Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-07-10
UNCLE SANS BOYS
LEAD THEM ALL
American Athletes Are Five Points
Ahead in 0lympian Games in
Stockholm Arena.
SWEDEN IS A CLOSE SECOND
Chicago Man Wins in the l00.Meter
Swimming Race.
EASILY TAKES THE FIRST HEAT
Bonhag Has Things His Own Way in
Long-D Distance Run.
PERSON FINISHES LAP BEHIND
Javeiin Throw, Only Event Con'
cluded Tuesday, Goes to Finland
SWEDEN IS A CLOSE SECOND
Chicago Man Wins in the 100 Meter
Swimming Race.
EASILY TAKES THE FIRST HEAT
Bonhag Has Things His Own Way in
Long. Distance Run.
PERSON FINISHES LAP BEHIND
Javelin Throw, Only Event Com
cluded Tuesday, Goes to Finland
Americans Win Heats in
the 1,500-Meter Race.

STOCKHOLM, July s.-The United
States led by five points In all the events
contested at the Olympic games, includ-
| ing swimming. athletics shooting and all
other kinds of sport up to this mornings
according to the list compiled by the
officials here. The score reads:
United States, So; sweden, 81; Great
Britain, s.: France. II; South Africa, III
Germany, IL; Denmark. 10; Finland. 81
Norway. Z; Italy, 8. Hungary, 1; Russiai
s; Austria. 8; Greece .; Holland. /;
Australia, /.
The United States cannot increase it'd
Head today, because the only events COM
cluded were the javelin throwing, In
which all three places were won by the
Finnish team, and the relay race, In
which the American team was disQualil
fled in the preliminary.
Harry ], Hebner. carrying the colors
of Chicago athletic club, won the first
heat insthe 100 meters swim.
| England's four speedy dash men cap.
tured the 40O-meter relay race. In the
semi-finals of which they were beaten
yesterday by the American runners. who
| were later disqualified. Sweden was Sec
and and the German team was disquali-
fled.
Finland made ISLAM in the javelin
throw with either hand, taking all thres
places.
United states to Front.
George V. Bonhag OF the Irish-Amerl-
can Athletic club gave fine exhibition
In the first heat of the 5,0OO-meter race.
! Louis Scott of the South Patterson
Young Mems Christian association took
the second heat by hard work. Garnet
NJ. Wockoff, University of Ohio, was the
only representative of the United States
! In the third heat, and he was unable to
finish.
| Bonhag ran the first heat of the 5000
meter flat race In his own way. Ho
easily led the field throughout except
! for brief moment in the middle of the
| race, when G. N Hull, the Australian,
went ahead during the last mile.
The result Of the second heat virtually
Z, duplicated that Of the first, The repre-
sentatives svf the eIsniteds States made the
pace for two-fhirds OF the race. the two
English runners, L, w. Hutson and c. H.
I RuffeIl, following close on the heels of
L5uis Scott, South Paterson, Young Mems
| Christian association, and Edward p.
FITZGERALD, New York Athletic club; Jo-
eep Keeper, the Canadian, and the two
! Swedes, b. Modig and M. Person, were
! only short distance away.
\ "A, In. tl.a irHl
mile, when Ruffell took the lead for a
few yards and then dropped by the way
4 Fitzgerald came up to the front, but soon
| fell back, and Scott reached the tape
4 with an easy lead of four yards from
Keeper, who was two feet ahead OF Put
SON. Person finished lap behind. but
his compatriot, Modig, withdrew durih
the first mile.
l,50o meters flat race, first heat: Mel
vim w. Sheppard, !. A. A. G., first; L. Ca
Madeira, !. l. l., University Of PennsyL
vania, second; A. Hare, Great Britain,
third. Time: 4:27S. u
1900 meters, flat race, second heat: Nor
man s. Taper. Brown university. first;
P. ]. Baker, Great Britain, second; G..
AmDefRer, GeTInaHy. tnifu' Aiiiio. s'soIAs
Third heat: Abel r. Kiviat, /. A. A. C.,
first; II. A. Arnud. France second; N.
H. Patterson, Chicago Athletic association.
third Time; 4:042s
Fourth heat: A. N. s. Jackson. Great
Britain, first; John Paul Jones. Cornell,
second; Lewis R. Anderson, University
of Nebraska, third. Time: An 7-1O.
Fifth heat. j. zanders, Sweden, first;
e. Bjorn, Sweden, second; Herbert N.
Putnam, Cornell university third. Time:
1861.
Sixth heat: f. Won Sigel, Germany.
first Oscar F. Hedlund, Boston Athletic
association second; w. C. Moore. Eng
land, third Time: 400 $40.
Seventh heat: E. Wide, Sweden. firstj
Walter Mcclure, Olympic Athletic asso-
ciation, San Francisco, second; w. COT
trill, Great Britain, third. Time: 406
5000 meters, flat race, first heat: George
V. Bonhag, !. A. A. c., first; A. Deco
Iteau, Canada, second; F. N. Hibbins. Eng
land. third. Time: 15:22ss.
Second heat: Louis Scott. South Pat
erson Young Mems, Christian association.
first Joseph Keeper. Manitoba, second;
| L. w. Hutson, England. third. Time:
15;2311a.
Third heat: M. Karlsson Sweden, first;
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