Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-24

lean vaulters TO dig q hole for their pole
has been strongly objected to. but the
omcials adhered to their decision. and
the Americans went in Handicapped by
having to jump with a spiked pole. an
The hrst section was won by A. @. Gil
bert. Yale University. who cleared IL
feet. Archibald. Canada. was second. with
IL feet inches. Clark s. Jacobs. Uni
versity OF Chicago. cleared II feet
The foreign competitors. French. Swed-
ish and American. in the pole vault had an
unpleasant time. The unrWy crowd
"booed'' and tried to balk them. The
police had to be called upon In the effort
TO stop this procedure. but they were
not very successful.
The 110-Meter Hurdle Race.
Then came four heats in the semi-fi finals
of the 1lO-meter hurdle race The first
heat was carried of by A. B. Shaw. Dart
mouth College. who defeated Hussey.
Walters and Groenings. three United
Kingdom runners. and covered the dis
lance in the splendid time of 1885 Sec
Olympic record.
F. c. Smithson, Multnomah A. c., did
even better in the second heat. which he
won in 10 20 seconds. eaualing the Olym-
pic record; knyvett. United Kingdom.
was third in this heat.
The third heat was won by w. NJ. Rand.
Harvard University. Time, Is AS seconds.
Rand had hard race with Kelly.
United Kingdom. in the third heat. but in
the fourth heat Garrels. Chicago A. c..
walked away from his British competi-
tors. Time. l6 1-5 seconds. This assures
all the places in the finals to America.
England Wins Swim.
Australia beat Hungary in the first heat
Of the swimming team race. 200 meters.
four men to each team.
In the second heat the American team,
composed of C. NJ. Daniels. N. Y. A. c.:
Harry ]. Hebner, Illinois A. c.: L. Budd
Goodwin, n. Y. 4. c.. and l.. G. Rich.
Brookline Swimming Club. was beaten by
the United Kingdom team. The finish
was a. close one.
America qualified for the final in the
2D-meter team swimming race. being the
losers in the fastest heat In the third
heat of the swimming team race Hungary
swan over.
The final Of this heat was won by the
United Kingdom. Hungary was second
and America third.
Miscellaneous Sports.
The final in the high diving competition
resulted as follows: Johannson, Sweden.
first with 1871 points; Malstrom. Sweden.
second. with 1877; Stanberg, Sweden.
third. with "a points; Andersen. Sweden,
fourth. with 6s.3. and George w. Gaidzik.
Chicago Athletic Association. fifth, with
56.3 points.
In the final of the Graeco- Roman heavy
weight wrestling. Weisz. Hungary. won.
defeating Petroff. Russia.
The 1,6OO-Meter Relay.
The first heat of the 1.6OO-meter relay
race was won by Hungary. The Hungar-
ians defeated the Swedes. The time of the
winners was minutes 33 % seconds.
The second heat was won by Germany,
with Holland second.
In the third heat America beat the
United Kingdom and Canada.
The American team was made up of
William H. Hamilton. Chicago Athletic
Association; N. ]. Cartmell. University Of
Pennsylvania: J. B. Taylor. Irish-Amerf-
can Athletic Club. and Melvin w. Shep-
perd. Irish-American Athletic Club. Ham
ilton got a good lead In the first 200 met
ers which Cartmell improved upon in the
second 200. Taylor. running steadily, lost
something in his 400 meters. but this was
regained by Sheppard in the last 500.
the time of the winning team was min
utea "a 1-5 seconds.