The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
|lS AMERICAS DAY
Uncle Sans Athletes Making q
Splendid Showing
In Competition With Other Ma
tiOns In Olympics.
OVERWHELMING
In Final of Running Broad Jump
Irons, of Chicago, Wins.
Baker Captures Meter Hurdle
Event and Dole the Wrestling.

London, July 22.-This is the first
really fine day since the opening of
the Olympic games. ana the officials
at the stadium looked for an attend
ance exceeding that of any previous
day except Saturday. The fine weather
today is particularly fortunate, as the
final in the 100 meters cash, in which
the public has the greatest interest, is
on the programme. II should be
great contest, as every man who
qualified for the final is an exceedingly
fine sprinter. Those who qualified
are: r. E. Walker, South Africa; r.
Kerr, Canada, and j. A. Ector and
Cartmel, America.
The experts are wary about at
tempting to pick the winner of this
event although most of them predict
that it will be either Ector or Kerr
Another final to be run off today is
in the 400 meters hurdle race, in
which Hillman and Bacon of the
American team have opposed to them
Burton and Tremeer, of the United
Kingdom. The sports This morning
began with running broad jump which
event will also reach it's final today
which is going on at the same time as
the semi-final of the 200 meters fiat
race. The Americans were rather I'M
lucky in the draw in the later event,
having but one man, Hamilton in the
| first heat, who is opposed to Kerr,
| Canada; Rodoczy, Hungary and Gut
tormen, Norway, while in the second
heat no less than three Americans,
Sherman, Cartmal ana Huff. were
drawn against Laaftman, Sweden.
Again in the third heat there was but
one American drawn against Reed,
George and Hurdsfield. of the United
yfv,e dnvV, I,y1 in, 18th
Hawkins and Roche, of the United
Kingdom compete with Malfait.
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 400 meters
| fiat. another event 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 Halswell. the English cham
| pion as well as Montague and Nichols
of the United Kingdom. Taylor and
Ramey are drawn in the third heat
against H. H. Ryle, the Cambridge
Splinter and Malfait, France. White.
| Atlee and Robbins. America, are in
| the fourth heat, with Sepert. Canada.
Running Broad Jump.
| III tIC al ot ScCtiOH OIL the running
broad jump at the stadium this
| morning. Cooke, America, was first
with jump of % feet 10H inches
Bellah, American. second, FL feet az
| inches: Ha1ics. Hungary. third. 81
| feet u inches; Bleaden, United King
dom, fourth. Fl feet Y inches
| In the second section Kelly, Ameri-
cali, covered % feet 3A inches, beat
ing Ahearne and Bellerby, the United
| Kingdoms best man. In the third sec
! ton Irons, America, jumped "a feet 5
| inches. beating the Olympic record.
| dian athlete, was second to Irons with
a jump of % feet AZ inches. Williams,
United Kingdom. third, q feet 10 inch
! es. e7 So
broad jump John ]. Brennan, Mar
quette university, was second with 20
| feet, 61k inches; Weinstein, Germany,
third. % feet ~ inches; Ahearne.
fourth, % feet y inch, and Bellerby,
| fifth with Fl feet TX inches.
In the fourth section Murray, Uni
ted Kingdom. was first with % feet
| u inch. Lukeman, Canada. second
with II feet 7k inches and Watt, Uni
ted Kingdom, third 81 feet q inch
There were no Americans in this Sec
ton.
In the fifth section Bricker, Canada
| was first, % feet inches. There were
no Americans competing.
F. c. Irons. Chicago A. A.. Daniel J.
Kelly Irish-American A. C.. and Brick
err. Canada, qualified for the finals.
200 Meter Flat Race.
In the first heat of the semi finals
200 metres fiat race Kerr, Canada, beat
Hamilton. America by the barest mar
gin, only foot, the judges said. Time
% rs seconds.
CartmeI. America. won the second
i heat with Sherman and HUFF, Amer
to- Nd nd I'd fvVVA TX
onds.
The third heat went to Cloughen
America. in % rs seconds.
| Hawkins, United Kingdom, defeat
| heat by yard in % 2-5 seconds. Nc
Americans drawn in this heat
Featherweight Wrestle.
In the first bout in the wrestling
match for featherweights up to Is:
| pounds, Dole, America, defeated Cock
ings, United Kingdom. on points.
In the second bout, catch-as-catch-
can, Dolan, America, beat Webster
United Kingdom.
In the semifinaI of the catch as
catch can wrestling, Dole America
threw MCKEE. United Kingdom.
C.. j. Bacon the Winner
The final in the 400 meter hurdle
race was won by c. ]. Bacon, Irish
American A. C. Harry L: Hillman
N. T. A. T., was second anu ITeIueer,
United Kingdom, was third. The
time Of the winner was So seconds.
jumping Honors to America.
| AL the medals in the running broad
Jump will cross the Atlantic, F. C
Iron, Chicago A. c., Daniel J. Kelly
Irish-American A. c., and D. Kicker
Canada. qualifying for the finals. The
preliminary contests were notable fol
Irons jump Of "a feet inches. which
establishes a new Olympic record. The
: fight for second place between Kelly
and Kicker will be very cIose, Kelly
in the preliminaries, having beaten thu
Canadian by quarter of an inch. e
T.. Cooke. Cornell university. John J
Brennan. Marquette university and
!, Frank Mount Pleasant, Carlisle Indfal