The Washington herald., 1908-07-16

minutes 30 So seconds. France was third
| This victory gives England a lead Of
I points in the games
] The English team was composed Of
H A Wilson. A J. Robertson, J. E.
I Deakin. y. F. HaIlows. and ". Coales-
/ The American team was composed OF
George V. Bonhag. Irish-American Ath-
I Ietic Club; c. A Dull University Of
| Michigan; J. L. Eisele. Princeton. and
/ New York Athletic Club. H. l. Trube,
/ Cornell. and New York Athletic Club,
and Harvey ". Cohn. Irish-American
Athletic Club. The French team consist
ed OF four men only.
/ As had been expected England won
{ this race with comparative ease At the
/ crack Of the pistol, Deakin. Robertson.
| CoaIes, and Wilson jumped to the front.
with Bonhag fifth Coming into the home
stretch on the first lap. however. another
wearer OF the Stars and Stripes. the long
/ striding Elsele. came Up alongside Of
/ Bonhag and took sixth place. Both men
were running easily. with plenty Of re-
serve France already was out OF the
race. Bouin. who ran so well yesterday.
| retired before the conclusion Of the first
/ lap
After concluding the first circle. Elsele
went TO the front but DeakIn. the Eng
] lish cross country champion. challenged
for the place. and getting the pole. led
[ the way for his teammates.
EiseIe Catches Leaders.
By this time the field had divided into
two sections. Eisele leading the second
| lot. with Dull and Cohn close at hand.
{ and Tru6e and Bonhag bringing up the
I rear EIsele was not satisfied with this.
/ and went up 10 the first section When he
/ got there he apparently was worrying over
! the other Americans. for he kept looking
( back at them. But he hung on 10 the
/ four EngIishmen. with whom he was
/ leading the second section by forty yards.
| The second section was made up Of Bon
| bag. Duh. Cohn. HaIlows, the Oxford
/ crack, and Trube. now in the order
| named Eisele apparently was the only
man who could compete with the Eng
/ lIshmen at their own game Of long-dIs-
/ tance running He took second place in
the sixth lap. and for this he got
/ great cheer from the American contin-
/ gent: but he could not keep the place. and
l soon dropped hack TO fourth Quite IN
/ daUnted. however. the plucly American.
when the bell rang the last lap. started
I chasing the Elglishme1. who were well
I AHEAD Of him. He began well. but the
Z pace was too fast. and he had 20 content
himself with fourth place at the finish,
I C0aIes beating him BY e bare yard.
Z against the best distance runners OF
I England
Swedes Get Revenge.
for the failure OF the management 70
/ display the Swedish flag at the opening.
for the first standard 10 be hoistsd this
morning at the top Of the tall mast IN
+ the arena was that Of Sweden. This vas
done TO set forth that z. '. Lemming
had won the Javelin-throwing contest He
put the stat rs feet II inches. a'Sing
( his own record OF 10 feet iuches
Z Czouras. who won the silver media. was
/ 10 feet behind Lemming. his distance be
/ ing l6S feet inches. HaIse. Norway, was
third. with 163 feet IaL inches. No A1erI-
can competed in this event.
I The final Of the 655-yard cycle race
was won by johnson. OF England; De-
I mangel. France, second. and Neume-,
i Germany, third Time, q Is seconds
I The final in the 2PJ9-meter tandem
/ cycling -ace was won by the French
I team. Schiu and Aufray, in 3 minutes
I : 3-5 seconds Hanline and Johnson.
I England. were second. and Brooks and
/ Isaacs, England. were third
/ The fourth heat was won BY Murphy,
l OF England, in = minutes 90 seconds.
I Meadows, Of Canada, was second
/ The fifth heat was won easily by W
J Robertson, England. in . minutes
I 53 Is seconds Fitzgerald. Canada was
D Galn-H T~--h- fF-~-afr and N1---
/ York Athletic Club. did not finish.
/ The sixth heat was won easily by
owen, England. Galbraith. Canada. was
/ second The time Of the winner was
Is minutes y seconds.
Austrian Wins This
! The semi-fnals OF the zeo-meter swim
ming race also was concluded to-day,
! Schen. OF Austria. wlnEing and Taylor.
/ os England, finishing second IN the first
/ heat The time was minutes 20 3-5
/ seconds Beurepair, OF Australia, and
Foster. Of England, were first and sec
ond, respectively, in the second heat OF
this event Time. minutes 81 seconds.
The third heat OF the fancy diving was
won by Metzeu, Finland. with ss points.
{ The 2o9-meter breast-stroke swimming
match, OF which seven heats were de-
4 cided to-day. also afforded some good
Z sport There was only one American
/ contestant in this event-A NJ Goess-
Z ling Missouri Athletic Club-but he found
/ Person. Sweden. and BarOnyi. Hungary.
/ too fast for him
/ A picturesque touch was added 10 the
! scene IN the arena today by the Danish
I gymnastic display given By the Danish
{ women. the individual and team gym
I nastic competitions between Finland.
T France. and Sweden. and the water polo
match between Holland and Belgium
| This last event raised the continental
! spectators TO a high pitch Of enthusi-
asm-
Small Crowd Present.
I The weather again this morning gave
/ promise Of treating the Olympic games
more kindly. but clouds are still hover
I ing in the sky. and this 10 some extent
i explains the sIimness Of the attendance.
{ There were not more than a hundred
{ persons. in addition 10 the comr ctitors
and the officials. present when the first
Z events. the jsveIin throwing and the first
I heat of the f00-kilometer cycling race.
I started
The victory Of the Britons IN the team
I race gives that country a total OF %
/ points, as against Americas q
J r Svanberg. Sweden. won the first
Z heat OF the hve-Tnile run; time. 8 min
utes IS Is seconds. which beats the
I Olympic record.
! IN the second heat Voight. Of England.
( won easily F. g. Bellars. New York
Athletic Club. qualified fo1 the final by
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