The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-21
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try.
The fifteenth heat. in which no
Americans were drawn, was won by
Hawkins, United Kingdom. Time,
% As seconds 80 -~-a.
The 400 Meter Race.
In the first heat Of the 400 metre run,
Montague, United Kingdom, beat Paul
competitor. His time was 50 Is sec
onds. s
The second heat was taken by Ryle,
United Kingdom, who ran alone
In the third heat ]. B. Taylor Irish
American A. c., was first.
Taylors time was 50-4-5 seconds.
He won an easy victory over his two
competitors, an italian and a Swede.
The fourth heat of this event was won
by Nicoli. United Kingdom: time
The fifth was won by Malfait,
France, in so seconds.
The sixth heat, w. c. Robbins,
Cambridge, Mass. was first in so 2-5
seconds.
The seventh heat was won by Will
liam c. Prout. Boston A. c.. in SO 2-5
seconds. etN
The first heat Of the semi-fnals in
the 400 metre hurdles was won by
Harry L. Hillman, New York A. c., in
Sc 2-5 seconds H. L. Coe, University
of Michigan, was second.
The second heat was won easily by
c. J. Bacon, Irish-American A. c., the
other contestants not finishing. Time,
So As seconds. f&-
The third heat was won by Burton.
United Kingdom, who came in ahead
of two other United Kingdom run
ners. Time, SO As seconds.
The fourth heat was won by Tremer,
/ United Kingdom, q. Burton, United
Kingdom, was second. This was the
end Of the hurdle heats.
The ninth heat of the 400 metre flat
was won by H. p Ramey, Chicago A.
c.. in 40 3-5 seconds.
The tenth heat was won by Sebert,
Canada, in so LIS seconds. No Ameri-
can competed. ~
The eleventh heat was won by j. c.
Atlee. Princeton, in so 2-5 seconds.
Patterson. United Kingdom, was sec
ond. So
Davies, United Kingdom. won the
twelfth heat of the 40 meters fiat. His
time was so 2-5 seconds. No Americans
ran.
The thirteenth heat was won easily
by N A. Merriam Of Chicago, in 81 2-5
seconds. Robb, United Kingdom. Sec
ond.
The fourteenth was won easily by ].
The fifteenth was won by Halswell,
United Kingdom, In 49 2-5 seconds
EalsweI is the English champion.
Selding United Kingdom, was second /
The sixteenth heat was won by g.
w. Young United Kingdom, in So 2-5
seconds. No American ran in this heat
and 1t was the concluding one of the
400 metre fiat race
Wrestling Events
In the first round Of the catch-as-
catch-can wrestling, middle weight to
161 pounds. Craige and Narganes.
America, drew byes. I'm the second
round Beck. United Kingdom. threw
Narganes and Anderson, Sweden beat
Craige on points, after the two men
had struggled on the mat for the full
fiften minutes without either securing
throw.
The Running High Jump.
In the first section Of the running
high Jump Monson, Norway and
Leader, United Kingdom. each cleared
the bar at 8 feet, 10 inches. Gidney.
America, was third, with feet, 9z
inches.
In the second section of the running
high Jump c. Leahy, United Kingdom.
made feet 2 inches; sAndre. France, g.
feet 9 inches, and John N. Patterson,
Chicago A. "A, feet -
In the third section Of the running
high jump Harry F. Porter, Irish
American A. c., cleared 6 feet 3
inches. Porter beat Leahy's jump by
one inch. T. Mof1tt, University of
Chicago. was second. with feet l
inch.
A protest by the first section of the
running high jump on the ground that
the spot selected for the performance
was not so good that on which the
other sections jumped was allowed.
All the competitors jumped over.
In the fourth section OF this event
only Barber, Canada, with feet 8 Y
inches, and Wilson. United Kingdom,
with S feet 9% inches. competed.
The final in the running high jump
was won by Harry F. Porter, Irish
American A c., with feet 8 inches.
Leahy, United Kingdom. and Somody,
Hungary, tied for second place.
Sheppard the Winner.
The 500 meter fat race was won by
Melven w. Sheppard. Irish-American
A. c., Luigi. Italy, was second and
Braun, Germany. third. Sneppard's
time was 1853 As. He continued run
ming to the half mile mark and made
this distance in 1:54. c. B. Beard, |
Ames university. did not finish.
Sheppard won by ten yards and |
broke the record. j. r. Halstead N. |
Y A. c., finished fifth.
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