El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

Arthur after the race. am am iouN
to win for Africa and for myselIf 5,.,,-
Macarthur is anything but a nay e.
Dorando-Tewanini type OF ruH ln}I "a
is 29 years old, six feet tan, anu
weighs IA pounds. HIS career SUI
fered from bad luck. he went -
Greece for marathon WnicH "aS -.
poned on account Of pollllCal u Ou -
and afterward went 10 En5 ie.Lo "a
take part in one which was postponIlS5u
on account of the death of king Ed
ward. all
The American contestants hardly
came up to expectations OF hdyeS' "IO
has had them under his care ne a.
tributes this largely to the neat. IHosC
of the American maratnohs nay 80 llf
run in winter or spring anu uleiny -
the men were compelled to SLOW up at
times to take refreshments
other Results Sunday.
During the running of the marathon
other events were being hS4u III - ~
stadium. VI. J. NcGratn' NeW 5,4
City. unattached, won the final neat
in the hammer throw, with % IIlGteIS .
81 centimeters C179 feet l-IO lncheSl'
which beat the former olympic rec
ord made by the American Jonh Idn-
igan at the London Olympic, Dy more
than nine feet, but was about the same
distance short of the world record
held by AicGrath. The Canaolan' y;
GILES. was second with a throw OF l9S
feet ITO inches, while Jne amer =
can. c. c. Childs, was third Win 100
feet The American, simon +. zines.
New York A. c., collided with the
hammer and was put out OF the game
He was borne away on a stretcher-
The American runners easily won
their heats with the Germans IN the
1000 meters relay race
Seven events have Deen concluucu
in the decathlOl in which there are
several American entries
Results of Sundays events were;
Relay race. 1900 meters, teams OF
four-First trial heat: Great Britain
first: Canada, second. Time, 3 minutes
10 seconds.
Second trial heat: United States,
first: Germany, second. Time, MN
utes. % S. seconds
Third trial heat: France. first; Swe-
den. second: Russia, third. Time, min
utes p $40 seconds.
Fourth trial heat Hungary, first
waIkOver, unoppOsed.
The teams were: First heat-Can-
ada, Howard, Gallon, TAFT and Brooks;
Great Britain. Henry, SOutter, NicoH
and Seedhouse.
Second heat-United States. Edward
7. Lindberg. Chicago; Melvin W. Shep-
pard. Irish American a. C; James T.
Meredith. Mercersburg 4. C, ana
Charles d. Reidpath. Syracuse univer-
sitv: Germany. Hermann, BurkoWitz'
Lehman and Braun.
Third heat-France, Lelong, Schur-
rer. Faillot and Poulenard; Sweden,
Serling Dahlin, LundhOlm and Stem
borg.
Fourth heat - Hungary. Isthvan.
Szerelemhegyi, RSchOch and Mezel
(walkover).
Running high jump forming part OF
the observation-disclosures Thorpe, Carlisle
indian school, cleared 1 metre 81 cen
timeters C6 feet Z inches); c Lom-
berg, Sweden, 1 meter so centlmeters
g feet 10 As inches): George w phil
brook NOtrc Dame. l meter so cent?
meters 6 feet 10 As inches); H. Nies-
lander. Sweden, ! meter 70 centimeters
6 feet s As inches); E Nilsson, SWe-
den. 1 meter 20 centimeters 6 feet
6 $40 inches); Avery Brundage, Chi
cago 4. A, / meter 20 centimeters @
# 6 go I'M. Eugene Mercer. Uni
versitv Of Pennsylvania, and James ).
Donaghue, Los Angeles 4. c.. both l
meter 90 centimeters 6 feet 9-lO
inches). Twenty three competitors are
participating in the decathlon-
Best performances were.
Throwing the discus-PhilbrOok Al
meters IS centimeter- OBS feet inch
es): Schaffer, 81 meters II centimeters;
Thorpe. Sc meters 9S centimeters; Holt
IS meters 46 centimeters; Wteslander,
So meters % centimeters.
400 meters run-Mercer, 80 $40 sec
onds. Donoghue. 81 $40 seconds; Luke
Man. - 10: Thorpe, - Is seconds;
W. Holm. % $40 seconds
10 meters hurdles-ThOrpe, Is 80
seconds: Donoghue, 1914; Luke Man.
Is Ito seconds. Mercer and R. E Bic
each 16 % seconds.