Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14

drinks, particularly in view Of the hot
weather.
high jump their own way. They feared
only the agile Greek. Tsiclitiras. but out
Jumped him. The other competitors were
close together. The bar was placed at
and was raised FIVE centimeters at time.
R L. Byrd, Adrian College; Leo Goehr-
Ing. Mohawk A. c.. and e. Moller, Swe-
den, failed at 1.55 meters. Platt Adams
won the event with e. Jump of 1.63 meters
q feet tnches). with BENJAMIN Adams
second with a jump OF 1.60 meters. and
the Greek, Tsiclitiras, third. with 1.55
meters.
The American runners did splendid
work in the 3.0O0-meter team race, in
Great Britain were represented. Great
Britain was able to get only third in this
event, which two years ago she probably
would have captured handily. With q
field OF fifteen on the track. the race was
more interesting II less exciting than the
breathless 400 meters. The first man to
cross the finish line was Tel 8. Berna OF
Cornell University. Ohlssen. Sweden. was
second. and Norman s. Taber. Brown
University. third. The other positions
were officially announced as follows:
Wide. fourth; Bonhag, fifth; Cottrill.
Fock, Hutson, Porter, Sander and FRI
berg. The others were not placed Berna
led through the last half Of the race. Tho
Swede Fock. who was In the lead In the
third lap, followed by Berna closely until
the last lap: when he fell back. ohlssen
Swedes made q hard try In the seventh
lap. three Of them forcing Berna for 100
yards. but they could not keep up the
pace. Bonhag and the Swede Wide
reached the finish almost abreast and the
spectators thought that the American
showed in front. but the judges gave
Wide the decision.
The British team was never in the
hnd fol tn Id nd To
which greatly handicapped him, and
Hutson was the only Briton who fin
ished in the first seven. In the de-
cathlon. after the first event-putting
Thorpe. Carlisle Indian School; Lom-
berg. Sweden: Eugene L. Mercer. Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania; Wieslander.
Sweden, and e. Nilsson. Sweden.
The summaries follow:
400-meter swim, free style. semi
fnals-Second heat-Hardwick. Aus
tralia. first: Lasterres. Hungary. sec
ond: Healy. Australia, third. Time.
minutes 81 seconds.
100-meter swim. back stroke-Harry
J. Hebner. United States. first: o. H
Fair. Germany. second: p. Kellner.
Germany. third. Time. 1 minute 81 1-6
seconds.
Johansson, Sweden. 1913 points. first:
Lisa Grinnell. Sweden, 36.3 points. sec
ond: Isabel Wright. England. "a points.
third.
Water polo; nnal-Ensland defeated
Austria, s to 0.
Fencing: fnal-Anspach. Belgium. first:
Ossier Denmark. second: De Beaulieu.
Belgium, third.
400 meter fiat race: flnal-Charles d.
Reidpath, Syracuse University. fret:
Hans Braun, Germany, second: Edward
F. Lindberg Chicago A. A.. third. Time.
4S 1-5 seconds.
3.OO0-meter team race-United Stateas
first; Sweden. second: England, third
Discus throwing. right and left hand:
fnal-A. R. Taipale. Finland. first, total
throw, with both hands. So meters So CEN
timeters; e Niklander. Finland. second.
total throw, u meters % centimeters: e.
Sweden. third, total throw
II meters 80 centimeters; e. Nilsson,
Sweden fourth. total throw. II meters 40
centimeters: James II. Duncan. ". Y. A.
c., unattached, fifth. total throw, n
meters Ii centimeters.
Standing high jump: final-P1att Adams.
N. Y A. c., first; Benjamin w. Adams,
N. Y. A. c.. second; c. Tsiclitiras, Greece.
third.