Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-19

LONDON. July 1S.-1f every day on
which the Olympic games are held were
only Saturday there would be some chance
Of their proving a success from the point
of view of attendance. Londoners showed
today that. given the opportunity, they
will support good sport, no matter what
the weather conditions are, although
every person who went to the Stadium
might have made the excuse that it was
too wet TO go anywhere.
The two great grandstands al each end
of the Stadium, the admission to which Is
fixed at a shilling. were completely filled
with a crowd similar to that which at
tends foot ball matches on half holidays
The covered stands, where the seats are
reserved also held much larger number
of persons than on any previous days
while the royal box, too, was occupied by
large party, including the queen, who
took a keen interest in the Danish atl-
letes; Princess Victoria and the Crown
Prince Of Sweden. who, by the way, has
been present every day since the opening,
and the children of the Prince of Wales,
who were interested followers of the
sports.
Rain Stops the Sport.
The weather. however, was re-
specter of persons. 1t was cloudy and
dull all morning. during the progress of
the archery and fencing contests. but to-
ward noon the sky cleared and it looked
as though the afternoon would be fine
Instead. it was one Of the worst days
experienced in the week. and there have
been bad ones. The rain came down in
torrents. with but few intervals. and the
officials repeatedly had to stop the sports
going on in the arena. The cyclists and
runners We're the only ones who ignored
the wetting they all received. even the
fancy divers being forced to call halt
in their contest for half an hour as the
judges were unable to do their work prop
erly
So far as the Americans were concern
ed, the day passed off without any I'M
pleasant incident, such as that connected
with the tug-ofwar yesterday, while the
Canadians had one Of their grievances
rect1hed, the officials of the Cyclists Union
at the last moment allowing Young, one
OF the Canadian riders, to start in the
1W-kilometers race. for which they de-
clared yesterday that ,he did not qualify.
1t was proved beyond dispute that his
decentralization was the result of a mis-
take by an official who placed the Ca
madam one lap behind where he belonged
Frances protest also, in the cycling
event was added to by another today.
Schilles protesting Jones. the winner of
the 5000 meters event Schilles claimed
foul, but the protest was not allowed.
England Adds Seven Victories.
In the matter of scoring the United
Kingdom completely outclassed the other
countries, her athletes adding seven wins
to their already good score These in
cluded the archery contest. the 320O-me-
ter steeplechase. the 2OO-meter breast
stroke swimming. the 5.CSO-meter cycling
the 1OO-kilometer cycling. the tug-of-war
and the five-mile fiat race
The only two other events decided-the
discus throwing. Greek style. and the
fancy diving-Went to America and Ger
many respectively, but America accom-
plfshed two things today of which her
supporters are extremely proud. In the
first place, Martin J. Sheridan of the
Irish-American Athletic Club, broke all
previous records with the discus. at this
style of throwing. making a distance Of
l2S feet inches while Nj. F. Horn Of the
same club was second. also with a rec
ord-breaking throw Of 100 feet 81 inches.
The other accomplishment of which all
the athletes are talking was the success
of ]. L.. Eisele of the New York Athletic
Club in getting third place in the 300
meter steeplechase.
Eisle's Plucky Running.
America never had any idea of scoring
IN this event, particularly since Elsie had
run three of the hardest races during the
week. He was the only American who
compared with the Englishmen in the
distance runs, and in each race he had
to fight against odds. being handicapped
on each occasion by having several Eng
lishmen pitted against him. Further he
had suffered greatly with an injured foot.
Just little more stamina and a little
luck and Elsie would have captured some
Of the distance events for America. AS 1t
was he ran a splendid and plucky race.
There were four of the United Kingdom
team-RuSSefl, Robertson, Holloway and
Sewell-in this event. in addition to Elsie
nd lhraith tia Ia named rQrresanf.