The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-15
England Starts Day With
Good Lead-United States
Team Confident.
SWEDE CAPTURES
JAVELIN THROW
Three-Mile Race Goes to United
Kingdom After Hard Battle
So, in Stretch.

LONDON. July 15.-Despite the fact
that England led the United States by
seven points today in the Olympic
games when the morning struggle
opened at Shepherds Bush, the Ameri-
can contestants and the American spec
tators were sanguine. So optimistic
were they that they gave way TO an
outburst Of applause when the contend
ers in the initial events came upon 'he
field. The third day Of the interna-
tionaI contests opened under auspiclous
circumstances and the vast STADIUM
was filled with admirers OF Drawn ana
muscular prowess. There was fair
scattering Of women in the audience ana
they, too. gave way to enthusiasm 1T
times when some particularly dlIhcut
feat was accomplished
The members of the American team
are optimistic concerning the results,
and do not hesitate TO voice their
prophecies in sanguine language me
American athletes are IN ri tettic %
win, general conditions are IaNorS"ie
70 a strenuous strugSle for supremacy
from this time on TO the enc OF the
Leming Wins Again.
The first event This morning was a
iavelin throwing contest, and II was
Won with more or less ease 10y 2. v.
Ieming. OF Sweden. Lemiag cast the
smear I7g ~ inches POnitza was sec
ond. with los feet inches. and Hoise, OF
Norway. was third. with 163 feet, Ia
inches.
The javelin scores We're
First section throw was won by Per
sonen. Finland: cast 16l l-feet y inch
Section two. won by Pontza, Greece
cast It's feet in1nes.
Section three, won by POnllZu' GREECE
cast los feet. inches
Section four. won By MUdin, Hun
gary. cast 100 feet inches.
Section hve, won by Mudln' Hun
gary, cast 100 feet Inches
Section six, won by Leming, Sweden,
cast lis feet ~ incnes-
Leming. cast rs feet ~ inches in the
finals.
1t was no surprise when Leming won
for he already held the world = record
and e. was conceded that Swel en would
take this event long before me games
were opened This is a unique feature
Of the Olympic contests and p very IN
tcresting one. too. The SwedeS are
the only ores who have taken 10 the
sport seriously and il is because OF tlls
that LeminS was able 10 present WIN,
ni8g form Lemiug IS a line ai-rouho
q hlete and he represented Sweden In
the Olympic games held previously.
Dea,an, of England, Wins.
The finals were run in the three-mile
team race this morning. and the hOnors
again fell 10 England. although America
was a serious contestant and came out
second best Deakin. Of England. was
the winner with America second and
France third.
The English entrants were II. A. VII
son, \. J. Robertson, J. +. Deakin, y.
+. Hallows and w. COales. The Am
erican team was composed Of George V.
Bonhag. of the Irish-Americgn Club; G.
a. Dull, of the University OF Michigan;
J l. Eisele. of the Princeton and New
York Athletic Club, II. l.. Trube. OF the
Cornell and New York Athletic Club,
and Harvey W. COhn, Of the Irish
American Athletic Club. The French
team consisted OF only four men.
TOday's program offered some good
sport, although the morning did not
offer a card in which America could
excel.
Swimming Events.
In the third heat OF the fancy diving
contest, Behrens, OF Germany, was first.
In the zQO-metcrs breast stroke swim,
Honan, OF England, Won the first heat
IN $40 So.
Person, OF Sweden, won the 5econd
heat Of the 29J-meter breast troke
swim in 3:17 3-5, and Seidel, Of Germany,
Toldy. OF Hungary. captured the
fourth heat In 5:l4 %.
w. Robinson, United Kingdom, won
the fifth heat in S.I3.
Sabinyi, Hungary, won the sixth
heat in 3-23 20.
The sevnth heat was captured by
Scourbet Belgium. in 1916 2-5.
4JO-mcteT swim, Semi-hnalS-WOn BY
Schen, Austria, and Peauretiaiere. OF
Australia Time g minutes -3A seconds
and minutes 81 aeCOnds.
In the 6G9-yard bicycle race V. /.
Johnson. Of the United Kingdom. won
the first heat IN O:5g 10. De Mangel.
France, won the second heat in I:OI 3-5:
Flynn. United Kingdom, took the third
in 9:54 IS, and Neumar. Germany, lne
fourth IN 1:05 3-5.
Johnson won the final heat in O:5I ).
De Mangel was second and NeuDlar
third.
The French team won the final IN
the 2,000-meter tandem cycling event il
3.07 3-5.