The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

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an American Institution, did q little better
by crossing the willow NJ q height OF 9 feet
0 inches, DiAtddis tried the standing high
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Tsiblitiras. another Greek. was q little better
with half an inoh higher. Tsikiitiras with
four oompatriots attempted the standing
broad Jump. and his biggest trial was .
fest 9 inches, Toufeus jumped 0 feet ~
inches. Kollaros 0 feet 2 inches: Amlras .
feet 4 inches, and Anezalds 8 feet 10 inches.
Louis Leon was the hes, Of the Greek broad
jumpers but he sadly lacked the ~sprlnginess
OF the Britiah or Americans. and his best
Jump was 10 feet 4 inches. Andreadakis
attempted the contest too. but he quit
when he found he could only cover is feet
1 inoh and Pryftis made o Jump Of 10 feet 8
inches, all Of which failed miserably and
were dwarfed by the performances Of first.
second and third men. Four Greeks
Barenkas, Dorizas. Kountouriotis and Par
sahs appeared In the pole vault, but though
Barankas proved the more adept he was
far behind the leaders and. bis best vault
was 10 feet. Dorizas halls from Robert
College and vaulted 0 feet 10 inches.
In the sprints. middle and distances runs,
the Greeks out 4 sorry figure. not o single
man being placed in the 100, 400. 800, 1900
metro or Ave mile runs. Each Of the
races had Grecian starters. but all they
would do was squirt a short distance after
the start and when tho crowd shouted q
few braves Of encouragement the athlete,
seeing the leaders away In tho distance,
would gracefully retire. In fact It looked
as II the ambition Of every Greek rune
was to start, get a little sympathy from the
spectators and then he was satisfied.
OF the selling platter contingent Of Grecian
mon Of speed the best appeared to be P.
Ektoros, who tried for the ITO meter hurdles.
From his method Of taking the obstacles IL
was apparent he had strange ideas of speed.
and other effective points Of successful
hurdling. When the gun cracked he left
his mark with a bound and made at the first
hurdle like a wild goat crossing a ravine.
He few In the air with the body upright and
the legs o gether and came down kerfap
on the other side Of the stick. BY this
time the other hurdlers were half way to
the finish and after crossing another obstacle
Ektoros stopped and walked ieisurely
across the arena. OF course, he got a
reception and a few braves from the crowd,
and that satisfied him as much as II he bad
won first prize.
Several Greeks started In tho 800 metro
walking race, but they knew little about an
effective method Of heel and toe progression.
Not that any Of the visiting walkists could
be classed in the front rank, but poor as they
were In form, the Greeks were still worse.
Three or four started of with a sort Of
sling trot and they were soon cautioned by
the Judge, ]. E. Fowler Dixon. When they
settled down to fair work they dropped
behind the leaders, Wilkinson Of England,
Bonhag of America and Linden Of Canada.
K. Spetsiotis was exceptionally fair in his
style, 80 fair that he vac more or less of
a Joke to the crowd. The jeers and the
laughter he aroused did not faze the Greek
a bit and he kept pegging away, n he fin
ished close up. &c..
Greece had 1t all her own way In tho rope
climbing and she scored first. second and
third. No other nationality had an entry
and this fact accounts for the seeming good
work of the Greeks. First honors fell to N.
Aliprantis, second to Georgendopolos and
third to Polakis. The rope was ~ feet high
and the time was twelve seconds, not q great
performance by any means. and 1t 10 possible
that at least a dozen youngsters could be
gathered up around New York who could
easily bea the winner.
In the weight lifting D. Tofalos, the strong
man from Patras, was the hero Of the day.
He easily smothered all opposition In the
dumbbell lifting with both hands, getting
up the fine weight Of s45 pounds, which Is a
worlds amateur record: In the bell lifting
with one hand Tofalos secured only second
place, he asserting that he bad suffered
an injury to the left arm.
Kakousis, who won the lifting at St.
Louis, did not try, he being evidently scared
out Of an ambition by the size Of Tofalos
and his oompeers. .,
It was expected that the Greeks would
furnish a great sensation In the javelin
throwing as far as style, agility and aocu-
racy went. G~eorgantas, the discus thrower,
was said to be phenomenal, but when the
contest was called he did not appear. Five
other Greeks tried to throw the spear but
they were yards behind Jaeckenberg, Lem
ming and Mellander, who respectively fin
ished first, second and third.