Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-15
AMERICA AND GREAT
BRITAIN DIVIDE H0N0RS
Two Sold 1eda|s Each 90 10 The
United States and to
. -~> John Boil.
YANKEES WIN HAMMER THROW
John kFIannagan, of the irish Amer
lean Athletic Club. Broke Olympic
Record-EngIand Gets Three Silver
Medals, While America Gets but
but One-old Glory Goes to Mast.


Gred; Britain captured most OF the
laurcIs today in the first real bust
ness of tn Olympic sports. Twic"
the stars and stripes tluttcrcd to thu
top of the staff in the center Of tn"
arena and The American enthusiasts
who monOpolizci a section of the sta
dunn waved their flags and broke ont
in cheers which. in smaller E"lH,
would have been deafening The
hOnOrS were nearly even. fer OF the
four events finished the Cnird Stat $
and the United Kingdom each Won
two gold medals.
Great Britain. however. took three
silver medals, while Am'rica got only
one. Canada, Australia. Great l'rI-
tain and Belgium each obtained a
bronze medal.
The Yankees had the l.lmm throw
to themselves as had been expected,
and the performance OF john j. Flan-
nagan of tn Irish Am rican Athletic
Club, in breaking the Olympic record
with the hammer AMI the almost
equally good record male by NJ. J.
McGrath. of the New York Athletic
Club. were ey"-Openers to the for
eigners.
NJ. W. Sheppard, of the Irish-.Amcrl-
. can Athletic Club. however. did more
Spectacular work AMI aroused
great degree of enthusiasm by
crossing the tape ahead OF his Eng
lish rivals in dashing flush TO the
fifteen hundred: mctc.- run. lni$
Il
satisfaction of the Americans III"
Judge announced that George GaidZlk.
of the Chicago Athletic Association,
had done the best work il the fanc:'
diving.
The British pedestrians had thcIr
0>h rav in he $500 met, WAN.
tI":e we're no Ailt ricar. Cod ,Ci::n-s
in H., cvcat.
All Nations in This Race.
The % kilOmCtcr cycle race was tn"
most cosmopolitan event of the day.
J. l.. Wicntz. Of the New York Athletic
Club made a desperate effort but he
was unable to secure a place in the
final sprint. The eight riders wcr"
well punched in the last lap. and it
was only in the final hundred yards
three heats of the three mile team
race were interesting.
The United Kingdom was pittcd
against Italy. Holland and Germany
in the first, and in the second III" Am
orleans mot teams representing France
and Sweden.
Great Britain had walk over in The
first heat four menIT,ors OF her team
rhnt.
their oppon' nts off their legs and
coming under the wire elbow 10 elbow
in slow time TIE American compct-
itors set a faster pace in their neat.
but on nearing The finish the French
man. Rouin. shot ahead of the field and
the hest the Americans could get was
second and third places
The Canadians. who We're exp CT n
TO make a good showing. in this heat
hailed TO appear The final will ""
conicstsd tomorrow by tn" three
first men If ZACH team.
The o;hcr interesting number on
the program today was the eco yards
CYCLE race. of which there were SIX
teen h ats. OF thi. num- the Uni
Cd Kingdom won six. France three and
America. her only entry being Cam
eron. HOLLAND. Canada. AirNa. Ter
MANY and BclS. um one each,
Shcppards tim in the 500 In"'t'
I'M was Z minutes } % seconds. WI
son. England. was second. Md haI-
lous, Engiand. third. sheppard "P"aI
led the hest time made ny HaI'"us III
the preliminary = st"rday.
EneIishmsn Takes Lead.
The Two Amrr.cans Sheppard a"n
Sullivan. Law bark in the firsi par ~
the race and let the Englishm"n tah',
IN. head Sheppard was fourth uhn'
,h. last stretch and Wilson and Hat
lou were in tho first string. rs M
mon started to- sprint on III" hach
stretch and Wilson was IN IN" lr"o'
A. ihcy turned in the straight. S"cp'
rsrd spriuted the last hundred yard-
ana passing hts comp tiiors. cr"s'"a
tho tape one yard and bali ahcHh
~ WIIyon. Hallou# was nv" yarn"
hesi,,d WfIscu. TAFT. rf CANADA
finished fourth.
MANNER Throwing.
In th,, enaI Of the bsmptcr throw