The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
YANKEE ATHLETES
 IN LONDON MEET

London. July 1.-The best athletes in the United Kingdom, strong deleeations from Canada and Australia and a fau Americans and continentals comneted ,,, the Amateur Athletic association cham Weather conditions were excellent and a great crowd witnessed the games, but the results were disappointing.
 The American representatives included F. L. Ramsdell of the University of Penn sylvania; Harry Gissing of the New York Athletic club, J. R. Fitzpatrick of Yale, and J. J. Daly of the Irish American Athletic club.
 RamsdeH won the 100 and 220-yard dashes, both in slow time. Gissing won his heat in the half mile run, but got no place in the final. -,
 Halbhaus of Canada won the quarter mile dash and was second in the 220-yard event. Tait finished second in the mile and Lukeman won his heat in the 100 yards and was second in the long jump. Both the latter are from Canada.
 Several Oxford and Cambridge men who will meet the HarvardYale team July Il competed today. chiefly for practice. They were not trained to the mark, how ever.
 G. E. Putnam of Ottawa, Kan, a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, won the ham, mer throw at 147 feet 7la inches. A. E. Flaxman, the present British champion, only succeeded in making a throw of 125 feet 1 inch.
 The only great enthusiasm of the day was shown when it was announced that the German, R. Pasemann had made a worlds record in the pole vault. The judges later discovered that they had overmeasured the height nearly foot.
 o. F. Snedigar of the Olympic club, San Francisco, hurled the shaft a distance of 1s5.A feet, breaking the American record. The previous mark, made by Brodd, Irish American, last year at New Orleans, was 163 feet inch.
 As in the junior contests yesterday the hve-mile run was to the fore today in- terest At the crack of the pistol c. V. Bonhag, Irish-American, took tee lead and held it until the end. Bonhag, Yho formerly had the championship in this event. had the satisfaction Of badly beat ing w. J. Kramer of the Long Island Athletic club. who last year took away his laurels Close to the fourth mile Kramer dropped out. Bonhag won easily in 25:5o 2-5 with Iaruna second and Fitz- gerald third.
 In the pole vault three men, R. T. Cooke, Jr, Cleveland A. G.; R. Coyie, University of Chicago, and s. Bellah, Olympic club, San Francisco, cleared the mark at 12 feet, inches. The bar was then raised to IS feet and the men tried for a. new American record. Time after time they failed at this height, and when the bar was dropped to 12 feet, il inches, they again were unable to clear it. The men then tried for position. They tied with 12 feet, inches, and could not break 1t. Finally the matter was decided by draw, Cooke, first; Coyle, second; Bellah, third.
 A peculiar incident occurred in the run ming high jump. H. Grumpell, New York A. C., was first with six feet, three inches; Harry F. Porter, Irish-American A. C., second, six feet one inch, and H. J. Bur dick, Pittsburg A. A, third with six feet, three inches. Grumpell and Porter had tied for first place with six feet, three inches. In the jump off Grunpell again made this height, but the best Porter could do was six feet, ono inch. putting him in second place. Now came situ- ation which was unusual Four men had tied with six feet, one inch, and to decide third position jumped again. At this june ture Burdick of Pittsburg cleared the bar at six feet, three inches, equalling the first man and beating the second, but going into third place under the rules. It was confusing but correct, according to the officials. ---=---a-----