Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-29


leans.
LONDON, Eng, July 22. - Com
parative gloom pervaded the Amerl-
can camp tonight. The athletes from
over the seas had strongly cherished
hopes of repeating yesterdays grand
record making clean sweep in the
track events, but a dark horse In the
person of the South African youth,
r. L. Walker, upset the calculations.
Walker broke the tape in what is
considered the most important event
in the Olympic games, the 100-meter
dash, short two feet in front of j.
A. Ractor, the University of Virginia
crack, thereby putting an end to the
astonishing succession of American
triumphs which had begun to sadden
the Britons.
Shoulder and shoulder. Walker,
Rector, and the Canadian star Kerr
ran down the straight course with
Cartmell, the Pennsylvania Splinter,
close behind. At the halfway mark
Walker forged slightly ahead, but at
the tape less than yard separated
the first three men, with the Cana
dian only a few inches behind the
lVirginian In third place.
The American team did remark
ably well at the stadium today. but
success had elated them to the point
where they were satisfied with moth
ing less than everything in sight. A
worlds record by c. J. Bacon of the
,Iri2h-American Athletic Club in the
400-meter hurdles, which he won in
30 seconds; an Olympic record of "a
feet 1-2 inches by F. c. Irons of the
iChicago Athletic Association in the
running broad Jump. and the victory
of G. S. Dole Of Yale in the feather
weight wrestling out Of seven finals
should be satisfactory days per-
Torrance.
LONDON. Eng. July 13. - Rain
interfered badly with the opening OF
the fourth international Olympic
games by the King at the stadium at
Shepards Bush. The attendance fell
short of expectations. In some OF
the events, too, the contestants ap.
peared affected by the adverse wealth
err conditions, but In other events
particularly the 15O0-meter race, In
which the greatest interest conferred
the men were up to their form and
twice during the afternoon the rec,
ord for the distance was smashed
Melvin w. Shepard of the Irish Amer.
lean Athletic Club of New York wal
the first to accomplish the trick
when, in the second heat, pressed by
his team-mate, j. p. Halstead of the
! New York Athletic Club. he ran the
distance in the splendid time of 4:O5
] Just two-fifths of second faster than
that made by J. ID. Lightbody of tho
University of Chicago at the Olympic
games of st. Louis In 1904,
The two Americans in this hea,
beat number of good men, includ
ing G. Butterfeld, the English four
mile champion, who finished bat
third.
\ j. p. Sullivan of the Irish-Ameri
: can Athletic Club and Lightbody
who were first and second, respect
lively. in the first heat of this event
took longer to cover the distance, bu
they were not pressed and doubles,
could have done better If 1t had beer
necessary. Meadows of Canada Sc
out to make the pace in this event
but Lightbody went to the front In
the stretch and seemed likely win
ner until Sullivan with a fine burs
of speed passed him few yards from
the tape.
q = q
Jack McFadden is soon to return
to the Coast to mix up with Abe At
tel, while the latter is training fol-
his coming fight with Owen Moran.
| The Marbles from Camp Very de
( feated the men from the Arethus,
Yesterday by score of 25 to s, in {
game of baseball
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