The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-18
PICK AMERICANS
To WIN HONORS

STOCKHOLM Special.-American
athletes are now the Observation-Disclosures
tavorites in the fifth renewal of the
Olympic games.
! The ease with which they swept
( the boards in the 1OO-meter sprine,
! was a revelation to the followers of
| european athletics, and as a result
| americans anxious 10 bet on their
| team were unable to place wagers of
/ any magnitude today.
| What few bets We're made installed
| the Americans as favorites, with the
! odds at four or five to one.
| Inc great stadium was filled today
| Tor the third days exhibition in in
| ternational athletic prowess.
! The following Americans were en-
tered in the more important events
| of today:
S00-meter, final-Nelvin w Shep-
pard, J. L. Meredith, David S. Cald-
| well, G. s. Edmundson, Ira Daven-
port and II. y. Putnam.
/ Turning high jump. final. g.
! tombstone, OF the Boston Athletic AS
sociauon; George HORNE. Of Leland
! stanford University; EEOn Il. Erick-
son, of the Mott Haven Athletic Club:
/ \. W. Richards. of Brigham Young
( University; James Thorpe. OF Carlisle
indian School, and III. J. Grumpelt,
/ of the New York Athletic Club.
1O,O0O-meter run, final-Louis Te-
/ wanima, of Carlisle Indian School:
! Louis j. Scott, Of the South Paterson
| IN j. Athletic Club; L. +. Mcclure
| of North Attieboro. Mass.
Standing broad jump-Platt Adams.
| OF the New York Athletic Club; Ben
| Adams, of the New York Athletic
| Club; +. V. Belote, of Chicago; r. /.
| Beatty OF Columbia University; j. a.
| Butler, of the Brooklyn Center Young
| Mems Christian Association; +. Flet-
| cher. of NOtre Dame, Ind; Leo Goeth-
/ ring, Of the Mohawk Athletic Club:
A. l. Gutterson, of the University of
Vermont; +. c: Irons, Of the Chicago
Athletic Association; L. r. Thayer,
of the Chicago Athletic Club.
| 1O.OOO-meter waikiki. II. Keiser.
Of the New York Athletic Club: Ed
mund Rense. of the Mohawk Athletic
/ Club; Samuel Schwartz Unattached
Alfred Voellmeke. of the Pastime
Athletic Club.
! 4OO-meter relay race-F. V. Belote
of Chicago; c. c. Cooke, OF the Cleve-
/ land Athletic Club: J. I. Courtney, of
the Seattle Athletic Club; Rupert
| Thomas. OF Princeton.
| Emil Lunghi, the holder Of the
worlds record for the half-mile run.
was disqualified and was not allowed
/ represents Italy.
| 1O,OOO-metei walk. preliminary
| heats; first heat, George Goulding.
Canada, first; f. J. Webb, England,
| second; a. Rasmussen. Denmark.
/ third. Time, A minutes IA y seconds.
The United States lost again in the
\ final of the 10.0OO-meter run. this
event going TO Finland.
II. Koplemainen, of Finland, won
| a smashing victory in this event, TAX
| ing the lead at the start and never
| losing it,
Louis J. Scott. Of the South Pater-
son (New Jersey Athletic Club. and
L. +. Mcguire (unattached), Of Bos-
ton, dropped out, but America got
some consolation from the fact that
1 r,ra co..
School, finished second. Steenroos, of
Finland, finished third
The winners time was 81 minutes
and 20 seconds, and he crossed the
finish tape half a lap ahead of the
American Indian.
The final in the running high jump
was won by A. W. Richards, of Brig
ham Young University, who beat the
old Olympic record by three-quarters
of an inch.
Richards jump was feet 81
inches.
The old mark of feet inches
was made by Porter at London four
years ago.
Lische, of Germany. was second.
with feet So inches, which also
topped the old mark. and George
HORNE, of Leland Stanford Univer-
sity, was third. with feet inches
Yankees won in one, two three
order in the final of the SOO-meter
event. this being the second time dur
ing the meeting that they did So J.
E. Meredith, of the Mercersburg Pa
Athletic Club. was the winner of the
500 meters; Melvin Sheppard, of the
Irish-American Athletic Club, was
second, and Iran Davenport, of Chi
cago University, finished third.
Meredith's time was l minute
81 $40 seconds.
The record for the distance is 1 |
minute 81 10 seconds, made by Mel
Sheppard, at London, four years ago.
AS the American flag was raised
three times. signifying that the Yam
KEGS had captured the first three
places, the stadium burst into cheers.