Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-16
3ICTORY FOR
AMERICANS
Yankees Carry Off the Hon
ors at the Olympic ami
at Stockholm.
KING PRESENTS MEDALS
Indian Thorpe Makes q
Fine Showing on the
Closing Day.
KING PRESENTS MEDALS

Stockholm, July 16.-PToud Ameyican
boys stepped up to King Gustav OF
Sweden at the close of the Olympic
games and received medals for their
splendid victories In the worlds ath-
letic festival just concluded.
Most richly endowed was James
Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian, who cap
tured both of the all around events,
adding Il brilliant victory In the death
Ion to the conquest in the pentathlon
earlier In the meet, for the victory In
the pentathlon earned the right to hold
until the next Olympic meet the chal-
lenge cup presented by the king of
Sweden, and by winning the decathlon
he is entitled to the custody of the
challenge cup presented by the en-
peror Of Russia.
For most Of the ten days that these
competitions have held the spectators
enthralled the United States has led
the rest Of the world combined, but a
r%ousin. finish by Sweden and scatter
Ing points gathered In by other coun-
tries brought the total scored by all
other countries up to "a when the cur
tain fell on the most successful set Of
Olympic games ince the festival was
revived in 1896. Against this the
United States rolled up So, or only a
majority Of o.. Besides the United
States only three nations earned a
score than ran into double figures.
Finland, mainly through the efforts Of
the great distance runner Kolehmai.
men,, finished second, with 20 points.
The Swedes landed In third place, with
"a, and Of this number the fnal rush
accounted for Is. Sweden's rush placed
Great Britain fourth, with ID, while
the other countries scored as follows:
Canada, 7; South Africa, s; Germany
and France, 4 each; Norway, 2; Hun
gary, /, and Italy, l.
In scoring these points 8 are given
for first place, 2 for second and l for
third. The tug of war, besides being
obsolete and likely to be dropped from
future Olynpics, does not allow Of a
third place being counted. 1t has not
been reckoned in the totals, but if in
Guided would give three more to Swe-
den and two to Great Britain.
ThorPe's Splendid Showing.
When the 1900 meter run ended the
trying decathlon, which consisted Of
ten events that put the strength, skill
and agility of the competitors to a Sc
were test, Thorpe had scored a total of
SAP points out Of a possible 10000.
This landed the Indian far ahead Of
IS nearest competitor, H. Weislander
Sweden, who had 7,724 points to his
~. Another Swede, Clemberg, was
etsird, with 7,412.
Previous to the victory that distin-
guished Thorpe as the greatest all
around athlete in the world, the United
States team had galioped away from
France and England in the 1900 meter
relay race. The men who wore the
stars and stripes successfully in this
event Wee NJ. w. Sheppard. Irish
American Athletic club; Edward Lind
berg. Chicago Athletic club; James
Meredith, Mercersburg academy, and
G. D. Reidpath, Syracuse university.
In the Nmaintng events in the dars
track and field program the United
States was shut out.
Royalty Greets Americans,
There was a great throng in the sta
dunn when the ceremonies of award
Ing the prizes bcgan.- In The royal box
with King Gustav were several mem
bers of the royal family, including the
crown prince, who has taken a ire
IeEdous interest in the games through
but. By virtue. Of their overwhelming
victory the Americans were first in line
as the athletes marched solemnly up
to the royal box. Ralph @. Craig, the
Detroit boy, was the first Of the Amer
leans to receive the medals which his
supreme speed had earned for him.
The king handed him two laurel
wreaths and two gold medals to com.
memorate bis victories In the 100 meter
and 0 meter races. Then the crown
prince presented the second prize in
the 100 to A. T. Meyer of the Irish
American Athletic club, while Donald
+. Lippincott, the third American in
the race, received his prize from Prince
Charles. This routine was followed
throughout. the king shaking the hand
of each victor as he came forward.
Every American athlete was cheered
almost as generously as the local favor
ties, and there was a great demonstra-
ton when h picturesque Indian, Jim
Thorps, was loaded down with two
challenge cups that were so large that
he had to get assistance before he
could remove them. The greatest dem
onstration Of all was reserved for K.
X. Macarthur, the South African DO
lceman. when he received the prize
given by the crown prince Of Greece
TO the winner Of the Marathon. None
Joined in the cheers with greater fer
vor than the Americans, including
Johnny Hayes. who had held the
trophy for four years following his vic
tory in London.