The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21
Our Athletes Now Only Eight Points Behind the United
 Kingdoms Men.
SHOWING GOOD ON TRACK
Many Fast and Exciting Events Cheer cd by Several Hundred from
 This Country.

of the Olympic contests at Shepherds Bush began with the first day devoted principally to field sports such as Americans are accustomed to witness. The track athletes were the stars and the program contained may fast and exciting events. The American and British runners and jumpers gathered In the Hons share of the laurels as usual, but the Americans exceeded ev- en the Expectations of their support CTS Several hundred Americans, mostly tourists, with many ladies, who were massed together in the seats next to the royal box, gave an exhi- btion of cheering which suggested an American college crowd ard im- menscly amused the foreigners. The attendance at the games was fair. but the weather In the afternoon was gloomy and threatened to rain. The competitors from the United States are deploring the continual absence of sunshine. under which they can do their best work. The spectacular fea- lures to-day were the seventeen trial heats of the loo metres sprint and the eight trials heats of the 500 metres. These furnished several close and stirring finishes. In the sprints Amer lea captured eight heats and Great Britain four ]. A. Rector, of tho University of Virginia, was the partic- ular star, for he heat quite handlly K. c. Macleod of Cambridge the holder of three varsity blues who never be- fore was beaten, and in doing so he equalled the Olympic record for the distance, of 10 4-5 seconds. The names of Sheppard. Halstcad anl Beard Americans, went up on the I blackboard as the winners of their heats in the 500 metres race. This event proved disappointment to | England which was cauntlng upon more than the two heats which it 1 took The German. Braun. much to ! the surprise of the Engll3hmen, ont. \ ran Holding, who was one of their mainstays Lunghl of Italy, beat IT. ' L. Coc, of the University of Michigan, In the excellent time of 1,F7 1-5 and | Inc and Just. inc Cambridge half male champion, who captured the sixth heat in 1:j7 4-5. will give the Amer leans a hard tnssle in the finals C. ]. Bacon, Irish-Amerlcan A. C.. cap- | turfed his heat of the 400 metres hur- ] dlp in RI encondc ,,si,,n{rs, la. q ,.a.I while Cot distinguished himself by ! defeating Densham. tho former Brit ish champion. although he had just contested a hard 500 metres against Lunghi, The British won six and the Americans three of the nine heats in the hurdles, but the majority of these were unexclting because they were a walkover
 The American colors were raised tt the flag pole three times, elgnlfyinf victory In the finals in the 100 metre, swimming, the standing broad jun, and the bantam catch -as-catch -car
 wrestling, but these trlumphs did no
 inspire such thrills as the track per
 formances because of few spectators lr
 tho vast stadium could see them. C
 M, Daniels, New York Athletic club
 the American champion, as was ex
 2ected won the swimming event in in,
 fast time of l:05 3-5. which equals in
 Olympic record He was closely fol
 lowed to the taps hv De Halmnv O
 Hungary with Julin of Sweden, third
 l.. G. Rich, Broolllne swimming club who was second to Daniels in the semi finals, finished fourth in the finals. The standing broad Jump contest wa
 practically an American event al "ong no notable records were made | Ray Ewry, the American champion , eng considerably behind his own re
 cord made at St, Louis His greates
 ''isiancc today was 10 feet il inches
 Tsolitiris, the Greek jumper won sec
 ond In this event with 10 feet [ l. inches. one-quarter of an inch bette than Martin ]. Sheridan, Irish Amer can A. C. J. A. Biller, Brooklyn Centre Y. M. C. A., Plat. Adams, New Yor
 A. C. and r. l.. Holmes of Chicago an
 the English champion Bleader wer
 only q fraction of an inch behind Shei
 idan
 . George x Mehnert national Tur
 Verein (American) took the final in th
 bantam wrestling, while George V
 Galdzik, Chicago A. A., won his heat 1
 the high drive competition, France wa
 the medal for fencing in which tt
 many bouts were almost monopolize
 by contnentals.
 The results today added three wins { V Americas score and one to France, tl
 other nations not improving their pos tlons In the field events America ado n cd six points, while Greece, the onl
 other nation to increase its score " these contests, picked up three, Amel - lea Is now only eight points behind tt
 United Kingdom, the score reading V United Kingdom 54 America 46. - The drawings for the heats in II
 second round of the 100 metres flat rae ' which will be run off tomorrow afte X noon are as follows; First heat, Ma :, and Stevens, of America. Walker South Africa; Roche, United Kingdor
 Second heat. Sherman and Hamilto
 Americas Morton, United Kingdor
 Kerr, Canada.
 Third heat Rector and Huff, Amer
 ca Duffy, South Africa; Dunca
 United Kingdom.
 Fourt heat, Cloughen, Robertson al r Cartmell America, Stark and Georg M United Kingdom.
 N Following is the program of even M for tomorrow In the order in whi E they will occur:
 Ia Morning Athletics-Running hi RI jump sections
 M Athletics--200 metres, heats, M Swimming-TIigh diving, heat. N Athletics-200 metres, heats N Afternoon.
 E SMimming-1 BOD mntrAs heats