Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-23
FINE DAY FOR The OLYMPICS
Resulting Attendance Larger Than
ANY Time Since Saturday.
sEM.FINAIs IN BROAD JUMP
Irons OF Chicago, Kelly of Michigan
and Brecker of Canada Qualify
for the Finals I'm This
Event.

LONDON, July 22.-This is the first really
fine day since the opening OF the Olympic
games and the officials at the Stadium
looked for an attendance exceeding that
of any previous day except Saturday. The
fin weather today is particularly fortu.
nate, as the final in the 1OO-meter dash, in
which the public takes the greatest inter
est, is on the program. 1t should be n
great contest, as every man who qualified
for the final is an exceedingly fine Splinter.
Those who qualified are X. E. Walker,
South Africa; r.. Kerr, Canada and ]. A.
Rector and N. J. Cartmell, America.
The experts are wary about attempting
to pick the winner Of this event, although
most Of them predict that It will be either
Rector or Kerr.
Another final which Is to be run off
today is in the 4OO-meter hurdle race. in
which Hillman and Bacon Of the American
team have opposed to them Burton and
Tremeer, Of the United Kingdom.
Running Broad jump First.
The sports this morning began with run
ming broad jump, which event will also
reach it's final today and which is going
.on at the same time as the semi-final Of
the 20-meter flat race. The Americans
were rather uniucky in the draw in the
latter event, having but one man, Hamil-
ton, in the first heat, who is opposed to
Kerr, Canada; Radoczy, Hungary, and
GuttoFmsen, Norway, while in the second
heat no less than three Americans, sher-
man, Cartmell and Huff, were drawn
against Laaftman, Sweden. Again in the
third heat there was but one American
drawn against Reed, George and Hurds-
FA.Ig "a a. IA - - a,
fourth heat Hawkln and Roche. United
Kingdom, compete with Halfalt, France.
The draw was even worse for the United
Kingdom team than for the Americans. as
they had their five men punched in the last
two heats.
In the semi-finals Of the 4oo.meter flat
and other events in which there is great
interest, Merriam and Carpenter, America,
meet Davies and Young, United Kingdom,
in the first heat. while in the second,
Prout, America, meets Halswelle, the Ens-
lish champion as we'll as Montague and
Nichols of the United Kingdom. Taylor
and Ramey are drawn in the third heat
against II. II. Ryle, the Cambridge sprinter,
and Halfait Of France. White, Atlee and
Robbins. America, are in the fourth heat
with Sebert, Canada
Kerr Wins ny a Foot.
The semi-finals of the 2O-meter flat race
furnished four as exciting heats as have
been witnessed at the Stadium since the
games opened. In the first heat, Kerr,
Canada. won by a foot from William F.
Hamilton, Chicago Athlete association. The
Canadian, who had the post, made a fast
start, and coming UP the stretch he had a
lead of a yard over the heavily built
American. Although Hamilton is not such
q graceful rune as Kerr, he was seen to
be making good Roadway and the galleries
stood up TO witness the closest finish Of
the Olympic. The Judges decided that
Kerr had won by a foot, but TO the spec
tators 1t looked as though even less space
divided the two runners.
The Americans had the second heat to
themselves, and N. ]. Cartmell, University
OF Pennsylvania, was the winner.
Cloughen, Irish-American Athletic club,
won the third heat handily, disposing OF
George Reid and Hurdsfield, United King.
dom.
There were no American runners In the
fourth heat, which was won by Hawkins,
United Kingdom.
All the medals in the running broad jump
will cross the Atlantic, F. c. Irons, Chi
cago Athletic association; Daniel ]. Kelly.
Irish-American Athletic club, and Bicker,
Canada, qualifying for the finals. The
preliminary contests were notable for
Irons jump of "a feet 5 inches, which
establishes a new Olympic record. The
fight for second place between Kelly and
Brlcker will be very close. Kelly IN the
preliminaries having beaten tie Canadian
by a quarter of an inch. z. T.. Cooke,
Cornell university; John ]. Brennan, Mar
quette university. and Frank Mount
Pleasant, Carlisle Indian school, each went
over p feet, while s. H. Bellah, STAN
ford university, Cal. was under this dis
lance,
Another American TO distinguish himself
this morning was G.. S. Dole, Yale uni
versity, who won his bouts In both the
first and second rounds of the feather
weight to 1873 pounds wrestling. This gives
him a place in the semi finals.
of Broad jump.
In the first section of the running broad
jump at the Stadium this morning, Cooke,
America, was first with a jump OF 20 feet
1Oh inches; Bellah, America. second, q feet
81 inches; Halics, Hungary, third, p feet
5A iDches; Bleaden, United Kingdom,
fourth. q feet ~ inches.
In the second section Kelly, America,
covered 20 feet 3 u inches; beating Ahearne
and Belerby. the United Kingdoms best
man. John ]. Brennan, Marquette uni
versity, was second, with % feet 6s inches:
Weirstein, Germany, third. % feet 2%
inches; Ahearne, fourth, % feet y inch,
and Bellerby, fifth. p feet IA inch.
In the third section, Irons. America,
jumped "a feet 5 inches, beating the olym-
pic record. Mount Pleasant, the Carlisle