The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-26
EXCELLENT SHOWING BY
 AMERICANS AT ATHENS
YIN PR RELIMINARIES AND SEMI FINALS IN 1OO-METRE
 RACE.

Also Capture Two Heats Out of Four in
 SO0-Metre COntest--Parsons of Yale
 Second in His Heat in This Event
 Daniels of New York Wins the sOO-
 Metre Swimming Match in Brilliant
 Style-The Five Mile Race, the Great
 Event of the Day, Carried Of by
 Lieutenant Hawbrey of England.
 Athens, April 23.-The international sports to-day were conducted under ideal weather conditions. An inexplic- able lack of punctuality pervades the entire Olympic arrangements For in- stance, the final swimming match at 100 metres was scheduled for o'clock this morning in the Phalerum, but it did not come off until 11;9O o'clock. The race developed a brilliant contest. c. M. Daniels, New York A. C., showed con- summate generalship, setting a furious pace until his followers were faged out when he slowed down and won in his own good time of min. 13 sec. Hell may, Hungary; Healey, Australia, and Darbyshire, England, finishing in the order named, showed good grit but are not in the same class with Daniels. Their time was not taken officially.
 The fencing finals in the gymnastic school were marred by some bad feel ing The Italian Pezarano retired, and the Frenchman Dillon Kavanagh was awarded first place, Casimir, German, second, and Count Hughes, French, third.
 This afternoon the Stadium was crowded with spectators, the attendance being estimated at 68,000 Crown Prince Constantine, Prince George and Prince Nicholas were indefatigable in the arena experimenting the arrangements while the crown princess and Princess Nicholas sat in the royal seats. A re- markable feature was dense, serried line of soldiers occupying the entire top row, their black uniforms and burnish- ed buttons and accoutrements being re- tlected in the sun with fine effect.
 The greatest excitement attended the running races, in which the Americans highly distinguished themselves The three preliminary heats of the 100 metre race were won by Americans, while the semi-finals will be run Friday.
 The 500 metre race afforded magnifi- ctnt sport, Americans winning two heats out of four James D. Lightbody Chicago university, who won the first heat and Charles J. Bacon, Irish Amer ican Athletic club, who was second in the same heat, ran consummately, as also did Lieutenant Wyndham Mals- wello, England, who was second in the second heat The latter displayed fine style and undoubtedly would have won except for default in rounding the corner which lost him some feet, giving the chance to the Swede, Helstrom, who won The fourth heat was won by P. H. Pilgrim, New York A. C., Ray c. Every New York A. C., won the standing long jump; distance, metres 50 centimetres.
 The American successes were signal ized by hoisting the American flag. which was greeted with great cheering.
 Summaries:
 In the preliminaries for the 800 metres race, first heat, James D: Lightbody, Chicago university, was first and Charles J. Bacon, Irish American A. C., New York. was second.
 In the second heat, Hellstrom, Swed- en, was first and Lieutenant Wundham, Halswelle, England, was second.
 In the third beat, R, P. Crabbe, Cor (Continued on Fighth Page.l