The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
NEW RULES AND
LIST OF EVENTS.
All Coming olympic Games viii Have
Uniform List Of Events and
Rules to Govern
Contests.
SULLIVAN AND M'CABE
All But One Man Who Qualified In the
40 Yard Hurdles Are AmerI.
cans and They Are Conf
dent They VIII Win.

| 1919 ivy WI WI
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
i STOCKHOLM, July 12.-With a
/ grand total OF Lightweight points won
In all sporting contests and with fifty
points won In the track and field
events alone, the American contest-
ants in the Olympic games were conf.
dent when the contests were resumed
today Of adding materially to their
/ totals.
The official list OF point winners,
every event OF any nature considered,
as posted when the competitions were
resumed today was as follows:
/ United States, So; Sweden, 81;
Great Britain, 81; Germany. %; Fin
land, 30; France, 19; Africa, II; Den
mark. II; Norway, 10; Italy. 9; Can
Eada. s; Hungary. 6; Australia, 4 Rus
STA, 8; Greece, 3; Austria, 8; Belgium,
j3; Holland, 2.
In the track and field events exclus-
lively. the standing was:
United States, so; Finland, IS:
fGreat Britain, 10; Sweden. s; Greece,
.iS; Canada, 5; Germany, 2; Norway.
2; Frence, q; Hungary. /; Italy. 1.
j While the preliminary events were
being contested, however, the Amert-
leans who have the sport at heart,
/ were chiefly concerned in the sug-
i gested code Of rules and uniform list
of events to be drawn up for all com
/ ing Olympic games. Delegates repre-
4 senting every nation conferred today
4 on the subject. It was agreed that
the present rules are defective in
many respects and it was expected
that tentative rules would be agreed
on before the meeting finally ends
here, and will later be submitted for
approval to all Of the countries par
ticipating in the Olympic contests.
I, America was represented at today's
conference by J. j. Sullivan and J. B.
Il McCabe of Boston The general COM
1 plant has been made that under pres
ent rules some countries are in a
position to save" their best men in
the early events while countries
which have only very few high
class men are forceu 10 make them
show their best in everything from
the preliminary events on. In addi-
ton there is general complaint at the
lack of penalties provided in the rules
for false starting and other things
which have seriously interferred
with some of the events contested
here.
Great interest attached to the finals
of the 10 meter hurdles today, be-
cause of the fact that only one man
qualified who was not an American.
a He was K. Powell of England, but a
i flyer over the sticks and one to be
, reckoned with. His opponents in the
/ race were Martin w. Hawkins, Port.
land; John P. Nicholson, University
y of Missouri; James Wendell, New
5. York Athletic Club; Fred w. Kelly,
Seattle Athletic Association, and John
R. Case, of the University of Illinois.
/ In addition Americans were great
ly interested today in the discus
throwing, where Jim Duncan was ex-
pected to shine; In the broad jump
the heats of the 400 meter run, and
the heats of the 5000 meter team
Just as the American team was leav-
ing the Finland today they were Civ
en- an opportunity to cheer gallant
rescue of an apparently drowning sea-
man by Baron Felix Freidheim. The
baron was on the upper deck chatting
with some American friends when he
saw that one Of the Finland's crew.
who had been working cleaning life
boat, had fallen overheard and could
: not swim. Without stopping even to
remove his hat, the baron dove over
board and held the sailor up until a
lifeboat could be lowered.
The result Of the finals In the discue
thrcx, which was considered easy for
Jim Duncan, was en- upset in form
The winner turned Hp in Taipale. the
big Finlander, who has been showing
/, well in all of the strength contests
= r. L. Byrd, Of Adrian College, was
, second, and Duncan third. The win.
4 ner's distance was 14s feet, a new
: Olympic record. Ralph Rose and
! Babe" Mcdonald, who were expected
to show well, finished far down on
the list.
Il Big Ralph Rose was decidedly cha
grined over his poor showing and
when one of the visitors wanted tc
0 know the reason he said:
ut is hard to tell unless the ground
met the discus too soon"
The 400 meter flat heats were