Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-08
AMERICANS III
LEAD IN GAMES
Clean Sweep Of 100 Meter
Race at Stockholm.

the Olympic games. In the 100 meter
race three American runners finished
first, second and third, respectively
The only foreign competitor was in the
ALSO ran" class,
With the exception Of the javelir
throw won by the Swedes, this was
the first final decided. Ralph G. Crais
of Detroit, Alvah II. T. Meyer Of the
Irish-American A. O. and Donald F
Lippincott Of the University of Penn
sylvanfa were the men to finish In the
order named and thus place all the
points to the credit Of America.
One other event was decided, and
this also was won by an American
the Carlisle Indian, James Thorpe. He
came out with flying colors In the pen
tathlon, winning with only nine points
scored against him. r. r. Bic Of Nor.
way was second and another Ameri-
can, j. ]. Donahue, Los Angeles, third
In the vents In which trials or semi
finals were held the representatives of
the United States performed as credit
ably as they did on the opening day
and qualified sc many men that the
chances for other nations to score
heavily are very slim. In the running
high jump six Of the eleven men who
cleared 1873 centimeters and qualified
for the final were Americans, England
getting two Of the remaining places
and Sweden, Finland and Hungary the
others.
Americans Score Again.
In the semifnals of the 300 meters
America also came through with n.y.
ing colors. Two heats were run, four
In each to qualify for nnal. and Of
fthose chosen eight America supplied
SIX. Hansbraun Of Germany and G..
M. Brock of Ontario were the men
that slipped Into the final with Uncle
Sans lads, the four British runner
being shut out. Americas representa-
tives In the finals are: James M. Mere
dith, Hercersburg academy, Melvin
w. Sheppard, Irish American Athletic
club; n. N. Putnam, Cornell univer-
sity; @. 8. Edmundson, Seattle Ath-
letic club; D. 8. Caldwell, Massachu-
sets Agricultural college, and Ira N.
Davenport, Chicago university.
In the trials for the 10000 meters
America, though making a good show
ing, did not shine so distinctly. Louis
Tewanima, the Carlisle Indian, gain
ed a place in the second heat, and
Louis Scott Of the South Paterson
Athletic club finished third In the
Americans to qualify, as George Bon
hoO did not afort md Erop,ar o,J
Hallowell were outrun in the first
heat.
American swimmers performed vail
antly, though there is a chance that
a misunderstanding will keep them
out Of the final competition with
out an opportunity to measure their
speed with the foreigners. The heats
OF he second round were run off, and
Duke Kahanamoku, who made a rec
ord for the 100 meters, won his trial,
beating two Germans. In the third
heat Kenneth Huszach of the Chicago
Athletic club won, and Perry McGil-
l1v-ay Of the Illinois Athletic club was
second. Nine men came safely through
the second round and, in addition to
the three from the United States, Ger
many and Australia each qualified
three.
After the second round was over the
Swedish committee announced to the
American competitors that owing to
the smallness Of the field there would
be no semifinals, but that all the men
would be allowed to compete In the
final Then without notifying the
Americans the officials changed their
plans and ran OF the semifnals. The
American swimmers, of course, were
not present to compete.
Gsrmans' Bieodi>ss Victory.
When their absence vas noticed the
Swedes wanted to defer the races, but
the German swimmers saw an oppor-
tunity Of scoring In the absence of the
Yankee cracks and insisted on running
the trials OF. As they had called the
Germans out for the semihnals, the Of
icials finally consented to let them
swim. the result being a bloodless vic.
tory for the Germans. Manager Hal
pin Of the American team Immediately
made an appeal to the general commit
tee. There Is a belief that the commit
tee will order the semilnals swan over
again or that all the second round win
ners will be allowed to start In the
final, as 6rst announced by the Swed-
ish committee.
The In which Craig won the
200 meters proved him without doubt
to be the fastest Splinter in the world.
Drew, the negro runner, from the
Springfield high school, who broke
down at the finish Of his second trial
heat after he had crossed the tane Il
winner, got on the mark a few minutes
before the time for starting the race.
He tried to stride through for a few
yards. but found that the muscles of
his left thigh were useless for making
speed. His physicians told him that If
he put the slightest strain on the in
jured leg 1t was probable that he would
never be able to run again.
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