The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-09
WORLDS RECORDS
ALL SMASHED BY
AMERICANS
Three Yankee victors Beat All
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MEREDITH CLOSE FIRST
America Holds First Place with SO
Points. Sweden Second-Scored
is Points Monday

Stockholm, July S.-This was ano-
Their American day at the Olympic
games at Stockholm. Again three
American flags flew together pro
claiming that the United States had
won all the places in the SOO-meters
run, the most coveted event on the
program James +. Meredith of Mer-
cersburg academy, Melvin w. Shep-
pard of the lrish-Amerlcan athletlc
club and Ira n Davenport OF the UNI
versity of Chicago finished in that or
der in the final heat. and each broke
the worlds record in sensational
finish of the hottest race athletic vet
Grams in the stadium remembered.
Meredith lowered the time to
minute 81 9-10 seconds. He continu-
ed to the half-mile, which was ofiici-
ally recorded at | minute 522 sec
onds Sheppard and Davenport were
only inches behind. Six of the eight
runners in this event were Ameri-
cans. Braun, the German crack,
made a splendid fight, but collapsed
within reach of the tape. Melvin
Sheppard, whose remarkable work at
the London Olympiad, when he won
lne OUU-U1tltIs Ill tue NlliN VI
1852 Is, made him the fayorite in
that event yesterday, was obliged to
take second place to a younger man.
His rival of four years ago, the ltal-
ian, Lunght, has also passed the
zenith of his power and was unable
to make the final
Besides this victory, the American
team obtained more than its share of
the other prizes. The running high
jump was mostly a family party; it
had been conceded to the United
States from the beginning Six of
the IL men who took part in the final
were Americans. Alma w. Richards
of Brigham Young university won
first place quite easily, clearing the
bar on the first attempt at 1913 cen
timeters (about six feet 1-3 inches)
George l.. HORNE of Stanford univer-
sity the holder of the worlds record,
was not in his usual form. and sue
ceeded in taking only third place,
jumping 191 centimeters. The Ger
man, Liesche, Unexpectedly captured
second place. None of the Ameri-
cans equaled his performance.
Plat Adams and Benjamin w Ad-
ans, both of the New York athletic
club, took second and third places in
the standing broad jump, which was
won by the Greek, Tsicliteras. with a
jump of three meters 81 centimeters
approximately IL feet 40 inch), Civ
ing his country its first points.
Finland First in Long Run
In the l0000meters running event
"a,
themselves with glory. The long
legged Kelehmainen ran away from
the Carlisle Indian, Louis Tewanina,
who was unable to step quickly
enough to overcome the handicap of
his shorter stride Kolehmainen S
compatriot, Stenroos. finished third
Tewanina was 300 yards behind Kole-
hmainen at the end The Canadian,
Joseph Keeper, finished fourth The
English long-distance champion, W.
Scott, and the North Attleboro run.
ner, Hugh f. Mcguire. ran themselves
out early in the race.
In the finals of these four events
the United States athletes scored IL
Of the "a points. In the other compe
titions they were less fortunate. The
American team, Courtney. Belote. vii
son and Cooke, practically owned the
4O0-meters relay race. but disaster
overlook them. They won the semi
final with apparent ease from the
British team. Sweden beat Hungary
and Germany beat Canada. The
judges announced however, that the
Americans were disqualified because
Belote and Wilson failed to exchange
the stick until they had overrun the
limit. The British team takes Amer
icas place in the final heat