Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-17

~ Associated Press.
LONDON, July 16.-This was Amer
ica's day in the Olympic sports at the
stadium, both big events which reached
style, and putting the shot-being car
ried off by Martin J. Sheridan Of the
Irish-American, A. c. and Ralph Rose
of the Olympic A. c. of San Francisco,
respectively.
The United Kingdom captured the
third final, the 400-meter swimming
event, in which H. Taylor added to the
score of his country by beating Beau
repaire, the Australian crack, and
Scheff of Austria.
The final also was reached in the
1O00-meter cycle race, but this proved
such a fiasco, through the attempts of
four of the ticipants-Schilles of
France, Jones, Kingsley and johnson
of England-to force each other to
make the pace that the judges declared
the event off, 1t not being finished with
in the time limit.
Italy got her first gold medal today
in the team gymnastic competition, re-
ceiving the greatest number of points
against great array of competitors.
This system awards one point for
each winner, ignoring seconds and
thirds, and includes all sports carried
out under the auspices of the associa-
ton, whether within the stadium or
outside of it. Following this method
of counting points, the countries would
be placed in this order: United King
dom, 20; United States, s.; Sweden, 8;
Norway, 2; Canada, France, Belgium
and Italy, each.
The United Kingdoms twenty points,
according to this computation, are
made UP as follows: Mems doubles and
singles and ladies' singles in both the
lawn tennis and covered tennis compe-
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doubles at racquets; individual rifle
competition; individual miniature rife
competition at disappearing targets;
team and individual competitions, min
iature rifles at ordinary targets; team
competition at clay birds, and the fol-
lowing wins in the stadium: 300-meter
walk, 20-kilometer cycle race, 3-mile
team race, 660-yards cycle, ana 4OO-me-
ter swim.
United States score is made up of the
following wins: Rifle team competi-
ton, revolver competition, individual
double shoot at running deer, j.
Gould's victory in court tennis com
petition, throwing the hammer, 1900
meters fiat race, throwing the discus
and putting the weight.
The Swedish points were scored by
wins in the team and individual COM
petitions at running deer and throw
ing the javelin.
Norway won the team and indlV1dual
rifle shooting at 300 meters.
Canada won the individual competi-
tion at clay birds; France, the 1000 lSilo-
meters tandem cycle race, Belgium,
the individual revolver competition
and Italy the team gymnastic competi-
ton.
AS the summer section of tho games
will continue until October 10 and will
include yachting. the Olympic regatta
and figure skating, and as there will
be winter section to include Rugby
and association football hockey, la
crosse and boxink, it will be the end OF
the year before the trophy for the
championship in all sports can be
awarded. If this method of counting
points is admitted by the British Olym-
pic association England will win the
trophy, for there are few countries
taking part in these sports outside the
stadium The American athletic team,
which is devoting its attention to the
events within the stadium, however,
is not accepting this Interpretation.
James E. Sullivan, president of the
A. A. u, and United States commits
sioner to the Olympic games, said to
the Associated Press tonight:
1--WE came here as we went to Paris
and Athens, with a field team and
making a fight in the field events, car