Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-14
Flanagan Received it for the
Hammer Throw; McGrath,
Second, a Silver One.
UP WENT STARS AND STRIPES
Englislman Walked Away With the
Walk--Amcrica Handicapped In
Three Mile Team Race.

London, July 1.-THE morning Of real
work for the OIvmpic games which
word opered h.. L,t, t,,l,.a., ~
~ N'iis r"""'u at inc
STADIUM at Shepherds Bush Yesterday,
was carried out under rather unsettled
weather conditions and tbore ,.os a
,,u ,,ta ~, .
Sii'a'' "uuie'iee me results however
were highly satisfactory TO the Ameri-
can spectators and contestants. John
j. Flanagan. Irish-American Athletic
club. broke the OlvmpIc record I'm the
ba,,n,ar tbro, a,d r,o, a., d., ~,
CIV "V,' Wv "'sl soi''
ineuaI LOT any event. M. j. McGfath,
New YORK AtnIetlc ciun was second IN
the nhn', me-, throw and won me SILVER
mccall me htst oioh%e nedal to be
, aWaruea Wen, 10 - =, =. Walsh Sahaua'
VIM was 1niId ~ tlle hauI''ler throw
announcer American success was scored
IN tne ~ k,iolih.ler cycnhg race; IN
when when =. , ~. wen sew ork Athietle
Cup qualiheu Ny winning the thlVu
iI e. o.,,a.,. o,.. ,.,.a. -.
IRON spectator point OF view the
meeting was slow put nevertheless the
rates NSre wen eonJes,eu aIiu .iie SNOW
ing goou' me american victory pFousht
forth much American and Canadian
cn nee, .oo go a..
ne lllidl OF tne i,oVo meter nat ,aCe
was won by sheppard, american WI
SON Enslalu, was secollu' ana HUI
lows England, thlru.
sheppard tline was minutes -
seconds. he equalied tne best lInle
i Tiaue ~ 'ne p'1 ~ s SeStel'"S
making the distance in mifAtes ; *
seconds cut fun two seconds off
the record. made at st. Louis i'm 1904
by I.ightbody, American.
I,ntnrrp r-,Ipovv
iiA4i :" i'i' I'M
Walsh of Canada won in the first
section of the hammer throw with a
throw Of 1b9 feet, 11s inches. Talbot,
America, second. 1o1 feet u inch; Lem
ming, Sweden, third, l4l feet Inches.
Rose did not contest. In the second
section of the hammer throw Nichol-
son. England made 107 feet inches;
Itorr, Smerlca, leA leei a men, fyle,
A,narire ala 10, ,h,nn, 49,
In tho third section or tho baru,or
throw Mcr,ratb An,erico threw, ia
loot II inches broaiSinS no Isri+isr
record
FLANAGAN America throw te5 fect
9Ia inrhes GiIlis Amnrica Ia fee,
fM inches
Walsh canada. N,cc.ratb ana NAV
nasan America nuniif,aJ fo,. tha Anal
In the Anal ts,anna,yan snishea ti,.st
with a throw of IN feet az incha.
hoatinp Tho OIvmnic record ntc1trat,
was second Win p throw of 1s1 feet
II i,cbes ond yvaisb Ca,,ada ,h;rt
I5o feet 11k inches
c,Ane 49, e.,,,,,,,,.,
olAiNo A"p SlhiffS KUN VI
When the result of the hammer
throwing was announced, 1t being the
first final of the fourth Olympic, the
stars and stripes We're run up on the
arena Flagstaff to announce that the
United states had gathered in the first
event to be decided. In fact. it was a
double victory Flanagan taking the
first gold and McGrath the first silver
medal thus far awarded. There was a
great burst of cheering from the Amer
lean sections of the stand as the flag
broke out. Canada joined in for Walsh,
who wins the bronze medal
$500 METER WALK.
G r. rarner of the limited Kingdom
foam aostly won the frst baat 80 az.
900 meter walk In II minutes 90 sec.
onds II II Kerr Australia vos eec.
ond and w I palmer England third
No Americans narticinated i'm the beat
In this event the flrst three In each
heat qualify for the final
% / Webb. England. won the see
ond heat In Is minutes. II Is seconds
In this heat Quinn, England finished
second and ROthman, Sweden third
Gouldins, Canada. won the third heat
in Is minutes. "a seconds. Garrison
England. was second. and Rowland,
New Zealand, third.
The first heat of the 20 kilometer cy-
cling race was won by Merideth, Eng
land. in 30 minutes q seconds.
c. B. Kingsbury. England. won the
second heat in So minutes, 80 40 sec
onds.
20 FILOMETER BICYCLE.
Heavy showers which followed the
fine weather of the beginning intelfered
with the last events of the morning
Including the third heat OF the 20 kohl
meter bicycle race. In the first laps
OF this contest Wientz of America and
Young. canada. alternately held The
first two positions. Wientz won. Time
ga. 40
The fourth heat of the 20 kilometers
WINS Won Ia, Jonos ENGLAND Time
40 90 Cameron was second
THE afth hont OF the 20 kllometars
cvclinp race Ioas wan nv Jnnson sye.
den wine gl,529-b
In the draw for The three mile team
-, ~. - a. t.i1, -. 800
land and Germany were drawn for the