The San Francisco call., 1908-07-14

q. Butterheld. the English tour mile
]. p. Sullivan OF the lrlsh-Amerll
were first and second, respectively m
the first heat OF this event TOOK lohsel
10 cover the distance, but they were
not pressed and doubtless could nave
done better II IL had been necessary
Meadows of Canada set out 70. make
The mace i'm this event but LgntDooE
went to the front in the stretcn ana
seemed a likely winner until SulllNah
with "a fire burst of speed passed nam
few yards from the tape
HALLoNs MAKES RECORD
The best performance Of the day.
however was that Of NJ q. Hallows,
ar Oxford blue. who cut fun two sec
onds of the record, much 10 the sur
price Of evervbody. as HallOws always
lad been at his best at the three miles
and 1900 meters was considered 10 pe
short for him. He is now thought 10
be the most serious RIAL of the Amer
leans in the finals Of this event, WAlCh
will De run tomorrow.
Through their defeat by Shepard ana
sullivan Halstead and Lightbody failed
To- qualify. \ l. COe of the University
Of Michigan made strong bid for VIC
tory in the fourth heat, but he was
unable TO keep up with z. Loney OF
England. although the time was not
particularly brilliant Coe hnisheo
second.
The other American. +. II. Riley, OF
the Irish-Americau athletic club, ran
unplaced in this heat. the third. which
was that In which Hallows made the
record.
ENGLISH CLIMATE UNNIND
When London awOke this morning It
seemed as though the English climate
SO kind TO the sports held earlier in the
fr,s 81 & -.nN
lotes assembled here for the olympic
a. mes how disa greeable could be the
u,estIer. The past fortnight OF unset
He'd weather. which has been terror
10 the visitors who have been trying TO
Get iu tie best form for the great phy-
sical efforts they are 10 make during
the next two weeks, was followed TINS
morning bv a downpOur OF rain, which
threatened for a time TO make neces-
ssrv the Dostponement Of the opening
of the stadium 1T Shepards Bush en-
pogary shelters. however, were quickly
erected to minimize the enect OF the
storm. and at the time previously fixed
tile .naugU~a ton OF the Olympic games
was carried out according TO program.
shortly after 3 o'clock in the after
noon the royal box, which had been
f-ref I'd for the accOmmodation OF 40
persons began to fill up, the early ar
rivals including the crown prince ana
the crown prince and princess OF
Greece. the duke and duchess of Con
naueht and the duke and duchess OF
ArrvIe A short time afterward the
playing OF the national anthem by a
bang of the Grenadier guares an
uounced the arrival Of King EDWARD
Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria,
with their suites. who had been driven
IN state from Buckingham palace Lord
Dosborough. chairman Of the council OF
the British Olympic association, wei
coined their majesties at the entrance
TO the stadium and presented the mem
hers Of the olympic council
PARADE BEFORE KING
As the king entered the royal box a
bucIer gave a signal, the gates Leading
10 the competitors quarters few open
and the athletes marched out under the
banners of their respective natlohs'
The procession was formed IN alpna-
betfcal order. Austria leading, with the
e1.cenrion that the English speaking
races came last This latter section
was led by an American team with
C4arrels OF the Chicago athletic team at
fts head carrying the stars and stripes
The British colonies were directly pc
hind The Americans and at the end or
the United kingdom as hosts The pro
cessfon went into the stadium, each
country receiving applause, America
and the colonies being greeted warmly
bv the audience which had braved the
clements.
AS the day advanced the -downpour
gave way 70 a driZZle, which, however.
soon passed over and as the time ap-
nroacbed for the opening the sun came
out occasionally, and with the assist
ance Of a light breeze frightened up
the decorations
crowds gathered inside and outside
of the stadium. and long before the ar
rival OF the king and queen the cheaper
sections OF the stadium were hlled with
spectators prepared TO stay out the art
ernoon. no matter what the weather
conditions We're
CHANGE MADE IN ORDER
At the last moment change was
made fn the order Of events which were
- follow the formal opening. The
e,s+ and second heats of the 1900
meters run were placed first and both
r n. Lightbody. Chicago athletic asso-
,fetfon and J. p sullivan. Irish-Amer-
scan athletic club, were drawn IN the
b first and Melvin Sheppard, lrisn-Aner-
iran athletic club. and J. 7. Halstead
Kew York athletic eluo' IN me SeSoiIu .,--
heats. respectively, and, In tact, there
-,-i1 be two Americans in most OF the
sfob+ heats of this event 70 be run
H. +be 400 meters swimming event
g,bicb is second on the program, L
Budd Goodwin. New York athletlc cluD
,-as drawn in the first; Harry j. Hep-
ner Tlinois athletic club, second; {. NJ
Dsnfelg New York athletic club, in the
tbird heat Hill and Yanden Dries went rt
I'm in the first heat OF the z'VO'
-,efe~e tandem bicycle event.
before the arrival OF King Edwar'
t,o athletes paraded around th'
grounds. The representatives OF IN
,ited Kingdom looked formidable
.-s+s fbeir 5is men. The nearest ap
.roscf TO this number was France
30. sweden came next with les' am an'
-5en Hungary with l54 men. Th'
.--s- -. I,s,-a the next largest arm.
vim las. but Trainer Murphy refused
70 aIlov all the men TO come Up Tor IN
ceremony, insisting that they remain ..I am, q
tbeir quarters at Brighton until calIe'
mon Tor more serious work In al
u countries were represented an'
among that gathering Turkey was rep
resented with one competitor
HEAT