The Calumet news., 1912-07-08
IMPORTANT EVENTS ARE HELD
Today the Americans Take 300
Metres and High Jump
TWO RECORDS ARE SMASHED
Meridith and Richards Establishes
New Mark on Track and
Field.


Stockholm, Sweden July S.--After
starring Saturday in the Olympic
games. the American athletes contin-
ued their triumphant participation in
the big worlds meet by winning two
notable victories Yesterday. r. c. Craig
of the Detroit Young Mems Christian
association won the finals of the lOe
metre dash. while James Thorpe Of the
Carlisle Indian school won The pen
tsthon. series OF five events.
The stars and stripes achieved
triumph today never before witnessed
on an international athletic field.
Three fagstaffs are erected in the sta
dium. where the colors of the dineren.
nations scoring frst, second and ihhd
in the final contests of each event are
hoisted.
When the l00-metre sprint. the
event most honored on athletic fields
anywhere. had been finished. the Am
erican flag went up on the first staff,
on the second and on the third. craig,
a. r. Never of the Irish American
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the University of Pennsylvania finish
ed I'm the order named. Craig's timc---
ten and four 6fths seconds-cquallcd
the Olympic record. made in 1900 by
Jarvis of the United States and In 1905
by Walker of South Africa.
Only one other number on the pro-
gram was concluded TODAY. That was
t.tl gtsr .n..Itt Ion ~
first and third stafs hoated American
flags and the second carried Norway's
flag The Indian. Thorpe. Nv his vic
tory. won his position as the legitimate
successor of Martin J. Sheridan as an
nll-around athlete.
Today's Games.
After n hard days work yesterday.
the opening of the games today was
comparatively tame.
The standing broad jump, IN which
Platt Adams and Benjamin Adams.
both of New York, captured second
and third places gave occasion for the
raising Of two American flags on the
stats at the end OF the stadium Both
Of these men will be awarded gold
medals which are offered all jumpers
doing over three meters. ten cent?
metres. Tsiclitiras. of Greece was the
first i'm this event three metres. 81
centimeters Plat Adams jump was
three metres. 90 centimctres.
In the first heat Of the ten thousand
metres walking race. 'Goulding of on
tario. and Webb. VI England. led from
a Ls.I,. ro,tsfx f,f
New York. were entirely out -classed
Gouldlng's time was q minutes, 14ls
seconds
In the semi finals In the 400 metres
relay race America defeated Great
Britain but was disqualified for over
running Time. ~ ID seconds.
In the trial heats OF this race the
majority Of the teams scratched. con
sequently tho United States. Canada.
Great Britain and Sweden had walk
overs owing to the absence of oppo-
nents. The American runners were
Courtney Of Seattle; Beotte, of Chica-
go: Wilson. Of Coe college. Iowa; and
Cooke. OF Cleveland.
Performances by Norwegian and
Finnish 'vomen gymnasts who carried
out evolutions on the field. swung on
ropes and jumped bars. made pretty
pictures. and wrestling also furnished
some interest to the ten thousand
spectators
The weather was hot and conse-
auently favorable to the Americans.
Tho semi finals In the 100 metres swim
will be contested lgain with the Unit
ed states participating. The American
delegation protested Yesterdays race
ON the ground that the absence OF tho
american swimmer was due TO mis-
understanding. The Olympic commit
tee decided the heats will he swum
probably at the end of the meeting.
Two New Records Made.
In the 500 metres Nat race. final
Meridith. Of Mercersburg academy was
first; time 1 minute 81 $40 seconds. a
new worlds record. Melvin Sheppard
of New York. was second: and Daven-
port OF Chicago. third Sheppard and
Davenport covered the distarce In I
minute, 81 seconds. which also beats
the record made by Sheppard In Lon
don in 1908 by IS second.
10000 metres fiat. final. Kolehm ai-
men Of Finland. won: Tewanima, of
the Carlisle Indian school. was Sec
ond; time 81 minutes 30 seconds.
Running high jump. final. RichsrGs.
OF America, won, 1913 centimetres
Ten thousand metres walk, second