The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-14
Hammer Throwing and
l,500-Meter Events Cap
tured by New Workers.
FORMER WINNER
SETS NEW MARK
Crowd Of Spectators CheersAmeri-
can Entries as the Results
Are Announced.

LONDON, July 1.-THE cheering
mass Of American spectators in the
great stadium today went wild with
iappiause as two members Of the Irish
American team of New York CITY elm
ped Oh new records at the OlvmDie
games Both young men showed clearly
their superiority in athletics. and tbai-
victories met with almost universal
favor.
As a consequence the Stars and
STRIPES were the first national eoiors
to be run up on the stadium arena
flagstaff, and the American sDeetatorz
ana contestants alike cheered until tbev
made their English cousins almost siei-
Of the game.
John >. Flanagan, Of the New York
iiflsa-Amerlcan team, captured the
hammer throwing event BY hurting the
HeighJ 40 feet ~ inches, while Melvin
ePP1Id, OF the same 5eam, won the
hnal IN the ,jOO-m meter race from a
field OF eight contestants Ms tir,a -.
4:O5 p, which equals the new OIvu,Dia
mark made by the Englishman. \. f..
IolloWsr IN the third preliminary hcsf
I G. B. kingsbury Of England LATE +E-is
afternoon. won the finals in The +J-e--- -
1 Al-o-iielefs bicycle race. with 3. Jones'
! england second. and WerbroUck REL
I Slun- third. Time. 2f-1s Z-5
/ iqlasan.s $ victory meant new honor
Iof nm only lnasmUch as he broke his
own record established in the last series
I OF the Olympic games HIS r,-e,5o-7s
I hammer throwing record was I6s feet
/ and inch
McGrath Does Fast Work
Another feature was the work dona
Dy McCIrath, who came out second ia
the hammer throwing event NcGrata
IS member OF the New York police
I force and was entered IN the games
/ lrOn' The New York Athletic Club A
. year ago McGraLh threw the hammer
a distance of l75 feet inches T,Tr
-lere was dispute over the measuring
tape Wnlcn deJracJed from the Iau-els
3 ne might have Won Walsh was rEi-1
& Lte nUT Cd the weight 159 Ieet u iulhes
-lalpE Rose, tae ElanL hammer throw
er OF iAe American team. nearly scared
/ lle otner contestants our by a few
o. MS preliminary throws Nicholson
{ England used % mOnCpolZe the hon
OTs OF llls event years ago. ana he ,ras
| expecting 20 hustle the Americans bUr
lev people expected him 10 be q seri-
In the first heat OF the 25-kiIometer
I o-cycle race, l. Meredith. of England.
| was taken by c. s. Ki1gsburv OF T-1~-
Z land, in 3Z-33 A5.
G. z Larner, an English policeman
plCAeQ as the winner in the 50o-ne-e-
walk, won the first heat with ease rs
/ ,lme being 1876. L. J. Webb England
| scoA the second heat. IN l6-l11z, Canada
zane 10 me front with the winner
! or the third heat with G. GOulding.
WHO went the distance in 1916.
Sheppard Picked Winner.
1 Sheppard was t5Uced YESTERDAY as tbe
winner Of the I.501-reter race. ana his
winning today did not cause much sur
prise There were eight contestants
and the time he made today eGuaied
the wonderful mark OF -TaIIov-s. che
1 Englishman, in the third preliminary
ESSteIoay- AFTER the strong showing OF
t1alloVs yesterday il was a surprise to-
Gay that ne should finish behind Wilson
The record OF The L.5G0 meter race frouf
last year was minutes 81 seconds. srd
was held BY J. D Lishtbo6y-
h A Wilson. OF England, finished
second TO Sheppard, and ~. = FIaIIo--s
Of England, third.
In the 6o0-meter bicycle race the fol-
lowing men. II their respective sections. .
VIII race IN the hnal- p Jones Eng
/ land, 0--9, " Bailey. England. O-5o z-5-
! c. kiugSbury. England. 0-5- 2-5- Cam
eron. United States. les Is. EdemangeI.
land, 0:5S 1-5; W Andrews. Canada,
o.55 40; Johnstone, England. 0-54 Is;
/ WeteXer, France 1s01 3-5. F. Venter-
South Africa, e;55 -; Neumer. Ger
] 0.5I 10; D. T. Flynn. England J:55:
/ Daufray, France e.5S 2-5; /. Renard.
/ Belgium, 0:55 II.
H Sehllles, o. France. won the heat
in his section. but Ee was disqualified
l on account Of slow time, 40.
In the continuation of the 40O-meter
I swimming event, three heats Of which
were swan yesterday F f BeaUqatre.
! OF Australia took the fourth .hear-
/ PradmiiOvic, Or England. the fifth and
/ H Taylor Of England. the sixth.
/ c. ". GedZik won Tire first heat in
/ the fancy divinS contest. and Azarno.
! OF Germany took The second heat
Marathon Race
Pains have been taken that there
shall be no repetitions Of certain fea-
/ lures which marked the Marathon
when IL was conducted at Athens over
a typical Greek road That is TO say,
I the road was in very bad condition.
I runners. The Marathon course in the
4 present instance is from Windsor cas-
/ tie 20 the stadium and the event Will
| be run OF on the last day OF the Olym-
pic series
Even worse than the incidents os the
/ Marathon at Athens were some o. she
4 features Of the race at s. Louis. This
/ is a trying race. When Hicks ran over
/ the course at St Louis he suffered
/ frightfulIy before he finished. and iC
I was only his iudomitable perseverance,
/ which enabled him to finish Raw eggs.
I brandy. and sulphete Of strychuiEe were
! alternately administered 10 him. and
| water which had been kept hot in q
! boiler conveyed IN an automobile over
1 the course II can readily be seen thar
/ the best track conditions are necessary