Prins-ein had a
good lead Of the contestants. AZ the sec
At the start Harvey Cohn Of the Irish
Inches. giving 20 the Irish Club team a
lead Of more than q foot
RACES WERE CLOSE.
The race for second and third position.
was close. and tn. difference betzeen the
two Was only one quarter Of al inch. r.
:. Stranginrd OF the y. y. A. g took the
latter position with "a jump % - feet
inches
Prinsteln was also best in the running
mop. step aud jump. and cleared nearly
two feet more than the second man. In
this event. uD to the last Jump IL seemed
as though My.r would lose on the frs,
position. as hs had jumped five times and
could not come w to - feet II. inches
made b. Fred Englehardt Of the Mohawk
a. g. Of New York. who made this
distance early I'm the contest.
Niger only made his S:in and hes; Jump
on the last try In the final. when he to-
tailed 81 feet even with the hop. step and
jump. He did ~. inches better than this
al the Paris olympic Games In 1870.
Strangand landed third pla- in this
event with a jump Of ~ feet i0i, inches
In the International tug Of war cornpeti-
ton the Milwaukee team won from the
New York team after n pull Of several
minutes. The Northern men showed the
advantages Of training together.
The first team OF 81. Louis "pIllers'' won
second place from the second 81. Louis
team. who took third. and the New York
bunch landed fourth place by default.
Fred Winters of the New West side A.
fs> Xa~k oil
dumb-bell competition. and lande,! four
out Of tine five events from thre. op-
pOnents. The contests will be resumed to
morrow.
The summary:
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q A. g. New York. four out of I'VE .y-rts
. The regular four handicaps were run
on with the championships. The showing
OF johnson of the Y. NJ. &. A i'm the fifty
Fix pound weight event Is the second win
for 81. Louis. Culver Eastedt of " A. q.
winning the le-yard dash handicap yes
terday.
johnson pushed out the weight n dis
lance Of twenty-five feet and eight in
rs with handicap of eleven feet He I'D
this after having argument with the
marshal. who had threatened to put him
OF the Held
The 2D-yard hurdle brought out q
field Of three starters and Of 0ese,XA G.