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and Weintz had TO retire, but Meredith
remounted and came in first.
The first heat of the semifnals in
the 200 meter breast stroke swimming
match was won by Holman of England.
TOldy, Hungary. was second. Holman's
time was minutes 10 seconds.
The second heat was won by Robin
son, England, with Hanson, Sweden,
second. Time 3 minutes 11K seconds.
BOSTON MAN is FIRST
In the putting the weight contest
sections 1 and We're grouped. W. w.
Coe Jr., Boston athletic association,
was first. with 42 feet 101a inches:
SAUL of Finland was second with al
feet y inches, and Lee Talbot Irish
American athletic club, third, with 3S
feet inches.
Sections and in putting the weight
were grouped. Garrels, Chicago Ath-
letic association. was first, with 43 feet
3 inches. and NJ +. Horr, Irish American
Athletic club, was second, with AZ feet
/ inch.
W. G. Burroughs. Chicago Athletic
association. did not reach the standard.
In sections and Cgrouped). Hor-
gan. United Kingdom, was first. with
4S feet S% inches. and Barrett. United
Kingdom, was second with 40 feet 8 y
inches.
In sections Z and (grouped), Ralph
Rose. Olympic club. San Francisco, won
with IS feet 21s inches.
The final in putting the weight con-
test was won by Ralph Rose. Olympic
club, San Francisco. Horgan, United
Kingdom, was second, and J. G. Gar
rels. Chicago Athletic association, was
third. Roses distance was As feet Z y
inches. This does not equal the Olym-
pic record for this events feet 7
inches, made by Rose in st. heuis in
1904. Horgans distance was A feet
SA inches, and Garrels' 4S feet 3
/ inches.
In the final Of the 400 meters SWIM
ming race Taylor of the United King
dom won. Beaurepaire, Australia, was
second, and Scheff. Austria, third. Time,
5 minutes SO 1-5 seconds
Cameron was beaten in the second
1 heat of the semifinals for the 1000
meter cycle race by Schilles of France.
The final of this race was declared
void, as the contest was not completed
within the time limit, 1 minute Sec
onds. Schilles, France, actually beat B.
Jones, United Kingdom, by a few
inches. Kingsbury and Johnson, United
Kingdom, sustained punctured tires.
The race will not be rerun.
In the sixth heat of the 100 meter
backstroke swimming race, Taylor,
United Kingdom, was victorious. A. NJ.
GOessling, Missouri Athletic club, was
second.
L. J. weintz, New York Athletic club,
was beaten in the thirteenth heat of the
1000 meter cycle race by Texier of
France.
H. c. Grote, Missouri Athletic club,
was second in heat five of the fancy
diving, with 1915 points. Walz of Ger
many was first, with S1.9 points.
In the gymnastic competition this aft
I
+. Tyswell, United Kingdom, was sec
ond, and L. S. Gurra. France, third.
No official announcement is obtain
able as TO how the British Olympic as
ISOLATION is going to decide the Olympic
championship, but the system adopted
by the London sporting papers in
arriving at the respective positions
of the various contests has been 'gener-
ally accepted.
HOW TEAMS ARE PLACED
This system awards one point for
each winner, ignoring seconds and
thirds, and includes all sports carried
out under the auspices of the associa-
tion. whether within the stadium or
outside of it. Following this method of
counting points the countries would be
placed in this order:
United Kingdom. 20; United States, s.
Sweden, 3; Norway, 2, and Canada,
France, Belgium and Italy 1 each. The
United Kingdoms 90 points, according
to this computation, are made up as
follows: Mems doubles and singles and
ladies' singles in both the lawn tennis
and covered court tennis competitions
pole competition; singles and doubles
at racquets; individual rifle competi-
ton; individual miniature rifle competi-
ton at disappearing targets; team and
individual competitions; miniature rifles
~ 20
at clay birds and the following wins
in the stadium: Three hundred meter
walk, 20 kilometer cycle race, 3 mile
team race, go yard cycle race and 400
meter swim.
The United States score is made of
the following wins: Rife team COM
petition, revolver competition; individ-
ual double shot at running deer. ]
Gould's victory in court tennis compe-
tition, throwing the hammer, 1900
meter fat race, throwing the discus and
putting the weight.
The Swedish points were scored by
wins in the team and individual com
petitions at running deer and throwing
the javelin; Norway, the team and indi-
vidual rife shooting at 800 meters;
Canada, the individual competition at
clay birds: France, the 1000 kilometer
tandem cycle race; Belgium, the indi-
vidual revolver competition and Italy
team gymnastic competition.
GAMES TO CONTINUE ALL YEAR
AS the summer section of the games
will continue until October 19 and will
include yachting. the Olympic regatta
and figure skating. and as there will
be winter section, to include Rugby
and association football. hockey, la
crosse and boxing. il will be the end
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