The Detroit times., 1908-07-25
STARS AND STRIPES
ABOVE ALL AS
GAMES END
BIG ATHLETIC CARNIVAL AT LON
DON is OVER WITH AMERICA
ON LONG END OF THE SCORE
GARREIS BEATEN.

LONDON, July 25.-The athletic
program OF the Olymplan games came
TO a close here today with the team
from the United States winning two
events In commanding style and con-
firming the long lead In manner
which made certain for the American
team the worlds championship In
track and field athletics.
BY taking all three places in the
110meter hudle event, America swell
ed her total of points by nine. One
more first came as the result OF the
victory OF the team from the United
States in the i,600-meter team race.
England captures the hop. step and
jump with Canada second.
The score OF points unofficially an
nounced as the final one Is as fol
lows:
America. ll42-3: Great Britain.
7S 2-3: Sweden, IL i-3: Canada, 10 l-3:
Greece. 8; Norway, 6; Italy. 3;
France. 2 l-3; Hungary l-3: Ger
many. 4; Finland, 1.
Games Not over.
OF course. the games will continue
for some time and, In all probability,
Great Britain will be figured out a
winner on the system whereby the
country winning first in any OF the
'freak" events is placed on a par
with the winner of real race. How
ever, this sort of scoring is obvious
~ one which would bring victory to
any country In which the games
might be held. Americas supremacy
In the recognized standard athletic
sports Is unquestioned.
The star event OF today was the
110-meter hurdle. Though Smithson.
Garrels and Shaw were the only start
ers and all three of them were mem
bers OF the American team, II was
readily recognized that all three were
supreme in their specially and past
masters of the art. Smithson secur-
en- slight advantage at the stat, a
the three came tearing down the
straight in the order mentioned above.
All fenced perfectly and at the finish
Garrels was but foot or two behind
the Pacific Coast star. who finished
In the worlds record breaking time
OF Ii seconds fiat. II was "a great
race.
Prizes Presented.
The presentation OF prizes was
made the occasion of grand paeg
ant and the athletes left the stadium
with most of the sore spots resulting
from the questioned decisions of the
British officials. forgotten.
After this week American athletes
who took part in the games will scat
ter all over Europe, one team com
posed OF Americans will go TO Paris
to take part in a national athletic
fete there. The Irish-American team
will visit Ireland and display their
prowess upon the native heath. Cart
nell, Taylor and Melvin Sheppard will
attend a meet to be held in Glasgow
Scotland, on Aug. l.
Hayes, the doughty runner who
won the Marathon. was the lion OF the
hour today. He was still weak from
the terrific exertion but was In much
better condition than Dorando. the
Italian, who collapsed 200 yards from
the finish.
The 400-metre race. won by Car
renter on Thursday but protested by
the English because they alleged the
American runner had bored" Halls
well, the English contestant. was run
of again this morning although the
Americans refused to participate. 1t
was won by Halswell. England Time.
runner. Other events were as fol.
lows:
MIDDLEWEIGHT GRAECO- ROMAN
WRESTLING, final-Martenson. Swe-
den. defeated Anderson.
LIGHTWEIGHT GRAECO- ROMAN
WRESTLING. hnal-Perre. italy de-
feated Orlon. Russia in two straight
falls.
iio-METREs HURDLES. FINAL:
Smithson. won: Garrels, second; Shaw.
third. CAL Americans). Time. Is sec
onds.
1909 METRE SWIMMING CONTEST
FINAL: Taylor, England. won; Bat
tersby. England, second; Baurepaire
Australia. third. Time, % minutes As
2-5 seconds.
1000 METRE RELAY RACE, FINAL:
American team. first: Germany second;
Hungary. third. Time, minutes 30
1-5 seconds.
RUNNING HOP. STEP AND JUMP:
Won by Ahearn. England: distance as
feet IL Ia inches: Mcdonald. Canada,
second distance as feet IA inches
Lawson. Norway. third: distance AZ
feet IA inches.
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