The San Francisco call., 1908-07-17

ing Beaurepdlre, the AuSlFdlldl q
OF Austria. of whom great things had
been expected. was third in this event
Tt had been fully expected that Amer
lea would take all three in the weight
putting Ralph Rose, Olympic club, San
Francisco. was first. and J. c. Garreis.
Chicago athletic association, third. W.
". Coe Jr. Boston athletic association;
Lee J. Talbot. Irish-American athletic
club: n. J. sheridan. Irish-American ath-
letic club; NJ +. Horr. IrishAmerican
athletic club and ". @. Burroughs
Chicago athletic association. and the
other Americans wha competed could
not get inside the standard.
REDUCES BRITISH LEAD
The only man who came near the
winners was ". G. Arviem Of Norway.
Nevertheless the Americans welcomed
this win. as 1t reduced Great Britain S
lead in the aggregate, and IL second
and third places We're counted il alone
would bring the two countries TO about
equal terms. A great cheer, therefore,
went up when the result was an
nounced The burst of enthusiasm was
followed by a calm during which the
occupants Of the stands where the
Americans gathered awaited the hoist
ing Of the stars and stripes on the
Flagstaff in the center Of the arena.
bluejackets TO whom this duty had
been assigned had sought shelter from
the downpour Of rain which had made
the days sport a cheerless affair.
SUPERIOR IN DISCUS THROWING
The American athletes walked away
from all their opponents in the discus
throwing contest, free style, at the
stadium this morning Martin J. Sheri-
dan, Irish-American athletic club, New
York, retained the championship with
out great effort. His throw that gave
him first place in the final was 134
feet , inches, which was more than
two feet behind his own record. NJ. H
Griffin, Chicago athletic association
was a good second with 133 feet eH
fnches. and NJ +. Horr. Irish American
athletic club, was third with 129 feet
5 inches.
The only man to seriously challenge
America for third place was Jarvine
Of Finland, who in his section covered
12s feet AZ inches. John J. Flana-
gan. Irish-American athletic club
could not get above 124 feet. Lee j
Talbot, Irish-American athletic club
however, did slightly better than
Flanagan, reaching a fraction below
126 feet. Neither Garrels of the Chi
cago athletic association nor S. 7. Gil
lis Of the New York athletic club could
get into the swing and they fell far
behind their teammates.
MANY STARTERS IN BIKE RACE
The second heat of the 100 kilometel
bicycle race brought out a field of 81
starters, Of whom Weintz was the only
American, while Canada had three en-
tries. Morton, Young and Andrews
France and Germany each started five
men, Italy three, the United Kingdom
six and Belgium, South Africa and
Sweden one each.
At the same hour the first heat OF
the 10 mile walk was started with lust
as cosmopolitan entry list. except that
America was not represented, Bonhag
who had entered. withdrawing. The
second heat of this event was also rur
off, the American colors being agair
absent.
On the turf, however, the American.
were busy all morning throwing the
discus. free style, members of the
American team being entered in almost
every section Owing to the with
drawal of a number Of men sections
and were grouped and Burroughs
who with Adams represented America
Outthrew France, the United Kingdom
and Hungary with a throw OF 122 feet
81 inches.
This did not long stand as the best
throw. however, Dearborn, who was il
the third section, placing the discus
1zb feet : y inches from the circle al
other competitors in his section be.
ing hopelessly behind
Griffin carried off the honors in the
fourth section with a throw of I3:
feet ~ inches.
America again made the best throw
in the fifth section, Horr doing the
trick this time with a throw Of 12s
feet 9 inches.
No throw in the sixth section. ir
which no Americans were drawn
counted as all were below previou.
throws and only the three best in al
sections qualify for the finals.
WEBB WINS FIRST HEAT
The first heat of the 10 mile wall
: was won by Webb. with Carter sec.
ond. Spencer third, E. E. Warner
fourth. All represent the United King.
dom. Time 1 hour 20 minutes Is A.;
seconds.
Sections and s in the discus throw.
ing were grouped with Sheridan and
Talbot as representatives Of America
being pitted against the men of Greece
Finland. the United Kingdom, Norway
Germany and Sweden. Sheridan over.
threw the others, covering 133 feet =
inches.
In the second heat of the 10 mile
Ndlh u l@dTl6Is harrison anC
Palmer Of England and Kerr of Aus.
tralia all qualified for the final. Time
] hour Is minutes 1S seconds.
In the second heat of the 100 kilo.
meter cycle race the following meT
qualified for the final: Meredith, Bart
lett. Petit and Caddeny of the United
Kingdom; Westerburg of Sweden: Ia
Pie Of France: Andrews Of Canada
and Goekelberg Of Belgium L. G
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fell when he had S5 laps to go. HI
collided with Meredith and Noon OF
Sagland. Noon was severely shaker