The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20

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owe the course. The prize for the event
vas the most eSpensive " the lot, said 20
cost 81 600. II IL n marble atAttiette weigh
ing about 200 pounds Feeidea sherring
was presented with q medal and n laurel
wreath.
In the field events there VA some good
work, but the ground waa too looee and
al ~soluteiy unfavorable TO record perform.
ances. prinstefn was lucky In the broad
lump. for on his fret trial and while the
run was not much cut up, he Got IN a iunp
Of 23fect 0inches. This beat Peter O'Connor.
who waited too long for his best ticks.
The hop. step and Jump took place againet
a stiff breeze and O'ConDer was first, with
Leahy second. though the distance was not
very big. Leahy showed that az a high
IlmpCr ne was OlhSSea hnftu on MS TlNdlt,
The winning height Of 5 feet 1917 inches
he cleared by at least three inches so thai
IL IL safe to say in good springy turf and
favorable weather he can easily top 0 feet
2 OF 3 inches.
Ray Ewry had his usual easy wins in the
standing jumps. A notable incident oc-
Cured in the standing, when America
scored first, second and third ard three
American fags flew from the top Of the
stadium. Sorder. the French pole ~vaulter.
won his event handily, with II feet q inches.
and he subsequently failed as " feet. He
Ga well as all continental ve'ilters uses a
bamboo pole with a short iron spike at the
top. II IL about half as heavy as the ordi-
nary American pole, and Glover said he pre-
ferred it to anything he over saw hefore.
The American used the bamboo in pre-
ference to his own pole, which he carried
all the wav to Greece.
A feature OF the meet was the attention
paid to the contests by Prince George.
Prince Constantine and Prince Nicholas.
The three scions Of royalty were on hand
George was the referee and his word was
law. When a knotty point presented it.
self he would refer TO j. E.. Sullivan for
advice and in an indirect way the A. A. U.
secretary and American commissioner ran
the meeting.
Another feature was the inattention
paid to foreign newspaper men sent to do
the meeting. They were Of all nationali-
ties and numbered about fifty. Not a soul
was allowed inside the ring nor were they
given press seats, nor was there any Of
fetal from whom they could CLEAN infor-
nation on questionable points. They pro-
tested, but that Is as far as the matter got.
They had TO take pot luck in getting re-
suits off the telegraph board. Then to re-
ceive all the matter fled there was one man
who spoke only Greek. He counted al!
the dispatches, received payment and
made out receipts. Sometimes he would
run short of change and then closed his
office and went several blocks for small
currency, besides imbibing several nips
of cognac on the way. All this time the
scribes had to wait in row like Fleisch-
mann's line of bread seekers on a frosty
morning.
The only worlds record at the meeting
was the spear throwing, in which j.
Taeckenberg, a Norwegian, did 176 feet 10
inches. He flung the six feet OF bamboo
shoe with steel with great precision and
IA straight az the steel barrel of a rifle.
In this event Jaervinen, although he was
unplaoed, made a remarkable throw. He
caught the jave!in by the extreme end,
balancing it on his middle finger, and in
this unwieldy method sent it 1870 feet.