The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
SHERIDAN BREAKS
THE DISCUS RECORD|


Counted. Sheridan,
Hurls the Discus
Elsie Runs
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LONDON, July ISL every day on
which the Olympics are held were only
Saturday there would be some chance
OF their proving aasuccess from tho
point OF Wow OF attendance.
The two great grandstands at either,
end OF the stadium, the admission to
which is fixed ut a shilling. were COM
pletely filled with a crowd similar to,
that which attends football matches on
half-holidays The stands where the
seats arc reserved also held q much
larger number OF persons than on any,
previous ddysswhile tile royal. box, too.
was occupied by large party inclldi
Ing tho Queen, who took n keen In
tterest in the Danish athletes: Princess
Victoria and the Crown Prince OF
Sweden. WHO, by the way, has been
present every day since the opening:
and the children OF the Prince of
Walos, who were Interested followers
OF the sports.
The weather, however, was no re-
specter OF persons. It was cloudy and
dull all morning during the progress
OF the archery and fencing contests.
but towards noon the sky cleared, and
IT looked as though the afternoon
would be fine. Instead tho rain came
down In torrents with but few inter-
walls. and the officials repen dly had to
stop the sports going on III the arena.
The cyclists and runners We're the
only ones who ignored the wettinE
they all received, even the fancy d ivers
being forced to call a halt In their
contest for half an hour. rs the judgeg
were unable to do their work properly
No UnpIcnsant Incidents.
So far as the Americans were con-
.cerned the day passed off without any
unpleasant Incident, such MS that con-
Snected with the tug OF war, while the
Canadians had one OF their grievances
Erectified. the officials Of the. Cyclists
Union at tho last moment allowing
Young. one Of the Canadian riders. to
start in the 100 kilometres race, for
which they declared yesterday that he
did not Hqualify.
It was proved beyond DISPUTE that
this disqualification was the result of
a mistake by an official who placed
the Canadian one lap behind where he
belonged.
frances protest, also in the cycling
event, was added to by another to-
day. Schilles protesting Jones, the
winner OF the 5'0oo-metre event.
Schilles claimed foul, but the protest
was not allowed.
In the matter of securing the United
Kingdom completely outclassed the
other countries. her athletes adding
seven wins to their already good score.
These include the archery contest the
5, oO-metrev steeplechase. the 400
metre breast stroke swimmin g. the o.
900 -metre z cyclingi the 100 kilometre
cycling, the tug of war and the i've
milo fiat race. KS
The only two other events decided----
the discus throwing. Greek style.sana q
the fancy diving-w emit to America and
G Germany, respe ctively. but America az q
icomplished two things to-day OF which
her snpporters are extremely proud.
IN the first place, Martin j. sheridan,
OF tho rish-American Athletic CLUB,
broke all previous records with the
discus at this style OF throwing. ma Is e
inp8a distance Of 12S feet ainches,
willie M. II. IIorr OF the same CLUB,
vas second, also with a record --brea \. N
ing throw OF ICE feet 5 - in t,tl
The Other accomplishment o.ftf W n a ,sl
all the athletes are talkil1 e, was slli y
success Of j II. Elsie. Of the New aof ,s
gAthletic Club. IN getting third place
IN the 3,200-metrea steeple ch mi
,sislc,. Finc performances.
T a America never had any idea OF scor Z.
ing in this event, particularly since
iEisle had run three of the hardest
races during the week. lie was the
only American who COMPARED with the
enrlisliment in the distance runs, and
In each race he had to fight against
odds, being handicapped on each oc-
casion by having several Englishmen
IpItted against him, Further. he had
suffered greatly with nn5tntured foot.
Just q 9littlesmores stamina and q little
luck, and II sic MOULD have captured
some OF the distance events for Amer
lea. AS 1T was, he ran atsple III race.
There were four Of the United King
dom team-Russell, Robertson. Hollo-
way and Sewell-in this event. In faddi-
.tion to Elsie and Galbraith, the last
named representing Canada. he Eng
lishmen took turns In trying to wear
down the two others. and succeeded
In doing. soSwith Galbralth, but Elsie
held on despiteFa bad fall at the water
Jump In the i irst lap and managed to
annex third place. well up.
During this race three final Il 2oo-l
metre breast stroke Keats were pulled
off, and again n The y United VI Il Ingdom
led, taking both first and second
places. The, third went to Germany.
Then the Stars and Stripes went to
tho masthead, proclalming the victory
of the Americans In the discus throw
The flag gotta rouslng cheer. and when
Sheridan and Horr walked out into
the arena they were given an ovation
by the American contingent, who were
again present in large numbers. They
had every reason to- hnpn that they
would have another opportunity to-
cheer their country's colors, for with
the fine showi IS mad by George wv;
Gaidztls, of the Chicago Athletic Asso-
citation. In the aprel Urinary heats Of tho
fancy diving, hat eysnt yyns conceded
o#hlm II was an 81, d my, however,
for the American diver, ana he made
several costly mistakes. These per-
mitted' Germany to take first and sec
ond place. Gaidzik only tied for third
with another herman.
lrItisl,ers' Success. i83s ss
All OF the other finals went to Tia
United Kingdom. Jones doing the
trick In the 00-met ra8 cycling events,