Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-16
ENGLAND CONES TO FRONT
Weight, Long Distance Runner, Main
tains Superiority.
swEDE THROWS THE JAvELN
z. v. LemmInE wins This Contest An
Splendid styIe-EnEIand Takes
the Three-AIile Team
Race.


LONDON, July IO,-The first real note Of
enthusiasm since the opening Of the olym-
pics at the Stadium was struck this after
noon when Weight. one Of the runners upon
whom England was depending to MAINTAIN
its superiority In the distance runs, won
his heat. the second OF the five-mile' run.
The weather having greatly improved and
Wednesday afternoon being a half holiday
In many Of the London stores, the attend
ance was much better than that OF the
previous days, so that several OF the stands
we're filled with people ready to proclaim
a British victory.
Voight's win, however, was not the best
performance OF the day, that honor being
reserved for Sweden, whose representative,
K. V. Lemming. won the javelin throwing
contest in splendid style, breaking his own
record by 3 feet IN inches.
There was also considerable interest In
the first heat Of the 100 kilomcter cycling
race in which Hansen Of Sweden won tue
first and Lutz of France, Bailey of Eng
land. Texier Of France, Bishop of England
and Robertson OF England finished in the
order named, and with Bonnet Of France
and Mussen OF England qualified for the
second heat.
semi-Finnls i'm swimming,
6N Nh AhhaA VI hie NV meter swirl
ming race was also concluded today,
Scheff Of Austria winning, and Taylor of
England finishing second in the first heat.
The time was 6;0%. BauTepalr OF Aus
tralia and Foster OF England were first
and second in the second heat Of this
event. Time: 5:A.
The third heat Of the fancy diving was
won by Metzell, Finland. with So points.
From the American point of view the
most interesting feature of the day was
the three-mile team race. This was won
by England with comparative ease, with
America an easy second. The 2O-metei
breast stroke swimming match, Of which
seven heats were decided today also az
forded some good sport, There was only
one American contestant in this event. A.
n. Goessling, Missouri Athletic club, but
he found Parrson, Sweden, and Baronyi,
Hungary, too fast for him.
The Americans present were again in the
preliminary heats Of the five-niJe race,
H. v. Bellairs. New York Athletic club.
qualifying for the final by finishing second
to Voigh Of England in the second heat.
Edward p. Carr Of the Xavier Athletic
club, New York. got second place in his
heat in this event. The result Of these
heats came as a very great surprise. as
Sweden had not boon counted upon TO
figure In the distance runs.
Swedish Runners Surprise All.
TIL ease with which ]. E. Svanberg
and Landquist, two Swedish runners, won
the heats and the reserve they displayed
In the final spurts makes It look as II
England will have difficulty in holding Its
own In the final. Both the Swedes out.
classed their opponents, being as far ahead
Of the second men as was Weight.
England added another gold medal to its
winnings with the 66oyard cycling race,
Johnson taking this event by half a wheel
from Demangel of France. This, with the
gold medal for the team race, gives the
mother country four gold medals to Amer
Sica's two and -swedeR's one.
A picturesque touch was added TO the
scene In the arena today by the pretty
gymnastie display given by the Danish
women. the individual and team gymnastic
competitions between Finland, France and
Sweden and the water polo match between
Holland n Belgium. This last event
raised the continental spectators to a high
pitch OF enthusiasm.
England Takes Three-MiIe Team Rnce
The final In the three mile team race
was won by England. America was Sec
ond. Time IA minutes, ssA seconds.
~ Ems lioH team was COMPOSED OF II, A.
Wilson, A. j. Robertson, J. e. Deakin, N.
F. Halows and w. Coales. The American
team was composed Of George v. Bonhag,
Irish-American Athletic club; G. A. Dull
University of Michigan; J. L. Eissele,
Princeton and New York Athletic club: H..
L. True. Cornell and New York Athletic
club, and Harvey w. Cohn, Irish American
Athletic club. The French team consisted
Of four men only.
The swedes had their revenge today for
the failure of the management to display
the Swedish flag at tn opening, for the
first standard to be hoisted this morning
to the top of the tall mast in the arena
was that OF Sweden. This was done to
set forth the E, V. Lemming had won the
javelin throwing contest. He put the staff
lis feet and IA inches, breaking
his own record Of l5 feet 8 in
ches. Czouras Of Greece, who won the
silver medal, was ten feet behind Lemming.
his distance 5elng 1853 feet 8 inches.
Halse. Norway, was third. with 1863 feet ia
inches. No Americans competed in this
event.
sweden Takes First Heat.
J. F. syanberg, Sweden. won the first
heat OF the fiye-mile run. Time 8.46Is,
which beats the Olympic record.
The third heat Of five-mile run was won
easily by Lanquist OF Sweden. Time:
H;O0b. Edward p. Carr, Xavier Athletic
association, New York, finished second, and
qualified for the final. C. l. Hail, Irish
American Athletic club, finished fourth.
Tn final Of the 66O-ysrd cycle race was
won by Johnson OF England. DCaagale,
France, second. and NeumeT, Germany,
third. Time: O:5lM seconds.
The fourth heat of the five mile run
was on by Murphy, England, in Is
minutes SO seconds, Meadows Of Canada
was second.
The second heat Of the 2Oo-meter swim
ming race, breast stroke, was won by
Perrison Of Sweden, Baron Of Hungary was
second and A, NJ. Goessling, Missouri
Athletic club, third. Time: 8 minutes, l7ss
seconds. The first heat was won by Hol-
man, England, in s:lO75. Goessling was the
only American to compete.
In the second heat OF the five mile run
Yolght OF England won easily. +. c..
Bellalrs. New York Athletic club. quail
fled for the final by finishing second.
Longboat. tine Canadian Indian runner, did