Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-15
At Olympic Games Yesterday
Their Flag Not Displayed But
Was Hoisted First Today.
VlCToRS IN JAvELIN THROW
Icming Hurled il t7s Feet ~ Inches
--Syanbcre Won FIRST Heat; Five
Mile Run, Beating Record.

London. July t5.--The weather again
this morning gave promise of treating
kinGlier the olympic games but clouds
are still lowering in the sky and this
| to some extent explains the sltmness or
| the attendance. There We're not more
than q hundred in addition TO the conf
| petitions and officials present when the
hurst events. the javetln thIowings ana
! the first heat of the hundred Kilometer
cycling race started.
| The program today is not up to the
usual standard there being but three
| finals scheduled the three-miie team
race, the 660-yard cycling race and the
., 900 meters tandem cycle race. Anefl-
can interest centers in tho team race in
which three teams representing Ameri-
ca, England and France quaiihed yes
terday for the final
Tire final in the 1000 meters tandem
cycling race was won by the trench
team, Schill and Aufray, in minutes
3-5 seconds. Hamlin and johnson,
English were second, and Brooks and
Isaacs. England third
THE JAVELIN THROW.
The swedes had their revenge today
for the failure Of the management to
display the Swedish flag at the operng,
for the first standard TO be hoisted this
morning 10 the top of the tall mast IN
tho arena was that of Sweden. This
was done to set forth that r.. V. Lem
ing had won the javeln throwing con-
test He put the staff l'S feet ~
inches. breaking his own record OF
i75 feet 6 inches. C2ouras, Greece,
who won the silver medal, was 10 feet
behing Leming, has distance being l6S
feet inches, Halse, Norway was
third, 1853 feet inches, No Americans
competed in this event.
FIVE MILE RUN.
]. Il. svanberg, sweden, won first
heat Of the five mile run. Time
25.46 1-5, which beats the Olympic re-
cord.
In the second heat of the mile run
Vergh: of England won easily. f q.
BeiIars. New York A. G., qualified cor
the anal, by finishing seco nd. Lang.
boat. the Canadian Indian runner, did
not compete. Nerght's time was
26:13 s-5.
The third heat of the Ave mile run
was won easily by Ianquist of Sweden.
rlme-21;O0 10.
Edward p. Carr, Xavier Athletic as
ISOLATION, New York, finished second
and qualified for the final. C. L. Hall.
Irish American Athletic club, finished
fourth,
The fourth heat Of the ave miles run
was won by Murphy OF England IN
g5.59 Meadows OF Canada was second,
The fifth heat OF the FIVE mile run
was won easily by a. j. Robertson,
England, IN 25;5Ois Fitzgerald, Canada,
second n l.. Trube, Cornell ana New
York Athletic club. ala not finish
The sixth heat OF the five mile run
was won easily 10y owen, England
Galbralth. Canada, was second. The
time Of the winner was 26'l2.
$50 YARDS CYCLE RACE.
In the third heat Of the second round
OF the $50 yards cycl" race. Flynn. Eng
land won. W. @. Cameron, irish Amer
lean Athletic club finished third but
did not qualify for the final. Time.--
81 4.j seconds.
The final OF the $50 yards cycle r,tce
was won by johnson OF England De
magic France, was recona and Neu-
mer Germany, third Time -bl i-6
THREE EMILE TEAM RACE,
The final in the three-mile team race
was won by England America was
second. rlme-lt minutes 80 SD sec
Onds.
The English team was composed OF
II, A. Wilson, A. j, Robertson, II. u.
Deacon, n IT, HaloWs and W e.
Coahes. The American team was com.
posed Of George " Bonhag Irish
American Athletic club, q. a. Dun.
University Of Michigan, j. l.. Elsale,
Princeton and New York Athletic club;
II l.. Trlbe Cornell and New York
Athletic club. and Harvey w. g. COIN
lrlsh-American Athletic club The
French team consisted OF -four men
only.
As had been expected England won
the three.milo team race with comuar-
atiye ease AZ the crack of tho pistol
Doakln. Robertson, coales unIAVilson
jumped 10 the front, with BOrhag Afth.
Coming into the home strGtch ON the
first lap, however, another wear
en- of The stars ard Stripes,
the long-stridng Fisole. came w
alongside OF lionhas ana took
sixth place Both mon were
running easily. with plenlK OF reserya.