New-York tribune., 1908-07-23
OLYMPIC RECORDS FALL
TWICE MORE.
pocop U7fns the Hurdles, and Irons
the Broad Jump-Rector Beaten
in the Dash

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es'@A'-- e "a .be running broad jump, while three
eie = ,eoss were also taken by America Nine
- ,oints were added TO the American score ~ the
- and field events. and the total no" stahos a'
= Ina Hing the number Of points scored aitoge'her
- ~ srhletes who led all nations at Athehs TWO
q 20 although there are still several events
= 5ecided in which Yankee athletes are certain
10 add to the total c,.,,
-. heat his team mate. Harry Hillman. of the
New York Athletic Club. in the 4e-metre huraie
80 running in 55 SECONDS, and breaking the
o,-s. and worlds records for the third time in
49, DAYS Equal success attended the stars aiu
c.-s,es in the running broad jump. which was won
nv = c Irons, of the Chicago Athletic Assocla-
with A magnificent leap OF % # 6is in, break
- ,be Olympic record. mace by Meyer Prinstein
:. rar4s in 7aaa Dan Kelly, OF the Irish-American
s,t,e,ic Club was second Irons. with a jump OF
o 3 slA in, beating Bricker. Canadian, for sec
ons uace by half an inch
Tbe only disappointment met by the Americans
was - the l0O-Inetre sprint, in which Walker.
=, ca,,,b African runner beat Rector the Virginia
4rer nv ? feet in 10 seconds, equalling the
oarrnric record. Rector won second place for ms
.o,ntrr beating Kern. of Canada, by inches, while
,bs Canadian was just shade ahead Of Cartmeil,
- PENNSYLVANIA the intercollegiate champion.
To the American victories in the hurdle race and
-. broad iurnp was added the success Of G. s.
Mole the Yale wrestler, who won the final bout in
.he fes;he-weight wrestling contest
1rnGi drew
- walker British colonist. in the sprint, and
- - .o+ories fy Bacon the middlewegtt wrestler.
sns the water polo team, which defeated the Bel
ian -eara Saarela. Finn, won the GTseco-Ro-
~-sn wrestling contest and gave his country its
first Olympic victory
Three Americans qualified for the final heat OF
10 .,a-r,eire race to be decided tomorrow. and
In con,rete with Halswel. of England, as their
onlr rival Cartulen and Cloughen qualified for the
Aual Of the 2po-Inetre race
sboul6er TO shoulder Walker. Rector and the
canadian star Kerr ran down the straight in the
,o0,ne,rs race with Cartmen, the Pennsylvania
srrinter in close attendance. At the halfway
mark Walker forged slightly ahead. but at the
ZANE less than yard separated the first three
men with the Canadian only inches behind the
Vrgnian in third place.
Walker received an ovation seen only in
q lifetime On an athletic field. when forty thou
sand persons with a great cheer and filled
the air with hats, while the boy who this
morning was comparatively unknown, but whose
name fills London tonight, was lifted the shoul
ders OF enthusiastic friends The only demonstra-
tion approaching this during the meeting was
the tumult after Sheppard's sensational victory in
the ssNmetre yesterday, but that feeble
by comparison. Walkers victory to-day was re-
garded z blow TO American hopes. and the
first check the Yankee athletes have met SO far
The American contingent had feared that Kerr
The Canadian might rob them of the 100 metre
Iare. but they had not considered Walker danger
OE- No accepted the national misfortune
more gracefully than Rector When spoken TO re-
gsFdiag Walkers victory. the Virginian said:
Walker is faster runner than l. and that is all
there is say"
The Olympic games are developing into a huge
success While the meeting started disco,rac-
hgg. with the weather and other conditions
strongly against it, London is fast becoming ath-
lfN mad People everywhere talk of nothing bur |
the Oynpan runners and jumpers and the women
as 1IGff iT1f cf,-9 II
gather around the ticket offices TO secure t hes,
ses's fur The final days and a bigger attendance
certain henceforth
II FouH be hard 10 imagine a finer spectacle
mah The stadium presented to-day From the |
"lieue social and spectacular points of view, a.
suhe equalled the expectations of the t,rorootars
sureh alexandra and other members of the ROYAL .
As We're present and congratulated the African /
'1HneF oil his victory. The stands contained 40 90,
PRISONS OF whom at least one-half were women |
hs picture '
Ire American section was truly American ,ritb |
ea'hg hags and noisa-Inaking Instruments There
vac mganized cheering by a large band of COL |
s'ai.s under the leadership OF a frantic ,,o,,tb /
s.siihs huge club and shouting 'Rah rah /
er bacon which heartily taken mn b,- The |
O'sfs when the first American vjeto-,, ~ ti,a a.
- IiVcalnl@a. This caught tke fancy OF the /
~u immensely, did the Americans. cheering
- ~ walker who although he had defeated heir |
flI az sHaafg.
lyman 0"N '"1n-
The picture In the arena was z.-or,,,,. 90 g., , |
-s When thu Queen entered The royal hoy tho |
.s were striving with every muscle set in the |
race around the track. divers were throw
. oouble sornersaults from th,. tower and ,ray,,
Sdtrs were struggling in the Greco Roman CON
oh the platforms at either end of the oval /
'anu Of Danish woman gynnasts who ,rsrs tho !,
- ' attractive novelty Of the meeting arra,ed IN, |
n Iii uniforms ana yellow stockings. were engaged |
siaoeIu exercises. The jumping events were |
adc'ed on the green turf in the centre of ,be /
'Uaolum and altogether to-iay's pl.ettpo f,r,stad
'es Of thrilling pictures and quite ae much OK
"'eht ana as many close finishes as YESTERDAY
a. aooltlon 10 Walkers sprint. the a0o-tnetre
r 1es ano the serni-fnal heats Of the 900 and 200
- Nat races were memorable events The
piicafs had the hurdles TO themselves c
u on OF the Irish-American Athletic Club and
- l. 7ilIman. Of the New York Athletic r,l,,h
een whom there warm a rivalry as
1eFh the men Of different nationalities ran
v away from their English rivals Burton and
stf- eef- The Americans rounded the turn wards
- o. the Englishmen and fought II out for
.r, p40ee IN The stretch Bacon reaching the tame |
he-us IN the lead. On Hillman's previous record
N :, eApected 10 win for at the Olympic games |
Louis in lS04 he the distance in "a sac |
- @ out to-days record was made over hurdles
~, Inches ia height, while in 1903 3-feet hurdles
r.. usea- When he defeated to-day IJuI-
oo tears N' DuiS'
~ q Taylor of the Irisk-Anlerican Athletic club
c'sio University Of Pennsylvania runner: J. c
L., pHer' Of Cornell University. and D. Il Rob
tb - % Aa!e Won their heats in the semi finals of
Sv, :" metres. with the English champion Hal !
fe., - 'ielr only opponent for the final Halswell's
tpo. ipsering The Olympic record was one Of the
eres - 'lant performances Of the day. He coy
rps. Hle distance in e:4s pa. breaking Harry Hill
rs.ae record Of 0:ss Is. made ST. Louis In 1904
neat in 0,ss S won i'iS
shtt el Is picked the Sinner Of the final
nch viii he r1,, ,o-r,orro,, r,,, I'll. ,s