New-York tribune., 1908-07-16

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BRITAIN France and Sweden the winners OF the
s,s1s az to-dav's events at the Olympic games
Great Britain was double winner. ana France
and Sweden got one first place each The Onlteo
States had TO be satisfied with one silver mccall
symbolic Of second place in the three-nle team
race but the American representation in the va
raoas events small
The weather gave excuse Yer the non-atteno-
snce of the public to-day. and there were othef
reasons why the seats Should be occupied, but the
great crowd that had been expected did not come
and only the cheapest stands contained spectators
sn any number. The programme, il is true was
not as interesting il will be later, but there was
some good sport
France captured her gold medal for victory in
Che OOo-rnetre tandem cycle race. and Sweden for
Jennings record breaking iavelin throw of 17S
feet ~ inches which topped the best previous
throw. also made by him. by more than three feet
Greece. France and Great Britain each won a
silver medal for seconds IN the javelin throwing,
6se-yard cycle and the 2,oo0-rnetre event re
spectively while Norway. Germany and Sweden
took the bronze medals in the same events.
The tank was occupied for another hour by the
contestants in the 260-metre breast stroke SWIM
seven heats beng decided. The following men
qualified for the final which viii be swum on
SATURDAY.: Holman. of England Person, Of Swe-
den: Seidel OF Germany Toldy, Of Hungary; Rob
inson, Of England: Fabinyi Of Hungary, and Cour-
bet Of Belgium. a. NJ. Goessling of the Missouri
Athletic Club, the only American entered. took
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not qualify.
The hve-lnile run. which is also down for Satur-
day should prove a great race. The eliminating
trials have left the following to fight it out for the
championship: Syanherg and Landqulst OF S"e-
den: Heferen. Of South Africa; Noight. Murphy
robertson and owen Of England; Bellars and
Carr. Of the United States, and Meadows Fl'z-
gerald and Galbraith, Of Canada
II vras learned tonight that Eisele, who made
such rIucky fght for America in the team race
lost the nail of one Of his toes yesterday and was
suffering greatly when he went TO the scratch 10
aav but he never hinched, and not until he
reached his dressing after the contest dld ne
complain OF the pain
As had f,eea expected. England won the three
mile team race with comparative ease Al the
crack Of the pistol DeaBin Robertson, Coales ana
Wilson Jumped TO the front. with Bonhag h1th'
Coming into the homestretch on the hrst zap
however another Wearer of the stars ana SliiPeS'
the long stridiug Eisele, made bid Tor d oe''eI
position and. slipping alongside OF Bonhag' ne
took sixth place. Both men were running easily
win rlentv in reserve. France was already out
Of the race. Bouin, who ran so wei yesterday
having retired before the end Of the first lap
After making the frs circle Eisele went right
"a the front but Dealin, the English cross-coun-
Try champion. challenged for the place, and get
ting the pole led the way for his teammates
n, this time the field had divided into two
sections Eisele leading the second lot Win btli
and Cohn close at hand and Trube and Bonhag
this and went up the first section. When he
got there he apparently was worrying over the
other Americans. for he kept looking back at
thern But he hung TO the four Englishmen,
N with whom he was leading the second section by
I forty yards
The second section was made up Of Bon
bag, Dull, Cohn, Hallows the oxford crack, and
Trube in the order named Esele apparently was
the only who could compete with the Eng
nshnaen at their own game Of long distance run
-,alrr r,1ar in -aa sixth Ian and
for this he got a great cheer from the American
contingent. But he could not keep up the pace
and soon dropped back 20 fourth. Quite un-
daunted, however, the plucky American when
the bell rang for the last lap started chasing the
Engllshlnen, who We're wei ahead of him. lie
began We'll bur the pace too fast. and he
had TO content himself with fourth place al the
1nish C0ales beating him ty bare ward. Deakin
and Robertson. who were respectively first and
second hsd q good lead. Wilson got fifth place
and Bouhag sixth. after chasing and beating Hal
lows. a Frenchman finished eighth and Dull,
1rube and Cohn came in in the order named.
They were followed by two other Frenchmsn.
Eiseie got ovation for his great effort against
the best distance runners Of England.
The Swedes had their revenge to-day for the
failure Of the management 10 display the Swedish
flag the opening, for the frst standard 10 hs
hoisted this morning to the TOP Of the tall mas
IN the arena was that OF Sweden This was done
TO set forth that r. Y Lemming had won the
3avelin throwing contest He put the staff Us
feet \ inches, breaking his own record Of IL
feet inches. made al Athens in 1905. Czouras
OF Greece who won rae silver medal. was 10 fee
behind Lemming his distance being 1GS feet
inches Halse. Of Norway. was third with Is;
feet q inches No Americans competed in this
event.
The Americans present were interested again il
the preliminary heats Of the hve-miIe run. n 6
Beilars. Of the New York Athletic Club Qualify
ing for the 6naI by finishing second to Vofght o.
England 10 the second heat Edward p Carr o.
the Xavier Athletic Association New York. go
second place in his heat in this event
The ease with which J. E Svanherg and Land
quist two Swedish runners. Won their heats an,
the reserve they displayed in the hnal spurts
make it look as though England win have dim
Guilty IN holding her in the final Both Tin
SNedes outclassed their opponents. being as IA
ahead of The second men Voight AM
Svanberg broke the Olympic record for the dis
tance by running in 25:4e l-5
England added another gold medal her win
nngs with the 660-yard cycle race. johnson tax
ing this event by half wheel from DemangeI o
France. This with the geld medal for the team
race, gives The mother country four gold medal
70 Americas two and Swedera's one
The summary oG to-day's fnal events follows
Islrse nile ieam see-Ton by Britain: America
Ta.EoViHs me tsyein-Won le i-eranins Sweden II
ss qua Greece. secone. los II. in; Hulss
SlA Af--neT-a- metre cycle by johnson f,rea
49, 15l@'n; 'nsnsei France second: Negrer Germany
Tgo-thousanc-ui-tre tandem cycle rae.-vo -, c.,,
and Auftras- FTanee: Hamlin and John Great Frtair
second Brooks and Isaaes. Great Britain third TIM
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