Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-20
SULLIVAN IS VERY CONFIDENT.
Americans Expect to Wipe Out United King
doms Lead In Field Sports===Sheridan
Wins Discus Throw, Greek Style.

| much consideration. There is lot OF
money being bet on the result of the
! Marathon, the Englishmen freely backing
A. Duncan of the Stafford Harrers, who
covered the course at the trials in hours
Is minutes
| The Americans who will compete in the
| Marathon ere: Joseph Forshaw Missouri
| A. G.: Sidney II. Hatch, First Regiment
A. A. Chicago; John J. Hayes, Irish
American A. c.; T. p. Morrisey. Mercury
A. C.: NJ. ]. Ryan, Irish-American A. G.:
Lewis Tewanina, Carlisle Indian school,
and A. r. Welton, Y NJ. c. A.
| Tewanira is thought to have a good
| chance of winning, but he is feeling the
effects of the climate and is also COM
planning that his knees are giving hin,
| trouble. The race will bring together tina
| most cosmopolitan lot of competitors of
the whole olympic game. Australia will
start three men; South Africa four, in
| Guiding Eefferon. who has been making
a good showing against the United King
dom in the distance runs in the stadium;
| Greece. Finland, Russia. Belgium, Aus
tria. Bohemia and Hungary, one each;
Holland and Italy, five each: Germany.
three: Denmark. two; American, sever.
and the United Kingdom and Canada the
full dozen allowed by the rules. The
course is exactly &c miles. 3s5 yards. so
that the competitors will have concluded
half the distance when they pass the
Eastcote road. The start will lie from
the palace gates at Windsor and the race
will conclude on the cinder path in the
stadium, part of the lap being included in
the distance. The Marathon will be run
on July q. Queen Alexandra is to pre-
side over the awarding of prizes and if
the King should attend he will take no
part in the proceedings in any way. Her
Majesty. who with other royalties and
their suites will occupy the royal box,
will be assisted in the distribution Of the
prizes hy IL duchesses, one or two of
whom will probably be Americans The
ducheSses will hand the prizes to the
winner from table placed in front of the
royal box. AS each successful athlete re-
ceives his medal he will walk up to the
| royal box and bow to the Queen 1t is
hoped to conclude this ceremony within
an hour and a half
Ambassador Reds reception to the
American team has been definitely fixed
for the afternoon of July %. 1t will be
'Sl"SeH anu y - tihtk ana as IL VIII ne
impossible for all the athletes to attend
together. some being engaged ut the sta
dunn. they have been invited to dron in
at any time between these hours
London. July 19.-The breaking of
all previous records for the discus by
Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish Amer
lean Athletic Club was the most inter-
esting event at the Olympic games
Saturday.
For Americans, however. the run of
]. F. Eisele of the n. Y. A. c.. who
won third place in the 32OO-metre
steeplachase should not be overlooked
In the majority Of the other events
it was Britan's day. her athletes piling
up lead In the point getting.
If every day on which the Olympic
games are held We're only Saturday.
there would be same chance of their
proving a success from the point of
view Of attendance.
Londoners showed Saturday that.
given the opportunity. they will sup
port good sport, no matter what the
weather conditions are, although ev-
err person who journeyed to the Sta
dunn might have made the excuse
that 1t was too wet to go anywhere.
The two great grandstands at either
end OF the Stadium, he admission TO
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