The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-03
AMERICAN TEAM
THRU AT ATHENS
Greeted and Acclaimed by King
and Populace on the
,...- Stadium. .
BY Robert Edgren.
journal Special Service.

Athens, May 3-Wh1le thousands upon thou.
sands waved American flags, turning tho great
stadium into one vast terraced flower garden of
living color, and long lines of uniformed Greek
boys paraded the amphitheater, each bearing the
red, white and blue of Old Glory, the king yes
terday afternoon presented the prize for the
Olympian games. r.
And, praises, but we got the mess of them.
1t was sight to put swelling in every Amer
lean throat as the contestants from the United
States came forward to receive from his ma
jesty the trophies they had won. The huge
multitude had been noisy enough before, but
when that moment came the enthusiasm broke
all bounds.
Flags in Evidence.
Suddenly, as If by signal, the far ching
bossomed with the national flags of our
own country. Where there had been an acre
wide mile-long stretch of black humanity
moment before was now swelling tricolored
sea, ripping and tossing and dancing.
For the most prominent Of our athletes there
were individual ovations that almost equaled
the force Of the main demonstration. Sheridan,
Pilgrim, Ewry and half dozen others were
cheered until the hills behind Athens gave back
the booming to us. ..-
Our victorious team will leave the 9Th
for home via Naples and Southampton. We
bring with us eleven first prizes six seconds
and five thirds of total Of twenty nine events.
| And in a good many Of these twenty-nine events
we had no entries at all. These are the official
awards-the games committee published them
yesterday afternoon just before the vocal fire.
works began.
The victory of the Americans in the stadium
games, the strictly athletic contests, over
whelming. There in fact second; the
nations nearest in the list of totals scored their
points in the various rowing, cycling, shooting,
fencing and other contests in which the Ameri-
cans were not entered. ...
In the list of winners of first prizes France
| figures second with ten, Greece captured nine
| and the others following in this order Sweden,
Great Britain Austro- Hungary. Denmark, Swift.
erland, Finland and Bohemia. Australia and
Canada added each three to the total Of six.
| teen prize wins credited to Great Britain. OF
these sixteen only four took first prize, includ-
ing sherring, the Canadian winner of the Mara
| thon race.
| The Net Results. 49,
The results of the International athletic
struggle for Olympic honors at Athens:
| 100 Meter Sprint-Hahn, America. 111a sec
| onds, first; Moulton, America, second; Parker
Australia, third. Points-Amertca 8, Australia 1
4oo,Meter sprintwpilgrim. America, So II T.
| ker, Australia third. Points-America 5, Eng
] land 3. Australia 1. ,.... >
sOo-Meter Run-Pilgrim. America. 2 minutes
II is seconds, first; Lightbody. America, sec
| ond; Halswen England. third. Points-Americ;
8, England 1. "a. ..ss5s IT,
Meter Run-Lightbody: America, 4 minute
IL seconds, first; McGough. England, second
Helstrom Sweden. third Points-America 5
| England 8, Sweden 1. S. > -
| 1900 Meter Walk-Bonhag, America, Z min
speicehotas, Greece, third. Ponts-America 5
Canada 3, Greece 1. ...-..
onds first; Healy, England, second; DunckeI
Germany, third. Points-America B. England
Germany 1. 49,
feet 10 inches. frst Sheridan. America, second
Robertson America third Points-America
Standing High Jump-Ewry America 4, fee
2 inches, first; Robertson, America. Sheridan
America. and Duffont. Belgium. tied SECOND
Points-America %, Belgium Ia.
| Running Broad Jump-Prinste g.,a America: lea
5 Friend, America, third. Points-Amertca q, Emf
land 3.
. 10 inches, first; Goenbzy, Hungary. second; ke
rigan, America. third -Points-England b, HUI
! gary 3. America 1.
Three Standing Jumps-O' Conner, England,
! feet inch. first: Leahy. England second; Coz
molly, America third. Points-England g. Anne
Pole yault-Conder, France, II feet niche
first: Rederstrom. Sweden second: Glover, Anne
lea, third. Points-France D, sweden D. Anne
lea 1. 10 -.
\ utes II seconds, first; Evenberg, Germany, sc
ond; DAILY, England, third. Points, England
Germany 8.
America, 1se feet 2 inches, first; Georgando
Greece, second; Jaervinen, Finland, third. Point
America g. Greece ss g. 1 Enland Jaervne
ri nnuoTn Il, feet inches rst Georgando
: Greece, second; Muelin. Hungary, third. Point
q Finland b, Greece 8, hungary! l.. -. :.
d Throwing Neutrality-suspicious., Greece, e5 fe
# inches. first Sheridan. America, second; Do
g izas, Greece, third Points, Greece 3, America
It Putting shot-Sheridan America, 40 feet 5
inches, first: David, Hungary. second; Lai
ming Sweden, third. Points America 5, Hu
: gary 8, Sweden 1.
l. !: Marathon Race-Sherring, Canada, hours
e minutes % 8-5 seconds. first; swanberg, swe
u en- second: Frank, America, third. FONT
Canada 8, Sweden g. America l.
IS lOO-meter swim-Daniels. America, i mnu
/, 10 seconds, first; De Halmay, Hungary, secon
If Healey, Australia, third. Points, America
Hungary 8, Australia l.
A. 4O0-meter Swim-Schef, Austria. minutes
10 seconds. first TAYLOR, England, second; Jarv
Il England, third. Points, Austria g. England
!, 6OO-meter Swim-Unfnished.
Diving-Unfnished.
Points scored by the rival teams: Americ
D2-3; England and colonies, At; Greece,
Hungary, TO- France, 5; Sweden, g; Austria,
Germany, 4; Finland. g; Belgium, l.