The sun., 1908-07-15
SHEPPARD'S GREAT VICTORY
AMERICAN LOWERS .COLORS OF
BRFTAXNS DISTANCE RUNNERS.

From q Field Of worlds Best Milers
Flanagan Makes Hammer Record
Taking Anothe, Event for America
1900 Meters u ,8sD.S Yards) by
Melvin w. sheppard, United states; III. A.
wilson, United Kingdom, second; N. r,
Haiiows, United Kingdom, third. Time
minutes a-S seconds.
Throwing 10 Pound Hammer-won by
John j. Flanagan, United States, with q
throw OF ITO feet l.7 inches; Matthew
y. McGrath, United States, second, with
throw or 1917 feet IN inches; Con walsh.
Canada, third. with throw OF IS0 feet
l-2 inches. FInnasan's throw is now
Olympic record.
$500 Meter walk q Miles 8Os Yards)
Won by q. f.. Larner, United Kingdom;
T.. }. Webb. United Kingdom, second:
II. n. Kerr, New Zealand, third. Time.
IA minutes SIS seconds. A new record
for the distance.
TO Kilometer Bicycle Race Q2.A miIcs)
Won by kinEsbury, United Kingdom:
Jones, United Kingdom, second; wer-
brouck. Belgium. third. Time, - minutes
IA 2.S seconds.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON. July 14.-The second day OF the
Olympic Games started with weather still
glum and unsmiling almost more un-
favorable than that Of yesterday. The
great Stadium presented melancholy
spectacle when the start was made few
minutes after tho appointed time this
morning. thousand would have been a
liberal estimate Of the attendance, and to
reach this number one would have been
compelled to include the officers and COM
mtteemen, the representatives OF the press
and even some Of the competitors. The
ordinary spectators numbered only five or
six hundred at the most.
AS the sky cleared somewhat the crowd
grew little larger, and for the afternoon
session the attendance was almost fair
Three thousand would, however, probably
oJver the paid admissions at any period OF
The games to-day.
Until OF clock in the afternoon there was
an intermittent drizzle, now dwindling to
q mere misty fog. now turning to light
sleety rain.
The United States team repeated its per-
formance of yesterday, winning the first
event Of the day programme, the 10 pound
hammer throw. flanagan's throw of l70
lished a new Olympic recori exceeding
Fianagan's own record at St. Louis by more
than TWO feet and breaking all British
records.
Rose. the giant American who is repre-
senting the Olympic Athletic Club of San
Francisco and in whom the British spec
tators manifest the most unusual interest,
did not compete for the hammer throw.
The American trainer did not vpuchsafe
any explanation for this, but it Was gem
lx ha WI
sidered so safe in the hands of Flanagan,
McGrath, Horr and Talbot that Rose was
saved for other weight putting contests.
The chief interest OF the day. however,,
centred in the final Of the 500 meter race,
the preliminaries of which were run off
yesterday. IL was one OF the finest races
seen this year on British SOIL and Melvin
sheppard, one Of the two Americans who
qualified for the finals won it only by the
exercise of the most magnificent general
ship, ...-.,
Wilson was apparently safe winner up
to the last sixty yards. Here, ho&ever, it
became apparent that he had sprinted too
soon, and Sheppard, with plenty of reserve
leaped to the front. finishing less than a
yard in front Of the Englishman.
Sheppard's 8 time. min utes 2-5 sec onds.
equailed the Olympic record made yester-
day by Hallows of England.
The temperature was low and strong
wind laden with moisture blew across the
held where the athletes sat shivering in
blankets. The atmosphere was muggy and
occasional showers never attaining the
dignity of real rain now and then sprinkled
the spectators and competitors.
The person who attracts the largest
amount OF attention among tire many ofh-
cers and helpers and committeeman who
6, bustling perpetually about the oval Of
master" whoss business appears to be to
walk about pompously announcing the re-
suits of the various competitions. He has a
rich clerical voice wtich Is shown to excel
lent advantage through four foot mega
phone.
The American enthusiasm in cheering
their team is always wonder TO the Brit
ish spectators. the Americans are so
completely. thorough and self-forgetful
when watching a contest In which some Of
was fard for placid Britons to understand
the Yankee who this morning sat on the
edge OF the swimming tank while one OF
tie beats Of the bicycle race was going on.
contestirg 6 bicycles and every time tie
racers would flash past he would screech
In voice which penetrated TO the most
distant parts Of the stadium: Good boy,
George! Go 1t, old fellow, go i'll"
At the afternoon session a fairly largs
crowd was on hand early, as 1t had besn
announced that the first event to be run
of would be the final in the 1900 meter
race. The trlal heats for this raca were
run off yesterday and resulted in some
remarkable finishes. Of the eight men
who qualified for the final five represented
England, two the United States and ons
Canada. England's entries included the
feet Wilson. who had been expected to
take the honors in the event easily. and
Hallows. who broke the Olympic record
yesterday.
The final to-day was run in the face Of
strong wind and was hotly contested from
start to finish Wilson led. with Hallows
hard at his heels, while Sheppard Of the
American team hung on steadily.
Close to the finish Sheppard made a re-
n.arkable squirt. finishing first in minutes
5 2-5 sec onds The time Is remark ably fast,
considering the wind, which was against
tte runners at the finish Wilson was
second and Hallows third.
lie earliest contest to be started was the
hammer throw. and as expected it was
evident that the Olympic record for this
event would be broken In short order. The
contestants were numerous. and the COM
mittee decided to start three sections In the
trials. In the three sections the American
athletes showed up well. taking one first
and three seconds. The other firsts went
to Walsh, of Canada and Nicholson the
English champion.
In tho final John J. Flanagan Of the Irish