The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-23
WALKER IS VICTOR
Continued from Sixth Page)

The American contingent had feared that Kerr, the Canadian, would rob them of the 100 metres, but they had not considered Walker dangerous. No one accepted the national misfortune more gracefully than Rector When spoken to regarding Walkers victory the Vlrglnian said:
 "Walker Is a faster runner than l. and that is all there Is to say
 The Olympic games are developing into huge success. While the meet ing started discouraginsly, with the weather and other conditions strongly against 1t, London Is ta9t becoming athletic mad. People everywhere talk and jumpers, and the women seem as much interested as the men Great crowds gather around tho tplet otiic- es to secure the best seats for the final days and a big attendance is certall from this on.
 II would be hard to imagine q finer spectacle than the stadium presented to-day From athletic, social and spectacular standpoints. it quite equal l ltU lllf fhHitLtllblb Ol tll" H'blipl'lN1 Queen Alexandra and other members of the royal family were present and congratulated the African runner on his victory. The stands contained 10000 persons, of whom at least one half were women. whose nnlti-colore1 costumes presented a fas.llatng pie ture. The American sectl ln was truly American. with waving flags and noise making instruments There was or. ganized cheering by large band of collegians under the leadership of . frantic youth. brandishing a huge club and shouting "Rah. rah. Bacon" which was heartily talen up by the others. when the first American vic
 tory of the day was proclaimed This caught the fancy of the crowd i'm
 mensely as did the Americans cheer
 ing for Walker, who, although he
 had defeated their favorite, was as
 cordially greeted as their own coun- tryman.
 The picture in tho arena was worthy | of a setting. When the queen entered ' the royal box the runners were striving , with every muscle set in the 400 metres , race around the track, divers wers throwing double somerssults from the
 tower and brawny wrestlers were s struggling in the Graeco- Roman con tests On the platforms at either end 9 ot the oval a band of Danish lady eyrnnasts. who were the most attrae- } tive novelty of the meeting, arrayed - in white uniforms and yellow stockinee Q were engaged in graceful exercises ! The jumping events were conducted on q the green turf in the center of the sta ! dlum, and altogether today's meeting . furnished a series of thrilling pictures { and quite as much excitement and a. l close finishes as yesterday, In addition to Walkers sprint. the 400 metres hur t dies and the semi-fnal heats of the 40C t and 200 metres flat races were nemor
 able events. The Americans had tn,
 hurdles to themselves c. ]. Bacon O
 the Irish-American A. e. and liar.
 " l.. Hillman, New York A. C., be.
 tween whom there was as warm a riv airy as between the men of differen
 nationallties. ran clear away from thei, , English rivals, Burton and Tremeer
 The Americans rounded the turn yard e ahead of the Engljshmen and fought f
 out for first place in the stretch, Bacor n reaching the tape slightly in the lead
 On Hillmans previous record he wa.
 expected to win, for al th- Olympi ~ games In St. Louis in 1904, he ran th, 2 distance in 59 seconds. but as h, o knocked down two hurdles world T record was not allowed When he wa, |, defeated today Hlllman's bride, wh
 was sitting in the stand, burst int,
 tears.
 ]. B Taylor of the Irish America a' A. C., the colored University of Penn - sylvania runner, J. c. Carpenter c
 Cornell university and D R Robbin
 of Yale won their heats in the sem
 finals of the 400 metres with the Eng
 fish champion Halswelle, their onl
 opponent for the final Halswelle
 feat of lowering the Olympic recor
 was easily one of the most brillar
 performances of the day He co,
 cred the distance in 4S 2-5 second
 breaking Harry Hillman's record
 49 1-5 seconds made at St Louis 1
 1904. Taylor's time was 49 4-5 set
 onds. Halswele is picked as the vii
 ner of the fnal which will be run tt
 morrow, but Taylor, If he is in his be-
 form. Americans at least believe ma I succeed in reaching the tape first B, Cloughen, Irish American A. ( and N. I Cartmell. University Pennsylvania, won two of the fol | cpff1I Hpo1, nP bn T N oppose Kerr of Canada and Hawkii & of the United Kingdom, in the fina M The public Is backing the Canadia M to win. All of the heats in this eveI & resulted in close finishes. w. r. Han M ilton of the Chicago A. A. gave Ke M so close a race that a majority of Il @ spectators thought that he had wo NM until they heard the official announc M ment Cloughen beat George, wi W was England's chief hope, whi W Hawkins in a heat in which no Amer
 cans were entered, shut out Koch
 another British favorite.
 .G A sensation occurred during tl ll high diving. Cane, England's repr sentative, struck the water heavi |j and failed to come to the surface. ! by-stander plunged into the tank ar Ia brought Cane ashore. The Engls ! man, however, suffered no more SCI lI ous injury than temporary loss | , wind,
 ,J The Olympic managers tender the l., official thanks to the rescuer, who l name is Johannsen. and who is fl lj holder of King Edwards cup for Ii l t, saving,
 1 Soon after this the German, Nlcoli l finished a double somersaut from u | high tower by striking the water at fl | length like a sandbag An America | Fl. c. Grote, of the Missouri A. l promptly dived after him. but f