The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-07-22
AMERICANS WIN AGAIN
TheirColOrs RaisedThree Times
For Victory In Finals.

Royal Box Gave an Exhibition o.
Cheering Which Suggested an Amer
ican College Crowd-Continued Alb
sence of Sunshine Is Depressing.
London, July 21.-The second weel
OF the Olympic contests began with
the first day devoted principally tc
field sports such as Americans are &C
customed to witness. The track ath
letes were the stars and the program
contained many fast and exciting
events. The American and British
runners and jumpers gathered in the
lions share of the laurels as usual
but the Americans exceeded even the
expectations of their supporters.
Several hundred Americans, mostly
tourists, with many ladies, who were
massed together in the seats next tc
the royal box, gave an exhibition OF
cheering which suggested an Ameri
can college crowd and immensely
amused the foreigners. The attend
ance at the games was fair, but the
weather in the afternoon was gloomy
and threatened rain. The competi
tors from the United States are de
ploring the continual absence of sun.
shine, under which they can do theiI
best work
Close and Stirring Finishes.
The spectacular features were the
seventeen trial heats of the 100 me
ters sprint and the eight trial heats
of the 500 meters. These furnished
several close and stirring finishes. Ir
the sprints America captured eight
heats and Great Britain four. ]. A
Rector of the University of Virginia
was the particular star, for he beat
quite handily E. G. Macleod of Cam
bridge, the holder of three varsity
blues, who never before was beaten
and in doing so he equalled the Olym
pic record for the distance of 10 AS
seconds.
The names of Sheppard Halstead
and Beard Americans, went up on the
black board as the winners of their
heats in the 500 meters race. This
event proved disappointment to
England, which was counting upor
more than the two heats which IL
took. The German, Braun, much to
the surprise of Englishmen, outran
Holding, who was one Of their main.
stays. Lunghi of Italy beat H. L
Coe of the University of Michigan in
the excellent time of 1:57 Is, and he
and Just, the Cambridge half-mile
champion, who captured the sixth
heat in 1857 AS, will give the Ameri
cans hard tusse in the finals.
c. ]. Bacon, Irish-American A. c.,
captured his heat of the 400 meters
hurdle race in 81 seconds, winning by
25 yards, while Coe distinguished him.
self by defeating Densham, the former
British champion, although he had
just contested a hard 800 meters
against Lunghi
The British won six and the Amer.
leans three of the nine heats in the
hurdles, but the majority of these
were unexciting because they were a
walkover.
The American colors were raised
to the flagpole three times, slgnifying
victory in the finals in the 100 meters
swimming, the standing broad jump
and the bantam catch-as- -catch-can
wrestling, but these triumphs did not
inspire such thrills as the track per
or In,
the vast Stadium could see them.
Daniels Won 100 Meters Swim.
c. NJ. Daniels. New York Athletic
club, the American champion, as was
expected, won the swimming event in
the fast time of LOS 3-5, which equals
the Olympic record. He was closely
followed to the tape by De Hallway OF
Hungary, with Julin Of Sweden third,
L. G. Rich, Brooklyn Swimming club,
who was second to Daniels in the
semifinals, finished fourth In the
finals.
The standing broad jumping con
test was practically an American
event, although no notable records
were made, Ray Ewry, the American
champion, being considerably behind
his own record made at st. Louis.
His greatest distance was 100 feet II
inches. Tsiolitiris, the Greek jumper
won second in this event, with 10 feet
N inches. one quarter of an inch
better than Martin ]. Sheridan, Irish
American A. G.. ]. A. Biller, Brook.
lyn Central Y. NJ. c. A.; Platt Adams,
New York A. c., and F. L. Holmes OF
Chicago and the English champion,
Bleader, were only fraction Of an
inch behind Sheridan.
George II. Mehnert, National Turn
vereign (American) took the final in
the bantam wrestling, while George
w. Gaidzik, Chicago A. A., won his
heat in the high diving competition.
France won the medal for fencing;
the many bouts were almost monop.
olized by Continentals.
The results of the day added three
wins to Americas score and one to
France. the other nations not improv.
ing their positions. In the field events
America added six points, while
Greece, the only other nation to in.
crease its score in these contests, pick.
ed up three. America is now only