Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-22

LONDON, July 222.-The Americans sent
| I'D their score in the field and track
events in the Olympic games many
points today. The final in the 4Oo-meter
hurdle was won by c. J. Bacon. Irish
American Athletic Club. Harry l.. Hill
man, New York Athletic Club. was sec
ond and Treemer, United Kingdom. was
third The time of the winner was So
| seconds.
F. C. Irons Chicago Athletic Associa-
tion, won the running broad jump with
"a feet 61a inches. which is a new Olym-
pic record. Rector, American, got second
place in the 1OO-meter finals.
| The first heat in the semi-final in the
penter. Cornell University.
| G. S. Dole. Yale University, won the
| final in the catch-as-catch-can wrestling,
defeating Slim, England.
Semi-Finals in 2OO-Meter Run.
The .semi-finals of the 200 meter fiat
race furnished four. as exciting heats as
| have been witnessed at the stadium since
the games opened. In the first heat Kerr,
Canada. won by foot from william F.
Hamilton. Chicago A. A. The Canadian
who had the post. made fast start. and
coming up the stretch he had a lead Of a
yard over the heavily built American. AL
| though Hamilton is not such a graceful
runner as Kerr, he was seen to be making
good headway. and the galleries stood up
| to witness the closest finish Of the Olym-
| pic. The judges decided that Kerr had
won by a foot but to the spectators Il
looked as though even less space divided
| the two runners.
| The Americans had the second heat to
themselves. and N. j. Cartmell, Univer-
sity of PENNSYLVANIA, was the winner.
| Cloughen, sh-American A. c., won
the third heat handily. disposing Of George
Reid and Hurdsf1eld. United Kingdom.
There were no'American runners in the
| fourth heat, which was won by Hawkins
United Kingdom.
Running Broad Jump.
All the medals in the running broad
jump will cross the Atlantic, F. C. Irons,
Chicago A. A: Daniel ]. Kelly. Irish
American A. c.. and Bricker, Canada,
qualifying for the finals. The prelimi-
nary contests were notable for Irons
jump of "a feet inches. which establish
ed new Olympic record.
E. T. Cook. Cornell University; John
j. Brennan, Marquette University. and
| Frank Mount Pleasant. Carlisle Indian
School, each went over % feet, while s. H.
| Bellah. Stanford University. California,
was just under this distance.
Another American to distinguish HIM
self this morning was G. 8. Dole, Yale
| University. who won his bouts in both
| the first and second rounds of the feather
weight to 1S3 pounds wrestling.
Unlucky in the Draw.
The sports this morning began with the
running broad jump, which event reached
| its final today. and which was going on
at the same time as the semifinal Of the
| 3O- meter nat race. The Americans were
rather unlucky in the draw in the latter
event The draw was even worse for the
| United Kingdom team than for the Amer
! leans, as they had their five men punched
| in the last two heats.
| In the semi-finals of the 400 meters fiat
another event In which there was great
! interest. Merriam and Carpenter. Amer
| ica met Davies and Young. United King
DOM in the first heat, while in the second
Prout. America, met Halswelle. the Eng
| lish champion. as well as Montague and
Nichols of the United Kingdom. Taylor
and Ramey were drawn In the third heat
against H. H. Ryle, the Cambridge sprint
er. and Malfait Of France. White. Atlee
and Robbins. America, were In the fourth
heat with Sebert. Canada.
The 1OO-Meter Run.
| The 1OO-meter final was won by r. E.
| Walker, South Africa, in 04-5 seconds
Rector. University of Virginia. was sec
ond Kerr. Canada. third, and Cartmell,
University of Pennsylvania, fourth.
Walkers strongest point is his remarkable
| ability to make a quick start. In every
heat in which he contested he got of the
line ahead Of his competitors. He seemed
| even to anticipate the pistol, and several
| times he made false starts and was eau
| toned by the starter.
Walkers victory was A popular one
The officials all rushed to the finishing
place, surrounded the victor and cheered
him. At the same time the thousands all
! around the vast oval stood up on their
seats and cheered. while the air was full
of straw hats. Then the -jerseyed
athlete was seized by his friends and
borne Off on their shoulders.
Passing the American stand he was
given a great demonstration. A red union
jack with the African arms on the field
went up the staff. with the Stars and
Stripes below it, and at this the cheering
broke out again. The Englishmen were
lgratifed to see the monotonous succession
of American victories broken by a Brit
Usher. even II he was a colonist
After the race Walker donned a Jacket
and trousers over his green running suit,
trimmed with orange. and was escorted
to the royal box. where Queen Alexandra.
the Duke OF Connaught and the Crown
Prince Of Sweden congratulated him and
shook him by the hand. Walker, who Is
slender and youthful looking, was greatly
embarrasse by the honors.
Victor Of Bacon and Hillman.
Bacon and Hillman had it all their own
way in the 40O-meter hurdle. 1t was only
a question Of which Of them would come
lin first. They rounded the turn yard.
iahead Of Burton and Tremeer, and fought