The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-23
LAURELS GO TO
| THE AMERICANS
SHEPPARD WINS soo-METER RUN,
BEATING THE RECORD.
DEFEATS ENGLAND's BEST
Porter Captures High Jump Final,
/ Setting New Olympic Mark
Yankees First in Many
jS!y Heats.

London. July 22.-Melvin w. Shep-
pard of the Irish-American Athletic
club, who took the measure of Eng
lands best distance men in the 1900
meter run at the Olympic games a
week ago, scored another victory Tues
day, when he finished far in the lead
in the S0O-meter event, establishing a
new Olympic record of 1852 As for the
distance and continuing on to the half
mile, which he ran in 1854, with three
fifths of second of c. H. Kilpatrick's s
worlds record, made in New York in
1895.
I Another gold medal went to America
when Harry F. Porter of the Irish
American Athletic club captured the
high jump by clearing the bar at 6
feet 8 inches, beating the Olympic rec
ord made by J. X. Baxter in Paris In
1900 of feet 2 AS inches.
Honors Go to Americans.
1t was largely Americas day, for
besides winning the only two events
finally decided, the American sprinters
won the great majority of the heats
in the other events. While not so
spectacular as the races, the running
high jump was the most keenly con-
tested event of the day. It started in
the morning and not until after six
O'Clock was Porter proclaimed the win
ner, the Stars and Stripes being run
up to the masthead for the second
( time in the day.
/ In the first section Of this event H.
!! A. Gidney, Boston A. A., was defeated
by Monson Of Norway and Leader of
England, but after the other sections
had concluded protest was entered
on the ground that the spot where
the other sections contested was more
favorable to the jumpers than that of
the first section. The protest was al
lowed and Gidney in the second at.
tempt did feet inch, thus quality
ing for the final There, however, he
soon found more than his match in
Leahy. the Irish champion: Porter,
Somody of Hungary and several
others
\ Sheppard's Great Race.
Sheppard won great victory for
America in the S00-meter fiat race.
Te proved himself entirely too fast
Just, the English champion, who
absolutely done up by the tre-
lous pace.
two Englishmen. Just and Fair
bairn-Crawford who qualified, thought
they could set pace which would tire
out Sheppard, but It seemed to be ex-
sctly what he wanted. The American
let Fairbairn- Crawford set the speed
as high as he liked and kept right at
the Engllshman's heels. Just followed
close at hand, but the plan miscarried,
for the latter, who expected to come
up In the stretch and pass Sheppard,
had no reserve left and was not only
beaten by the American, but also by
Lunghi of Italy and Braun of Ger.
many.
The Americans suffered two disap'
pointments in the heats of the 200.
meter fiat race, Lawson Robertson,
IrislfsAmerican Athletic club being de.
feated by Roche, the Irish champion,
"iu W. Hiug VI
being compelled to take the dust OF
the feet Canadian Kerr Considering,
however, that the Americans entered
seven of the Is heats and took five Of
them, there is not much cause for
complaint.
In the heats OF the 400-metcr fiat,
they took seven out of nine in which
they started.
Fine Lot Of Sprinters.
The 100-meter sprint brought out the
best aggregation of sprinters yet seen
on the track and it was noticeable that
tho only countries represented were
America, the United Kingdom, Canada
and South Africa The Americans
May and Stevens lost their heat to
Walker of South Africa, and Kerr OF
Canada, just beat out Sherman OF
Dartmouth university, but the other
two heats we're gathered in for Amer.
lea by Rector and Robertson.
There were four heats in the semi.
finals of the 400-meter hurdle race, In
two of which Americans contested.
and they took both of them, Harry L.
Hillman of the New York A. C. and
C. j. Bacon, Irish-American A. c., do.
ing the trick.