Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-18


The chief swimming event of the day
was the final in the 400 metres free style
which the Canadian, George Hodgson, won
with another worlds record to his credit
of Minutes "a 2-5 seconds The Brtlsher,
Hatfield, finished 2-5 seconds behind
him. with nardwick Of Australia. third.
AMERICANS FAR AHEAD.
The American runners easily won their
heat with the Germans In the 1,6O0-metre
relay race. They will meet the British and
French teams tomorrow In the final
Seven events have been concluded In the
Decathlon, in which there are several
American entries
The score in all the events as an
nounced tonight is as follows.
Unfted States. 1870; Sweden. 70; Eng
land. So; Germany, 81; Finland, 2s;
France, 81; South Africa. 16; Denmark,
10; Italy, 49, Canada, II; Norway, 10;
Australia, 9; Hungary, 8; Belgium, Z;
Greece, a; Russia, 8; Austria 3; Hol-
land, g
The Swedish Inequalities know no
bounds. Before the last performance
In the Stadium was finished to-day,
host of workmen were busy dragging
in tables and cartloa1s OF flowers ana
| other decorations in preparation Tor a
great open-air banquet to which all
| the athletes participating In the
games were invited. The tables ware
! laid for $500. The great banquet
was not the only activity of the even
| ing. There was n performance at the
! ROYAL opera, to which many Of the
most prominent of the foreigners
wore invited. a concert in the bigg est
J . ~ Oh conl-
cites and an official dinner for the Of
ncers who competed In the modern
| Pcntathlon.
TIME OF THE MARATHON.
| K X. McArthurs time in the mar
n thon was two hours Sc minutes.
C. w. Gitshaws time was two hours
~ minutes SO seconds. and Stroblnos.
two hours 80 minutes AZ 2-5 seconds.
! After the three marathon winners came:
| Andrew Sockalexis, Oldtown. Me-. fourth:
j. Duffy, Canada, fifth; Siggo Jacobsen,
! Sweden, SIXTH John ]. Gallagher. Yale
University, seventh, Joseph Erxleben.
Missouri A. c., St. Louis. eighth; Richard
T.. Piggott. North Dorchester A. A.. ninth:
Joseph Forshaw. Jr., Missouri A. c.. 10Th:
+. Fabre. Canada, 18th. Clarence H. De-
Mar, North Dorchester A. A. 12th Bo's-
siere. France. 18th; II. Green. England,
18th; Harry ]. Smith. New York city. un-
attached. 18th; w. II. Forsythe. Canada,
18th; Louis Tewanima. Carlisle Indian
school, nth; Thomas II. Lilley. North
Dorchester A. c., 18th.
In the military riding competition. which
took place yesterday, the judges have
placed the contestants as Follows. based
on team work: Germany. GO points; Great
Britain and Sweden. each 1885; United
States, 1852: France. 5S.23; Belgium. 1854;
Denmark. &.69
The features yesterday were two
fine races both of which went to the
United States. the 400-metre and the
3,000-metre team race.
The 4OO-metre. which the Judges
; wisely decided to run in lanes in the
final. was n struggle between the Ger
l man Braun and the four American
competitors. James +. Meredith. Mer-
, cersburg Academy; Charles d. Reid
path, Syracuse University: Harold b
Q Half. University of Michigan. and Ed
| ward F.. I.indberg, Chicago Athletic as
ISOLATION.
REIDPATH OUTRUNS BRAUN.
BY the judges arrangement the sec
man with the inside position and 30
on. Meredith drew the inside position
Braun was next. Reidpath of Syracuse
University third. Half fourth. while
Lindberg had the outside position.
Rounding the first turn Reidpatl
and Braun began to overtake Mere
dith. and they were even with hin
when the race was half finished. A
IA UT
u Braun and Reidpath close behind
Fifty yards from the finish Braun wa
in front. with Lindberg and Reidpatl
: just behind him. The German, how
d ever, could not stand the pace. an,
t Reidpath was in front 10 yards be
d fore he reached the tape. where h
II finished quite fresh. Braun. who RAJ
9 second. closely followed by Lindbere
:. Immediately shook hands with tn
n winner, and the other American run
a ners shook hands with him.
h WIN oo-METRE TEAM RACE.
l. The Americans have had few ur
: pleasant surprises in the past two day
II but they encountered pleasant one b
: wrestling the 1900 metre team race frol
u the Swedes and Britishers. Most of II
b Americans who composed the team. 81
milers rather than two-milers, and It wa
d" expected the British would run ava
'e with this event. But the union jack WI
o. never dangerous, while Sweden ran clos
~ to America for first place.
ii" The first man to cross the finish liz
was Tel S. Berna OF Cornell Universit
Ohlsoon, Sweden, was second, and No
- man s. Taber, Brown University. thir
The other positions were officially al
nounced as follows: Wide, fourth: Boz
- hag. fifth; Cottrill. Fock Hutson. Pc
ter lander. and Friberg. The others we
not placed.
10 The discus throwing fright and left haI
le aggregated) was won by A. r. Taipa
ed who thus brought three more points
ne Finlands total. which has surprised &
m here by its volume, Another Finn al
in a Swede took the other points.
Five points more were scored for I
IS United States In the standing high jun
nd which was won by Plat Adams. Ne
of York Athletic club His brother. Benz
re min w. Adams, New York Athletic clu
H. was second. Greece also made a point
elk this event, c. Tsiclitiras being third.
he The bar was placed at 100 meters
zen feet inches at the start and was rails
,ry hve centimeters at time. r. l.. Byl
in Adrian College. Leo Goehring. Moha'
Athletic club, and r. Moller. Swedt
,o+ failed at 1.55 meters.
Ito Platt Adams took the event with
,Io jump of lG3 meters, % feet 4 inche
cb with his brother second with a jump
,al L6o meters, and the Greek, Tsiclitr'