New-York tribune., 1908-07-22

London. July z-Melvin W. Sheppard. Of the
,-Isb-Aue-ican Athletic Club who took the
..s,-e of England's best distance men in the LOO
- -,Yn at the Olympic games just week ago,
,soes another victory 10 the credit Of the Ameri-
-, team to-day when he finished far in the lead
:, the 500 metre run. establishing new Olympic
s-,-5 of 152 As for the distance. and continuing
:, ~ the half mile. which he in 1:54. within
.h-ee-ffths Of a second Of c H Fitzpatrick s
,-as,s record made in New York in 1895.
anather gold medal went TO America when Harry
Porter also Of the Irish-American Athletic Club.
csu-ured the high jump by clearing the bar at 6
s.et inches beating the Olympic record OF feet
s.5 inches made by J. K Baxter. an American. in
paris N lse9 After assuring himself that he was
.hs winner he went after the worlds record. The
hs- uss placed al feet 54 inches just one-eighth
os an inch higher than the record, which was made
MNF Sweeney in New York in 1895 but II was
,us shade too much for him Great work by
American runners also marked heats in the 100. 200
and go metre races. and America has now good
. lead IN track and field sports.
Better weather a much larger attendance and ex-
citing finishes made to-day's Olympic sports at the
Stadium far and away more interesting than any
that have preceded them There was absolutely no
interruption. and from 10 O'Clock in the morning
rutn after in the evening a great crowd OF en-
thusasts in the stands cheering the victOrs and
those who failed but made plucky fight for honors
for themselves and their countries.
As expected. Il largely Americas day.
for, besides winning the only two final events de-
cded. the American sprinters great ma
iu-ity Of the heats In the other events While not
spectacular as the races, the running high jump
the most keenly contested event of the day.
i started in the morning, and not until after 6
O'Clock was Porter proclaimed the winner. the
Stars and Stripes being run up 10 the masthead
for the second time during the day.
II the first section Of this event H A. Gidney,
fon- of Norway, and Leader, Of England, but after
The ether sections had been finished a protest
entered the ground that the spot where the
other sections contested favorable 10
The Jumpers than that Of the first section The
protest was allowed and Gidney in :he second at
tempt did 6 feet l inch. thus qualifying for the
hlaL There however, he soon found more than
his match in Deahy, the Irish champion: Porter
son0dy Of Hungary, and several others.
IN his Try for the worlds record Porter made
three attempts but without success. He will go to
Ireland next week where he meets Leahy again,
ahd If is possible that he will be able 10 establish
new record His jumping to-day appeared mar
FeAous 10 the experts and spectators. for not until
ne went after the record did he remove his sweater
End ne approached the poles without the usual
ftrained appearance Ieahy, Somody and Andre
O France. tied for second place, each having
topped the bar al feet inches, and although
they tried il a quarter Of an inch higher. none Of
hen could accomplish 1t. II decided to give
ach silver medal and 10 divide the points for
second and third places equally among the three
countries T Motif. OF the University OF Pennsyl-
Faaie. id feet inch, which. as he had been i'll
snce coming 70 England. vas splendid perform
Sheppard Non a great victory for America in the
so-netre fat race He proved himself entirely 100
isst for Just. the English champion, who was MOI
y to following the tremendous pace
Ihe two Englishmen who qualified, Just and
felrnairn-Crawford, thought they could set pace
when would tire out Sheppard, but it seemed to
R exactly what he wanted The American let
ssiroarn-Crawford make the pace high he
lsed, and kept right al the Englishman's heels.
Sus followed closely, but the plan miscarried, for
Rae latter who expected to come up in the stretch
eho pass Sheppard. had reserve left and was not
WY beaten by the American. but also by Lunghi,
u itsly. ana Braun Of Germany.
-he Americans suffered two dsappointments in
ne heats Of the 2cO-Tnetre fat race. Lawson
hooertson. Of the Irish-American Athletic Club.
sss oefeated by Roche, the Irish champion, while
" W May OF the University Of Illinois, was
.oape!led 20 take the dust OF the feet Canadian,
Ne'f- Considering, however, that the Americans
uttered seven OF the fifteen heats and took five
" the1 there is not much cause for regret
Il the heats Of the ze0-metres fiat, the Americans
oek seven out Of nine heats IN which they started.
-Ie lSo heats in which they lost in this event
'e'e son by Halswell. who is considered the best
- --iiSAallG al me distance. anu WIN "S4 4t-S
-tai to-day il 0:ss 2-5. and Montague, the ex-
laanpion ot England, who beat Paul Il Pilgrim.
" NE Aeg York AthlcSic Club. IL 0:5o Is.
:. z. Taylor. Of the University Of Pennsylvania
~ NE lrish-American Athletic Club, the great
- runner, made his first appearance in this
VT and the remarkable ease with which he runs
~ an eye opener 20 the English critics Taylor
n warm reception, and won his heat easily
- o. Cambridge. who had a walkover in his
mas a stride somewhat similar 10 Taylors,
without the strength
ne meats Ia the second round OF the loe-metre
@ Sn brought the best racing yet seen on the
h The only countries represented were Amer
= uhe United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa
:, americans. May and Stevens lost their heat
eSAtr, Of South Africa. and Kerr, OF Canada,
= Sest out Sherman. Of Dartmouth University,
=, - me other two heats gathered in Cor Amer
- % Rector and Robertson Kerr, who = con-
80 here 70 have very good chance in the
- took i seconds for mis- heat, Is of a second
nan either Walker or Rector. Rector re-
80 MS performance Of yesterday. when ne
t-i'ee the record. 01o 80. and Walker duplicated
Aa feat to-day
- IN I've OF which Americans contested, and
~ .ook boit Of them. Harry L, Hiiiman, Of tue
-. aork athletic Club. and c. J. Bacon. OF the
--Aaerican Athletic Club. doing the trick The
A. Wa Weat 20 Great Britain. IN both cases
~ @er iin.s than that made by the Americans
lan ran wonderful to-day and few
me hurdles in e;5s %. breaking TIE Olympic
VI e-57, established Only yesterday b. Bacon.