Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-02
CLOSE OF THE
OLYMPIC GAMES
Two Hundred Thousand Spec
tators Watch Sport on
Last Day.

ATHENS. May with the Marathon
race run before an assemblage that totaled
100 600 persons. the Olympic games OF lsoo
In the stadium here came to an end yes
terday. 1t was a day Of exciting happen
ings. aptly crowned by one of the keepess
contests over so long distance OF ground
that can well be imagined. The result OF
the competitions held here since April 70
has been to give the athletes from the
United States the first place for points
scored.
America won the championship with
total of 751a points England, counting
Ireland, Scotland, Australia and Canada,
had 36; Sweden IS: Greece. 271a: Hungary
Is: Austria. II: Germany, 1928; Finland,
q; France, 1-3: Italy. 3. and Belgium /.
1t was source Of great disappointment
to the athletes from the United States
that their entrants failed to carry OF the
highest honors In the Marathon run. The
race fell to an American, however, fof
Herring, from Hamilton, Canada, was the
first to finish The time was hours 81
minutes q 3-5 seconds. Swamberg of Swe-
den was nearly eight minutes behind the
Canadian and William G. Frank of the
Irish-American Athletic Club was third,
in 3 hours 40 40 seconds. None of the
Greek competitors, of whom SO much had
been expected by the Athenians, succeeded
in making dangerous impression.
Start at Marathon.
The eighty-three athletes who started IN
the race had been over night at Marathon.
where they slept The start was at y
o'clock in the afternoon. All along the
road between Marathon and the stadium
there were masses of spectators who called
announcement to the Greeks who were In
the race. More than 10000 were along
the roads. and in the stadium were some-
thing less than 10,0U persons. The scene
VIXEN the leader came over the brow OF
the hill that overlooks the stadium was
tremendous. The entire assemblage. keyed
up to the appearance by the continuous
roar of shouting from without that came
stronger and stronger as the nrst man
toiled up the ascent on the other Side,
arose together and Joined their applause
with that of those who had waited to give
the warning note. Then the cries stopped
at once and the stadium was absolutely ST.
lent. shuddering intake of the breath
seemed to catch all the spectators and
there was sort of hum of disappointment
that swept across the crowd
The leader was not Greek. Across the
despatched running shirt of the first man
who came over the divide was the maple
leaf of Canada. Then there was long
wait, and by the time another figure had
crossed the sky line the race was over and
done. Herring loped down the decline and
dashed around the stadium to the finish.
He was in good condition, despite the fact
that for the last few miles on the road he
had been almost unconscious with fatigue.
The approach of the finish heartened him
up and he felt the vigor that belongs to
the winner. Frank labored home. spent
but game, in third place, and the United
States had at least one place in the run.
Forshaw was tenth. Fowler was exhausted
after running twenty miles. and returned
fifteen miles. His right knee was injured.
Three More Firsts.
To crown the games the athletes of the
red white and blue took three more firsts.
Paul Pilgrim of the New York A. C. show
ed that he was one of the best men on the
team by defeating not only Lieut.. Halls
well in the 800 meters. but the great Light
body as we'll Halswell in fact was not
much OF a factor. Crabbe. the English
crack, who was considered to be at home
at this distance, never really cut any
figure. He was fourth. Pilgrim gave
Lightbody neck-and-neck fight from the
very start both men racing all the dis
lance. They pulled away from the British
soldier, who hung on few yards In the
rear trying hard, but never able to make
up the distance. In the stretch, about ten
yards from the tape. Pilgrim, who
fresher from his efforts in the 400 meters
on Monday than Lightbody was from the
] 800 meters, proved to be the better man.
He came away and won by two yards.
Lghtbody was four yards before Halswen.
The time was minutes l 10 seconds, not
particularly fast.
Robert Leavitt OF Williams College won
the ITO meter hurdle final. with Friend of
the University Of Chicago unplaced.
Lsavitt beat the Englshman. Healey, a
yard. Duncker, the German, was close
third. The time was 16 Is seconds.
Ray Ewry of the New York A c. did
more than had been expected when he won
the standing high jump. Robertson and
Sheridan of the rish-American A. c. help
ed here by tieing for the second place with
NJ. DUPONT of Belgium.
Sheridan was unable to strike the pose
in the Greek style of throwing the discus
and was unplaced.
There was protest against Bonhag In
the walking race which he won few days
ago, the assertion being made that he had
not walked according to the rules. The
committeeman tied on the protest, the vote
being two to two. but King George OF
Greece cast the deciding vote for Bonhag.
1t was announced that the international
games for Rome In 1908 had been aban-
doned. and that the next meet would be
held In London that year.
What the Americans Did.
hundred yard swim-Won by c. NJ.
Daniels, New York Athletic Club. Time,
l13.
-hundred-meter dash-Won by Archie
Hahn, Milwaukee Athletic Club: F. r.
Moulton. Kansas City Athletic Club, second.
Time, OH 1-5.
Throwing the discus Gree style)-Won by
Martin ]. Sheridan, Irish-American Ath-
lstic Club breaking the worlds record with
q throw of Al meters 48 centimeters..
Putting slxteen-pound shot-Won by Mar
tin J. Sheridan, Irish-American Athletic
Club. with a put of Ii meters 32h cent?
mentors.
Throwing the stone-Martin J. Sheridan.
Irish-American Athletic Club, second
Standing broad jump-Won by Ray c.
Bwry. New York Athletic Club; Martin J.
Sheridan Irish American Athletic Club.
second. Distance, meters 30 eentimete1s.
Pole VAULT, B. Glover. Chicago Ath-
letic Association and Purdue University.
third.
Running broad jump-Won by Myer Prin-
STEM Irish-Amerfcan Athletic Club Dis
tance meters 20 centimenters
Team Observation-Disclosures team finished