Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-10
Firms Great Showing.

eNeuS ueClueu III the OlyulplC COnIeSt
the Americans failed to odd to thei
score. The Firms carried off all tn,
places In the javelin throw. England
scored Its first victory in the 400 meteI
relay. The United States was dis
qualified in the seminal and Germany
in the final of this relay.
Sweden took second to England II
the relay, the disqualification leaving
no team for third place. This of day
allowed the other nations combined tc
creep ahead of the United States II
points scored, America having twenty
twenty-eight.
Little Finland is firmly planted In
second place with twelve points and
next to the wholesale victories Of the
United States the performances Of the
athletes OF the Russian dependency /.
the wonder Of the experts on interna.
tional athletics.
Although shut out Of the finals tbs
Americans gave promise OF moro fruit
full occasions By qualifying men In the
1900 meters In the sans lavish man
ner that they did In the 100 and SOC
meters.
They were: Oscar r. Hedlund, Bos.
ton Athletic association, Walter Nc
Clure, San Francisco; M. W. shep.
pard, Irish American Athletic club;
Norman g. Taber, Brown university;
A. r. Kiviat, Irish American Athletic
club; John Paul Jones, Cornell, and
Louis G. Madeira, University Of Penn
sylvania.
Bonhag and SCOTT Win.
In the 5000 meter trials the United
States qualified only two men, many
Of their good distance runners being
used up by competing In the 10000
meters, which vas finished. George
Bonhag Of the Irish American Athletic
club, the hero of many Olympics, was
n of the men who competed success
fully. The American distance king
won the first heat, which opened the
days program, and his young rival,
Louis Scott Of the South Paterson
Athletic club, followed his example by
winning the second. Tolberna, the
Cornell crack who won the race at this
distance at the American tTyouts in
Boston, proved a disappointment. He
met the great Finnish runner Koleh-
f1ainen. In his heat, and the Finn set
such a fast pace that the CornelliaA
had not his usual finishing squirt left.
The best he could do was to finish
bird to Kolehmainen and Nordstrom
If Sweden.
When Bonhag came out for the open
ng heat OF the 5000 meters he was
with a round Of cheers. The
showed the good effects of the
'est Of the voyage over, and his face
lad lost the drawn look that caused
ais friends so much anxiety before he
eft the United States. Striding along
like =. well oiled machine, the Irish
runner easily led the field,
and for awhile It looked as though he
would have the same kind Of bloodless
victory that was his wont when break
Ing records in America. About half
way through the race @. N. Hill, the
Australian, spurted and passed him,
but he only led on sufferance, and Bon
bag soon assumed the lead again. On
entering the last lap Bonhag had a safe
lead Of fifteen yards on A. Decoteau,
the Canadian runner. About the same
distance back of Decoteau was F. R.
Bibbins of England, while the two
other starters were hopelessly out OF
the race. With victory assured the
New York mar let up, and Decoteau
took advantage of this to cut down the
lead. The Canadian came strongly
through the stretch and flushed only
seven yards behind Bonhag.
Scott Has Stir Fight.
In the second heat Louis Scott had 10
contend with Il. w. Hutson, the win
ner of the English tryout at this dis
lance. Il. G. Fitzgerald of the spw
York Athletic club was another starter,
while the English tryout winYN xas
backed up by his countryman. = II.
Rufell. For the first two m2A> W.
Americans We're allowed to ,pes4 ~
pace without any serious aAstINj .
the part Of the other contenders ~ n
prtve them Of the lead. FttzFksNd
and Scott took turns IN the van, >nh
the Englishmen always within Ut.
distance. Joseph Keeper, the Cana
dian, and B. Modig and NJ. Person, the
Swede, were a little farther back, and
1t vas anybody's race when the last
mile began. Rufell was the first mar
to make a move to displace the Ameri-
cans, and he rushed into the lead
shortly after the Anal mile began. 1t
was his dying effort, however. and in a
few moments be gave way to FItxger-
aid. The New Yorker could o hold
the pace. and when the other runners
looked In Scott moved into the lead.
He had to keep going. for Keeper and
Hutson were having a lively battle
for the place that brought them
nearer and neare tho Paterson boy a.
they sprinted through the last lap.
Scott always had the speed Of bis
opponents and won by four yards,
while Keeper beat the E~nslishman to
the tape by two yards. The time was
Is minutes 283k seconds, about Q sec.
snd slower than BonhaS made.
GHlGAc0 STRFFT Gar