The sun., 1912-07-07
AMERICA Off IN LEAD
IN N0LyMP|C CONTESTS

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finished second in the slow time Of =
minutes 10 seconds
clarence. $. Edmundson Of the Seattle
A. c. had hy no means an easy jour:
AGAINST \. l.. TAFT of Canada. and the
man from the Dominion hustled the West
I minute 81 o-l0 seconds in order to
be sure OF victory. Ira y. Davenport,
thcc, middl" Western crack. won his heat
H. Hulford ~ England. ono OF the sup
Elementary runners came 70 the front FOR
,n,eiica when Harland w. 'ioiden Of
Of h. v. Bjorn OF sweden Holden lin.
ishcd in | minute :s 10 seconds and
appeared +" hav. considerable reserve
Melvin W; sheppard. the Olympic
champion, who started in tho seventh
heat, was one OF the Americans who cal.
cxcr,ins himself a, any stage, of ii.
across the finish line was J. :. Soui,sr "f
England, aud II can be imasln"d what
comfortable outing the peerless Irish
nounccd AS minutes 80 seconds. Shcp-
pard is tn. holder of the Olympic record
AZ this distann" "f ! minute 80 ., T.,
he had about eight seconds ur his sleeve
when he elected to come in second
James y. Meredith. the Mercershcrg
schoolboy followed Sheppnrds example hY
qualifyng safely IN the eighth heat, where
he ran second to q. ". ihucH Of canada
The time was / minute >, seconds and
Meredith could "asiiy nav" beaten that Il
h. had bean ,Ateud,d. 80 fai America
had placed man III every neat and
lowers Of the team hoped that Thomas
J. Halp'n of boston would make, the
second. ltalpin. however. had against him
Germany crack runner Hans braun:
who has hern loudly touted throughout all
the Ola World I" carry off the honors IN
II. j /,
England set too fast u pace FOR the Bo>-
tonian and after making = gallant snoi,
manased only to make dead heat Tor
third place with one OF the swedish con-.
petitors.. Henley won th. heat In
minute - 80 seconds. with Braun in
There was more glory for America when
the swimming races began in the evening
Duke Kahanamoku OF Hawaii. the star
member Of the american team. spashed
petitors and finishing in the woril 5 record
time OF / minute {: 2-j seconds. The Duke
Wonso won so easily that h. was inngdiate'y
though the Australians and Austrians
have strong swimmers representing them.
Never since the restitut!on OF the
cious opening than that which attracted
q crowd Of more than 10000 persons to
the Swedes TO mark their official entrance
TO the congress Of world powers in ath-
ietics. King Gustav officially declared
the contests Open while Crown Prince
Gustav Ad",ph. mad" =. speech Of well
come to the visiting athletes. which was
loudly ch.ered by the thousands who took
part In til" opening parade In this the
Americans in spite OF the fact that they
were outnumbered by some of the other
n.Isn' s% by ~"Hs Hsui me r. faSTns isTi a. standard
bearer. carrying the American flag, about
900 representatives OF the United States.
mostly men DISTINGUISHED for their Drawn
no
marched around the field In the front
rank Immediately following tn. flag were
missioner. and col Robert NJ. Thompson,
president Of the American Olympic com.
mittee. TO whose efforts the strong rep
resentation OF the United States is largely
due. Other members OF the American
Olympic committee wsre next in line.
Then came the giant OF the Western
the thunders OF applause FOR the Ameri-
can athletes. Behind him were other
men OF mighty physique, r j. Mcdonald
to be twin brother OF Rose; Matshsw
McGrath and Simon r. ellis like Me
pSnlSS,d .nS SeT So1k Q, the
and ali men Of such gigantic proportions
that mad" the s"ed.s onsn their eyes
the American man
Next were the 1.-the and we'll trained
runners, each Of whom received recoyni-
ton from the crowd in accordance witn
the merits OF his performance as heralded
throughout the city ever since the arrival
the parade WAS the grand showing made
by the Scandinavians. leaders In the pro.
sss.ion sion, and 500 strong Two hundred
but women athletes and clothed In the
costumes in which they perform their
Hymnas,lc and athletic feats The Ameri-
can delegation was in costume too wear.
ing theii uniforms of blue, Jackets anh
light tr"uscr-. each man doirrg his straw
no "a ha A. tr M GsA la
passed before the King. The army rife
men on the team Wcrc In khaki and the
We've we". playing while the men ' We're marcn.
Ing and "The Star spansicd Banner was
enc OF the favorite tunes with the crowd
The results Of to-day's contests:
LIMiNXRY HEATS
FIRST Hea,-won by c. Luther Of Sweden
sscord H..,--wOn BY Moli.r. Sweden
T'Tsj s't H..%an '.ooSe: sy II. Courtney s.,,
rs.,'s ~ Fiji; /, '%;Ss?ts: .as.,:sr
f'f,h Hee'--won by Darcy, England
sixth Hes,--W,on by II Rau. Germany
Tine, li,a s,eonds 49, 90
E'sh,h Hes'.won by \. Idndbers. sws
ns s;:,%SH ! :,;f1 1;;,$s { %;;
Ish'n nearrwoh Dy ~ - Jacobs. Eng
ona Time. 10 .-' seconds. ..,.
h!rx""'" Tn", !, Hsss ..sond. v hsl''e' Chicago
Tuelrh H.at--Won by r. c. Gerhard.
Olympic A.. e.. Time. II I-Io seconds
Thirteenth Hea,-Won by j a Howard
Manitoba, Canada; Il. w. Patching, soutl
Africa. second, Time. II seconds
Fifteenth hea,--Won by Howard T. Drew
81 Springfield tMassp II $. Time. II see
onds
Sixteenth H.st--won by Donald r Lppln
cost uniNersity OF Pennsylvania. Time. 10 . i
seconds.
Seventeenth Heat-won by Ralph G. Craig
1stroi, y. NJ G. A. Time. 10 i-S seconds
sEMf-FINALs
First Heat--Won by Howard r. Drew
Springfield Mass u. s.; L. Kern. Germany
second, Tim". 10 40 seconds
Second Heat-Wop by q H. PATCHING
South Africa; Is Lindbers, Sweden. second
AMERICAN A G =; H. jacobs. England. sec
Fourth HsaI-Won by Ralph c. Craig De
iroil Il Rev, Germany second, Tme
Fifth Heat Won by n. =. Lippincot. Uni
Nersity Of Pennsylvania. w. r. AppIsGsrth
England, second Time. 10 7-lo seconds
SIKH Heat-won ny r. v. Beiote, Chi
cago; W A Stewart, Asutraiia. second. Tins
10 a.io seconds,
500 METERS n7<I YARDs,, HEATS
First Hcat--Won by David g. Caldwell
MAssa chusetts Agricultural College;
LunEhi. Italy. second. Time. minute 50 ..
AecOnds.