The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-01
ATHLETES DO GREAT WORK.
Performance at the Olympic Games I'm
St. Louis Sensational.

st. Louis, Sept. Words Fair
Grounds) Again have the athletes
competing in the track and field events
of the Louisiana exposition revival OF
the Olympic games demonstrated that
they are the peers of any previous ag-
gregation of international character.
The third of the 1904 Olympiad, one
worlds record fell before the prowess
of an American, three Olympic rec
ords were broken, the laurels going
to two Americans and a Greek; and
one Olympic and the worlds record
was broken but, owing to an unfor-
tunate accident, the time will not be
allowed in the latter as an official
record
The contestants in the first event
faced a large audience, despite the
threatening clouds. but the day was
not marred by the elements, as only
few drops of rain fell late in the
Afternoon.
As an indication of what the day
was to bring forth, H. l.. Hillman of
the New York Athletic club ran the
400 meter hurdle race in 2-5 seconds
under the Olympic and the worlds
record. Hillman was forced the en-
tire distance by Frank Waller of the
Milwaukee Athletic club, who finished
second, and in the excitement of the
race Hillman failed to clear the last
hurdle clearly and the barrier fell to
the ground, disqualifying his record,
but not affecting the result of the race.
The 200 meter run again brought out
a field of record breakers. Archie
Hahn of the Milwaukee Athletic club
won the first heat I'm the record time OF
% is seconds. He fought the distance
with w. J. Cartwell of Louisville, KY,
and only won by inches. The second
heat was trifie slow, but Hogenson
was not pushed.
The final heat (the distance by Amer
lean measurement of the 200 meters
being 21S.79 yards) resulted in the low
ering of the Olympic record by three
fifths of a second. Hahn won the event.
but secured an advantage at the start
of two yards over his three competitors,
the latter having made false start
and received penalties.
Perikles Kakousis of Athens, Greece,
had everything his own way in lifting
the bar bell. The other entries were
two men from the Milwaukee Athletic
club and one from st. Louis. Kakousis
won the event by lifting a weight Of 1856
pounds. He did this with apparently
SO little difficulty that Otto c. Osthom
of the Milwaukee Athletic club with
drew, after having lifted an equal
weight after several attempts.
Kakousis then went after the Olympic
record. which is also regarded as the
pounds. and then had the weight ad-
justed to 246 pounds, four ounces more
than the record made by the Danish
athlete. V. Jensen. at the Athens
olympiad in 1895. His first attempt
was successful.
Ralph W. Rose of the Chicago Ath-
letic association played ducks and
brakes with the Olympic and worlds
records in the sixteen-pound shot put.
His first essay buried the Olympic rec
ord and came within two inches of the
worlds record. He tried twice more
before he succeeded In breaking the
latter with a put of 4S feet inches.
The former Olympic record was 46 feet
3A inches, made by r. Sheldon of the
New York A. G. at Paris In the 1900 re-
vivaI of the Olympic games, and the
former worlds record was 4s feet 2
inches.
The Milwaukee A. c. tug of war team
won two trials in the international tug
of war and qualified to compete in the
finals tomorrow. The other contest
ant will be the team from the New
York A. c., which defeated the st.
Louis team that took the measure of
the Greek entry.
The four handicap events were close
ly contested and resulted in good sport.