The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-11
Lead Rivals In Prelimiuaries and
Event.Is Conceded to u. s.
Contestants.
ONE RECORD FOR ENGLAND.
A. N. S. Jackson Went 1900 Meter
Race in 1856 IS, Beating Per-
Torrance of Sheppard.

Stockholm, July 1O-New Olympic
records in the shot put were made
/ Wednesday by two Americans, P. J.
Mcdonald of the sh-American A. A.
and Ralph Rose, the giant Californ-
ian, who finished first and second.
respectively, in this event. McDon-
aid put the shot SO feet inches and
Rose slightly exceeded so feet. L.
A. Whitney, another American, took
third place. The old record, made
by Ralph Rose in 1904, was 4s feet
Il inches. Whitney is from Boston
and was on the supplemental list.
The Americans also scored heavily
in the 200-meter fat run prelimin-
aries and did almost as we'll in the
semi-finals. This event is conceded
to the United States contestants.
In the 1900 meter and 5000 meter
events the European runners OBJ
tanned revenge for some of the de-
feats they have suffered at the hands
of their transatlantic rivals, and
Finn captured the finals in both
these events.
| Inc stadium began to fill at a very
early hour, among the spectators be-
ing large number of American and
British visitors who had come to
watch the running of the trial heats
in the 200-meters fat race. In this
event many of the finest sprinters in
the world, belonging to both the
United States and Great Britain. took
part.
The weight putting was completed
early, and AS result the American
team added another six to it's total
OF points, as P. ]. Mcdonald, Ralph
Rose and L. A. Whitney shared first.
second and third places between
them.
One Record for England.
In the 1,500-meters fat race, A. N.
5. Jackson Of England, the winner,
beat the Olympic record easily. His
time for the distance, 3 minutes Sc
40 seconds, is 6 3-5 seconds better
than the record established by Mel
vim w. Sheppard at the Olympic
games in London in 1908. which is
minutes 8 2-5 seconds. Abel R.
keviat and Norman S. Taber of
brown university were second and
third, respectively.
In the final of the 5,OOO-meter
race, miles 1S9 yards, H. Koleh-
ma1nen, the sensational Finnish run
ner, was first, with J. Bouin of
France, second, and E. W. Hutson of
england, third. The time was Ia
minutes SO 3-5 seconds.
200-Meter Preliminaries.
200-meter fat race-(21s yards 2
feet 6 inches)-
First heat Charles D. Reidpath
Syracuse university, first; G.. J. B.
Rolot, France, second. Time. % as
seconds
Detroit Man Wins.
Second heat-Ralph C. Craig, De-
troit Y. M. G. A., first; R. G. Rice,
England, second. Time, % 4-5 Sec
onds.
Third heat-Ira Courtney, Seattle
Athletic clue, first; O. Macmillan
England, second Time, % 40 Sec
onds.
Fourth heat.C. Luther Sweden
first; J. Grijsce1s, Jr., Holland, Sec
ond. Time % 3-5 seconds.
Fifth heat-W. R. Applegrath,
England, first; Harold W. Holland.
Xavier Athletic association, New
York, second. Time, "a 40 Sec
|onds
Sixth heat-R. Rau, Germany.
first; "A. E. D. Anderson, England,
second. Time, "a 4-10 seconds.
Seventh heat-Car1 C. Cooke,
Cleveland Athletic club, first; R.
Povey, South Africa, second. Time,
% 1-5 seconds.
Canadian Is First.
Eighth Heat. A. Howard, Can
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