The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

irving at the respective positions of the
various countries has been generally
accepted. This system awards one
point for each win, ignoring seconds
and thirds. and includes all sports car
ried out under the auspices of the as
ISOLATION, whether within the Stadium
or outside of it,
AS the summer section of the games
will continue until Oct. 10 and will
probably include yachting, the Olyfn
pic regatta and figure skating, and as
there will be winter section to in.
clude Rugby and association football.
hockey, lacrosse and boxing, it will be
the end of the year before the trophy
for the championship in all sports can
be awarded If this method of count
ing points is followed by the British
Olympic association, England viii
surely win the trophy, for there are
few countries taking part in these
sports outside the Stadium.
Melvin w. Sheppard, the runner, of
the Irish-American Athletic club OF
New York finished first in the 1900
meter race, and the New York police.
man, John Flanagan, won the sixteen
pound hammer throwing event. Shep-
pard's victory was especially crafty
ing, as he was not accustomed to the
distance.
Our Boys Win Again.
Uncle SANS boys had the center Of
the stage for many hours, and wher
ever the calcium light turned it gem
orally fell upon a wearer of the red,
white and blue. Ray Ewry, the linz
Der legged leaper who Sports the Mer-
curry foot the worlds, Olympic and
American record holder at both the
standing high and the standing broad
jump, captured the final of the last
named event, making it his fourth con-
secutive Olympic victory, for he won
this contest in Paris in 1900, In st.
Louis in 1904 and in Athens in 1906
Martin Sheridan, the Wonderful all
around athlete of the Irish-American
Athletic club, won third honors in the
event, the point scored swelling his to-
tai to IL and making him the leader in
the race for Individual honors.
The sturdy Yankee athletes smashed
one Olympic record and equaled an-
other. Charley Bacon, the big blond
haired winged fist timber topper, flew
the fences In his heat of the 400 meter
hurdles in the great time of 81 seconds,
which lowered the previous Olympic
record of 81 3-5 seconds, made by
Tewksbury, the American, at the Paris
Olympiad. Bacon's world record for
the 400 meter hurdles race over three
foot sticks is 55 40 seconds, made at
the tryouts on Franklin field, Philadel-
phia, on June 6. Another Olympic rec
ord was equaled, James Rector Of the
University of Virginia winning his heat
in the 100 meter dash in the great time
of 10 As seconds, equaling the Olympic
record made by Jarvis, the American,
in Paris in 1900. The six points scor.
| ed by the Yankees in the standing
jump pulls down the United King,
dom's lead to eight points, the point
tally now standing: United Kingdom
"a; United States, 40; Sweden, 70;
Greece, 6; Norway, 4 Canada, i; Aus,
tralia, |; France, l; Finland, /.
Great Day For Uncle Sam.
1t was great day all around fol-
the boys from Yankeeland. The old
gentleman with the goatee qualified
nine men in the heats OF the 100 me
ter, three men in the 800 meter and
three men In the 400 meter hurdles
Charley Daniels Of the New York Ath
letie club won the fnal Of the 100 me
ter swim gliding into home waters i