The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15


A. A.
fs-Hoissiere, France.
f4-H. Green. England.
ts-harry Smith, New York CITY
tS-W. Il. Forsyths, Canada.
f7--louis Tewaninns. Carlisle iao'an
School.
chester A. C.
2o-F. Kiviaton, Australia.
2t-F. Lord, England.
Az. Westberg, Sweden.
"a. c. S,monsen, Norway
&C. Anderson, Sweden.
os-H Q. lakeilaeopoulos, Greece.
26-H. j. HahIbers, Sweden
27--i. Lundhsre, Sweden.
STOCKHOLM. July l4.-Ihe mar
thon-oIassic OF the olympic games
uas won by X. X Macarthur, OF south
Africa. today, with g. w. atsha"'
also representing South Africa sec
ond The winners time was |.sb i"'
the course OF about twenty hVNe m'ies'
castor Strobino, OF South Patterson
Y T. an unheraided runner. WHO
scarcely figured TO finish In the efe",
race. upheld the honor OF the tH''eu
state by taking third place AFTER one
~ the most remarkable sprints VII
ntSSSR NAI NIX wv
vas . as and ~ seconds, IA little .aort
than two minutes behind the winner
Although they lost the event, win
the exception OF one point. team non
nrs for the marathon undoubtedly ~
tone "a the United States. There were
ten Americans among the twehtY~seSsi
runners to cross the anish line
grain Of consolation over tcaay
u,ork il derived from the fact that
The nGH
+hrou with a loss OF / so feet ipc'sts'
.rd G c. Childs won third ia that
event. Mc65rath throw vas Almost II
feet beyond the previous Olympic re-
cord -.
In the big race the two sodta AM
cans had a battle royal At the nan
way post they were running nrst a'lH
third. respectively with sslisass'sp'
Tho Finn, In second place, When,
Few miles from the finish the latter
aronnea out, the struggle between the
tvo teammates began. Al the l'Hlsh
Macarthur dropped exhausted. 2ut coon
revived
Strobiro, American Hero.
Tina famous event was run dnder
IDEAL conditions. and every American
Who left here expecting 10 enter "As
away with the starting gun. II was
after the halfway post was passed.
happened 10 be in the race because
friends AT home had sufiicien. saith
in hts prowess 10 make UP purse ara
nav mis- expenses to Stockholm, nSoe
his great squirt, At that time ne was
IN ninth place with some OF the Tore
most runners in the world ahead re
kent on doggedly, increasing hts pat"
and gradually overlook one AFTER an
ether OF hts opponents finally HASH
south Africans. lie is a nero tonisht
in the American camp.
Resides the events mentioned the
American team won Its heat ~ tue
4 900 meter relay race. and James
Thorpe. the Carlisle indian. won t2e
high lump In the Decathlon. with D
feet IL inch,
Seventy athletes the pick OF the CIV
rizad world. were lined up at the
zane IN seven rows OF ten each. when
the pfstol cra~pd for the start. Amer
Ia was represented by twelve fun-
ners. They started at different PAGES
and over one hundred and nifty aaFus
separated the first and last runners
as they passed out of the enclosure AS
they last disappeared from sight SIG n
Of relief passed over the throng--the
greatest event in the greatest oi} M
piad ever known was on.
sv~edes Have Lead.
The runners were led out ot me
tnclosnre by the Swedish team, ana
they set terrific pace until they
.skiiied" themselves. Five Swedes
we're first cut af the stadium yet AFTER
the first six miles OF heart orea@tus
running there was not representative
Of the hostess country with the lead
ers.
Tha giant Finn, KolehmaInen, was
opti ia
the RAJ CO with A. Ahigen, of New York.
a close second, Macarthur came aionx
fourth. taking It easy over the hlity'
rough country. yet always managing
10 remain within a striking distance
OF the leaders.
At the halfway mark no notice had
been taken OF Strobino. He was not
even considered. as the checkers found
him behind the fifteenth man.
little over nine miles from the
finish he began to show. He had pulled
from sixteenth up to ninth place, ana
was running so easily and with such
apparent good wind that the ofhciais
began to notice him. Doggedly he
sprinted ahead of man after man, un-
III three miles from home. he had
fourth place. Then the big Finn
dropped out. With none but the South
Africans ahead. the New Jersey boy
Strobino's Great Work.
There Is little doubt, judging from
appearances, that had Strobino begun
his sprint little sooner he would
have at least finished second and
possibly first He let the South Afri-
cans get too big a lead before start
ing
While the latter was closing the
gap between himself and the flying
leaders. a battle royal was on be-
tween the South Africans as to who
would be first. Three miles from the
tape Gitshaw was leading. Macarthur
swung into use every ounce of re-
serve stength at his command, sprint
ed to the fore. He went so far ahead
that. though so exhausted he could
scarcely stand as he crossed the finish
line. his countryman could not over
take him.
The young American runner finish
cd strong Coming Tito View of the
tens o. thousands who lined the
course just after the cheering of the
second man in the event had died
away. he sprinted TO the tape. while
the Americans in the audience went
wild with Joy.
his native land who could rushed to
his side. Many half expected to see
him toppIe overswith exhaustion after I
his terrific grind. but he did not. Az
ter shaking hands with the crowd
around him. ne modestiy departed for