Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-23
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| The Americans had the hurdles to them
selves. Z. ]. Bacon of the Irish-Ameri-
can A. G. and Harry l.. Hillman of the
New York A. c.. between whom there
| was as warm rivalry as between the men
OF different nations, won from their Eng
| lish rivals, Burton and Treemer. The
Americans rounded the turn yards ahead
of the Englishmen and fought it out for
| first place in the stretch, Bacon reaching
| the tape slightly in the lead. On Hill
mans previous record he was expected to
win, for at the Olympic games in st.
Louis in 1904 he ran the distance in 81
| seconds. but as he knocked down two
| hurdles a worlds record was not allowed.
When he was defeated today Hillman' S
bride, who was sitting in the stand,
burst into tears.
j. 3. Taylor of the Irish-American A.
C., the colorcd University of Pennsylva-
| MIA runner, j. c. Carpenter of Cornell
| University and d. r. Robbins of Yale
| won their Keats in the semi-finals of the
| 40O-metres, with the English champion,
| Halswelle. their only opponent for the
| final. Halswelcs feat in lowering the
Olympic record was easily one of the
most brilliant performances of the day.
He covered the distance In As 20 seconds.
| breaking Harry Hilmans record Of ~ is
seconds made at St Louis in 1904. Tay-
| lor's time was 40 AS seconds Halswelle
| is picked as the winner of the final,
| which will be run tomorrow, but Taylor.
| if he is in his best form, Americans, at
least, believe may succeed in reaching the
tape first.
Trio Am
N. II. Cartmel. University of Pennsyl-
| vania. won two of the four semi-fnals
of the 20O-metres and will oppose Kerr of
Canada and Hawkins OF the United
Kingdom in the finals. The public is
backing the Canadian to win. All of the
heats in this event resulted in close fin
ishes. w. F. Hamilton of the Chicago
A. A. gave Kerr such a race that a ma
jorty of the spectators thought that he
had won, until they beheld the official
announcement.
Counting all the events held within and
outside OF the stadium, including many
games in which the United Kingdom
alone competed, the score up to date
stands: United Kingdom 81, America II,
Sweden S, Norway and France each.
Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Fin
land, South Africa one each.
The score in the field and track events
in which the American team came over
to participate is as follows
America rs, United Kingdom 81 1-3, Swe-
den u. Greece 6, South Africa ). Canada,
Norway and Italy 5 EACH France and
Hungary l 1-3 each, Australia, Germany
and Finland l each.
r. hn
Amatuer Athletic Association to the
Olympic committees at the TrocaderO
tonight, Lord Alverstone, the lord chief
justice, said that he was sorry that
none of the American representatives
was present, as he would have liked
personally to congratulate them on
their splendid records and tell them
how proud Englishmen were of the fine
performance of such men as Daniels,
Porter and others. The Americans, he
said, had shown form of the highest
| class and they would have not heartier
| reception than from those they had
| beaten.
Tho 100-metre final was won by
Walker, South Africa, in 10 4-5 sec
onds. ]. A. Rector, University of Vir-
ginia, was second and Kerr Canada,
was third. n. J. Gartmcll, University
of Pennsylvania, finished fourth.
| The strongest feature Of Walkers
sprintng is his remarkable ability to
| make Il quick start. Walkers victory
| was popular with the crowd, the Eng
lis1mcn being gratified to see the mo-
| no.onous succession of American vic
tories broken by a Britishcr, even if
r! he Waa Il colonist Walker. who had
| the pole. got off first. Rector drew up
tn him at so yards and for a few yards
| the two men ran a splendid race. Then
| Walker forged slightly ahead. IT was
a close and exciting finish. Walker
| was half a yard ahead of Rector at the
| tape, while Kerr was 50 nearly abreast
of Rector that the Judges decided that
| second place had been won "by
| inches" After the race Walker was es-
Cortcd to the Royal box. where Queen
| Alexandra congratulated him and
shook him by the hand. Walker. who
is slender and youthful looking. blush
ed deeply He was greatly embarrass-
&c. by the honor
The first heat in the sem-final of the
4oO-mctre (4372 yards) flat race, was
won by ]. c. Carpenter. Cornell Uni
vcrsity. Carpenters time was 40 2-5
| seconds.
The second heat was won by Hal
swclln. United Kingdom. Time. As 2-5
seconds. This was 3 record for the dis
| TANGO. He ran to the quarter mile
mark his time being As As seconds. In
this heat William c. Prout, Boston A.
A., was fourth.
Third heat. Il. Taylor, Irish
American A. c.. won in 40 As seconds
Fourth heat-D. Il. Robbins, Yale
University, won in 40 seconds.
| In the first section of the running
broad jump at the Stadium Wednes-
day morning Cooke, America. was first
with a jump of % feet 1o12 inches;
| Bellah. American second, with Il feet.
49, inches: Halies. Hungary. thlru.
with q feet, So inches: Bleadan. Unit
ed Kingdom, fourth, with q feet, 11s
inches.
In the second section, Kelley, Amer
lea. covered 90 feet. ga inches, beat
ing Ahearne and Bellerby, the United
Kingdoms best men.
In the third section. Irons, America,