Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-07-23
OLYMPIC GAMES NOW UNDERWAY
IN ENGLAND ARo0sE UkUsU-
AL INTEREST BECAUSE
BRIroEs GAIN LEAD
IN THEIR FAVOR
TIE SPORTS.
Many New Records Have Been
Made Americans Gameiy
Contest Every Event
and win Make a
Better Showing
on the Series
Yet to
Come.

London, July 20.-Despite she In
Vulnerable obstacles placed 10 their
way BY the unblushtng and narrow
minded British Olympic committee,
the American ,eam ~contesting 10 the
ifth Olymplad at the stadium, Shep-
herds Bush, has CALAMITY fought It's
way up to even terms with the En-
glishmen. The ccmmendable accom-
pllshment was effected by the great
work OF the versatile Martin Sheri-
dan, the crack New York weight
man, VINO took first in the discus
throw, Greek style.
But England then along thereafter
with walkovers in the 3,2OOtmeter
steeple chase and fye-mile run, which,
with the fiasco In the tug-of-war,
boosted the British score by twenty
five points, and again put the British
away out In the lead. No anxiety is
felt by the Americans, however, as
the s~teerlechase and five : mile run
were practically assured the English
before the start.
The discus event was simply made
to order for the big Gotham police
man.
America further proved its prowess
In the s~teeplechase when the Eisele
finishes third to the crack English
timber toppers. The Britons, Of
course, scored heavily In the count
with q first and second, but the entire
nine points were generally conceded
to the United Kingdom.
The easy manner In which the Brit
ish carried of most of the preliminary
heats most Of them right up to record
time, left little doubt as to the out
come. Elsele was the only American
who showed class over the select field
OF the Britons, further handicapped
as he was by the loss Of q toe nail sew.
eral days ago. The toe is very painful
and even the mild pressure of his run
ming shoes causes him great annoy
ance.
The United Kingdom, after its own
fashion, figured quite prominently
during the day. Besides taking eight
points In the s~teeplechase, which
counts in the settlement of track and
field supremacy, the Britons made q
clean sweep Of the archery and most
Of the cycling events. They also scor'
ed first and second in the 200 meter
swim, breast stroke and repeated In
the fye-mile fiat race. The last men
toned event is also one which figured
in the track and field championships
James e Sullivan, president Of the
A. A. U. and Americas Olympic com
missioner, is authority for the state
ment that the American team will
stick 1t out to the bitter end, despite
the adverse decisions Of the British
aud the unfair methods which have
been extended to the detriment Of
visiting athletes In general.
America is backed by every Other
nation at the stadium, and at a word
it would be possible to wreck the
meeting by a wholesale withdrawal,
Even Canada and Australia stand
ready to follow the lead OF the United
States. That there has not already
been a general withdrawal is due tc
the fact that no European country
wishes to figure as a "quitter."
There Is every probability that
America will eventually win out by
good margin, for most of the events
that have been decided to date are
those in which the English were al
their best. They included the dis.
lance events, principally. Hereafter
will come the sprints, jums, pole
vaults, hop, step and jump and hur
dies, and In these America lead lead
the world.
The work of Martin Sheridan q
the discus throw opened the eyes O.
the world to the skill OF this great all
round champion In the speciality
Although be was unfamiliar with The
Greek style of handling the platter
Sheridan established a worlds recort
that is likely to stand for some time
The old mark was I15 feet 4 inches
established at Athens in 1906 by Jaw
erineen OF Finland. Sherldan's throw
of 12s feet 8 inches betters the ole
record by nearly fifteen feet.
ENGLAND LEADS IN oLYMPIAN GAMES
New records made during the weel
at the Olympic games:
100-meter run = 4:03 2-6, Flympit
record by NJ. w. Sheppard, Irish
American Athletic club, In final, and
by N. r. Hallows, United Kingdom
In trial heat.
Throwing Sixteen Pound HammeI
Ito feet A IL inches, new Olymvil
record, by John J. Flanagan, Irish
American Athletic club.
Jayelin Throw-178 feet, I IL inch
es, e worlds record, by Erik Lem
ming, Sweden.
Five-Mile Race-25;46 As, new
Olympic record, by John Shanberg.
Ten-Mile Walk = 1:15:57, 1-5, new
worlds record. by G. e. Larner, Unit
ed Kingdom.
Javelin Throw = Middle hold, III
feet 10 IL inches, new worlds record,
by Irik Lemming, Sweden.
109-Kilometer Bicycle = Two hour
Al minutes, by Bartlett, United King
dom.
ENGLAND TAKES As POINTS.
Olympic scores, according to Eng
lish system, counting one point fol
each win, all contests;
England "a, United States o, Swe
den 5, Norway 2, Germany 2. Canada
France, Belgium and Italy, / each.
Mrs. Ada Mallory Depuy, Of Greedy
Colo, Is the guest Of her relative,
Mrs. Belle Moore, on s, Jefferson