The Irish standard., 1908-07-18
america beaten
IN OLYMPIC RACE
THREE.MILE TEAM RUN GOES TO
ENGLAND IN AN EASY FIN.
lSH FOR BRlToNs.
MOTHER COUNTRY HITS
A VICTORIOUS STRIDE

In FVe.MlIe Contest SWede Wins
Heat in Record Time, DemoIishins
Former Grecian Mark-ResuIts Of
Many Other Events.
London, July 16.-The first real note
Of enthusiasm since the opening of the
Olympic at the Stadium was struck
Wednesday afternoon when Voight,
one Of the runners upon whom Eng.
land was depending to maintain her
superiority in the distance runs, won
his heat, the second, Of the five-mile
run. The weather having greatly i'm
proved and Wednesday afternoon be-
ing half-houday in many Of the Lon.
don stores. the attendance was much
better than that Of the previous days,
so that several of the stands were
filled with people ready to proclaim
British victory. Voight's win, how
ever, was not the best performance
of the day, that honor being reserved
for Sweden, whose representative, E.
v. Lemming, won the javelin throwing
contest in splendid style, breaking his
own record by three feet 11a inches.
There also was considerable inter-
est in the first heat of the 100 kilo-
meter cycling race in which Hanson
Of Sweden was first, and Lutz Of
France, Bailey of England, Texier of
France, Bishop of England, and Rob.
ertson Of England, finished in the
order named; and with Bonnet Of
France and Mussen of England, quail
fed for the second heat.
Conclude Swimming Event.
The semi-f1nal Of the 400-meter
swimming race also was concluded
Wednesday, Scheff of Austria winning
and Taylor Of England finishing Sec
ond in the first heat. The time was
i've minutes 40 3/5 seconds. Baurepair
of Australia, and Foster of England,
were first and second, respectively in
the second heat of this event. Time,
five minutes and a. seconds. The
third heat of the fancy diving was won
by Metzell, Finland, with SO points.
From the American point of view,
the most interesting event of the day
was the three-mile team race. This
was won by England, with compare
tive ease, with America an easy Sec
ond. The 200-meter breast stroke
swimming match Of which seven heats
were decided Wednesday also afforded
some good. sport. There was only, one
American contestant in this event, A.
M. Goessling, Missouri Athletic club,
but he found Perrson, Sweden, and
Baronyi, Hungary, too fast for him.
New Yorker Qualities.
The Americans present were inter-
ested again in the preliminary heats
Of the five.mile run, H. G. Bellars,
New York Athletic club, qualifying
for the final by finishing second to
Vioght Of England, in the second heat
Edward P. Carr of the Xavier Athletic
Association, New York, got second
place in his heat in this event. The
result Of these heats came as a very
great surprise, as Sweden had not
been counted upon to figure in the
distance runs. The ease with which
]. E. Svanberg and Landquist, two
Swedish runners, won their heats and
the reserve they displayed in the final
spurts makes 1t look as though Eng
land will have difficulty in holding her
own in the final. Both the Swedes
outclassed their opponents, being as
far ahead of the second men as was
Voight.
England added another gold medal
to her winnings with the $50 yards
cycle race. Johnson taking this event
by half wheel from Demangel of
France. This. with the gold medal for
the team race, gives the mother coun-
try four gold medals to Americas two
and Sweden's one.
Swede Smashes a Record.
J. F. Svanberg, Sweden, won the
first heat of the five-mile run. His
time was rs minutes 46 1/5 seconds,
which beats the Olympic record.
The third heat of this event was
won easily by Landquist of Sweden.
Time, 81 minutes 1/5 second. Edward
P. Carr, Xavier Athletic association,
New York, finished second, and quail
fed for the final G. L. Hall, Irish
American Athletic club, finished
fourth.
The fourth heat was won by Muir
ply Of England in Is minutes So
seconds. Meadows of Canada was sec.
ond.
The fifth heat went to A. ]. Robert
son, England, in rs minutes, so 1/5
seconds. Fitzgerald, Canada, was Sec
ond. H. L. Trube, Cornell and New
York Athletic club, did not finish.
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