Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
THREE MEN EXCEED
HIGH JUMP MARK
A. w. Richards Wins Final
at 6 Feet, 4 Inches; Amer
leans Take All Three
Places in 100 Meter Event

Olympic games today the Yankee
quartet in the 4Q0-meter relay race
was disqualified because F. V. Belote
Of the Chicago A. A.. in passing Gle
ment P. Wilson Of Coe college in the
second relay of the semi-finals,
"changed the stick" out of bounds.
The disappointment was the greater
because Cook of Cleveland beat h. w.
Applegate, the last runner OF the
British team, by ten feet at the finish
and because the time-42 1-5 seconds,
best of the meeting for the event,
showed that the United States stood
q great chance to win the race IN the
finals. AS it is Great Britain will take
the Americans place.
Westerners cheered Justify when
Richards of Brigham Young university
took first place and HORNE Of Leland
Stanford took third place in the run
ming high Jump. Richards mark was
1913 centimeters.
There is considerable feeling by the
German team over the fiasco OF last
night in the 100 meters swim, free
style Bretting took the heat last night
in the semi-finals, 80 the Germans
considered it was their victory and
were not pleased when it was an
nounced today that the sem1-flnais
would be run over with the American
participating. They think the manager
Of the American was careless In fall
ing to have his men ready and that his
protest was not justified
The United States, Germany and
Australia, whose men are engaged In
the contest, are to decide on the date.
The American jurymen decline to
say whether the vote on running the
event was unanimous.
Two Records Fall.
In the final running high jump
Altman w. Richards of America, with
his lump OF 1913 centimeters "a little
over 6 feet 4 fnches) beat the Olympic
record of feet inches made by
Porter, American, at London in 1908.
Liesche, Germany, and George l..
HORNE Leland Stanford university, by
jumping 191 centimeters, also beat the
record
A worlds record was created by J.
q. Meredith OF the Mercersburg aca-
DENY in the final Of the 800 meters
flat race. His time of minute 81 $40
seconds beats that made by Melvin w.
Sheppard at London in 1908, minute
81 seconds. Sheppard and Davenport,
by covering the distance in l minute
81 seconds, both also beat the stand
ing record.
Summaries:
10000 meter walk, first heat-Geo.
Goulding, Ontario, Can, first; j. Webb,
England. second; A. Rasmussen, Den
mark, third; F. Altimani, Italy. fourth;
W. J. Palmer, England, fifth. Time,
minutes, IA 5-10 seconds.
Relay race, 400 meters, trial heats
Canada, 4G 1-5 seconds, (walkover)
(Unopposed)
United States, 43 ITO seconds (walk-
over) (Unopposed.)
Great Britain, As seconds (walk.
over) (Unopposed.)
Sweden, 43 seconds (walkover)
(Unopposed)
Germany beat Austria. 43 3-5 sec.
onds.
Hungary beat France, 43 ITO Sec
onds.
Standing broad jump-C. Tsiolitaras,
Greece, first, 3 meters 81 centimeters;
Plata Adams, New York A. c., second,
meters SO centimeters; BENJAMIN w.
Adams. New York A. c., third, met
ers 20 centimeters.
In the 400 meter relay race the
United States team was disqualified
for overrunning after beating Great
Britain in the time of AZ Is.
Four Hundred Relay.
The American runners In the 400
meter relay were Ira Courtney Seat
tie A. c.; F. " Neelote, Chicago A. A.;
Clement P Wilson, Coe. college and
Carl G. Cooke, Cleveland A. c.
Sweden beat Hungary; time 421s
seconds.
Germany beat Canada, time AZ $40
seconds.
10000 Meters Feat Final.
10000 meters fat race, final: Kole-
mainen, Finland first; Louis Tewanim
Carlisle Indian school, second; A.
stenroos, Finland, third; Joseph Keeh-
er, Manitoba, fourth; A. Orlando,
Italy, fifth. Time 1920
Running High Jump.
Running high jump at 1s9 centimet-
ers Liesche, Germany and Geo. L.
HORNE, Leland Stanford university,
cleared the bar at the second attempt
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