Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-19
HEAVY RAIN STOPS
| OLYMPIC GAMES
Large Crowd Attends Sport at
STADIUM Including English Queen
and Other Royal pe'sonages.
UNPLEASANT INCIDENTS SETTLED
After Downpour Ceases Games Arc
Continued Ali unpleassntness
Arising Out Ct Tug Of War Has
Been SettIed-Americans Oistin
auish Themselves Throwing Discus.
(By Associated Press).

LONDON. July Is. - II every day
on which the olympic games are held
were only Saturday. there would be
some chance of their proving sue
cess from the point OF view of ath::
lctics.
The two great srandStands at ei-
Their end OF the stadium, the admis-
sion to which is fixed at shilling
were filed with crowd similar to
that which attends football matches
on the half holidays. The covered
stands. where the seats are reserved,
also held a much larger number o;
persons than on any previous day,
while the royal hoN. too. was OCcm-
pied by Il large party, including the.
que n. who took a keen interest in
the Danish athletes; Princess Nictu-
ria anG the crown prince of Sweden.
who, by the way. has been present
every day since the opening. and the
Will; ATT 2f,stheslgW lit "t,rs furf8~ss.s'
of the sports.
Bad Weather Prevails.
The weather. however, was no re-
spcctor of persons. II was cloudy
ana dull all morning during the pro-
grcss of tn" archery and fencing con-
tests. but towards noon the sky clear
Ell and it looked as though the aft r
noon would be fine. Instead. tie rain
came down in torrents with jut L."
intervals and the officials rcf afediE !
attempted TO stop the spors gong /
on in the arena.
The cyclists and runners Were the
ONLY oncs who ignored Il. WettlnS
thfv received. the t;icy divers
being fore. d to cal! 4 h:t IN their
contest for half an hour. a the JUICES
were unable to do theirwork prop
erly.
So far as the Americas were con-
G. rned the day passed without any
UNPLEASANT incident sue as that con-
nected with the tug of ar yesterday:
while the Canadians HI one OF theirl
gricances rcctificG. ohlclals OF
the cyclists union the last mo-
ment allowing Youns0ne OF the Can
adam riders. 10 sta, in the loo Kill
ometers race for web they declared
I Yesterday that he i'd not qualify.
| DISPUTES Settled.
1t was proved sond dispute that
! this disaualificati was til result
Of a mistake by official who plac
% tho Canadian &c lap behind where I
he belonged.
| F-auce's prot. also in tic cycling s
event. was adj TO by another TO-
dav. Schilles otcs;ing Jones. the I
winner OF the 90 metre event. Schh-
les claimed 5oh'. but tn protest e
was not alloA'
In tho maj OF scoring the CnitCdi
Kingdom cSletc!y outclassrd ;hcs
to,ber cmp-s. her athletes addinSI
! several wi TO their already gooIi
scorc TIL included the archery d.
Ico,,cst. 200 metre stccplcchasc:
l,bo 2eo ire breast stroke swim
i ming. 1900 metre cycling: the ;,
100 kiI,r,e cycling: the tug Of war :.
an, tho mile fiat race 3D."
4 nerieans Do Well
:. Tho two events decided. the :"
discus wing. Greek style. and the -,
sane, iHE. went to America. and -
CORN. spcctivCly. hut America -
,cco,hcd two things TODAY Of "
which, supporters ar" proud In -
l,hc Z place Martin J. Siberian -
. n, ,irish-Amcrican Athletic Club y!
lIh,,H previous r cords With ihr ~
d,, at his style uf throwing. ~
MI a distance Of i.S feet : "
. in, while VI p. HOrr. of the same -
was second. also sith a record :"
,jnE throw of I2Z f-ct ~ inches
.oth"r accomplishment OF which
. he athletes arr talking. was the
css NJ ]. T. EisCic. of tho y "
L Athletic Club in getting third
- IN the %.sUo metre sfccpIcchaSc L.
america never had any iIca OF
ring in this event. particularly y,
cr EiS"lC bad run three Of an, or
rdcSt faces during tho week. Hr m;
= the ouly American who compared re-
h The EnSIishmcnt in the distance da
~ aud on och race be had to Ill
" against odds. being haniicapp~i da
each occasion by having several va
rlrzE rues. s.s.F.s a-aso-. a..