The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18
AMERICANS CLAIM
ENGLAND UNFAIR

nized to take part In two days sports
at Paris to DO held July 3lst and Az.
gust list.
The lncidcnto OF the tug OF war some
what married the pleasure Of to-dny's
sports The weather this morning
kept even the most hardy away, and
when the archery contests commenced
there was scarcely q person III the
stands. =.
IA Oddly enough, the highest scores In
both the ladies' and gentlemet,'s arch
cry contests were made by the mem.
bers OF the same family. w. bod
scored A03 points, and his daughter
Miss bod, 348 points. j. d. Richardson
the ofr1y American entered. secured
fifth place In the same round, with
l344. f#s
The afternoon opened with the final
heat OF the ten-mlle walk, in which
G. 10. Larner, OF England, established
new record Of 4 hour s minutes
81 10 seconds, and the United King
dom added another point to her wins
and nine to her score In the field and
track events. One needed o dozen pair
OF eyes to keep track OF what was
going on. events proceeding stimuli
taneously In every part OF the arena,
While the semi-fnaI in the fancy div
ing competition was attracting much
attention a,esf, at the swimming tank. In
the latter event George w. Gaidzik,
OF the Chicago Athletic Association,
won his heat by d handsome margin.
iie scored 1916. while Turner, OF Ger.
many, was second with 82s, On 10.
days form GaIdzik should capture the
final Tomorrow
Several heats OF the 5.ooO-mctre
| cycle race. which also reaches the Anal
Stage Tomorrow. occupied the cycle
track for nearly an hour. spengen and
van Drakestein, OF Holland; Marechai.
Zones and Kingbury,,.of the United
4 Kingdom. qualifying. Cambrien and
Wentz, Americana, found the European
| riders little too much for them.
l Ihe three-lap team pursuit race
1 went to the British riders, adding still
another to the United Kingdom list
i OF victories.
Daniel. Wins Ills Heat.
AS expected. c. M. Daniels, OF the
New York Athletic Club, won his heat
In the first round of the 1OO-metrcs
swim. his time d:054-5) being several
seconds below that OF. the winner OF
any other heat. The heat winners In
this contest included H. ]. Hepner, OF
the Illinois Athletic Club, and L. G.
Rich, Brooklyn Swimming Club.
The Americans met dlsapp ointmen,
1 IN the 3,20O-metres steeplechase. j. D.
Lightbody. OF tho University of Chi.
cago. losing his heat to sewell. United
] Kingdom. Under the circumstances
however. Lightbody's defeat was no,
i surprising.
He recently slipped on the stair.
il OF hotel at Brighton and threw Out
his knee-cap. and although he KEEP
up to the Englishman throughout to.
day, his knee bothered him when he
attempted to sprint, and he was com
PEELED to fall back; but he ran the
4 pluckiest kind OF a race.
J. l.. Eisel, OF the New York Ath,
! fletic Club. who most nearly approached
the form of the English distance men
won his heat in the steeplechase II
/ l1:13 3-5. while Galbraith, of Canada
and Robertson, Russell and Holiday
4 OF the United Kingdom all qualified
for the final, which viii be one of tht
big events of tomorrow.
Germany scored her first win thi:
!. afternoon. when Bierberstein came II
first In the 100 metres back-strok,
swim.
The wins now, stand: United King
dom, %: America s, Sweden. 5; Nor
|. way. 2; Canada, Germany. France, Bel
GUM and italy. each.
The score in the track and fell
!, events, counting five for flrsts. tire
for seconds and one for thirds, Is
United Kingdom, 20: America, 81: Swe
:. den, II: Greece, Norway, 3 each; Can
ada and Australia, i each.