Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-26
THE GREcIAN SPORTS.
Americans Doing Handsomely, One
Wor'Ts Record Being Broken.

Athens, Greece, April 25.-ln the
presence of King George of Greece and
great thrcng of people at the Stadi-
um today. Martin j. sheridan of the
American team, broke the worlds rec
ord in winning the event for free style
discus throwing. The distance was Al
metres. 1T ccntimctres. King George
and Prince Andrew personally super
Tiscd many of the arrangements for
the competitions. The entire top row
OF the Stadium was occupied by sol
diery WhoSc polished buttons and
breast plates were daZZlingly bright i'll
the sunlight.
The sports were conducted under
ideal weather conditions.
The 100 meters swimming race de-
velorad a brilliant contest. c. M. Dan
icls. New York A. c., showed consum-
mate generalship. setting Il furious
pace until his followers were tagged
out, when he slowed down and won in
his own good time of 1 min. l. secs.
Helnay, hungarian, -Healy, Australia,
and Darbyshire, England, finished in
the order named.
The Stadium was crowded this af
ancc hcing estimated at $4,000.
The greatest excitement attended the
running races in which the Americans
ternoon with spectators, the attend
highly distinguished themselves. The
three preliminary heats of the 1OO-me-
ter race were won by Americans while
the semi-iinals in all three heats also
were carried by them. The finals will
be run tomorrow.
The S00-meter race afforded magnifi
cent sports. Americans winning two
heats out Of four. James -. Lightbody.
Chicago University, who won the first
heat, and Charles j. Bacon, Irish
American Athletic Club, who was sec
ond i'm the same heat. ran consum-
mately as also did Lieut.. Wyndham
IalSwelle. England, who was second in
the second heat. The fourth heat was
won by P. II. Pilgrim, n. Y. A. c.. Ray
G. EWry. n. Y. A. c.. won the standing
long ump, distance meters, 80 cent?
meters.
IN the preliminary heats for the 100
metres race. Archie Hahn, Milwaukee,.
Wis. a. c.; w. u. Eaton. Cambridge
port. Mass. A. A.: Fay r. Moulton,
Kansas City A. A; w. A. Schick, New
York A. c., and Lawson Robertson.
Irish Anne rican A. c.. (New York;, and
K. G. Reed, London, Eng. A. c., A. II.
Hcaley. Blackheath. England. y. Har
riers. and S. Abrams. Cambridge Uni
versity (Ergland) A. c.. won their
heats. Petts time was 30 minutes.
In the semi-fnals for the 10O-mcters
race. first heat. Hahn, Easton and
Moulton won. and Lawson. Robertson
and Baker and Lindeberg. captured
second place which qualified them for
the final >
In the preliminaries for the SEQ
metres race. first Neat, James D. Light
body. Chicago university. was first
and Charles J. Bacon. Irish American
A. C.. New York. was second. In the
second heat HcIlstrom, Sweden, WAS
first and Lieut.. Wyndham Halswcl!c,
England. was second. In the third
heat. L. p. Crabbe, Corpus college,
Cambridge, Eng. WAS first and Eli f.
Parsons, Yale University, New Haven,
was second. The fourth heat. p. II.
Pilgrim. New York a. c.. was first and
John Ruhgc. Germany. was second.
G. NJ. Daniels. \. Y. A. c., holder uf
the worlds championship 10O-ynrds
tho 10O-m"treS swimming race here to-
day. Time ! minute Il seconds Hal
may. Hungary. was second; 1ealcy,
Australia. was third and Darbyshirc,
England. was fourth. Daniels won an
excellent race by yard. He set the
pace throughout and finished strong.
The standing long jump was won by
Ray {. Ewry. New York, A. c. Dis
tancn 3 meters 80 ccntimctcrs. M. j.
Sheridan, Irish American \. {. Sec
ond: distance 3 meters 914 ccntimetcrS.
Robertson third; distance 3 mteers
c"ntimctcrS
The pole vault was won by Goudcr.
French; Height > meters 80 ccntimc-
tcrs: SodcrstrOm. Swcdc, second;
height 3 meters. 40 Ccntimetcrs;
Glover, Purdue University and Chica-
60 A. A.. third; height meters, 3J
ccntimctcrS.
The five-milc race. the great event
of the day. was won easily by Lieut..
Hawthrey, English Time 26 minutes
IL As seconds.
SPORTING NOTES.