Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14
SHEPPARD WINS RACE
Defeats Crack EngIishmen in
1,500-Meter Run.
FLANAGAN BREAKS RECORD
Captures Gold Medal for Taking the
Hammer Throw.
OLYMPIC GAMES ARE RESUMED
Results Highly Satisfactory to the
American Spectators and Con-
testants-Attendanc Small. :,
FLANAGAN BREAKS RECORD
OLYMPIC GAMES ARE RESUMED


testants-Attendau Small.
LONDON. July 14-The first morning
Of real work Of the fourth international
Olympic games. which were opened by
King Edward in the Stadium at Shep-
herds, Bush yesterday. was carried out
under rather unsettled weather condi-
tions and before a small gathering. The
results. however. were highly satisfactory
to the American spectators and con-
testants.
The final Of the 1,5O0-m meter fat race was
Won by Sheppard, American.
Wilson. England. was second. and Hal
lows. England, third. Sheppard's time
was four minutes three and two-ffths
seconds He equaled the best time made
In the preliminary yesterday. This was
done by Hallows. who by making the
distance in four minutes three and two
ffths seconds. cut a full two seconds Off
the record. made at st. Louis in 1904 by
Lightbody, American.
Melvin Sheppard's Victory.
The two Americans. Sheppard and Sui
livan. lay back in the first part Of the
race and let the Englishmen take the
lead Sheppard was fourth until the last
stretch, and Wilson and Hallows were in
the first string AS the men started to
sprint on the back stretch Of the final
lap Wilson was in the lead AS thev
turned in the straight Sheppard sprinted
the last hundred yards, and. passing his
competitors. crossed the tape one yard
and a half ahead Of Wilson
HalloWs was five yards behind Wilson.
Of R~Sc
ners held we'll together until the last hun.
dred yards. There was great excitement
over the finish. The Englishmen, who
were confident the Americans would not
get better than third place. even IL they
had a look-in, were greatly disappointed
Flanagan Breaks Record. !
John J. Flanagan. Irish-American Athl
letic Club. broke the Olympic record In
the hammer throw and won the first gold
medal for any event. M. ]. McGrath. New
York Athletic Club. was second In the
hammer throw and won the silver medal.
The first bronze medal to be awarded
went to c. Walsh, a Canadian, who was
third In the hammer throw. Another
American success was scored in the twen-
ty-kilOmeter cycling race, in which L. G..
Wientz. New York Athletic Club. qualified
by winning the third heat.
From the spectators point of view tho
meeting was slow, but nevertheless the
races were well contested and the show.
ing good The American victories
brought forth much American and Cana.
dian cheering.
The Hammer Throw.
Walsh of Canada won in the first Sec
tion Of the hammer throw with throw
OF 159 feet IL inches. Talbot, America,
second. 157 feet 4 inch: Lemming. Sweden,
third 141 feet 3 inches
Rose did not contest.
In the second section of the hammer
throw Nicholson, England, made 157 feet
9A inches; Horr, America, 154 feet 4
inch: Fyfe. England, 10 feet 81 inches.
Burroughs, America, did not throw
In the third section of the hammer
throw McGrath, America, threw, 1877 feet
IL inches, breaking the British record.
Flanagan, America, threw 165 feet 2h
inches: Gillis America, 149 feet 81 inches.
Walsh of Canada, McGrath and Flana-
gan. America, qualified for the final.
In the final Flanagan finished first. with
a throw of 40 feet ~ inches, beating the
Olympic record. McGrath was second.
Walsh, Canada, third. 159 feet liz inches.
Only the men who make the three best
throws in all sections will compete in the
final.
Stars and Stripes Run Up.
When the result of the hammer throw
ing was announced, it being the first
final Of the fourth OIympiad. the Stars
and Stripes were run up on the arena
Flagstaff to announce that the United
States had gathered in the first event to
be decided. In fact. 1t was double vic
tory, Flanagan taking the first gold and
McGrath the first silver medal thus far
awarded. There was q great burst OF
cheering from the American sections of
the stands as the flag broke out. Can
ada joined in, for Walsh wins the bronze
medal.
Heavy showers which followed the fine
weather Of the beginning interfered with
the last events of the morning meeting,
including the third heat of the twenty
hlometer bicycle race.
The 2O-Kilometer Cycle Race.
The first heat of the twenty -kilometer
cycle race was won by Meredith, Eng
land. in 1921
c. B. Kingsley. England. won the Sec
ond heat in 32.33 4-5.
: The third heat was won by wientz,
American. Time. $3.50. In the first laps
of this contest Wientz. America, and
Young, Canada, alternately held the first
two positions Wienth won. Time. 33.39.
The fourth heat Of the twenty kilome-
ters was won by Jones. England; time.
32.39 Cameron was second.
Ire n1tn neat the
cycling race was won by Hansen of Swe-
den. Time. 34.5 3-5.
The sixth heat of the twenty-meter cy,
cling race was won by Denny. England,
in 33. 40 3-5.
The 3,5OO-Meter Walk.
c. f. Larner of the United Kingdom
team easily won the first heat of the
3, 3,5OO-meter walk in 1872; H. E. Kerr
Australia, was second, and w. P. Palmer.
England, third. No American partici-
pated in the heat. In this event the first
three in each heat qualify for the final.
E. J. Webb, England, won the second
heat in 1917 Is. In this heat Quinn,
England, finished second. and Rothman.
Sweden. third.
Goulding. Canada. won the third heat in
1904. Harrison, England, was second,
and Rowland, New Zealand, third.
The final of the 3.5OO-meter walk was
won by Larner. England. Webb. Eng
land, was second. and Kerr, Australia,
was third. The time OF winner was II
minutes and 55 seconds
The fifteenth heat Of the 66O-yard cycle
race was won by Cameron, the only
American competitinE.
In the first heat of the fancy driving
George w. Gaidzik, Chicago Athletic As
sociation, got first place with 81 points,
and Freyschmidt, Germany. second with
7S points.
cir the second heat Zurner. Germany.