The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-11
U. S. BOOSTS LEAD.
Sixteen Points in Advance of
Swede Athletes Today.
Great Britain Is Third, %
Points Below America.
ALL SECURE RACE PLACES
Ralph Craig Wins 200 Meter
Flat Race.
Nine Men Entered in Hurdle
Race Will Run.
ALL SECURE RACE PLACES

S+ockbo1na. July 11.-Standing of the
various nations at the opening of the
DAYS program at Olympic games, &C
cording to the official announcement
was as follows:
tinted states %; Sweden Sc; Great
Britain Al; Germany %; France w
Finland 10: South Africa IL; Denmark
II: Norway 10; Italy 3; Hungary A.
Bohemia 4; Russia 8; Austria 3; Greece
3; Canada 3; Holland 2; Australia a
The program of the sixth day of the
athletic section of the Olympic games
presented some features of great IN
terest. including the preliminary anu
semi-fnals heat of the ITO meters hur-
die race the final of the 200 meters
nat race, the final OF the 1O,OOo metz
walking race in which George Boulu-
ing. of Canada. won a deserved victory,
the final of the pole vault the nhdI
of the weight putting rlght anu leIN
hand the 400 meters swimming race
free style, and the 400 meters swimming
race breast stroke as wen dS "eA'0A
polo matches.
The United States team had the hur-
die race all its own way, taking elgnt
frsts and one second. The MAJORITY
OF the heats were not races because III
most cases there were only two run
ners, and as first and second in each
heat are entitled to compete IN the
semifnals there was no incentive to
fast running.
All the American competitors secur-
ed places in the semifinals. They were
James Wendell. New York A. c.; John
r.. Case, University of Illinois; Fred W.
Kelley, Seattle A. A; John +. N1choI-
son, University of Missouri; Edwin M.
Pritchard. 1. A. a. c.; Vaughn Blanch-
ard Boston A. A; Martin w. Hawk
ms. Multnomah A c.; John J. Eller
/. A a. c.. and George A Chisholm
Boston A A.
Other nations also are represented
in the semi-finals: France by three
men, I. Andre, NJ. S. L. Delaby ana
r. De Guanderax; England by H. E.
H. Bfakeney and G. r. L. Anderson;
Sweden by H. Wieslander; Norway by
F. r. Bic; Finland by w. Wickholm;
Hungary by Karoly Solymar; Germany
by H. Won Ronninkhausen; Italy by D.
CoIbachini, and Chile by s. E. Palma.
Nine competitors started in the final
of the 10000 meters walk. The only
representative of the United States was
T. Keiser, New York A. c., and the
pace proved too fast for him so he
dropped out after doing two miles.
Goulding, who took the lead soon after
the start, was engaged in a hard race
with E. J. Webb, England, from the
beginning.
Two hundred meters fiat, final: Ralph
c. Craig, Detroit Y. NJ. c. A. first
200 meters final-DonaId Lippin-
colt, University of Pennsylvania, sec
ond; w. r. Applegarth, England, |
third. Time-21 10 seconds.
Putting the weight, right and left |
hand, final-Ralph Rose, Olympic A. |
G, first; Patrick ]. Mcdonald, I. A. a. /
c, second; E. HIGHLANDER, Finland |
third
From the beginning, F. Altimani
Italy, who secured third place, and A.
Rasm ussen, Denmark, who was fourth
were the only other men left in two |
miles before the finish. A c: c. st.
hermann, South Africa; w. J. Palmer
England, and w. G. Yates. England, /
having fallen by the way At the be-
ginning of the last mile the Canadian
led the Englishman by 80 yards and
the italian was 200 yards behind
Webb.
Golding had increased his lead to
so yards by the beginning of the last
lap and continued to increase it till he
crossed the tape when he was 80 yards