The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

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n. usllenio competitors they were far
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I, The stadium events or those on which
dsn.ndei tho International championships
nr..cs scored three frats. -four seconds, q
,A,,4 and A tic for third which netted half
,noint, making a total Of 2Sh points, which
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Nj. ,s points, the gross total for the twenty
,wo sysnt. in question. This tally gave
nro.os third place, Sweden with q dozen
men being close up In fourth place, with 20
POINTS. America won the championship
nth A total Of 75H points, and England, with
ali Ia possessions, was second with 80 points.
on this score men Of Irish birth (0'Connor.
I.ahy and McGough) contributed 10 points,
While there might be added the 8 points Of
absrnathe IrishIC Canadian, In the Marathon
and Healey's (the English-Irish hurdler) 0
poln,s, making In all 81 points. On the other
bsnd Sher dan. q native born 1rshman on the
American team, made 10 points-two hrsts
and three seconds, which, added TO the soSre
Of the other Celts, would bring the total up
"A POINTS. Had Ireland sent down q repre-
,sntat We team I 10 easy to figure o
,vath the Celt would have out In the Olym-
pad OF 1908.
By far the best point winner and, in fact,
the most prominent athlete In Greece to-day
- r.-az - 81. po1athnptan Tntth
Of Athens and holder Of several Greek
records for the discus, putting the shot and
throwing the stone. In the stone throwing
be secured first prize and was second to
Sheridan in the discus free style, which 10
similar 10 the American method OF throw
tng. 1t was Georgantas's m ambition
to win the Discus Greek style, which 10
modelled after the pose depicted by Milo
In his statue Discobolus. Here, however,
be met with a rude setback, for quito
Unexpectedly Jaervinen, @ huge Finlander,
sent the missile scaling 115 feet 4 inches.
The best Georgantas could do vas 100 feet
inches. Mudin Of Hungary being third
With lOi feet 8 inches. Sheridan, the Ameri-
can champion, made q good attempt in
bis first throw, but it was declared a foul
Us be persisted in swinging his arm around
the body nstead Of throwing from a swing
underneath. The disqualification OF the
American caused a dispute and after the
first round was over the disputed throw
was measured to see II would get him In
the final, but it only tapped a little over
10? feet. Two others had marks better
than Sheridan's, and they failed to reach
the inal round. I'd.
After the conclusion OF the contest
Georgantas protested J%aervinen. but Prince
George, who was referee, would not enter
tain the objection, and he declared Jaervinen
the winner and his throw to be the best
Greek record. The dispute did not end
there, for G~eorgantas publically' insulted
the King by refusing to appear at the
stadium when the prizes were presented,
and those who are keen in Grecian politics
predict an unpleasant ending Of the alter
cation as far as the discus thrower is con-
emed. On the American team leaving
Tor home 1t was reported in Athens that
Georgantas was ordered to leave Greece
Tor ever. To cover his seeming mistake
be had several interviews in the Greek
newspapers, in which he tried to show
udeI met = bJyIc was hcb SSoioih
to the rules and that Sheridan's method
was just as fair as the Fnlander's. OF
course he asserted that he himself had the
onlycorrect Greek way Of flinging the discus,
and there was a host of VI tsiders OF the same
opinion.
For style and a little grand stand posing
Georgantas had all the others beaten by
tbig margin and this playing to the gallery
goes a long way with a good looking fellow
IN the stadium, Several other Greeks oon-
tended in the event, notably Pericles Ka-
kousis, who, 1t. will be remembered, won
The dumbbell lifting contest at st. Louis
u 1904. His throw was 90 feet 8 inches.
b. Papageorgion. a clubmate OF Kakousis,
made a throw Of 9s feet 4 inches. All OF
these marks eclipsed the former Olympian
record Of 95 feet ~ inches, made by Robert
Jarrett Of Princeton in 1895. Only records
made in the stadium will in future be REQ
osnized, so those made at Paris In 1900 and
@' Louis in 1904 are void.
Asister event to the discus, and considered
tlnost sacred by the Greeks, is the Mara
thon race, Of about twenty-six miles, from
te village of Marathon to the stad ium.
among the big string Of entries Greece had
zen and the island Of Crete half a dozen,