Connecticut western news., 1908-07-23

throw sf 124 feet 8 inches, with Horr second, with 122 feet 5Ia inches, and Jaervenin third, with 119 feet SA inches.
 No official announcement is obtlina- ble as to how the British Olympic as sociation is going to decide the Olympic championship, but the system adopted by the London sporting papers in ar irving at the respective positions of the various countries has been generally accepted. This system awards one point for each win, igsoring seconds and thirds. and includes all sports car ried out under the auspices of the as- seciation. whether within the Stadium or outside of it.
 AS the summer section of the games will continue until Oct. 19 and will probably include yachting, the Olym- pic regatta and figure skating, and as there will be a winter section to in- clude Rugby and association football, hockey, lacrosse and boxing, 1t will be the end of the year before the trophy for the championship in all sports can be awarded. If this method of count ing points Is followed by the British Olympic association, England will surely win the trophy, for there are few countries taking part in these sports outside the Stadium.
 Our Boys Win Again.
 Uncle Sans boys had the center of the stage for many hours, and wher- ever the calcium light turned 1t gen orally fell upon a wearer of the red, white and blue. Ray Ewry, the linn Der legged leaper who sports the Mer- cury foot, the worlds, Olympic and American record holder at both the standing high and the standing broad jump, captured the final of the last ramed event. making it his fourth con- secutive Olympic victory, for he won this contest in Paris in 1900, in St. Louis in 1904 and in Athens in 1906 Martin Sheridan, the wonderful all around athlete of the Irish-American Athletic club, won third honors in the event. the point scored swelling his to- tal to II and making him the leader in the race for individual honors.
 The sturdy Yankee athletes smashed ohS 'ois ItSOlu uli- other. Charley Bacon. the big blond haired winged fist timber topper, flew the fences in his heat of the 400 meter hurdles in the great time of 57 seconds. which lowered the previous Olympic record of 57 3-5 seconds, made by Tewksbury, the American, at the Paris Olympiad. Bacon's world record for the 400 meter hurdles race over three foot sticks is 55 4-5 seconds, made at the tryouts on Franklin field. Philadel phia, on June 6. Another Olympic rec ord was equaled, James Rector, of the University of Virginia winning his heat in the 100 meter dash In the great time of 10 4-5 seconds, equaling the Olympic record made by Jarvis, the American, in Paris in 1900.
 Great Day For Uncle Sam.
 It was great day all around for the boys from Yankeeland. The old gentleman with the goatee qualified nine men in the heats of the 100 me ter, three men in the 500 meter and three men in the 400 meter hurdles. Charley Daniels of the New York Ath- letic club won the final of the 100 me ter swim, gliding into home waters fifth of second slower than he did last Friday, when he smashed his for mer Olympic record of l minute 13 sec onds by covering the 1893 yards in i minute 2-5 seconds. George Meh- nert, the sturdy little grappler of the National Turin Verein of Newark, N. J., captured the premier laurels in the bantamweight tch-as-catch-can wres- ting.
 Ewry won the standing broad jump with leap of 10 feet 11A inches. The worlds record of the Jersey Skeeter" is II feet 47s inches, made in St. Louis in 1904